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Every walkthrough points to link.geekfor.me/rootedromzip for this file, but the server must be taxed or down.
Anyone have a mirror for this specific file? Also, I know there is a Step 1 PC36IMG.zip and a Step 2 PC36IMG.zip. Can anyone provide the file sizes of the 2 different zips? I can seem to find the Step 2 file OK, but just need the Step 1 file.
Thank you.
nevermind. looks like the main link is working again. their host is reportedly having issues.
ok, i recently got galaxy nexus.
it took me 6 hours to unlock it and root it. (yes i'm a total noob.. i followed the guide exactly but my computer won't install the drivers and took me more than 10 tries to finally do it).
so my nexus is rooted and running 4.0.2 NON yakuju build.
now i want to update to 4.0.4 yakuju build without losing root.
what's the simplest idiot-proof method of doing this?
i searched all over but couldn't find a simple guide.
please help me, thank you.
dlxowhd said:
ok, i recently got galaxy nexus.
it took me 6 hours to unlock it and root it. (yes i'm a total noob.. i followed the guide exactly but my computer won't install the drivers and took me more than 10 tries to finally do it).
so my nexus is rooted and running 4.0.2 NON yakuju build.
now i want to update to 4.0.4 yakuju build without losing root.
what's the simplest idiot-proof method of doing this?
i searched all over but couldn't find a simple guide.
please help me, thank you.
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Geez 6 hours...it takes me no more than 10 minutes to unlock and root. By the way this is a question so next time you might want to stick this in the Q&A threads.
Anyway, if your unlocked you should have a recovery or something on your phone to flash ROMS, I think there is a stock rooted ZIP floating around you can use to update. But use the search and browse the development threads I'm sure you will find something.
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dlxowhd said:
ok, i recently got galaxy nexus.
it took me 6 hours to unlock it and root it. (yes i'm a total noob.. i followed the guide exactly but my computer won't install the drivers and took me more than 10 tries to finally do it).
so my nexus is rooted and running 4.0.2 NON yakuju build.
now i want to update to 4.0.4 yakuju build without losing root.
what's the simplest idiot-proof method of doing this?
i searched all over but couldn't find a simple guide.
please help me, thank you.
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Did a search off IMM7k6 and found the following link. Hope that helps. Trust me searching is your friend
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630349&highlight=imm76k
thanks but my phone is not verizon.
i got it from wind mobile... one that needs sim card inside..
is there a guide for wind mobile galaxy nexus?
Just use OTA RootKeeper to backup SU and restore it after you update.
ok i downloaded ota root keeper.
but how do i update to 4.0.4 YAKUJU?
sorry but i need a step by step instruction..
Now that you have the drivers installed, updating to anything should be easy. If you lose root, then just use the GNex toolkit to get it back. Using the toolkit, it should take somewhere around 90 seconds to root your phone.
ok that's good,
but is there a clear step-by-step instruction on how to go from 4.0.2 non-yakuju to 4.0.4 yakuju without losing root?
because all this is pretty confusing to me.
i need a step by step guide... for example:
step 1: go here and download this file
step 2: connect your phone to your pc
step 3: put this file into ...
etc..
dlxowhd said:
ok i downloaded ota root keeper.
but how do i update to 4.0.4 YAKUJU?
sorry but i need a step by step instruction..
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If you want to switch to yakju 4.0.4, see here.
If you want to update your non-yakju build to 4.0.4, see if the update is available here.
To root, after either method (given your bootloader is unlocked), follow method 1 here.
thank you efrant,
so if i understand correctly, i should follow your 2nd link and just skip the 1st link, right?
and how do i find out what version mine is?
i know it's not official yakju but i don't know if it's yakjuxx or yakjukkk or something else.
dlxowhd said:
thank you efrant,
so if i understand correctly, i should follow your 2nd link and just skip the 1st link, right?
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No, that's not what I was saying.
I was saying if you want to convert to yakju, follow the first link. You will be on yakju and 4.0.4. I would recommend this.
If you do not want to switch to yakju (i.e., you want to keep your current non-yakju build), then see if the 4.0.4 update is available for your build in the second link.
dlxowhd said:
and how do i find out what version mine is?
i know it's not official yakju but i don't know if it's yakjuxx or yakjukkk or something else.
