Is there any progress or hopes on rooting the ls997 running Oreo?
My device was unlocked for any carrier but after the Oreo update it has been relocked and I can't seem to find a way around it.
Rooting seems to be my best bet now. Plus I need to delete some super annoying Sprint apps.
Samted69 said:
Is there any progress or hopes on rooting the ls997 running Oreo?
My device was unlocked for any carrier but after the Oreo update it has been relocked and I can't seem to find a way around it.
Rooting seems to be my best bet now. Plus I need to delete some super annoying Sprint apps.
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I would say if you mean official Oreo, than no.
Anything after ZV7 atm is not rootable. Especially Oreo. Nougat might still have a chance. But Oreo is the nail in the coffin, if not the final nail. I personally am rooted on ZV7 and I can't even find an Oreo based ROM to run and try for LS997. Sprint's Kdz lockdown is my guess.
Carrier unlocked is sadly not going to allow root either unless somehow able to fully swap internal thoughts and memories of phone with another carrier. Even if able, it a slim chance if any.
Mysticblaze347 said:
I would say if you mean official Oreo, than no.
Anything after ZV7 atm is not rootable. Especially Oreo. Nougat might still have a chance. But Oreo is the nail in the coffin, if not the final nail. I personally am rooted on ZV7 and I can't even find an Oreo based ROM to run and try for LS997. Sprint's Kdz lockdown is my guess.
Carrier unlocked is sadly not going to allow root either unless somehow able to fully swap internal thoughts and memories of phone with another carrier. Even if able, it a slim chance if any.
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You ever find anywhere else with a zv7? The one you linked got snatched up...?. I gotta make a dump for i95swervin and maybe he'll make a version of Alpha Oreo for LS997. I might be responsible for your lack of an Oreo ROM ?
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Mysticblaze347 said:
I would say if you mean official Oreo, than no.
Anything after ZV7 atm is not rootable. Especially Oreo. Nougat might still have a chance. But Oreo is the nail in the coffin, if not the final nail. I personally am rooted on ZV7 and I can't even find an Oreo based ROM to run and try for LS997. Sprint's Kdz lockdown is my guess.
Carrier unlocked is sadly not going to allow root either unless somehow able to fully swap internal thoughts and memories of phone with another carrier. Even if able, it a slim chance if any.
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We should start a bounty thread???
zeusofyork said:
You ever find anywhere else with a zv7? The one you linked got snatched up...?. I gotta make a dump for i95swervin and maybe he'll make a version of Alpha Oreo for LS997. I might be responsible for your lack of an Oreo ROM ?
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We should start a bounty thread???
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A bounty thread would be useless, most of the devs have moved on and runningnak3d has already stated root for 997 is a lost cause. If root is very important to you, then you should move onto another device
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You ever find anywhere else with a zv7? The one you linked got snatched up.... I gotta make a dump for i95swervin and maybe he'll make a version of Alpha Oreo for LS997. I might be responsible for your lack of an Oreo ROM ?
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We should start a bounty thread???
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I would be down for a bounty thread, but I think it would be pointless as well.
As for the ZV7... That sucks. I wish I had another link but I do not atm and can't say when. If I see something I will let you know asap. Very rare now adays.
I also have a ZV7 dump I think on my laptop if need be from before I rooted.
ZVD rootable would be absolutely epic, I still have hope for someday as for my backup phones.
zeusofyork said:
You ever find anywhere else with a zv7? The one you linked got snatched up.... I gotta make a dump for i95swervin and maybe he'll make a version of Alpha Oreo for LS997. I might be responsible for your lack of an Oreo ROM
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The eBay store of the seller who previously sold several LS997 ZV7's can be found here. He periodically relisted the Sprint LG V20 on there over the last couple of months (I bought two ZV7's on two separate occasions), so there's a slim chance that he could still have another ZV7 left among those that he sells. You could contact the seller to check.
As I have stated in another thread, I have a procedure that I am confident will work, but it will require significant development time to get kexec working.
The procedure would not be easy (if you think lafsploit is hard to do .. you haven't seen anything yet). Also, it would be a tethered root .. meaning you would need a PC every time your phone is powered off. If you just needed to restart the OS, that could be done without a PC, but a cold boot would need a PC to enter some commands via a shell.
If all of that sounds like something you are willing to deal with, then start a bounty thread and I will try to get an exact estimate on the amount of dev hours I would have to put into writing the code.
If you Google "kexec loading a kernel from a kernel" you will get an idea of the amount of work I would have to put in.
By using kexec, we would use a validated kernel (one that passes dm-verity) to load another kernel with dm-verity disabled. Since the first kernel already passed the checks .. the second kernel would be loaded without the full boot process, and therefore aboot wouldn't verify it.
EDIT: Oh yeah, you would also need an SD card in your phone with a partition to hold kexec, the kernels, and TWRP. You could use the rest of the SD card for the OS, and the partition wouldn't need to be very big .. but just throwing that out there.
-- Brian
runningnak3d said:
As I have stated in another thread, I have a procedure that I am confident will work, but it will require significant development time to get kexec working.
The procedure would not be easy (if you think lafsploit is hard to do .. you haven't seen anything yet). Also, it would be a tethered root .. meaning you would need a PC every time your phone is powered off. If you just needed to restart the OS, that could be done without a PC, but a cold boot would need a PC to enter some commands via a shell.
