[Q] lollipop root? - G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I just updated my lg g3 to android 5.0 via OTA. I've been trying to find out how to root it, but all I can find online is to install UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.37.zip in the recovery mode and it seems to need TWRP which I don't have. When I tried to flash UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.37.zip via adb, I got messages saying signature verification failed. I'm wondering anyone here has successfully rooted lollipop on LG G3 here? Thanks.

You cant root it.
If you want root you will have to revert back to Kitkat, root it and then flash prerooted Lollipop.

As the about guy said, I've done the OTA update (I know stupid move!!) but is there a guide to reverting back? as the above post indicates...
Thanks in advance

Gbman00 said:
As the about guy said, I've done the OTA update (I know stupid move!!) but is there a guide to reverting back? as the above post indicates...
Thanks in advance
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Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785089

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[Q] lg g gpad ota update (lg fw)

Greetings,
I have the Lg g pad running 4.2.2 and today i received an update (OTA) . Anyone knows what oa this update and second i am root and i cant install it because after reboot for installation i am going to custom recovery. Any way to sideload this update with out going back to full stock unroot?
Edit: i tried to reboot several times the devixe bit getting always to TWRP . I tried to restore full img but the same also i wiped data . I keep gettong to custom recovery trying to install the ota. Any ideas?
Cheers Vatis
OTA V50010B Screenshot
vatis24 said:
Greetings,
I have the Lg g pad running 4.2.2 and today i received an update (OTA) . Anyone knows what oa this update and second i am root and i cant install it because after reboot for installation i am going to custom recovery. Any way to sideload this update with out going back to full stock unroot?
Edit: i tried to reboot several times the devixe bit getting always to TWRP . I tried to restore full img but the same also i wiped data . I keep gettong to custom recovery trying to install the ota. Any ideas?
Cheers Vatis
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Here is the screenshot, it seems its only a lg apps update.
vatis24 said:
Greetings,
I have the Lg g pad running 4.2.2 and today i received an update (OTA) . Anyone knows what oa this update and second i am root and i cant install it because after reboot for installation i am going to custom recovery. Any way to sideload this update with out going back to full stock unroot?
Edit: i tried to reboot several times the devixe bit getting always to TWRP . I tried to restore full img but the same also i wiped data . I keep gettong to custom recovery trying to install the ota. Any ideas?
Cheers Vatis
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If you have custom recovery and root the ota update obviously wont work. I had asked the developer of root for our devices for the otas and this is what he had said:
dalingrin said:
My suggestion, if you want to keep root don't take an OTA.
If you really want to stay with stock LG then you'll want to flash updates via custom recovery. The community will take the updates from LG and make them flashable with TWRP or CWM.
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so you ll have to wait for someone to make this update a flashable zip.
katsika said:
If you have custom recovery and root the ota update obviously wont work. I had asked the developer of root for our devices for the otas and this is what he had said:
so you ll have to wait for someone to make this update a flashable zip.
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Thanks file katsika for the reply .
The problem i stucked now in TWRP
I tried to restore system with no suceess , i tried to flash a new rom .zip ,installed fine but booting the TWRP always
Cheers
Vatis
vatis24 said:
Thanks file katsika for the reply .
The problem i stucked now in TWRP
I tried to restore system with no suceess , i tried to flash a new rom .zip ,installed fine but booting the TWRP always
Cheers
Vatis
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Yeah there is a script that runs when you do a OTA. My buddy had to completely restore to stock using download mode to fix his. You may get lucky with doing a factory wipe but sounds like flashing a new rom didn't even help... Look through the forums and find the thread that guides you through doing a regular restore (this will restore you to the original software. You will be unrooted and your recovery will go back to stock. This means you can do the OTA if you so desire. Just keep in mind it may block Loki and root)
joshuadjohnson22 said:
Yeah there is a script that runs when you do a OTA. My buddy had to completely restore to stock using download mode to fix his. You may get lucky with doing a factory wipe but sounds like flashing a new rom didn't even help... Look through the forums and find the thread that guides you through doing a regular restore (this will restore you to the original software. You will be unrooted and your recovery will go back to stock. This means you can do the OTA if you so desire. Just keep in mind it may block Loki and root)
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Thanks for the reply mate,
Yeah i will do like that , but surely there is a way somewhere to remove the boot loop , from TWRP you can remove edit files.
So if someone with more knowledge tell us where the OTA files give the command to boot to recovery we can remove it.
Cheers
vatis24 said:
Thanks for the reply mate,
Yeah i will do like that , but surely there is a way somewhere to remove the boot loop , from TWRP you can remove edit files.
So if someone with more knowledge tell us where the OTA files give the command to boot to recovery we can remove it.
Cheers
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Post your problem in twrp's thread. Drgravy replies often and he knows more than anyone what to do in a situation like yours.
Thanks all for your help ....
I unbricked the device with FlashTool.1.0.54 , i flashed the original firmware , the strange thing this did not wipe my data, only removed Custom recovery and root.
Cheers
Vatis
For your information i am on rooted stock rom (without custom recovery) and made the ota update and everything seem's to work fine (i didn't lost root)
Thanks a lot!!
achilleas8095 said:
For your information i am on rooted stock rom (without custom recovery) and made the ota update and everything seem's to work fine (i didn't lost root)
Thanks a lot!!
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Yes the problem fot the.ota is the custom recovery not root
achilleas8095 said:
For your information i am on rooted stock rom (without custom recovery) and made the ota update and everything seem's to work fine (i didn't lost root)
Thanks a lot!!
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can you please give us a feedback of the OTA, whats changed,impressions ,thought,anything...thanks
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Yeah, i also downloading ota update, i do not know yet what to expect...
Sory guys, no kit kat yet! This is the change (?)
athankar75 said:
Sory guys, no kit kat yet! This is the change (?)
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what are we looking at exactly:banghead:????maybe brightness correction????
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afrikanac said:
what are we looking at exactly:banghead:????maybe brightness correction????
Sent from my Thrive using Tapatalk 2
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the software version is v50010b from v50010a
Perhaps the update is by region. I cannot seem to initiate update via OTA or LG PC Suite.
afrikanac said:
can you please give us a feedback of the OTA, whats changed,impressions ,thought,anything...thanks
Sent from my Thrive using Tapatalk 2
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To be honest I didn't mention any chances , sure they (lg) updated their apps but I haven't notice any system chances , but then again I can't take it from my kids and wife hands!!!!
Just tried the update to a stock (but rooted) Gpad
At 3% installing, error 0x13E
After booting, a samsung-like:laugh: message:
"This device is suspected in rooting. Software update is not available for rooted device"
Fortunately this tablet is not mine... This tablet needs a "google edition" update ASAP
Maybe somebody could cook this update into a package that can be flashed by people who are on stock, but rooted?
I am on stock, rooted, but the update went fine.
Sent from my LG-V500 using Tapatalk