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Look in this file and see what it says: /system/build.prop
ok,
i definately want yakju so i will follow the 1st link and ignore the 2nd link.
my phone just ran out of battery so i will have to go home first then charge it and try it out!
if i get stuck or screw up, please help me!
thank you so much.
hi,
ok i'm stuck.
i'm doing the part C of your guide.
you said extract the file and there should br 6 files ending with .img.
so i got those 6 files and put them into a folder (i named the folder 'yakju').
but where does this folder go?
do i put this folder onto my phone's sd card? or do i just leave it on my pc (they are inside my 'document' folder).
then your guide says : 8) Open a command prompt in the same directory and do the following:
but where do i open a command prompt?
in C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools?
dlxowhd said:
hi,
ok i'm stuck.
i'm doing the part C of your guide.
you said extract the file and there should br 6 files ending with .img.
so i got those 6 files and put them into a folder (i named the folder 'yakju').
but where does this folder go?
do i put this folder onto my phone's sd card? or do i just leave it on my pc (they are inside my 'document' folder).
then your guide says : 8) Open a command prompt in the same directory and do the following:
but where do i open a command prompt?
in C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools?
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Everything stays on your PC. You need to put the files from the attachment in the same folder as the .img files. Then you open a command prompt in THAT directory.
Did you read the whole post before starting like it was stated at the beginning?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
ok i open the command prompt in that directory and when i type 'fastboot devices', it says 'fastboot is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file'.
dlxowhd said:
ok i open the command prompt in that directory and when i type 'fastboot devices', it says 'fastboot is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file'.
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That's probably because you didn't unzip the files in the attachment into the same directory.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
ok, i followed your download link, and downloaded 'Factory Images "yakju" for Galaxy Nexus "maguro"'
then i got 'yakju-imm76i-factory-8001e72f.tar' file... but your guide says .tgz file?
so maybe i downloaded a wrong file.
anyway, then i unzipped it with 7zip and i got this folder called 'yakju-imm76i-factory-8001e72f'
inside that folder, i get this file 'yakju-imm76i-factory-8001e72f' with no file extension.
then i upzipped that file with 7zip and i get this folder named 'yakju-imm76i'.
inside that folder, i have bootloader-maguro-primela03.img, flash-all.sh, flash-base.sh, radio-maguro-i9250xxla02.img and image-yakju-imm76i.zip.
so i unzip image-yakju-imm76i.zip and i get this folder called image-yakju-imm76i and inside that folder i have 5 files : userdata.img, android-info.txt, boot.img, recovery.img, and system.img..
so where do i open a command prompt?
right now my folder structure/tree looks like this:
libraries -> documents -> yakju-imm76i-factory-8001e72f -> yakju-imm76i-factory-8001e72f~ -> yakju-imm76i -> image-yakju-imm76i
ok i think i may have found the problem.
your guide says: '2) Download the attachment from this post and extract the contents to the directory created in step 1.'
but there is no actual link.
can you please verify?
Lol. Think of the bright side guys. At least you're not doing it for him. You'd probably be getting calls at 4am. No offense op. First time is the hardest. But after the first the learning curve is easier.
let it be.
hi @rbiter.
can you please verify?
efants' guide says "'2) Download the attachment from this post and extract the contents to the directory created in step 1.''
but there is no actual link... right?
Scroll down and download that. Extract those files, platform tools into the folder you just made. That platform tools will be very important from here on out.
let it be.
The link below is of the site im talking about, i rooted my note 4 no problem before with this and im doing someone else phone. I downloaded the root files, go to extract and i get error and it wont do it. tried it 3 times on 2 computers same result. suggestions?
had to put a space before (.com) so it didnt show up as a link.
androidxda .com/root-samsung-galaxy-note-4-sm-n910p-sprint
Open the archive with 7zip or winwar and drag the files to an folder/location titled appropriately, like root or Odin under a main folder like SM-N910.
Thanks, i will try that when i get home. Just odd it worked fine when i did mine and now it says its corrupt.
No go with 7zip.
Chain Fire has a policy against redistributing his work. When I go to his thread and follow the link, I end up with the link below.
http://download.chainfire.eu/585/CF-Root1/CF-Auto-Root-trltespr-trltespr-smn910p.zip
Also, no md5 to verify a good download. I'd suggest the proper link from this thread and use a PC to download. Maybe the source or bad download is what you're dealing with? You did try open archive and select all, drag to suggested folder, right? Don't recommend extraction; just double-click Odin, once folder is created, to execute and pick the file as directed in the thread below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=55865442
Thanks, i actually just found that about 30 mins ago and it worked great. saved that page for future use if i help anyone else to root there phone. been coming to this site for years very rarely do i have to post cause everything i ever need to know is on here somewhere.