If all of that sounds like something you are willing to deal with, then start a bounty thread and I will try to get an exact estimate on the amount of dev hours I would have to put into writing the code.
If you Google "kexec loading a kernel from a kernel" you will get an idea of the amount of work I would have to put in.
By using kexec, we would use a validated kernel (one that passes dm-verity) to load another kernel with dm-verity disabled. Since the first kernel already passed the checks .. the second kernel would be loaded without the full boot process, and therefore aboot wouldn't verify it.
EDIT: Oh yeah, you would also need an SD card in your phone with a partition to hold kexec, the kernels, and TWRP. You could use the rest of the SD card for the OS, and the partition wouldn't need to be very big .. but just throwing that out there.
-- Brian
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I never looked into lafsploit because I don't have an H918. Just ls997..one rooted ZV7, and two ZVD's (backups). However...that method would seem a lil tedious, but doable. If only way...
I was wondering if it is even possible or easier to do and full on 100% phone clone. Turn one of the ZVD's into the rooted ZV7. That would be a true game changer and way faster.
If this was not intended at me I apologise. However, just a thought.
Once ARB has been incremented you can't roll back to any version that has a lower ARB. Even if you replaced the NAND, you would still only be able to use ZV8 or later since ARB is incremented inside the CPU. So, you can always replace the CPU AND the NAND
-- Brian
runningnak3d said:
Once ARB has been incremented you can't roll back to any version that has a lower ARB. Even if you replaced the NAND, you would still only be able to use ZV8 or later since ARB is incremented inside the CPU. So, you can always replace the CPU AND the NAND
-- Brian
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Oh yeah, I forgot about it being baked in the CPU..damn it.
Reminds me of PS3 and nand flasher crap. Damn all the lock down. Oh well. At least I have a replacable battery .
Sad year so far
My beloved fully rooted ls997 died with a sudden rpm crash that was unfixable ?. Cant find a different one for the life of me. Anyway, I am now on ls997 oreo with temp root. Its nice, but very limited. I miss my full root.
I noticed that I have oem unlocked which is supposed to unlock bootloader or allow. But this supposed arb screws it up. How I have no idea. Its all rom related so it absolutely makes no damn sense. Why have oem unlocked if we cant do anything?
So oreo full root with arb?...
Would a stock Oreo dump allow for kdz extraction to make a rooted/ rootable rom?
Just a question and be cool if so. Long shot I know.
Especially with a not yet known arb bootloader
cnjax said:
A bounty thread would be useless, most of the devs have moved on and runningnak3d has already stated root for 997 is a lost cause. If root is very important to you, then you should move onto another device
Sent from my LG-H910 using XDA Labs
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i needed to hear this now i can relax,i have so many ways but they don't work for my v20 ls997 running oreo
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Hi,
If people would like to figure out how to get the xt1528 out from QDL mode then I will provide a method for PERM root and xposed as we did for the moto x here.
This is an article that talks about working with the new sahara protocol the Moto E uses. The qdloader used for the moto x is an older protocol.
Good luck!
jahrule said:
Hi,
If people would like to figure out how to get the xt1528 out from QDL mode then I will provide a method for PERM root and xposed as we did for the moto x here.
This is an article that talks about working with the new sahara protocol the Moto E uses. The qdloader used for the moto x is an older protocol.
Good luck!
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This will be awesome.
Sent from my XT1528 using XDA Free mobile app
jahrule said:
Hi,
If people would like to figure out how to get the xt1528 out from QDL mode then I will provide a method for PERM root and xposed as we did for the moto x
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How did you get it into the QDL mode?
fire3element said:
How did you get it into the QDL mode?
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You get into it by soft bricking your phone. But you can't get out until someone can do the procedure above. I am sure it is trivial using qfil but I run Linux solely and am not in a rush just giving a helping hand to someone here if they want to put a little effort in.
jahrule said:
You get into it by soft bricking your phone. But you can't get out until someone can do the procedure above. I am sure it is trivial using qfil but I run Linux solely and am not in a rush just giving a helping hand to someone here if they want to put a little effort in.
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I am ready to get the ball rolling on this. This phone needs root at the least, since the bootloader is locked (thanks to Verisucks). I will PM you.
fire3element said:
I am ready to get the ball rolling on this. This phone needs root at the least, since the bootloader is locked (thanks to Verisucks). I will PM you.
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How's it going?
I can help with this as well. I have my XT1528 on standby. Don't have much dev experience with Android, but I can sure try.
Unless you are willing to stare endearingly at a shiny paperweight that once was your phone, I don't think anyone can do much to help.
To sum this up for new eyes wondering where this might be headed:
Motorola (along with many of the other major phone manufacturers) have removed the ability to load QDownload mode manually. Apparently, the XT1528 along with many newer devices, is now running a new protocol for the diagnostic port. (and there is more than one way the port can be present/active, to further complicate things)
Please do not ask me to explain. I am just barely beginning to understand this stuff myself.
As of right now, the only known method to get our Verizon 2nd gen Moto E into QDL is to actually BRICK the device. At which point the phone will resort to the next level down, since it can not boot properly.
So unless you are willing to intentionally brick your phone to advance this cause... I am afraid that you can not do much.
There is also the looming risk that the device can not be recovered if the new protocols are not figured out. I am treading in uncharted waters here.
Means you or I lost a phone and the $$$ spent on it. By another one and try again.
If you are adamant about wanting to help, click on the 2 links in the OP. @jahrule has posted information that tells us with direction to go.