[Q] Upgrading to ZVC From ZVA Rooted

Hello,
I have a G2 Running Stock LS980ZVA Kernel Version 3.4.0. Now I rooted the stock ROM and now got a notification to update the ROM to ZVC.
Now my dilemma is do I "Restart and Install" this update or not. Will this brick my phone?
I have TWRP running as the custom recovery. What should I be doing? I tried to search for a similar thread but couldn't find one.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thank you!
You will brick. Either hold your finger on the notification and then click app data. Click on the show notification. No check mark. Notification will go away.
Regular reboot will not install the update.
If you unroot and put regular recovery back. Then you could.
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ZVA Sim unlocked, root OTA update to kitkat query
jigarbond said:
Hello,
I have a G2 Running Stock LS980ZVA Kernel Version 3.4.0. Now I rooted the stock ROM and now got a notification to update the ROM to ZVC.
Now my dilemma is do I "Restart and Install" this update or not. Will this brick my phone?
I have TWRP running as the custom recovery. What should I be doing? I tried to search for a similar thread but couldn't find one.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thank you!
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I have a kind of same problem, I'm from India and my uncle got me sprint lg g2 unlocked, which is rooted and on ZVA (4.2.2).
My question is should I install the OTA for kitkat?
Will i lose my unlock and root ?
dagamer1991 said:
I have a kind of same problem, I'm from India and my uncle got me sprint lg g2 unlocked, which is rooted and on ZVA (4.2.2).
My question is should I install the OTA for kitkat?
Will i lose my unlock and root ?
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Please someone reply, i searched all over and cannot find anything bout this..
dagamer1991 said:
Please someone reply, i searched all over and cannot find anything bout this..
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I had the OTA downloaded but when i tried installing it, it did not install completely. Phone restarted and is still on 4.2.2 . Everything works as normal though, as I have been prompted 3 times to install the update.
vipulsaini1402 said:
I had the OTA downloaded but when i tried installing it, it did not install completely. Phone restarted and is still on 4.2.2 . Everything works as normal though, as I have been prompted 3 times to install the update.
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okay, i did some research and found that it is safe to install OTAs but if youre rooted youll lose the root and unlock will still stay.
best imo, is you upgrade to 4.4.2 and root again with custom recovery and install a nice ROM.
dagamer1991 said:
okay, i did some research and found that it is safe to install OTAs but if youre rooted youll lose the root and unlock will still stay.
best imo, is you upgrade to 4.4.2 and root again with custom recovery and install a nice ROM.
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Hi - I need similar help.
I have Sprint LG G2 that I purchased from ebay which was rooted and then used sim unlocked as mentioned in xda by the seller. I want to upgrade to kitkat.
please provide steps to backup my data and what needs to be done to upgrade to kitkat without losing the sim unlock.
Thanks

