Hi my computer has died. MY boot is unlocked. In the past I've rooted galaxy phones without a computer, using a file app. Is it possible to finish my N4 this way? I'd hate to buy a new laptop just to root one phone
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U dont need to buy a new one, just use one of ur friends, thats the easiest way.
A lot of the older phones needed to be rooted using an exploit, and thus people made applications that could root it from within the system. Since the Nexus phones are so easy to root without any exploits, all of the toolkits that are created are just using the ADB and Fastboot commands to flash a custom recovery and root the phone.
If you were rooted but didn't have a custom recovery, that would be simple to fix. If you had a custom recovery and needed root, that would be simple to fix. But with neither, I think you're going to need a computer.
You need a computer, OR another device that supports OTG and has a fastboot binary installed.
howard bamber said:
Hi my computer has died. MY boot is unlocked. In the past I've rooted galaxy phones without a computer, using a file app. Is it possible to finish my N4 this way? I'd hate to buy a new laptop just to root one phone
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Actually, I think there's a kernel somewhere here that you can flash and it will root the device simultaneously. I'll try to look for it and see if it's something you can use. Cheers.
apatal said:
Actually, I think there's a kernel somewhere here that you can flash and it will root the device simultaneously. I'll try to look for it and see if it's something you can use. Cheers.
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That's not the problem... the problem here would be flashing the kernel.
howard bamber said:
Hi my computer has died. MY boot is unlocked. In the past I've rooted galaxy phones without a computer, using a file app. Is it possible to finish my N4 this way? I'd hate to buy a new laptop just to root one phone
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I had rooted my N4 without a PC.
I had rooted it with FRAMAROOT app, just 2 click and reboot and N4 was rooted. :good:
Is there any way to load TWRP on a non-rooted 6P, without a PC/cable? I left my only USB-C cable at work. Back in the day you used to be able to create a .zip that would automatically be picked up by fastboot/HBOOT, but not sure if that's possible anymore. I tried searching for this answer for a while so I apologize if it's already been posted.
dprecourt said:
Is there any way to load TWRP on a non-rooted 6P, without a PC/cable? I left my only USB-C cable at work. Back in the day you used to be able to create a .zip that would automatically be picked up by fastboot/HBOOT, but not sure if that's possible anymore. I tried searching for this answer for a while so I apologize if it's already been posted.
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I don't think so. You either need a PC with a cable to do it through fastboot, or route so you can use an app like Flashify to do it
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dprecourt said:
Is there any way to load TWRP on a non-rooted 6P, without a PC/cable? I left my only USB-C cable at work. Back in the day you used to be able to create a .zip that would automatically be picked up by fastboot/HBOOT, but not sure if that's possible anymore. I tried searching for this answer for a while so I apologize if it's already been posted.
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Root usually has nothing to do with being able to flash TWRP, all you need is an unlocked bootloader. But, there are apps like Flashify and Flashfire that can flash TWRP directly from the phone, these apps do require root though.
I've always been a Samsung fan, but this phone is packed with features I like. With samsung , unlocked BL then twrp, then flash SU..done. is LG a little different or is it Nouget that is making the process harder or even not possible? Any thoughts from any LG veterans?
Bubba Fett said:
I've always been a Samsung fan, but this phone is packed with features I like. With samsung , unlocked BL then twrp, then flash SU..done. is LG a little different or is it Nouget that is making the process harder or even not possible? Any thoughts from any LG veterans?
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AFAIK it's Nougat. This is my first LG device, coming from HTC 10. I've had many others, just never LG.
lightninbug said:
AFAIK it's Nougat. This is my first LG device, coming from HTC 10. I've had many others, just never LG.
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Did you get the phone yet? Try to unlock? I think i saw you involved over at the s7 edge root thread when i was watching that right? The things I'm going to have to get used to is power button and no physical home/back buttons however if root is achieved and maintained through FW updates I think this phone will be the best out there and development for LG should rise.
