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How is LG with the dev community?

I am looking to upgrade to the Sprint LG G2, and the deciding factor is how LG handles the root/ROM community. My current phone is the OG Photon, which Motorola permalocked the bootloader, then canceled ICS. Even unlocked, Motorola had terrible driver support, where camcorders, 4G and more would break on custom ROMs. Being on Gingerbread yet sucks, as such I refuse to buy a phone that can't be unlocked(T-Mobile has horrible coverage in my area, or I'd have bought a Nexus 4 long ago). So I'd like to see the opinions of the OG, to see how support is, and to see how easy it is to unlock. I understand how stock Android functions, but I have a Nexus 10. I'm used to 'fastboot oem unlock' and pure AOSP support/factory images and such haha. Does LG release the stock ROMs or bootloaders or anything? Does LG even use stock fastboot? Sorry for all the questions, just trying to not get burned again(Motorola.....).
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Koopa777 said:
I am looking to upgrade to the Sprint LG G2, and the deciding factor is how LG handles the root/ROM community. My current phone is the OG Photon, which Motorola permalocked the bootloader, then canceled ICS. Even unlocked, Motorola had terrible driver support, where camcorders, 4G and more would break on custom ROMs. Being on Gingerbread yet sucks, as such I refuse to buy a phone that can't be unlocked(T-Mobile has horrible coverage in my area, or I'd have bought a Nexus 4 long ago). So I'd like to see the opinions of the OG, to see how support is, and to see how easy it is to unlock. I understand how stock Android functions, but I have a Nexus 10. I'm used to 'fastboot oem unlock' and pure AOSP support/factory images and such haha. Does LG release the stock ROMs or bootloaders or anything? Does LG even use stock fastboot? Sorry for all the questions, just trying to not get burned again(Motorola.....).
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I'm happy happy man right know development is sky rocketing ...
They have a locked boot loader but their is an unlock currently for it ...
Lg doesn't do aosp type roms but they even their stock ROM is pretty nice tho....
They've updated us to jb 4.1 .. Looking to c if they give us 4.3 as our last hoorah Lol....
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The LGOG community has been amazing!
We all here are one big family trying to make sure our device stays up to date with the latest & greatest. I can't thank our Devs enough for all the hard work they put in.
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I actually looked here to make sure there was development for this phone before I purchased it, Optimus G running Vectus rom makes me smile each time I pick up my phone.

Its growing by the day! I just got this phone 1 month ago and there was an alright amount of ROMs. but now in the past month there was over 6 new ROMs!! Were getting up there.
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I came from the DROID RAZR, and this phone feels like a beast compared to that. Granted, Verizons network was better but I left them on principal. I haven't rooted yet, but I will in 10 more days (return period). I don't believe I will flash a custom ROM right off the bat though because the stock ROM is plenty smooth and does what it's supposed to. That's so not like Motoblur. It was almost necessary to root and flash in order to have a decent user experience on the Motorola phones (I've had 3). I'm pleasantly surprised by this phone and its stock ROM though. If you pick this phone it won't be a mistake.
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hazedabeast said:
Its growing by the day! I just got this phone 1 month ago and there was an alright amount of ROMs. but now in the past month there was over 6 new ROMs!! Were getting up there.
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+1, I have had my phone about 2 months and since then it has gone from a handful of ROMs to 10+, I was even inspired to make my own ROM.

Soon its going to be like the s3 thread.
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Lots of development going on! It really is sweet. When I first got here, there were only a few different choices. I had a ton of trouble getting my first builds together(and still do ), but the devs and users here were very knowledgible and helpful. It is one of the best forums I have had the pleasure of being a part of! And we're still rolling out more!.....

4.3 YO!!!!!

hazedabeast said:
4.3 YO!!!!!
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WHERE?!
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iamterence said:
WHERE?!
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I was saying its coming soon! lol

hazedabeast said:
I was saying its coming soon! lol
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Don't play with my heart like that man, lol. I know for a fact that we'll get 4.3 eventually, as well as maybe an official LG update to..... Whatever it is that they're planning on shipping the G2 with (4.2.1 or 4.2.2?). We have a flagship phone with some high end specs. If we don't get an official update for our phones from LG, it'll be because of just outright neglect.
That's what AOSP is for though, I guess.
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Custom Rom, will it unlock device too?

Hey everyone,
Just curious, if I root/custom rom the phone does it also carrier unlock the device as well?
I have a Rogers SGH-I747M running Droid Version 4.1.2 on it.
I'd like to have it rooted and throw a custom rom on the device as well, just too much bloatware on the stock device.
Any sort of guidance is much appreciated.
Thank you all once again.

