I just used my upgrade to get the LG G6 only to realize it can't be bootloader unlocked. Crap. Dont they have a policy where i can return it in a matter of days?
If not, crap.
Is there still a way to get twrp installed to do custom roms with stock kernel?
My android skills are slowing making a recovery after retiring my apple device.
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Wrong thread for this device, I know, but does anyone here know if the root method for this phone will work on the LG V10? I mean it took months to get root on LP, and for the few of us who updated to MM, now we have no root now. Its been MONTHs since MM came out and no root. (Funny story, so I needed to get phone turned in because headphone port can only hear out of one ear, without applying immense pressure, so I needed to unroot and update to latest firmware to turn it in for insurance. Only way to see how much it was going to cost was to actually take it to a store. Went there, was told it would cost 300 dollars. 300???!? Nope. So now I am stuck on MM 6.0 with **** LG stock skin. *cries silently*)
There is not a root method for the V20 yet. The only thing we have is an unlocked bootloader on the T-Mobile variant.
Edit: Let me rephrase that, there is not a root method that is widely available for every device as of yet. The T-Mobile version has root but it most-likely will not work with your device.
Thats one of my holdups for going with the V20. ATT is the worst on updates and I will not buy one that cant be rooted and have SU permissions.
Both are currently the same price. Both bootloaders are unlocked and have twrp. The H870 already has an unofficial LineageOS rom, the US997 does not.
Getting rid of LG's ****ty OS and putting something more stock is pretty important to me.
I was leaning towards the H870 before because its $50 cheaper, but the US997 has a 2 year warranty. Im in the US and on tmobile btw.
I know the rom for the h870 doesnt boot from what ive read.im on the us997 hoping for custom roms.but rooted and majorly debloated it works good
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I know the rom for the h870 doesnt boot from what ive read.im on the us997 hoping for custom roms.but rooted and majorly debloated it works good
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Well the phone is pretty new, and the G5 has full lineage support, so its just a matter of time until the G6 (i think). I just hope both unlocked devices are supported, and not one or the other. Anyone have any idea?
i'm already learning and learning and learning and work on some custom roms (includes lineageOS)
but for an beginner it is not easy to build them .
next problem is my pc, i need more ram and a better cpu :angel:
I just saw a post about a new prime phone from Amazon, and I was curious if there has been any luck rooting these AMZN based devices?
I really like the G6, but having access to the US unlocked GSM device AND the quad DAC would be perfect for me.
But I gotta have root. So any threads on other devices, or any insider information on whether these Amazon devices have unlocked bootloader's?
https://www.engadget.com/2017/10/26/amazon-lg-g6-prime-discount/
I'm waiting for the unlocked US998, but I would be okay with a quad DAC G6, too. As I don't mind waiting 6 mo the for the V30's to drop in price.
I am also wondering the same thing. Has the LG G6+ been rooted?
You are never going to see an official bootloader unlock for the Amazon devices, because their marketing model is "discount phone with ads." Bootloader unlock would allow you to circumvent the ads by rooting and/or flashing a different ROM, so Amazon would not offer the phone this way without an agreement from LG not to unlock these phones. Other devices Amazon sells this way are pretty tightly locked down, and their communities have not had a lot of success breaking into them.
Bottom line is, it's not coming any time soon, if at all, so don't buy the device assuming that you'll someday be able to root it.
Anybody tried flashing a different stock ROM to the phone using Uppercut yet? I'm wondering if you could just flash the international firmware to the phone if the phone would accept it since it's recognized in LG UP with no issues and shows up as the international version too. Since it's a signed firmware I've gotta believe that if you can't ever unlock the bootloader that you could at least flash a stock LG international firmware file to it.
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Anybody tried flashing a different stock ROM to the phone using Uppercut yet? I'm wondering if you could just flash the international firmware to the phone if the phone would accept it since it's recognized in LG UP with no issues and shows up as the international version too. Since it's a signed firmware I've gotta believe that if you can't ever unlock the bootloader that you could at least flash a stock LG international firmware file to it.
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Anyone who has one try this yet?
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Anyone who has one try this yet?
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Not gonna happen unfortunately...not unless someone gains root access to the device and then uses something like FlashFire to hot-flash a custom ROM onto the device. That would be our best hope. That being said I'm still using my LG G6 since Amazon removed ads from all Prime devices free of charge (except for Kindles and such) and my phone is better than ever now. I plan on getting at least a year of use out of it and then upgrade to something with a Snapdragon 845 CPU inside it.
Alright guys...im trying to root my H870 AT&T G6 thinq and Idk what I'm doing wrong. I downloaded the files I need and tried getting it into fastboot mode and it just reboots and turns on. I tried adb reboot recovery and of course with no recovery yet it goes to no command. Does anyone have a better way then using adb? I attempted to use kingoroot but I don't read Chinese so I have no idea what it was saying lol
As has been said elsewhere, the European H870 and US 997 are the only ones that are rootable.
There is not and will not be a root for any of the other variants. There is some chat about it on the forums but realistically there will not be any other rooting method other than the official LG route.
A couple people in this thread for the LG K10 said they are getting closer for this model, any update on this model, would love to root it.
Ur bootloader is unlocked ?
Me too; I really don't care about the bootloader being unlocked but at least if I could have factory firmware without all the ATT bull**** installed, that would be great. What would be insanely good is if someone could figure out how to get the TMobile firmware on this guy so I can use LTE-Voice and WiFi calling.
Hi!
Since LG shut down their services to officially unlock boot in December 2021, we have to deal otherwise.
In the past DirtySanta was able to unlock LG V20 H990 independently. We need to expand this method for ours LG G5, including H850 and others. These phones are similiar and comes from the same period, it might be possible.
[ROOT] DirtySanta comes for the H990
Took a while to work things out, but DirtySanta has been successfully extended to international versions of the LGE V20. While I have tried to ensure this works for anyone, this may fail. I also do not provide any warranty! The result of a...
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For now this seems as the best option.
It seams it was already adapted to branded versions of LG G5, can it be used on rest of them?
[GUIDE] Full ADB Root, System RW, and DM-VERITY Off for Sprint LG G5! [ZV4]
UPDATE Thanks to thjubeck for testing this, it seems that this userdebug kernel actually works on all devices running antirollback v0 and running Marshmallow! I only have the Sprint variant, so be careful!!! Enjoy root guys :D A bit of a...
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Good to know someone did it !
I'm stuck with locked bootloader and from my searches, LG does not want to deal with only a few people asking stuff about a 5 years old devices.
Keep me informed if there's some news !
I like this idea and would really appreciate bootloader unlock for H850 international models
I would love that as well, I'm trying to get a G5 H850 refurbished. It makes me reallly angry at LG, because without custom ROMs this phone is just landfill material.
Please kind developers,, help us save this phone from the trash!