Bubba Fett said:
Did you get the phone yet? Try to unlock? I think i saw you involved over at the s7 edge root thread when i was watching that right? The things I'm going to have to get used to is power button and no physical home/back buttons however if root is achieved and maintained through FW updates I think this phone will be the best out there and development for LG should rise.
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No.. thought I was getting it today via UPS... Guess I was tracking the wrong package lmao (stoner moment)... The G pad X came today instead... Lammmmme!!!
LG blocked fastboot commands since MM so the standard would usually be Unlock BL, flash recovery then flash SU.
But its not the case anymore.
Now its Unlock BL wait till an official.tot or .kdz to be released or leaked from LG, then repack it with root or a recovery and flash via LGUP or LG Tool.
just curious, what do you need root for?
phones nowadays come great out of the box. just disable what you dont need.
Z51 said:
just curious, what do you need root for?
phones nowadays come great out of the box. just disable what you dont need.
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Are you really on XDA posting this?...What do we need root for???... Maybe head to the T-Mobile forums bro.
lightninbug said:
Are you really on XDA posting this?...What do we need root for???... Maybe head to the T-Mobile forums bro.
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Does someone really need to want to root his phone to be on XDA? There's a whole lot of learning and shared experience going on out in those threads and there's not one rooted V20 to be found.
The fact of the matter is, a lot of people who come to XDA shouldn't be allowed anywhere near an ADB command or a one touch root.
On my short time with the Note 7, XDA showed me that it really wasn't smart to root that phone. Rooting broke too much of the stuff I used, and the developers didn't get enough time to iron out those problems. If they root this phone, I won't be doing it to mine until I see how all of the problems shake out.
douger1957 said:
Does someone really need to want to root his phone to be on XDA? There's a whole lot of learning and shared experience going on out in those threads and there's not one rooted V20 to be found.
The fact of the matter is, a lot of people who come to XDA shouldn't be allowed anywhere near an ADB command or a one touch root.
On my short time with the Note 7, XDA showed me that it really wasn't smart to root that phone. Rooting broke too much of the stuff I used, and the developers didn't get enough time to iron out those problems. If they root this phone, I won't be doing it to mine until I see how all of the problems shake out.
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I think that's a good opinion. Mine is I want to be the administrator of my $800 hand computer. Not tmobile. Not LG, Samsung , or anyone else. I bought it. It's mine. If I want to block ads, or change the color of my clock then I should be able to. I agree on waiting for bugs to be fixed, but being able to flash a backup or backed up app is a nice feature. I miss the days where root came easy and we owned the rights to our devices. It's bull5hit!
Bubba Fett said:
I think that's a good opinion. Mine is I want to be the administrator of my $800 hand computer. Not tmobile. Not LG, Samsung , or anyone else. I bought it. It's mine. If I want to block ads, or change the color of my clock then I should be able to. I agree on waiting for bugs to be fixed, but being able to flash a backup or backed up app is a nice feature. I miss the days where root came easy and we owned the rights to our devices. It's bull5hit!
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Amen to that lol! Do you know how long does it take to restore every single app when you dont have titanium backup installed and your device rooted? (i have 113 user apps in my lg g3), you can easily take up to 2 hours installing and setting up. while when you have titanium, you can sit there and drink up your coconut juice while it does everything on its own and everything already set up, and it is pretty quick too. Also, i hate ads. unless the benefit me (that's how i found out about the LG V20 lol) Not to mention that many of the ads out there are either scam or viruses . Also, rooting is the way to really owning your device. a device is not yours until whatever thing you want to do can actually be achieved because you (the owner) wanted to and not because the company wanted to. :good:
I need root for adblocking and xprivacy , that's it. No root within 15 days, its getting returned.
Amd4life said:
I need root for adblocking and xprivacy , that's it. No root within 15 days, its getting returned.