No it will not unlock the carrier. If you are still on jelly bean 4.1.1 you can unlock the phone using the hidden menu on the phone. Just search unlock galaxy s3. I know at&t unlocks most of there older devices for free these days. Just takes them a little while to get you the unlock code, 5 days at the most.
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Quickvic30 said:
No it will not unlock the carrier. If you are still on jelly bean 4.1.1 you can unlock the phone using the hidden menu on the phone. Just search unlock galaxy s3. I know at&t unlocks most of there older devices for free these days. Just takes them a little while to get you the unlock code, 5 days at the most.
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I have already done that unlock, but I don't think it is permanent?
Correct me if I'm wrong..
But say it is a permanent unlock, if I custom rom the device will I lose the unlock? Or will I retain it?

Lummers said:
I have already done that unlock, but I don't think it is permanent?
Correct me if I'm wrong..
But say it is a permanent unlock, if I custom rom the device will I lose the unlock? Or will I retain it?
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I'm pretty sure it remains unlocked. Might wanna do a search and read up on it first though.

I just flashed stock, got a code from AT&T and unlocked, then flashed AOKP a couple weeks ago. Unlock stays, happily on T-Mobile now.

bigbrd222 said:
I just flashed stock, got a code from AT&T and unlocked, then flashed AOKP a couple weeks ago. Unlock stays, happily on T-Mobile now.
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are you able to use t-mobile 3 g (hspa hspa+ aws)

lovem said:
are you able to use t-mobile 3 g (hspa hspa+ aws)
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Yep. On LTE right now, 3G and H+ where signal is weaker.
Task650's latest AOKP.
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b. brd222 said:
Yep. On LTE right now, 3G and H+ where signal is weaker.
Task650's latest AOKP.
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Thanks. I finally got i747 At&t s 3 working on T-Mobile's Walmart $30/monthly unlimited web/text/100 min plan. Don't want to loose that feature & need a rom instead of this stock rooted 4.1.1 to allow for native tethering with touchwiz features. It looks like every ROM that I see is AOSP based.

lovem said:
Thanks. I finally got i747 At&t s 3 working on T-Mobile's Walmart $30/monthly unlimited web/text/100 min plan. Don't want to loose that feature & need a rom instead of this stock rooted 4.1.1 to allow for native tethering with touchwiz features. It looks like every ROM that I see is AOSP based.
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There's plenty of TW based roms. Search for 4.1.2/4.1.1 in the title, those are likely to be TW based.

Getting unlock code
bigbrd222 said:
I just flashed stock, got a code from AT&T and unlocked, then flashed AOKP a couple weeks ago. Unlock stays, happily on T-Mobile now.
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When you got your code did AT&T give you any hassle to get it ? They will not give me a code but I think its because I bought it outright..? Anyone know if that could be the reason why ?
Thanks for your advice and help

OBAMASUCKS said:
When you got your code did AT&T give you any hassle to get it ? They will not give me a code but I think its because I bought it outright..? Anyone know if that could be the reason why ?
Thanks for your advice and help
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Nope. They had me fill out a request online and sent codes a couple days later.
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bigbrd222 said:
Nope. They had me fill out a request online and sent codes a couple days later.
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Wow, that sounds easy. I am assuming it was on the att website somewhere ?

OBAMASUCKS said:
Wow, that sounds easy. I am assuming it was on the att website somewhere ?
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https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/client/en_US/

How do I update my rooted T999?

Hi
Sorry, I'm no expert in these stuffs, I know the basics.
So, I have a rooted s3, T999, running 4.1.1
Recently, I want to update my phone to get the multi windows feature, since I'm rooted, I can't.
Can someone tell me how can I update it safely, with out bricking my phone,?
I saw someone did it.

Use Odin to return to stock.
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Use the search function....probably about 10+ threads showing you detailed steps on how to do this.

<hint>
the thread you need is stickied.
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Verizon SM-T807V Root?