And if you do not understand what is going on in either article........................................ maybe it is best left alone.
Not being harsh, just safer that way. I am having to figure this stuff out as I go too.
As for progress..? None. I am not intentionally bricking my phone until I gather enough info that will lead me to the conclusion that I can recover the device.
So goes without saying. BE NICE____DO NOT PESTER
@fire3element
I got mine brand new off of Amazon for $48.00, if someone wants to sacrifice the 48 bucks? My note 4 just came in, so I might be willing to brick mine for the cause. I will do some reading where you posted earlier and see what I can do
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neo4uo said:
@fire3element
I got mine brand new off of Amazon for $48.00, if someone wants to sacrifice the 48 bucks? My note 4 just came in, so I might be willing to brick mine for the cause. I will do some reading where you posted earlier and see what I can do
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@jahrule
Are you proposing that we brick the phone and use an international boot loader with the Verizon modem to flash, since the boot loader would be corrupt it wouldn't be locked anymore?
jahrule said:
Are you proposing that we brick the phone and use an international boot loader with the Verizon modem to flash, since the boot loader would be corrupt it wouldn't be locked anymore?
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No, we are not trying to mess with the bootloader. I do not think we even could. The ideal way to go about that would be to use the XT1526 Boost Mobile bootloader and modify it to fit the XT1528. Those 2 models are about the closest in hardware of all the variants. (and I have already tried working on this in the last few months with no progress)
I do not think that would work anyways.
What we are attempting to do here is inject root into the system partition after the kernel startup. After the OS is booted, and root is in place, it should become permanent from then on. At least until you delete, install over, or wipe the device.
The issue here is, there is no way to manually put the phone into QDL mode. (as I mentioned in my post above).
Once we are in QDL, there is no known way to get it out. If the flasher tool does not see/read the phone, there will be no way to recover since we can not flash files to fix what we had to break to get there in the first place.
See the paradox now? LoL
Personally, I can not afford to throw this phone to the gutter. Simply do not have that kind of money laying around. If you can stand to throw $50 into the wind, more power to you Bro
Give it a go, but don't be careless just for the sake of wanting to try something. (speaking from experience here)
UPDATE: I think I am going to hold off on this for now. Looks like the Stagefright vulnerability is going to lead to a new ROOT exploit.
This is bad news for android, but great news for those of us that have locked down devices. Please download the Zimperium StageFright Detector app from the play store to see if you device is vulnerable.
If it is, DO NOT TAKE ANY UPDATES till we get confirmation that a new exploit will benefit us or not.
My GoPhone moto e says it is vulnerable running 5.1 stock firmware
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fire3element said:
No, we are not trying to mess with the bootloader. I do not think we even could. The ideal way to go about that would be to use the XT1526 Boost Mobile bootloader and modify it to fit the XT1528. Those 2 models are about the closest in hardware of all the variants. (and I have already tried working on this in the last few months with no progress)
I do not think that would work anyways.
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The bootloader is the same. This will help nothing.
fire3element said:
What we are attempting to do here is inject root into the system partition after the kernel startup. After the OS is booted, and root is in place, it should become permanent from then on. At least until you delete, install over, or wipe the device.
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What we are trying to do is use qfil or blanflash qflash to recover from QDL mode and be able to write partitions from there.
fire3element said:
The issue here is, there is no way to manually put the phone into QDL mode. (as I mentioned in my post above).
Once we are in QDL, there is no known way to get it out. If the flasher tool does not see/read the phone, there will be no way to recover since we can not flash files to fix what we had to break to get there in the first place.
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Issue is only recovering from QDL mode which is the goal see above. Getting the phone into QDL mode is very easy.
fire3element said:
See the paradox now? LoL
Personally, I can not afford to throw this phone to the gutter. Simply do not have that kind of money laying around. If you can stand to throw $50 into the wind, more power to you Bro
Give it a go, but don't be careless just for the sake of wanting to try something. (speaking from experience here)
UPDATE: I think I am going to hold off on this for now. Looks like the Stagefright vulnerability is going to lead to a new ROOT exploit.
This is bad news for android, but great news for those of us that have locked down devices. Please download the Zimperium StageFright Detector app from the play store to see if you device is vulnerable.
If it is, DO NOT TAKE ANY UPDATES till we get confirmation that a new exploit will benefit us or not.
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Stagefright will get one system permissions not root permissions.
neo4uo said:
@fire3element
I got mine brand new off of Amazon for $48.00, if someone wants to sacrifice the 48 bucks? My note 4 just came in, so I might be willing to brick mine for the cause. I will do some reading where you posted earlier and see what I can do
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@jahrule
Are you proposing that we brick the phone and use an international boot loader with the Verizon modem to flash, since the boot loader would be corrupt it wouldn't be locked anymore?
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I am proposing that you read the way CrashXXL achieved root on the moto x and we do the same
jahrule said:
Stagefright will get one system permissions not root permissions.
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Surely I am not misinterpreting what I am seeing here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxQc5gOHnKs
Looked for a video of Josh's DefCon presentation, but could not find one. So either he has not presented yet, or no one had uploaded the vid at this time.