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Lol you might as well return it now then. Beucase i doubt it will be done that quick. I mean, i bought this phone because of its great features. And even though i like to root, flash, and all that, well, i have set up my mind in a balanced mode and said "well, chances to get root are 50%, sure i like to root my phone but probably it wont be possible ". To be honest i usually wait about 3 month before buying a new released smartphone because by around that time, they usually have root and have gotten bugs already fixed. But i couldnt resist the offers on this one LOL. so, if it doesnt get root, i will stuck with it for a while anyway.
Amd4life said:
I need root for adblocking and xprivacy , that's it. No root within 15 days, its getting returned.
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I'm in the exact same boat as you. My V20 is sitting all pretty on my desk. T-14 days before I return it if no root. Been rocking the OnePlus 3 with an awesome ROM since the first Note 7 recall. Absolutely loving it. Got the V20 only because of the screen, camera, and supposedly better sound--all of which are probably marginal upgrades compared to OP3 especially considering it's well over twice the price.
V521 didn't have root until update was released. I grabbed and uploaded the ROM, and soon rooted .dz was there.
Confirmed: Similar to T-Mobile LG G5 there are not flash commands in fastboot to write a new recovery. Will need someone to create a TOT file to get us TWRP and root I think.
confirmed that I have unlocked my t-mobile bootloader also. TRY THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!
booted into fastboot mode by
a) powering down the device
b) putting the cable into the PC USB drive
c) hold down - volume down button, insert USB-C cable into the phone.
d) check the USB drivers in device manager.
e) I manually installed USB driver using the google USB drive from SDK tools 2.2 (LG drivers may also work)
f) cmd, run as administrator, changed directory to my adb folder
g) fastboot oem device, listed my device (so im good to go)
h) [FONT="]fastboot oem unlock (doing such will erase your phone)
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j) fastboot reboot
device boots with security warning (ie bootloader unlocked), boots fine, clean device
went back into fastboot tried to compile a basic TWRP using my v10 TWRP as a basis....fail on my coding skills ( I am still learning)
using command fastboot boot XXX.img
c:\adb>fastboot boot v20.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.700s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time: 0.721s
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lightninbug said:
Are you really on XDA posting this?...What do we need root for???... Maybe head to the T-Mobile forums bro.
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Don't get your panties in a bunch. It was a simple question. I come on here to make money. I fix phones for a living and I come here to fix what people attempting to root broke and brought to me to fix. If you don't want to root, you don't have to. If you do, then by all means root your phone. No need to be a **** about it.
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Amd4life said:
confirmed that I have unlocked my t-mobile bootloader also. TRY THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!
booted into fastboot mode by
a) powering down the device
b) putting the cable into the PC USB drive
c) hold down - volume down button, insert USB-C cable into the phone.
d) check the USB drivers in device manager.
e) I manually installed USB driver using the google USB drive from SDK tools 2.2 (LG drivers may also work)
f) cmd, run as administrator, changed directory to my adb folder
g) fastboot oem device, listed my device (so im good to go)
h) [FONT="]fastboot oem unlock (doing such will erase your phone)
I) fastboot getvar unlock[/FONT]
j) fastboot reboot
device boots with security warning (ie bootloader unlocked), boots fine, clean device
went back into fastboot tried to compile a basic TWRP using my v10 TWRP as a basis....fail on my coding skills ( I am still learning)
using command fastboot boot XXX.img
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Apparently LG disables boot/flash. I'm going to try to get a tmobile TOT file tomorrow. I'm working on updating a TOT extractor tool right now to work it.
Can someone run this:
Code:
fastboot getvar all
Bubba Fett said:
I think that's a good opinion. Mine is I want to be the administrator of my $800 hand computer. Not tmobile. Not LG, Samsung , or anyone else. I bought it. It's mine. If I want to block ads, or change the color of my clock then I should be able to. I agree on waiting for bugs to be fixed, but being able to flash a backup or backed up app is a nice feature. I miss the days where root came easy and we owned the rights to our devices. It's bull5hit!