Hi I was just wondering about the Verizon version of this tablet SM-T807. I just got this one from VZW, and I've searched everywhere to try and understand what root methods are available and it's proving to be kind of confusing. I've rooted all my phone's for the past 4-5 yrs Droid, several Samsungs, LG..and have never had to ask a question on any of the threads here...I have plenty of experience using Odin, ADB...etc and alot of other tools. But everything I find seems to be for the 800, 805, or 807 for Sprint and ATT. The Verizon rep started the lollipop upgrade before I left the store, so I hadn't been able to try the unified tool or any other possible methods since I need to downgrade to KitKat to make it all alot easier. So I guess my question is, is there any method that may work for my tab now that's running 5.0.2, and if not is there an Odin-able image for the VZW variant to flash back to stock? I just keep reading conflicting info from different places and don't wanna brick it beyond repair. Thanks for any help.
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That rep has just killed any chance you had of getting root.
There are no other root methods available for your device.

I don't think the Verizon tablet has root for KitKat either?
I started looking into this last night also since I'm considering Verizon as my next carrier.

That's what I was afraid of. Thanks for the reply.

ashyx said:
That rep has just killed any chance you had of getting root.
There are no other root methods available for your device.
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is there any root to date that works, i still have a 4.4.2 and i just got the tab today.
Im going to get forced into the update sometime in the next day or so now that the tablet downloded it.
I've spend 6 hours so far trying to root this.
No luck so far.

imaverik said:
is there any root to date that works, i still have a 4.4.2 and i just got the tab today.
Im going to get forced into the update sometime in the next day or so now that the tablet downloded it.
I've spend 6 hours so far trying to root this.
No luck so far.
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Just copy the update to another folder then disable any more future updates. Updates are not compulsory.
What have you used to root, there are several options for root.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3152410
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3129484
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3158198
http://androidxda.com/download-kingroot-application
There is also the desktop version of kingroot which has had some success.

None of those work
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Anyone find a method to root this tablet yet? I'm dying to get Marshmallow on here, this Samsung software sucks.
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Ephemeralness said:
Anyone find a method to root this tablet yet? I'm dying to get Marshmallow on here, this Samsung software sucks.
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Negative

Ephemeralness said:
Anyone find a method to root this tablet yet? I'm dying to get Marshmallow on here, this Samsung software sucks.
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How do you propose to flash marshmallow once you have root?:what:

ashyx said:
How do you propose to flash marshmallow once you have root?:what:
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Dunno, was taking it one step at a time.
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Ephemeralness said:
Dunno, was taking it one step at a time.
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Well when you come up with the bootloader unlocking method you'll be a hero.

I wish this could be downgraded to kitkat, the lollipop on t807v is causing problems with my touch screen and I have read a lot of comments from users facing a touchscreen problem after the upgrade. Lets pray its sooner !
Thanks

My t807v is freezing a lot too. I bought it on eBay and thought it was defective but it seems to be a widespread problem I'm going to try to take it to Verizon and ***** at them because mine freezes every 10 seconds or so. Makes it unusable.
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Any luck ? I can't find any resources to unlock this device.
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Yes people please develope root asap! I'm getting involved pretty deeply in android software development but still a little green... is there a good site that explains it a little so I could work on it myself?

Still no luck on a root for the sm-t807v??!!

beautifuldayintheozarks said:
Yes people please develope root asap! I'm getting involved pretty deeply in android software development but still a little green... is there a good site that explains it a little so I could work on it myself?
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It can't be rooted without a system exploit.

It took 2 years to exploit the verizon note 4, shouldnt be much longer on the 807V

Is there any update on this? Do we have a stock rom to downgrade to 5.5 available

Verizon HTC 10 Root?

I was just wondering if there was a working root for the Verizon version yet?

XperianceIT said:
I was just wondering if there was a working root for the Verizon version yet?
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been out since the phone was released..
no root, but one better.. S-OFF.. perm root
You need to mail it out to jcase or beaups however.
$25 for the service + you pay to and from.
well worth it.
they are great and it's very easy to use:
http://theroot.ninja/verizon10.html

I have always been more of the do it myself kinda person, that's 90% of the fun
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XperianceIT said:
I have always been more of the do it myself kinda person, that's 90% of the fun
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We all would prefer to do it ourselves.
The VZW M9 took a year for App support.
So keep that in mind.
Luckily they are even offering this service or we'd be SOL.
If you create an exploit, please do share.

Now if only there was support for my Moto Z I would be golden!
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So if I get this verizon htc 10 and send it out too to them it says on their site they will s-off/unlock/root and flash twrp. Does the "unlock" mean they will unlock the boot loader? If so can I flash other roms besides the ones in just the verizon htc10 forum. There is only one stock deodexed/tweaked Rom so far, well as of last night when I looked and a custom stock kernel. I'm talking about roms like viper, or , vipre not sure of the correct spelling. Will they work on the verizon device?
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*nevermind.