Here is an excerpt from the Zimperium blog:
" 2. Zimperium Research Labs (zLABS) will release a video later this week with a Stagefright RCE demonstration. Several large carriers requested that we delay the release of our working exploit. We agreed, given the gravity of the situation. Unfortunately, because the patches are open-source [1, 2], many researchers are already working on creating an exploit. We are planning to release our exploit on August 24th, 2015. However, if an exploit is publicly released or attacks are detected in the wild before that date, we will release ours for testing purposes at that time. "
and
" 6. Josh will present the full details of his research at Black Hat on August 5th or DEFCON on August 7th. We invite you to join us! "
Hopefully this is the new exploit we have all been waiting for. I know that I need to move away from my current device because of hardware issues, however I can not do that until I root this device. More info is sure to come in the next few weeks
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The bootloader is the same. This will help nothing..
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I should have clarified myself. My attempt was to replace the Verizon "locked" bootloader withe the Boost "un-locked" bootloader.
Again, I do not think it will work. However, if the flasher tool will actually work with this phone, then I suppose it would not hurt to try it. If it does not work, simply flash your backup of the original BL.
Is it possible to flash 5.0.1 back after you update? or remove any update..? Hahaha I updated mine for stagefright without thinking. Diddnt know untill i checked it & found it wasnt vunarable. I know it was before.. Ugh. Carelessness on me behalf.
Hey guys, I have this phone as well as the htc desire 526 pp and they are both just laying in a drawer. I bought them when I couldn't afford a real replacement for my broken nexus 6 and now that I don't need either I would be more then willing to sacrifice mine for the sake of helping out. Plus if it works then the phone is rooted, negative if I can't use it I can free up some drawer space. Not a big loss either way as the screen is too small for my liking. Very nice phone otherwise just not enough space or screen.
So just a quick little update on this.
I purposely bricked another Moto E and was able to get it to show up in the Device Manager as QCOM_BULK (not the exact wording, I forgot) . This required me to flash a bad Bootloader to get the device to fail to turn on, thus kicking it into the fall back mode. I tried flashing all other partitions to make the phone go into the BULK mode. None worked except for the bootloader.
Could not get anywhere with it. We need some specific files to flash in order to get the device rooted or bootloader unlocked. Its not just a few files either, and they have some weird extensions.
I ended up taking the device back and getting something else. Just don't have time to keep playing with it. Someone smarter than me could probably get it done with not a whole lot of effort.
Sorry guys. I tried with my limited knowledge and skills.
Since you have abandoned this project, do you think you could PM me any/all info you have? I would like to take a stab at this.
Steve_xposed said:
Since you have abandoned this project, do you think you could PM me any/all info you have? I would like to take a stab at this.
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I too would like to see the process, in order to enter QDL mode, I LITERALLY have no use for this phone as it is damaged but still boots and can use screen
I've done a bit of research, searched through threads on this forum, and I still have no idea what I'm doing. The last phone I rooted was a Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket.
What's the simple-man's way of rooting the T-Mobile variant of the LG V20? I see the below threads:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/how-to/instruction-to-root-h918-10i-t3536472
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/how-to/h918-twrp-flashable-stock-firmwares-t3619671
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/how-to/t-mobile-lgv20-h91810k-kdz-t3618021
Thanks
keennay said:
I've done a bit of research, searched through threads on this forum, and I still have no idea what I'm doing. The last phone I rooted was a Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket.
What's the simple-man's way of rooting the T-Mobile variant of the LG V20? I see the below threads:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/how-to/instruction-to-root-h918-10i-t3536472
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/how-to/h918-twrp-flashable-stock-firmwares-t3619671
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/how-to/t-mobile-lgv20-h91810k-kdz-t3618021
Thanks
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First which firmware are you on now? 10i, 10j, 10k, what? I think 10k is not rootable. But... If you have older firmwares then you can root with dirtycow method. it is not that hard. I think the hardest part should be to try to flash the twrp (but even that was easy at least for me an average flasher and tester). If you have any issues, the system will usually restore to the original image as a last resort.
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First which firmware are you on now? 10i, 10j, 10k, what? I think 10k is not rootable. But... If you have older firmwares then you can root with dirtycow method. it is not that hard. I think the hardest part should be to try to flash the twrp (but even that was easy at least for me an average flasher and tester). If you have any issues, the system will usually restore to the original image as a last resort.
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Thanks! I'm on 10i.
I'm guessing following this guide is my best bet:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/h918-recowvery-unlock-v20-root-shell-t3490594/
What is the 'H91810j KDZ' version I see online?
keennay said:
Thanks! I'm on 10i.
I'm guessing following this guide is my best bet:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/h918-recowvery-unlock-v20-root-shell-t3490594/
What is the 'H91810j KDZ' version I see online?
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yeah. that's the original thread. and i think somene also recopied it on his own word on another thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/how-to/instruction-to-root-h918-10i-t3536472
The 10j kdz version is to be flashed with LG UP if you needed it. but up to now it is better you dont move further from 10j, because 10k is not rootable (i believe I've seen). If you want to have 10k you can flash 10j and then flash via twrp a zip of the stock rom with 10k
jinkerz9430 said:
yeah. that's the original thread. and i think somene also recopied it on his own word on another thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/how-to/instruction-to-root-h918-10i-t3536472
The 10j kdz version is to be flashed with LG UP if you needed it. but up to now it is better you dont move further from 10j, because 10k is not rootable (i believe I've seen). If you want to have 10k you can flash 10j and then flash via twrp a zip of the stock rom with 10k
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Thanks!
I'm at the last step; are there any advantages to disabling encryption? Any reason why I may/may not want to do this?
keennay said:
Thanks!