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I will most likely root my phone when the time comes. I am not against rooting at all... I rooted all of my phones except the Note 7. What I'm saying is that root isn't for everyone, not everyone should root their phone even if they think it's the thing to do and that I think there's a place at XDA for people who don't want to learn ADB commands.
A while back i was eable to root my phone and open my bootloader and flash twrp too
and time pass my usb port is damaged and my can just charge
so without knowing i flashed oos3.6.1 and i lost my root and my recovery
is there a way too root it back without comuter? please help !!!!
aldoking said:
A while back i was eable to root my phone and open my bootloader and flash twrp too
and time pass my usb port is damaged and my can just charge
so without knowing i flashed oos3.6.1 and i lost my root and my recovery
is there a way too root it back without comuter? please help !!!!
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If you are on OFFICIAL oos3.6.1 you can first try this method in android terminal emulator (from playstore, no idea if this works, cant test as i don't use oos anymore) and then install recovery this way
It is risky but it is an idea. If you'd rather have a phone without root and recovery than an expensive paperweight and you feel unsure, don't try it.
edit: btw, did you try cleaning your usb c port? i couldn't even charge op2 bcs there was so much dust in it. After cleaning with a small/flat toothpick it works as new.
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If you are on OFFICIAL oos3.6.1 you can first try this method in android terminal emulator (from playstore, no idea if this works, cant test as i don't use oos anymore) and then install recovery this way
It is risky but it is an idea. If you'd rather have a phone without root and recovery than an expensive paperweight and you feel unsure, don't try it.
edit: btw, did you try cleaning your usb c port? i couldn't even charge op2 bcs there was so much dust in it. After cleaning with a small/flat toothpick it works as new.
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it doesn't work
adb shell is made to be run on pc if i'm not mistaking
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aldoking said:
it doesn't work
adb shell is made to be run on pc if i'm not mistaking
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Yes, this is right, it only works with root permissions in terminal emulator... didn't think about that sry.
Try using kingoroot apk, if it does not work you can (or cannot--> u have to try) downgrade to oldest oos avaiable and try kingoroot again.
If nothing works i'm out of ideas.
You can use ADB over network if you have access to Wi-Fi
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You can use ADB over network if you have access to Wi-Fi
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you to u set it first on port 55555
that mean connecting your device on computer first
something i can't seeing my situation
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Yes, this is right, it only works with root permissions in terminal emulator... didn't think about that sry.
Try using kingoroot apk, if it does not work you can (or cannot--> u have to try) downgrade to oldest oos avaiable and try kingoroot again.
If nothing works i'm out of ideas.
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thank for your ideas.
i will see if i can to do something using termix
it is way more powerfull that other terminal emulators
I had the same problem. The only solution I found after months of thinking was to change the USB flex cable inside the phone. It's really really easy and costs like 10 euros on ebay. Then I connected it to my PC and rooted it. I think there is no other way
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I had the same problem. The only solution I found after months of thinking was to change the USB flex cable inside the phone. It's really really easy and costs like 10 euros on ebay. Then I connected it to my PC and rooted it. I think there is no other way
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if i could i would have bought it a lonnn time ago
but as can see it is not easy for everybody
Title says it all. I have no pc or twrp but want to root, so what are my options?
smokeuout said:
Title says it all. I have no pc or twrp but want to root, so what are my options?
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None. Other than buy a cheap old laptop on eBay or wherever. Or use someone else's PC.
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None. Other than buy a cheap old laptop on eBay or wherever. Or use someone else's PC.
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Okay then, is it possible to install TWRP without a PC? Thats the main hurdle im facing.
smokeuout said:
Okay then, is it possible to install TWRP without a PC? Thats the main hurdle im facing.
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No. It has to be flashed either by Odin or Heimdall. There is an app in PlayStore but it is no longer supported and doesn't work on newer devices or current Android versions.