[OBSOLETE THREAD]
This thread is obsolete. A solution was found, which is posted here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/help/method-to-root-lg-g4s-model-h735-lg-g4-t3248030
Please use the new thread for discussions.
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Hi,
I have been trying to root the LG G4S (H735), also known as "LG G4 Beat".
I tried two things:
Approach 1
I tried the method posted by konsolen in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/general/lg-g4s-world-root-lg-devices-t3231759
but it didn't work for me. I tried several times with varying approaches, but the boot process always gets stuck on the LG logo.
Approach 2
I also tried to inject the root as suggested in this thread for the G4:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/help/rooting-lg-h735-g4-beat-t3192491
I've used the Inject_Root_G4.zip from this link, which I believe is the same shared elsewhere:
https://mega.nz/#!BIxUzbqI!nt2YnGnGQlSiBQ-Ar-c-q7oDMIEsg6xd0Kmek-q0clg
And I get the same problem - stuck on the LG logo when booting.
For anyone who wants to reproduce Approach 2 to maybe find a solution:
1. Start up LGFlashTool2014. You can follow instructions in thread by konsolen (see Approach 1 above). You can use his .kdz file as well. Important: Pull out your USB cable as soon as the green letters COMX (with a number instead of X) appear on the phone. My flashtool actually didn't display the progress percentage, but apparently this at 9%. It doesn't matter if you don't see the percentage though, I've verified with this KDZ image that if you pull the cable at the very moment the green letters appear, nothing is corrupted. The phone will still display 0%. Leave it as it is after you unplugged the cable.
2. Kill your flash tool with the windows task manager. After it closed, you can plug the phone back in and open a windows command line in the folder where your Send_Command.exe is (you can download the package in konsolen's instructions which contains Send_Command.exe as well).
3. Open the console to your phone with
Code:
Send_Command.exe \\.\COMX.
(with your number instead of X)
You will have to do steps 1-3 every time you want to get this console, for example to run all the dd commands below.
4. Calculate the dd parameters and backup your system partition into a .img file. There is an excellent guide by dominik-p for how to determine your individual dd parameters:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/help/how-to-determine-dd-parameters-lg-g4-t3184867
5. Keep a copy of your system.img somewhere safe, you can use it to restore your system if something goes wrong. So don't use this original in the next steps!
6. Copy the .img file to a linux system and mount it. I'm guessing who is trying this knows how to do this. Anything you change in the folder you mounted the image on, will be saved in the image. You can then use this updated image to overwrite your original system partition, again with dd (as described in the thread by dominik-p) using your parameters. So here's the crucial bit: You get root access to your system files via linux. When you know the right things to mess with, you can root your phone with the updated image. Injecting the root as done in step 8 is one way to change the system on the G4 in order to root it.
7. [Optional] If you are new to this, you may want to do a simple test before you continue.
Create a testfile (test.txt) on the mounted system partition. Then copy the .img file back to your phone and try to "dd" it back over your system partition.
Then, check if you see the test file on your system partition -- you may have to reboot the phone after the dd command (and log back in with Send_Command.exe) in order to see the updates.
8. Inject root with the Inject_Root_G4.zip on the mounted folder of the image on your linux system. You can follow instructions (Step 2) here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/general/lg-g4-100-root-success-directives-root-t3180586
9. Copy the new img file to your phone and "dd" it over your system partition, using your own dd parameters.
10. Reboot the phone (you can also just type LEAVE in the Send_Command.exe console).
Now, it should be rooted - if it worked for you!
If it worked for you, that's great. It didn't for me, it got stuck on the LG logo in the boot process again. So I had to write my original system.img back onto my system partition to get the phone back.
I did get the following errors in Step 8 above, though I did try anyway to use the resulting image. The errors may have something to do with my problem, but it may also be because the inject root is for the G4, not the G4s.