I'm at the last step; are there any advantages to disabling encryption? Any reason why I may/may not want to do this?
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Encryption is mostly used for companies as extra security . But if i dont misremember , it is necessary to do it. Best thing would be to follow the instructions provided on the original thread.
T-Mobile LG V2010t
Hey all I new at all this and I'm trying to unlock or root my T-Mobile LG V20. I've never done any of this stuff, but I want to be able to use this phone on a network other than T-Mobile. Can anyone give this rookie ( me) some help?
T-Mobile won't unlock it for me. The day there is a balance owed on it. And when I tried the unlock app. It say failure in processing the request. Please reboot and try again.. If you can walk me through this it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks all!
motormadness said:
Hey all I new at all this and I'm trying to unlock or root my T-Mobile LG V20. I've never done any of this stuff, but I want to be able to use this phone on a network other than T-Mobile. Can anyone give this rookie ( me) some help?
T-Mobile won't unlock it for me. The day there is a balance owed on it. And when I tried the unlock app. It say failure in processing the request. Please reboot and try again.. If you can walk me through this it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks all!
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Why did you reply to a post from last year for this?
Rooting has nothing to do with network unlocking the phone (and if it's on 10t or really anything past 10k it's unrootable anyway).
Your best option is to get T-MOBILE to unlock it, otherwise there are some other third party websites which may be able to unlock it for a fee.
Phoenix591 said:
Why did you reply to a post from last year for this?
Rooting has nothing to do with network unlocking the phone (and if it's on 10t or really anything past 10k it's unrootable anyway).
Your best option is to get T-MOBILE to unlock it, otherwise there are some other third party websites which may be able to unlock it for a fee.
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I'm sorry my bad. I'm new here and did know how to start a thread. I just thought someone here might be able to help me. I didn't want to cause any problems. But I've tried T-Mobile support,T-Mobile store' called around here and tried several online 3rd party. And because of the message I get when I try to unlock it, nobody can help. So I figured there were some smart people here,they might be able to help me (rookie). Sorry I caused you trouble.
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Phoenix591 said:
Why did you reply to a post from last year for this?
Rooting has nothing to do with network unlocking the phone (and if it's on 10t or really anything past 10k it's unrootable anyway).
Your best option is to get T-MOBILE to unlock it, otherwise there are some other third party websites which may be able to unlock it for a fee.
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I'm sorry. My bad. I'm new here and did know how to start a thread. I just thought someone here might be able to help me. I didn't want to cause any problems. But I've tried T-Mobile support,T-Mobile store' called around here and tried several online 3rd party. And because of the message I get when I try to unlock it, nobody can help. So I figured there were some smart people here,they might be able to help me (rookie). Sorry I caused you trouble.
Is there any root yet for H918 10p if so... Please direct me to it asap lol. If not I might have to warranty exchange and then root or wait.. Thanks guys!
10p currently can not be rooted. There are some thoughts and ideas floating around, but more than likely another Linux kernel exploit will need to be found. Also, just an FYI, T-Mobile incremented the ARB version for 10p, so don't try to force an older version to flash -- that will blow the qfuse, and that is a hardware issue that can't be fixed without replacing the CPU.
-- Brian
runningnak3d said:
10p currently can not be rooted. There are some thoughts and ideas floating around, but more than likely another Linux kernel exploit will need to be found. Also, just an FYI, T-Mobile incremented the ARB version for 10p, so don't try to force an older version to flash -- that will blow the qfuse, and that is a hardware issue that can't be fixed without replacing the CPU.
-- Brian
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Yea lg played us dirty
pbedard said:
Yea lg played us dirty
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I wonder if the V30 will be locked down like this?? I really DONT like the current/ future status of US based TMobile devices and the lack of root options.
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10p currently can not be rooted. There are some thoughts and ideas floating around, but more than likely another Linux kernel exploit will need to be found. Also, just an FYI, T-Mobile incremented the ARB version for 10p, so don't try to force an older version to flash -- that will blow the qfuse, and that is a hardware issue that can't be fixed without replacing the CPU.
-- Brian
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You think I should call T-Mobile for a warranty exchange or just wait it out for root I'm probably gonna get the v30 anyway I just miss rooting. Lol
pbedard said:
Yea lg played us dirty
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Yeah they did. Well we did it to ourselves no? We updated lol
celestial0513 said:
Yeah they did. Well we did it to ourselves no? We updated lol
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Yea its trye
My first Android phone was an HTC EVO 4G (the original WiMAX version). The first one that I got had an HBOOT with S-ON (locked bootloader). Reading on here, I found out that there were versions with an older HBOOT that had S-OFF, so I carted my butt down to the Sprint store and didn't even make up a story. I told them flat out what I wanted, and since I was still within the window of being able to cancel my contract, they took me back and let me look at the boxes that they had. I found one with the proper version, opened it up, verified that it was truly S-OFF and that was it.
Now, that was back in 2012 and things have changed since then. But if you just bought the phone, take it back and tell them exactly what you want. The LG V20 box has the software version that is installed on the UPC sticker.
-- Brian
runningnak3d said:
My first Android phone was an HTC EVO 4G (the original WiMAX version). The first one that I got had an HBOOT with S-ON (locked bootloader). Reading on here, I found out that there were versions with an older HBOOT that had S-OFF, so I carted my butt down to the Sprint store and didn't even make up a story. I told them flat out what I wanted, and since I was still within the window of being able to cancel my contract, they took me back and let me look at the boxes that they had. I found one with the proper version, opened it up, verified that it was truly S-OFF and that was it.
