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Sprint G2 Root

I was wondering if anyone has found a method to root the sprint version of the g2.
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I used Kingo and it worked like a charm. Here is the link to download it http://goo.gl/xV8iA5.
-Frank

Use this recognized method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448887
Doesn't show SPR version but if you follow the instructions it will work.

lastexile1987 said:
Use this recognized method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448887
Doesn't show SPR version but if you follow the instructions it will work.
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What recovery did u use.
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no recovery. Just turn on debugging and hook up the phone to a computer. The recovery comes seperate

lastexile1987 said:
no recovery. Just turn on debugging and hook up the phone to a computer. The recovery comes seperate
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Oh I know I was just wondering which one u flashed after root
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sorry, misunderstood. I actually haven't flashed one.
I am waiting until one has been tested for the SPR version. I know that some of the models are very similar but I don't want to take a chance.
If you get one working let me know.

frankt2012 said:
I used Kingo and it worked like a charm. Here is the link to download it http://goo.gl/xV8iA5.
-Frank
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thanks, kingo worked for me...sprint lg g2...loooovin it

lowpro3210 said:
thanks, kingo worked for me...sprint lg g2...loooovin it
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Yeah it worked the best for me. I couldn't get the one posted in the development forum to work.
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lowpro3210 said:
thanks, kingo worked for me...sprint lg g2...loooovin it
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frankt2012 said:
Yeah it worked the best for me. I couldn't get the one posted in the development forum to work.
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Kingo in MTP mode worked for me. Didn't work in Charge Only mode.

[FIX] Trouble Putting In Download Mode After D80120G OTA With Broken Root

I recently accepted the D80120G OTA form T Mobile while rooted on stock recovery and naturally root broke. I couldn't reroot with stump root because the root script was still on the phone. Stump root said device was already rooted. I tried to install KDZ file to "unroot", but could not get phone to boot into download mode.
The following is a fix for rerooting your phone with stump root if it says your device is already rooted even though your root is broken.
1) Launch LG Mobile support tool
2) With phone on, plug in USB
3) Select PC Software from phone USB settings
4) Wait for LG support tool to recognize phone
5) Select "Upgrade Recovery" from options in LG support tool
6) Wait for LG Support tool to complete recovery
You shouldn't need to back up anything as it will not wipe your phone. However, better safe than sorry.
Now stump root should work with brute force method!

This worked for me! Thanks so much for the post!
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R3XB said:
This worked for me! Thanks so much for the post!
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I'm glad i could help! I knew I couldnt be the only one with this issue.
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Will test it but just tell me this bro
I wish and pray this helps me too.. I have the same issue... Trying to test it but battery too low.. Now charging and would let u know with thanks for sure..
Btw my phone was rooted before 20g and just wanted to ask if i dont wanna factory reset my phone b4 this method..

This method did not reset my phone. However; backing up is still good practice before doing anything. Best of luck to you.
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Hey. I really love you for this. It worked like a charm. How you figured it out bro? The process of recovery upgrade seems to manipulate system files which enabled the rooting process to succeed.
Anyways thanks again.
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Brilliant!
Many thanks for posting this...worked perfectly!
FWIW, my phone was NOT recognized after installing the G2 drivers from the LG download page. I had to install the entire LG PC Suite. No idea why this worked out over against simply installing the drivers, but I thought I'd add the tidbit here in case anyone else has the same issue.
Thanks again!

Mine says no problem to fix
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I faced this issue some time ago but my phone wasn't rooted. I did a CSE flash to JB and took OTA until my phone was up-to-date and when i reached the last update I couldn't boot into download mode.

Did u ever find a fix to put into do we nload mode
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had the same situation and this method works for me LG G2 D80120G. thanks

cristian_18 said:
had the same situation and this method works for me LG G2 D80120G. thanks
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Worked like charm for my T-mo G2 D801 20G with lost root access after taking OTA (4.4.2.) Had to do it twice (crashed during install at 80%) and it does involve the 1.6GB download of the firmware (for those who are wandering)... Thanks for this.

I have the same problem, but after i click upgrade recovery a popup windows say " no upgrade items to fix"
who should i do now

xcyice said:
I have the same problem, but after i click upgrade recovery a popup windows say " no upgrade items to fix"
who should i do now
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same here....

U4mes said:
same here....
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Without experiencing this issue myself, I would suggest checking each step for completion. Aside from that I cant offer any alternative fixes. Hopefuly someone else on this board can discover a work around from their experience.
Good luck!