Can You Remove Root Yet?

Hey folks
I'm on Verizon and I'm on day 1 of my 14 day return policy for my G3. I'd like to root it (seems like ioroot is compatible with Verizon) and tweak things, but just in case I find something broken with the phone, I need to be able to remove root in case I need to return it. Is this possible yet? Will a factory reset remove root? If not, how is it done (if it can be done)?
Bonus question: If I root it with ioroot and install xposed to perform tweaks on the stock rom, will ota updates still work?
Thanks
MSmithXDA said:
Hey folks
I'm on Verizon and I'm on day 1 of my 14 day return policy for my G3. I'd like to root it (seems like ioroot is compatible with Verizon) and tweak things, but just in case I find something broken with the phone, I need to be able to remove root in case I need to return it. Is this possible yet? Will a factory reset remove root? If not, how is it done (if it can be done)?
Bonus question: If I root it with ioroot and install xposed to perform tweaks on the stock rom, will ota updates still work?
Thanks
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You can unroot it by flashing stock rom LINK and ota updates will be able and you can download them but you can't acctualy update do to phone detecting root
suljo94 said:
You can unroot it by flashing stock rom LINK and ota updates will be able and you can download them but you can't acctualy update do to phone detecting root
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Sorry but i am going to borrow this post. I have the D855 and i am rooted via towelroot. Currently on V10a and i received an OTA notification. Obviously i could not install it so how do i get updates? TWRP did not list the G3 on supported devices.
suljo94 said:
You can unroot it by flashing stock rom LINK and ota updates will be able and you can download them but you can't acctualy update do to phone detecting root
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Don't think that works on Verizon.
This does
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2799647

[Q] How to root LG G3 D855 on Lollipop.