Now, that was back in 2012 and things have changed since then. But if you just bought the phone, take it back and tell them exactly what you want. The LG V20 box has the software version that is installed on the UPC sticker.
-- Brian
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Nah my man I've had it since day one I'll just wait till September. 28 for the V30 or when ever it comes out.
I rooted soon as I got the phone... Then the USB port over heated and melted so I sent it in for repair. Came back with 10p on it.... Mfer..
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whojabacod6 said:
I rooted soon as I got the phone... Then the USB port over heated and melted so I sent it in for repair. Came back with 10p on it.... Mfer..
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Damn that sucks
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10p currently can not be rooted. There are some thoughts and ideas floating around, but more than likely another Linux kernel exploit will need to be found. Also, just an FYI, T-Mobile incremented the ARB version for 10p, so don't try to force an older version to flash -- that will blow the qfuse, and that is a hardware issue that can't be fixed without replacing the CPU.
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Brian,
I'm not sure what version of the V20 you have, but I've got the H918 and I'm running 10p rooted with Magisk. I started with SuperSU, but wanted to start over and try out a systemless root. Real simple steps too..
1. Unlock bootloader
2. Flash SuperSU or Magisk
3. Root achieved.
I attached a couple of screenshots. How easy LG phones are to unlock the bootloader and flash root is the reason why I always buy LG phones, not Samsung.
Cheers!
Can't flash an su method if you can write to the boot partition (twrp)
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So no way possible to root then? My V20 is running H91810k and I have been looking for a way to root it but moments ago it turn off by it self on 13% and the update for 10p was in schedule....
Guess Im out of luck if when it turn on update itself.
@joesee You were on stock 10p? If so, how did you flash TWRP so that you could flash SuperSU? fastboot flash recovery does not work with 10p.
-- Brian
joesee said:
Brian,
I'm not sure what version of the V20 you have, but I've got the H918 and I'm running 10p rooted with Magisk. I started with SuperSU, but wanted to start over and try out a systemless root. Real simple steps too..
1. Unlock bootloader
2. Flash SuperSU or Magisk
3. Root achieved.
I attached a couple of screenshots. How easy LG phones are to unlock the bootloader and flash root is the reason why I always buy LG phones, not Samsung.
Cheers!
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how did you root! and get twrp?
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10p currently can not be rooted. There are some thoughts and ideas floating around, but more than likely another Linux kernel exploit will need to be found. Also, just an FYI, T-Mobile incremented the ARB version for 10p, so don't try to force an older version to flash -- that will blow the qfuse, and that is a hardware issue that can't be fixed without replacing the CPU.
-- Brian
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Don't know where you get your information from, but a qfuse will never be triggered with oem unlock on. and all it is is a warranty bit. just states that your warranty is void to the manufacturer.
They do have an anti-rollback counter but that is something totally different than a qfuse.
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how did you root! and get twrp?
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He probably rooted with original build out of the box firmware and installed a rooted 10p via twrp
Has an ARB system ever been rooted?
I'm new to LG anti roll back.
We have a quasi-root with 10P, if starting from 10J.
MrPolite said:
Has an ARB system ever been rooted?
I'm new to LG anti roll back.
We have a quasi-root with 10P, if starting from 10J.
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They only upped the ARB number because DirtyCow was fixed. Likely wont up it again until the next root is patched.
Doubt there is a way to mess with KDZ's to be able to make them flash. someone would have done it already.
OKAY so
I'm very late to the party, everyone is already settled in and or leaving.
I'm wondering about how is the ROM/Recovery/Kernel development going for this phone? Is it still going? do aspiring developers and geniuses still work on this device or have they already moved on? Do we have daily-driver worthy AOSP ROM? Does anyone still maintain a stock custom ROM?
Basically, i'm about to get a V20 to replace my Z5 and I want to know how fun this phone to satisfy my flashingitis :laugh:
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OKAY so
I'm very late to the party, everyone is already settled in and or leaving.
I'm wondering about how is the ROM/Recovery/Kernel development going for this phone? Is it still going? do aspiring developers and geniuses still work on this device or have they already moved on? Do we have daily-driver worthy AOSP ROM? Does anyone still maintain a stock custom ROM?
Basically, i'm about to get a V20 to replace my Z5 and I want to know how fun this phone to satisfy my flashingitis :laugh:
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If you have looked in development section you will have noticed that the development for this phone is basically dead. It is a great device for a great price currently but most devs have moved on to the newer phones to work on.
webslasher said:
OKAY so
I'm very late to the party, everyone is already settled in and or leaving.
I'm wondering about how is the ROM/Recovery/Kernel development going for this phone? Is it still going? do aspiring developers and geniuses still work on this device or have they already moved on? Do we have daily-driver worthy AOSP ROM? Does anyone still maintain a stock custom ROM?
Basically, i'm about to get a V20 to replace my Z5 and I want to know how fun this phone to satisfy my flashingitis :laugh:
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Hopefully your device will come with an older security patch that will allow you to root. Shut off auto update in developer mode when you get it until your sure of what you've got. And don't install any system updates until also or you may lose the opportunity to root.
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If you have looked in development section you will have noticed that the development for this phone is basically dead. It is a great device for a great price currently but most devs have moved on to the newer phones to work on.