WTF!!!
I followed these instructions exactly. My t-mobile phone rebooted and now it has Lollipop. I'm pretty sure they haven't released it officially...

jose325i said:
I followed these instructions exactly. My t-mobile phone rebooted and now it has Lollipop. I'm pretty sure they haven't released it officially...
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Lol! Amazing! Screenshots?
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Here you go! Having issues at the moment though. I can't download anything from the Play store. Gets stuck at the downloading bar and never downloads anything. Might have to reinstall.

jose325i said:
Here you go! Having issues at the moment though. I can't download anything from the Play store. Gets stuck at the downloading bar and never downloads anything. Might have to reinstall.
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I also found this article tonight. Its for the G3, but reading through the comments also confirms it worked on G2. Thats crazy you stumbled on this. I wonder why its available through the lg tool? Let us know if you figure out the bugs.
http://m.androidcentral.com/lollipop-update-available-lg-g3-through-lg-mobile-support-tool
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U4mes said:
same here....
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I have the same issue.

LG G Vista (AT&T) Root

Finally have root!!! at&t lg vista. http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...lg-devices-t3049772/post59309508#post59309508

Twilleclipse said:
Has anyone have any success or have seen anyway to root the at&t version of the LG G Vista? Kinda tired of the factory restrictions...
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have you tried the EXT2 format sdcard and update way?
I been trying it and cant seem to do it.

I didn't try it. I believe I heard that didn't work for someone else too.
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Heres one to try
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3049772
I havent tried but its worked on countless other LGs
Edit: works rooted

RooooTTTT!!!!!!
south956 Thank you for the heads up! My ship has set sail and I'm finally rooted. :angel:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...lg-devices-t3049772/post59309508#post59309508

Stuck on TWRP after factory reset. Pls help

Hello my fellow v20 users. I'm in dire need of you wisdom and guidance. Today I was getting ready to hand my phone to my brother so I did a factory reset. My phone is a Sprint V20 rooted and bootloader unlocked with the dirty Santa method and I had installed the us996 deoxed ROM on it.
Everything was working perfectly and I enjoyed the phone very much. However after I did the factory reset in TWRP (I did the plain swipe to clear reset) the phone just rebooted into TWRP again and again and no matter what I do. I already have tried reinstalling the same us996 deoxed ROM I was using to no avail, I have tried another ROM and the same result.
I tried following some advice which I found on the forum that said to wipe the phone in a certain order and then install the ROM and then pull the battery and the same result it boots into TWRP. At one point I even tried flashing a different TWRP and I lost the ability to boot into recovery wahtsoever! However flashing the TWRP I was using before that granted the ability to get back into the recovery but now I'm back at square one. No matter what I do the phone always boots into TWRP. I really am at a loss here and don't know what else to try or do. If someone could please help me I would really appreciate it. I can also let someone remote connections to my PC if that would help. Any help would be really appreciated.
Edit (SOLVED!) Many many thanks to user Jinkerz9430 for all his help and the solution to my problem. He will post the solution for other people to use.

ferrojas said:
Hello my fellow v20 users. I'm in dire need of you wisdom and guidance. Today I was getting ready to hand my phone to my brother so I did a factory reset. My phone is a Sprint V20 rooted and bootloader unlocked with the dirty Santa method and I had installed the us996 deoxed ROM on it.
Everything was working perfectly and I enjoyed the phone very much. However after I did the factory reset in TWRP (I did the plain swipe to clear reset) the phone just rebooted into TWRP again and again and no matter what I do. I already have tried reinstalling the same us996 deoxed ROM I was using to no avail, I have tried another ROM and the same result.
I tried following some advice which I found on the forum that said to wipe the phone in a certain order and then install the ROM and then pull the battery and the same result it boots into TWRP. At one point I even tried flashing a different TWRP and I lost the ability to boot into recovery wahtsoever! However flashing the TWRP I was using before that granted the ability to get back into the recovery but now I'm back at square one. No matter what I do the phone always boots into TWRP. I really am at a loss here and don't know what else to try or do. If someone could please help me I would really appreciate it. I can also let someone remote connections to my PC if that would help. Any help would be really appreciated.
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But there are several threads that have been created for the exact same situation. And some of them have the answer you are looking for. One of them is the method i have used every time to get out of the loop (which rarely happens to me). Have you looked inside those threads? They are inside the Q&A section or the discussion section.