I was wondering if there was some method for rooting the LG G3 on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). I've searched far and wide on the internet but have found nothing so far. I did see that there were methods for the Nexus devices but nothing for LG.
Would like this as well. I thought I could live a while without root.. Seems like I just can't. :crying:
I think that you can find already rooted lollipop version on the forum.
For now, i nowhere found any root options.
Sent from my LG-D855
now it's impossible to root lollypop via purpledrake, ioroot or other programs but you can flash a rooted bumped rom.
I'll wait for this.
Same situation here.
Planned to use the pre-rooted lollipop but to use it you need twrp on the phone. To get twrp you need first root. So its a dead end, a points on b and b points back on a, both needing the other present first.....
Maybe if you flash an older kdz, root it with any of the previous methods, then get twrp on the phone and then flash the pre-rooted lollipop. Im just gonna wait for a lollipoproot without twrp needed.
xathanatosx said:
now it's impossible to root lollypop via purpledrake, ioroot or other programs but you can flash a rooted bumped rom.
I'll wait for this.
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I am on 5.0 and tried purpledrake (since i used it with 4.4.2), but it did not work, i also tried Stump and got an error too. With 5.0 the structure has changed and the methods for KK are different to Lollipop. So far, even with Nexus, the only way to root is through bootloader/kernel.
Hopefully soon we will see a method that can bypass this.
This is the method that works on the d855 by skin1980 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/rom-lollipop-rooted-rom-skin1980-t2936022
dj69holland said:
I am on 5.0 and tried purpledrake (since i used it with 4.4.2), but it did not work, i also tried Stump and got an error too. With 5.0 the structure has changed and the methods for KK are different to Lollipop. So far, even with Nexus, the only way to root is through bootloader/kernel.
Hopefully soon we will see a method that can bypass this.
This is the method that works on the d855 by skin1980 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/rom-lollipop-rooted-rom-skin1980-t2936022
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thank's but i kwow this. ill whait for the official lollipop and the root.
Kleggas said:
Planned to use the pre-rooted lollipop but to use it you need twrp on the phone. To get twrp you need first root. So its a dead end, a points on b and b points back on a, both needing the other present first.....
Maybe if you flash an older kdz, root it with any of the previous methods, then get twrp on the phone and then flash the pre-rooted lollipop. Im just gonna wait for a lollipoproot without twrp needed.
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Yup, thats the reason why i downgraded it to KK. Downgrade, root and you can install rooted L.
Sent from my LG G3
Does that work then? I'm on Lollipop 20a on the D855. If i install the KK kdz, will it make the phone rootable again? I read something to do with the boot loader not reverting back to how it was before lollipop
ChazStrachan said:
Does that work then? I'm on Lollipop 20a on the D855. If i install the KK kdz, will it make the phone rootable again? I read something to do with the boot loader not reverting back to how it was before lollipop
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Yes,
Downgrade to KK, root it and flash prerooted Lollipop.
DelBoy said:
Yes,
Downgrade to KK, root it and flash prerooted Lollipop.
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Any good guide for that, that you know about?
goa200 said:
Any good guide for that, that you know about?
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Use this guide to downgrade http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785089
(you can flash almost any KK KDZ, v10x of course, but make sure it's for your device)
Root it with your preferred root method (i prefer Purple Drake)
BUMP it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2900614
Now you can flash the bumped roms you'll like. Just make sure, it's for your device.
lg g3 d855 5.0
Had the bumped 5.0 twrp flashed the wrong superSU so went back to stock took the 5.0 OTA update now searching for root solution, tried purple drake no joy puts it in the mode but fails as expected, so i guess i will also wait
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martipello86 said:
Had the bumped 5.0 twrp flashed the wrong superSU so went back to stock took the 5.0 OTA update now searching for root solution, tried purple drake no joy puts it in the mode but fails as expected, so i guess i will also wait
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Thinking maybe a dalvik to ART problem
ROOT
Anyone know how to root LG G3 on Lollipop ROM stock? I dont want a downgrade. Can anyone help me? Thanks so much.
ads2801 said:
Anyone know how to root LG G3 on Lollipop ROM stock? I dont want a downgrade. Can anyone help me? Thanks so much.
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You can't without downgrading
LG G3
jerrycoffman45 said:
You can't without downgrading
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Thanks so much. I will wait for root this device with any apk or app in the future, I can wait. Thanks.
PS: sorry for my bad english, I'm learning english.
ads2801 said:
Thanks so much. I will wait for root this device with any apk or app in the future, I can wait. Thanks.
PS: sorry for my bad english, I'm learning english.
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You`re english is well enough
ROOT LG G
gee2012 said:
You`re english is well enough
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Thank you, probably my travel to Qatar for learning english made me powerfull with english.
ads2801 said:
Thank you, probably my travel to Qatar for learning english made me powerfull with english.
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Mmmm powerful? I smell danger ?
Danger, why? I were in an english party, and everywhere could understandme...
PS: sorry again for my english, soryyyyy haha

[Q] Downgrading, and TWRP Lollipop/Kitkat

Hello there friends!!!
Well, Im currently on Lollipop 5.0 (which was on the phone when i bought it new), I know how to downgrade to kitkat, and how to root it, but am struggling on finding a 4.4.2 kitkat TWRP, is it easy to flash the TWRP on a downgraded phone....and can someone point me to a guide too?
biggary said:
Hello there friends!!!
Well, Im currently on Lollipop 5.0 (which was on the phone when i bought it new), I know how to downgrade to kitkat, and how to root it, but am struggling on finding a 4.4.2 kitkat TWRP, is it easy to flash the TWRP on a downgraded phone....and can someone point me to a guide too?
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Download UK KitKat KDZ from http://lg-phone-firmware.com/firmware-Lg+G3-Tutti-41.html
Flash with LG Flash Tool from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2797190
Root with PurpleDrake
Install TWRP img using flashify or adb (if you like to live dangerously)
biggary said:
Hello there friends!!!
Well, Im currently on Lollipop 5.0 (which was on the phone when i bought it new), I know how to downgrade to kitkat, and how to root it, but am struggling on finding a 4.4.2 kitkat TWRP, is it easy to flash the TWRP on a downgraded phone....and can someone point me to a guide too?
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Just get latest TWRP and flash :- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2966129
+1 for using Flashify.....

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