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Yeah.. not much is happening, I saw unofficial lineageOS, weekly LineageOS, couple of Roms, Kernels and Recoveries
I honestly don't know how much development is "healthy", Manufacturers have released too many phones too quickly and devs switching to new devices.
I dont know anymore
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Hopefully your device will come with an older security patch that will allow you to root. Shut off auto update in developer mode when you get it until your sure of what you've got. And don't install any system updates until also or you may lose the opportunity to root.
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Wait wait wait, whoa hold on
is this for real? LG does not provide official bootloader unlock for this device?
Wait wait wait, whoa hold on
is this for real? LG does not provide official bootloader unlock for this device?
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They do for the unlocked US996, and the H918 can be unlocked with fastboot, but no flash command, so it is pretty useless. The H910 is the only carrier branded model that can still be rooted on the latest firmware version. Well, more to the point, it can be rolled back to a version that IS rootable because AT&T hasn't incremented ARB on it yet.
-- Brian
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They do for the unlocked US996, and the H918 can be unlocked with fastboot, but no flash command, so it is pretty useless. The H910 is the only carrier branded model that can still be rooted on the latest firmware version. Well, more to the point, it can be rolled back to a version that IS rootable because AT&T hasn't incremented ARB on it yet.
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AH, so if i want to flash custom ROM on it, i will have to find US996 variant, or H910. Otherwise, not much we can do.
got it.
the official one released in my country, Indonesia, is the dual sim H990DS one, i should avoid that and find for second hand US996 variant instead.
yeah i was hoping root can be found for the H918 10q.. but it appears that may never happen..
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yeah i was hoping root can be found for the H918 10q.. but it appears that may never happen..
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I ALMOST pulled the trigger for H918, it works with my country's 4G band and it's cheaper than other models, comes with box. Glad I asked first
ON ANOTHER TOPIC, hey jaws, how's the LG Watch Urbane 2 with custom strap going?
Wait, remind me again. if H918 has no flash command on fastboot and can't be rooted, how is it possible that there's LineageOS for H918
All my knowledge is for verizon version, which didnt have an unlocked bootloader, but i rooted using dirty santa, was a pain but once i got root was all good. There is a stock flashable once rooted to answer ur 1st post, and kdz to stock phone files if you mess up dirty Santa like i did 1st time. All the stuff needed, stock boot.img's, custom/stock kernel variants, roms, etc is out there just gotta dig a bit. Is an excellent phone imo, especially if youre into high quality audio. Quad dac is a beast. A shame how little of support it got. It still compares to the new phones coming out now. Imo
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All my knowledge is for verizon version, which didnt have an unlocked bootloader, but i rooted using dirty santa, was a pain but once i got root was all good. There is a stock flashable once rooted to answer ur 1st post, and kdz to stock phone files if you mess up dirty Santa like i did 1st time. All the stuff needed, stock boot.img's, custom/stock kernel variants, roms, etc is out there just gotta dig a bit. Is an excellent phone imo, especially if youre into high quality audio. Quad dac is a beast. A shame how little of support it got. It still compares to the new phones coming out now. Imo
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I'm happy as long as i can get root, and flash different ROMs, I dont mind complicated method involving command lines. It reminds me of good ol' Desire HD days with S-OFF.
I guess development is not very lively but some people do work on interesting stuffs.
Good enough for me.
I guess this is one of the few phones the verizon version has a slight advantage. Almost all the KDZ files are available, and all downgradeable (for now). Personally I have bounced back and forth almost daily between full un-root, to root access, etc. Don't ask why, no idea.
Development is pretty minimal, which is a bit sad. But it seems to work great, rather than the ole days when development here on XDA basically was a must for a phone to function.
Hello,
First off, thank you for clicking on this post. I'm new on XDA and rooting LG phones. However, I've searched help on posts and other sites on how to root LG V20 H19810k (T-Mobile Variant) and many told me to downgrade first and then root. But none exactly gave any instruction or step by step on how to do it.
My worries are these ARB (Anti-Roll Back) software updates and if you were to downgrade, you will brick your phones and things like that, it's LG (I mean like there are a lot of complains about hardware faulty after phone updates and lawsuits about it), and different steps on each variants. I bought this phone like 2 or 3 months ago, and my thought on this phone's software is sucks so bad. It's so bad, I've had many problems like my mobile data often times stopped working (no network) even though signal is full bar, my live pixel background suddenly gone after playing this specific game, serious low fps in some games, RAM is full all the time, and many more. The phone itself has amazing hardware and specs, but damn why is the software so bad?
Right, so all my problems aside, I think switching ROM or downgrade probably a good idea and rooting for removing bloatwares. But many had problems installing twrp recovery to root and risks like bricking and bootlooping. And in this post, I'm hoping for help to downgrade and root H91810k.
ignoll said:
Hello,
First off, thank you for clicking on this post. I'm new on XDA and rooting LG phones. However, I've searched help on posts and other sites on how to root LG V20 H19810k (T-Mobile Variant) and many told me to downgrade first and then root. But none exactly gave any instruction or step by step on how to do it.