Code:
sudo ./autoroot.sh
cp: cannot create regular file ‘operatingtable/lib64/libsupol.so’: No such file or directory
chmod: cannot access ‘operatingtable/lib64/libsupol.so’: No such file or directory
chcon: cannot access ‘operatingtable/lib64/libsupol.so’: No such file or directory
chmod: cannot access ‘operatingtable/bin/app_process64_original’: No such file or directory
chcon: cannot access ‘operatingtable/bin/app_process64_original’: No such file or directory
chmod: cannot access ‘operatingtable/bin/app_process_init’: No such file or directory
chcon: cannot access ‘operatingtable/bin/app_process_init’: No such file or directory
If anyone finds a solution to this, or has any ideas what could be tried, I would be very interested to hear it. I'm new to rooting phones and don't have much experience beyond what I did in the last days.
Cheers
Jennifer
jen.magnolis said:
4. Calculate the dd parameters and backup your system partition into a .img file. There is an excellent guide by @dominik-p for how to determine your individual dd parameters:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/help/how-to-determine-dd-parameters-lg-g4-t3184867
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Happy that my guide has helped you
As I said here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/help/rooting-lg-h735-g4-beat-t3192491/page5
Everyone who is interested to inject root must edit the autoroot.sh from the inject.zip and use the correct files from SuperSU
More information about the files:
https://su.chainfire.eu
Maybe you have to use other files. Not the files from the inject.zip
Download the Update-SuperSU zip from http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu
Copy the files you need to the "su" folder of the extracted inject.zip
For information which files are needed read the "update-binary" file from the SuperSU zip.
(located here META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary)
Good luck everyone :good:
Thanks again for the links! I'll try again soon, when I get time for it, and report the results here
By the way, here's the ls -lR of my system.
Ok, no problem, take your time.
I've got also lot of other work to do...
I just read your system.txt (thanks)
According to these lines:
Code:
lrwxr-xr-x. 1 root 2000 13 Aug 24 02:05 app_process -> app_process32
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root 2000 13588 Aug 24 02:05 app_process32
It seems that the firmware is 32 bit.
More info about your firmware is in /system/build.prop
So you have to take the right lines from update-binary and copy them and edit the autoroot.sh
Please don't ask me which lines. It's a bit difficult... (you have to understand the logic in update-binary)
Then copy the files from the right folder (arm?) to the "su" folder.
Sorry. I'm out now here for the next time. I have a H815 and happy with it.
I think you will find the solution. :good:
Custom Recoverys
Hi All
Are there any custom recovery's for the G4 beat/G4s
Thanks
Thanks dominik-p for your help. Good luck with your other work, don't worry I won't distract you with asking questions You already helped a lot.
benji5688, you can check for official firmware (.kdz file) on this link, pasting your IMEI instead of YOUR-IMEI in the link below.
http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/csmg/b2c/client/auth_model_check2.jsp?esn=YOUR-IMEI
I did not find any for mine there, but I did find it on
http://devtester.ro/projects/lg-firmwares/
Which brought me to this link where I could find mine:
http://pkg02.azure.gdms.lge.com/dn/downloader.dev?fileKey=FW703UV132GQAUP7A0ED99N/H73510c_00.kdz
but you should look for your specific model.
jen.magnolis said:
Hi,
I have been trying to root the LG G4S (H735), also known as "LG G4 Beat".
I tried two things:
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LOL
I did the exact same thing as you, and really the EXACT, I also contacted dominik-p for the same problem you got with the bs. LOL
Was about to do the same thing you did here too just told that to dominik-p lol.
You post is great, well detailled. Hope someone found something
But got something different. my phone is the LGH731 LG G4 Vigor from Videotron in Canada.
If someone need files or system.img LINK
That's not the exact same thing as the post owner but i'm pretty sure the root method will be. (DON'T use this system.img to inject in you H735) it's from a H731 and they don't have the same partition size.
Ha, that's funny, and you got the same problem of course (frozen logo boot).
We will find a solution. It's just a matter of time. I'm a bit pressed for work in the next days but I'll get back into it around mid week. I think the main problem was, as I suspected and also as dominik-p pointed out, we've been using the wrong inject files. And the G4s is 32 bit so obviously it won't work with 64 bit libs.
First thing I'll try is using the other files from the link dominik-p shared. I'll also read the guide and try to understand which files need to be changed to gain root access in general, i.e. learn the basics of how to root. Then I think/hope I'll be able to fix this. And finally get to move all my stuff onto SD and get my storage back
Meanwhile, if you get any new results, let me know.