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But there are several threads that have been created for the exact same situation. And some of them have the answer you are looking for. One of them is the method i have used every time to get out of the loop (which rarely happens to me). Have you looked inside those threads? They are inside the Q&A section or the discussion section.
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I'm sorry I have tried looking everywhere and tried many suggestions in those threads, at this point I wouldn't be able to tell which ones I tried so far. Could you please tell me what worked for you? Or point me to that thread? Thank you very much in advance.
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ferrojas said:
I'm sorry I have tried looking everywhere and tried many suggestions in those threads, at this point I wouldn't be able to tell which ones I tried so far. Could you please tell me what worked for you? Or point me to that thread? Thank you very much in advance.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71178289&postcount=3

jinkerz9430 said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71178289&postcount=3
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Thanks, I tried that just now and no go. Back to TWRP.
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ferrojas said:
Thanks, I tried that just now and no go. Back to TWRP.
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Did you go into restart option in twrp and pressed power off? If it doesnt work, check thst the system is mounted

jinkerz9430 said:
Did you go into restart option in twrp and pressed power off? If it doesnt work, check thst the system is mounted
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When I enter TWRP system is unmounted.i have to mount it manually. After I flash the ROM system is unmounted again...
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Sorry I forgot to mention that yes I used the power off option and no luck...
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ferrojas said:
Sorry I forgot to mention that yes I used the power off option and no luck...
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What roms have you flashed?

Us996 deodexed nrd90m and teamDevMagiskSU
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ferrojas said:
Us996 deodexed nrd90m and teamDevMagiskSU
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Try to install lineageos or resurrection remix or aokp. And see if it runs. Then if it runs, wipe everything and go back to stock.

jinkerz9430 said:
Try to install lineageos or resurrection remix or aokp. And see if it runs. Then if it runs, wipe everything and go back to stock.
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OK downloading now..Thanks! Will let you know in a few minutes how it goes...
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ferrojas said:
OK downloading now..Thanks! Will let you know in a few minutes how it goes...
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go into this room https://chatstep.com/#LG_V20

SOLVED!! Many many thanks to user Jinkerz9430 for all his help and the solution to my problem. He will be posting a solution to this issue soon. Thanks!!!
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Done. The thread is found on: LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion >> My solution to fix TWRP Loop
Link: https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/how-to/solution-to-fix-twrp-loop-t3563532

Need help rooting an LG V20 h91810s?

So I am interested in rooting my LG V20 h91810s. From what I gather I have to roll it back to 10j or i. I have the bootloader unlocked already. But I'm not sure about the rollback. Will a factory reset take it back to 10j or 10i? If not, I haven't been able to find step by step instructions on doing this. I think once I can get it rolled back I should be able to follow https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/how-to/instruction-to-root-h918-10i-t3536472 in order to root it. Any help or comments would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much.

No can do..... You will make your phone into a paper weight.

So there is no way to root it? I need to root it in order to recover some very important texts. If it can't be rooted does anyone know how I could recover a deleted sms thread?

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Thank you very much.

As of right now anything 10p or higher is ARB01. Which means you can't roll back to root. Trying will create a brick. There are people working hard to make it happen but until then it's a waiting game. As for the recovery of SMS hopefully someone can help you. Chances are if you've searched and searched for an answer with no luck, it'll be hard to get that answer here. But you never know. Good luck.

Ah, that sucks. Well tyvm anyway.

We are both on the same boat unfortunately, we'll have to wait patiently.....

Me too waiting to root my h91810s.... hopefully someone will find a method soon.....

Sucks! But I like this phone. It'll be a shame to switch. ?

might be a dumb question but has any of you guys tried kingroot?

dudeawsome said:
might be a dumb question but has any of you guys tried kingroot?
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I did. Didn't work.

storm68 said:
I did. Didn't work.
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Ah I see I remembered it was an easy way to root the g3

dudeawsome said:
Ah I see I remembered it was an easy way to root the g3
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Now, when I tried it I did it without boot loader unlocked, not sure I'd that's why it didn't work but if someone wants to try?

storm68 said:
Now, when I tried it I did it without boot loader unlocked, not sure I'd that's why it didn't work but if someone wants to try?
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Yeah someone should try it bc I did (I am rooted already) it did said there was method of root. Not sure if it would would because I am already rooted

dudeawsome said:
Yeah someone should try it bc I did (I am rooted already) it did said there was method of root. Not sure if it would would because I am already rooted
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Yeah no reason for you to try... Cause of it works we would be rooted Samsung style using flashify instead of twrp.

storm68 said:
Yeah no reason for you to try... Cause of it works we would be rooted Samsung style using flashify instead of twrp.
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No I remember I used it to root get the used flashify to flash TWRP.img then flashed magisk and removed kingroot after. If someone with a unlocked boot loader could try it because they had many requests for root

root
yes it cn be rooted i found the root for it on Vietnamese forum

Zhanozuki said:
yes it cn be rooted i found the root for it on Vietnamese forum
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Care to interpret what exactly they did to root? Where to get files and how to? Maybe this can be changed to English format.....

Just wondering if there's a progress thread for the h91810s exploit. I just received mine and it's on the same firmware.