My worries are these ARB (Anti-Roll Back) software updates and if you were to downgrade, you will brick your phones and things like that, it's LG (I mean like there are a lot of complains about hardware faulty after phone updates and lawsuits about it), and different steps on each variants. I bought this phone like 2 or 3 months ago, and my thought on this phone's software is sucks so bad. It's so bad, I've had many problems like my mobile data often times stopped working (no network) even though signal is full bar, my live pixel background suddenly gone after playing this specific game, serious low fps in some games, RAM is full all the time, and many more. The phone itself has amazing hardware and specs, but damn why is the software so bad?
Right, so all my problems aside, I think switching ROM or downgrade probably a good idea and rooting for removing bloatwares. But many had problems installing twrp recovery to root and risks like bricking and bootlooping. And in this post, I'm hoping for help to downgrade and root H91810k.
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Search this forum there's numerous threads on how to root
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Downgrade to 10j and use DirtySanta, or use lafsploit.
IMHO they are about equally difficult. In the lafsploit thread, I state that you have to be on 10p or 10q, but I will update the post stating that you need to be on 10q or LOWER.
DirtySanta doesn't require you to use FWUL, so it does have that advantage.
Bottom line though, you can't stay on ARB 0 firmware and use any of the current ROMs -- they all require 10p or higher firmware.
-- Brian
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Search this forum there's numerous threads on how to root
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Thank you for the reply,
Seems I got it a little bit. So what I've been looking at this dirtythis and that unlock stuff for quite a while. I've been wondering if anyone asked about H918. I just realized that this dirtysanta bootloader is an exploit for other variants that don't support unlocking via fastboot.
So then I proceed to unlock my device and it successfully unlocked. (Follow this post to unlock).
I will try downgrading my device via lgup and will follow this post to flash and root.
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Thank you for the reply,
Seems I got it a little bit. So what I've been looking at this dirtythis and that unlock stuff for quite a while. I've been wondering if anyone asked about H918. I just realized that this dirtysanta bootloader is an exploit for other variants that don't support unlocking via fastboot.
So then I proceed to unlock my device and it successfully unlocked. (Follow this post to unlock).
I will try downgrading my device via lgup and will follow this post to flash and root.
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Be careful about your rolling back to root, check your current software version and and if you're arb 1 you'll brick. If you're arb look up the laf exploit thread
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He said he is on 10k, so he is safe to rollback to 10j which can use recowvery.
@ignoll Whatever you do, DO NOT flash the engineering aboot, or you will brick your phone. Follow the procedure in the post you linked, and you will be fine. DirtyCow gets you a temp root shell that will allow you to dd TWRP onto the recovery partition. If you get an error when you do run-as con, then you are NOT on 10j or lower. If you try to downgrade and you get an error about ARB, then you are NOT on 10k.
Just keep all that in mind and you will be fine.
-- Brian
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He said he is on 10k, so he is safe to rollback to 10j which can use recowvery.
@ignoll Whatever you do, DO NOT flash the engineering aboot, or you will brick your phone. Follow the procedure in the post you linked, and you will be fine. DirtyCow gets you a temp root shell that will allow you to dd TWRP onto the recovery partition. If you get an error when you do run-as con, then you are NOT on 10j or lower. If you try to downgrade and you get an error about ARB, then you are NOT on 10k.
Just keep all that in mind and you will be fine.
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Thank you for the reply,
Just to make sure, 10k is the software version which you can find in the software info inside the settings app, right? This software info will show stuff about "Android version", and down on the list, there's the "Software version" and below it is the 10k coming from (H918xxx). Or, check it via svc menu and version info through the dialer app. All that is to check whether I'm in the correct version or not, yes? (Sorry for this silly question, I just want to make sure. I'm really new to this)
And yes, I won't flash this engineering aboot, just follow the instruction and I'll be good. But just to make sure again, there's no this "engineering aboot" thing in the post that will brick my device, yes?
That said, I really appreciate for your warning and advice.
stuff about "Android version", and down on the list, there's the "Software version" and below it is the 10k
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Yep, that means you are on 10k, so you are safe to rollback.
-- Brian
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Yep, that means you are on 10k, so you are safe to rollback.
-- Brian
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Please, i am also stuck and confused, as i understand LG devices, downgrading may cause device to go dead completely, i want to be sure before i begin this process. Here is my device Software Info:
Software Version: H91810K
Build Number: NRD90M
My device is locked to T-mobile, and i want to unlock using Octopus Box as i have credits. Unlocking requires root, is it possible to downgrade to the mentioned version 10j and not brick device? Any one can help me on this.
kenneth excellence said:
Please, i am also stuck and confused, as i understand LG devices, downgrading may cause device to go dead completely, i want to be sure before i begin this process. Here is my device Software Info:
Software Version: H91810K
Build Number: NRD90M
My device is locked to T-mobile, and i want to unlock using Octopus Box as i have credits. Unlocking requires root, is it possible to downgrade to the mentioned version 10j and not brick device? Any one can help me on this.
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If you root your phone it will be unlocked no need to use an octopus box.
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That is only true if the engineering bootloader is used. The H918 still needs work to get it carrier unlocked.
-- Brian
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If you root your phone it will be unlocked no need to use an octopus box.
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Are you serious? If this is possible how do i root since i am on H91810K Software version?
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If you root your phone it will be unlocked no need to use an octopus box.
kenneth excellence said:
Are you serious? If this is possible how do i root since i am on H91810K Software version?
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He is serious, but incorrect.
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That is only true if the engineering bootloader is used. The H918 still needs work to get it carrier unlocked.
-- Brian
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You need to pay attention to runningnak3d when he says something about root and the V20.
Cheers