Cheers
jen.magnolis said:
Ha, that's funny, and you got the same problem of course (frozen logo boot).
We will find a solution. It's just a matter of time. I'm a bit pressed for work in the next days but I'll get back into it around mid week. I think the main problem was, as I suspected and also as dominik-p pointed out, we've been using the wrong inject files. And the G4s is 32 bit so obviously it won't work with 64 bit libs.
First thing I'll try is using the other files from the link dominik-p shared. I'll also read the guide and try to understand which files need to be changed to gain root access in general, i.e. learn the basics of how to root. Then I think/hope I'll be able to fix this. And finally get to move all my stuff onto SD and get my storage back
Meanwhile, if you get any new results, let me know.
Cheers
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Yes i'm trying this today (the 32-64 bits thing)
Custom recovery
What does this file do though?
Is it a custom recovery or is it the stock rom?
Thanks Benji
benji5688 said:
What does this file do though?
Is it a custom recovery or is it the stock rom?
Thanks Benji
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It's the stock ROM. It can be used for recovery, depending what your problem is. If you destroyed your ROM by trying to root, you can recover with this.
If you mess with something in your system partition (where the Android OS is installed), you'd need a copy of your individual system partition (like a "backup") to restore. This highly depends on your phone/version, so you have to do this backup yourself. You can follow the instructions with the dd parameters, linked to from the main thread.
Are there any custom recoverys
Hi
Are there any custom recovery available, I want to get Xposed.
Can anyone make one?
Thanks for all the help
benji5688 said:
Hi
Are there any custom recovery available, I want to get Xposed.
Can anyone make one?
Thanks for all the help
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I far as I know to get Xposed you need to be rooted... Well there is no root method availaible, well you can try the methods that Jen explained here but I doubt they will work... if yes, you lucky ****
Is the g4s running marshmallow? Is so you would need to use a compatible su install.
Sent from my VS986 using XDA Free mobile app
larsdennert said:
Is the g4s running marshmallow? Is so you would need to use a compatible su install.
Sent from my VS986 using XDA Free mobile app
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No the problem is really just changing the 64 bits command to make then use the 32 bits ones
I manage everything except this one
Code:
chcon --reference=operatingtable/bin/app_process32 operatingtable/bin/app_process64_original
I agree with xsteacy, this will most likely not work, that's why we opened this discussion
We just have to find the right files to use (instead of the 64 bit ones).
I will get back onto the subject by Wednesday when I have time.
I solved it! My phone is rooted
I asked someone to test my script before I post the results. Hang on there, tomorrow I'll post the solution.
Good times!
jen.magnolis said:
I solved it! My phone is rooted
I asked someone to test my script before I post the results. Hang on there, tomorrow I'll post the solution.
Good times!
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0.0 OH!?
Ok I'm putting it out there for others to test as well.
Please report if it worked so I can take this into account before updating the main thread instructions.
In the attached .zip file there is a README with instructions.
Note: Thanks goes to @konsolen who shared instructions on how to open the COM port on the H735.
The script in konsolens post is essentially the upater-binary script of the SuperSU package, but with a few modifications.
That may have been necessary on konsolens phone, but it didn't work on mine. For me, using the original script worked.
However, the zip file has to be extracted manually with busybox before the updater-binary script is started. I am not
sure if busybox absolutely needs to be in the /sbin folder, but that's where I saw elsewhere that it belonged, so
I moved it over there in my script. I haven't tested this with busybox being elsewhere.
Thanks goes also to @dominik-p for sharing the link to excellent documentation and for his instructions on how
to make a backup (with dd) of your system, in case anything goes wrong.
UPDATE: I did all commands in root_lgh375.sh manually when I found it already worked, so please report if all is good with the script, but I think it should be, it only does what I did manually.
Congratulations @jen.magnolis
Well done
Hi all,
I want to root Android 4.4.4, as you may know the only way to root it to use pre root image file.
So I used "RK3xxx Firmware Tools by SergioPoverony" to extract "System" and "Boot" files,
No I have to embedded the SuperSU manually " explained in "META-INF\com\google\android\update-binary" then reflect all the permissions for the file into "system_statfile.txt" then repack the images via the same app then flash the drive.
me experience here is limited , can any one tell me how to follow the instruction in the "update-binary" file to install the superSu to be able to root the update.img ?
Do I have to use Linux or Windows is good to go ?
Thank you all.