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Question about rooting LG G2 (Sprint) and OTA Updates.

Good afternoon guys,
I have a few set of questions and I will be glad if someone is able to kindly help me out. Please keep in mind that I am not an android expert as far as rooting, custom roms, etc... So I ask for patience from you guys!
Now... into the questions. I got my LG G2 2 weeks ago from Sprint. Great solid phone with killer specs. I previously had a Galaxy Epic 4G Touch. I was looking into rooting my LG G2 phone. However, somewhere in an article online, I read that, if I were to root my LG, I would no longer receive OTA software updates... Like an updated android version for example.. Is that true? I dont care about loosing root after updating. I just dont want to root my phone, receive an OTA update and then mess up my phone.. So thats my first question.
Next... I've done quite a few research online on how to root the G2 from sprint. What i am currently having issues with is finding the drivers. I know I must install them prior to attempting anything else. I read that I could use the Tmobile version drivers even though I am on sprint. But no luck finding those either. Could someone provide me with a link to download the drivers? Thanks! (Windows 8)
And last... I've seen many methods on rooting this device, that at the end, was confused on which one to use. Soo.. could someone share a link of a working method to root the LG G2 from Sprint (Android 4.4.2)
Thank you guys and I will be very grateful for any help. :good:

Any change of the android operating system with ota can fail. They are looking it seems note for any excuse to break the phone if you do anything. Best idea is to make sure you can unroot, then take ota.
Best way to root is go with ioroot25. I believe it is in lg g2 general.
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Thank you for your reply.
How would I unroot my G2? Would I use ioroot25? Or is there some type of app that I would have to download? Correct me if I'm wrong, but... Is it possible to unroot with SuperSU ones is installed on your phone after a sucessful root?
Thanks.! :good:

SuperSU can unroot (and temp unroot, though anybodies guess if it'll survive an OTA). There's several other temp unrooters, I often use Hide My Root (try to get some perspective on what the device *actually* works like). Otherwise, removing su, supersu, busybox (if installed) and whatever else until /system looks unmodified works. If there's custom recovery, you (as well as I) probably need to flash that back to stock as well. Or.. quite likely there will be a version around to flash without taking the actual OTA update if there isn't already (haven't checked the other thread). That'll likely be the easiest rather than bother with redoing the work to fix it up again.
Nothing is risk-free of course, but unrooted and flashed back to stock recovery it should be at least fairly unlikely to hurt anything. Of course that's often the stuff I mess up.

Robles23 said:
Good afternoon guys,
I have a few set of questions and I will be glad if someone is able to kindly help me out. Please keep in mind that I am not an android expert as far as rooting, custom roms, etc... So I ask for patience from you guys!
Now... into the questions. I got my LG G2 2 weeks ago from Sprint. Great solid phone with killer specs. I previously had a Galaxy Epic 4G Touch. I was looking into rooting my LG G2 phone. However, somewhere in an article online, I read that, if I were to root my LG, I would no longer receive OTA software updates... Like an updated android version for example.. Is that true? I dont care about loosing root after updating. I just dont want to root my phone, receive an OTA update and then mess up my phone.. So thats my first question.
Next... I've done quite a few research online on how to root the G2 from sprint. What i am currently having issues with is finding the drivers. I know I must install them prior to attempting anything else. I read that I could use the Tmobile version drivers even though I am on sprint. But no luck finding those either. Could someone provide me with a link to download the drivers? Thanks! (Windows 8)
And last... I've seen many methods on rooting this device, that at the end, was confused on which one to use. Soo.. could someone share a link of a working method to root the LG G2 from Sprint (Android 4.4.2)
Thank you guys and I will be very grateful for any help. :good:
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Well I took a OTA update this morning not thinking.....rooted but stock rom and now my phone wont come out of recovery.....Trying to fix this now...ugg! Not fun

[Q] VS985 12B root?

I just upgraded from my old Galaxy S3 and got this lovely Verizon LG G3. I had rooted my Galaxy, and the Razr before that. Looking through the threads it seemed quite easy, but I realized that all the root options I was seeing were for older software versions. Is there a way to root running this software version or do I simply need to give it time for someone to figure out a way to root this? Or do some of the root methods I have seen work on this software? I tried one and it said my device had been patched and that deterred me from trying again.
Sorry if I am asking a fairly dumb question. Rooting my Razr was awesome. Then I switched to the S3 and had knox to deal with and everything got a bit more complicated. Now I'm using a LG phone and it has confused me again! Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Downgrade to firmware that is supported by root and then root.

I just rooted for the first time downgrading from 12B to 10B( I think?) following these steps:
reddit DOT com -> /r/LGG3/comments/2nv2tn/so_i_tried_to_root_my_phone_today_and_this/cmh8pky[/url]
(sorry, can't post likes cause I'm a n00000b )
Good luck!

Few questions from Sammy Newb

So I got the S8 on BOGO last night, my dad got the S8+, mine is SM-G950U from Costco, it was placed on TMobile network, it's got the T-Mobile firmware I believe as there are about 5 TMO apps pre-installed.
I'm a bit confused, it seems that there are root options for this phone, other threads say TMo won't unlock bootloaders, yet I see there are a few ROMs floating around.
Thus far I did 2 system updates and am currently running on G950USQU1AQEF.
I see that there's a AQFJ already downloading, and the patch notes say "Device Security Enhancements"
Now I don't want to update this device to the point of not being able to root, even though I am not even sure if there's a root available.
Can someone clear up the rooting situation for me?
I don't see any rooting guides, yet I see some ROMs around. (most/all are for G950F/FD/N) - Is the version of the device unrootable?
Does rooting break warranty?
Also, i read somewhere that there are Knox counter re-setters, would that prevent void warranty?
Thanks!

Shemploo said:
So I got the S8 on BOGO last night, my dad got the S8+, mine is SM-G950U from Costco, it was placed on TMobile network, it's got the T-Mobile firmware I believe as there are about 5 TMO apps pre-installed.
I'm a bit confused, it seems that there are root options for this phone, other threads say TMo won't unlock bootloaders, yet I see there are a few ROMs floating around.
Thus far I did 2 system updates and am currently running on G950USQU1AQEF.
I see that there's a AQFJ already downloading, and the patch notes say "Device Security Enhancements"
Now I don't want to update this device to the point of not being able to root, even though I am not even sure if there's a root available.
Can someone clear up the rooting situation for me?
I don't see any rooting guides, yet I see some ROMs around. (most/all are for G950F/FD/N) - Is the version of the device unrootable?
Does rooting break warranty?
Also, i read somewhere that there are Knox counter re-setters, would that prevent void warranty?
Thanks!
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There is no root for the Snapdragon variant of the S8 or S8+, it's not T-Mobile it's Samsung. Yes rooting will trip Knox and void your warranty, even flashing stock firmware won't untrip Knox. So update away, the chances of root are slim to none. I have had 14 or so android smartphones since 2009 and they were all rooted on day one. You can use Package Disabler Pro to get rid of the bloat. If you want some more customization you can use layers from this thread. And there's even Subsratam for Samsung here. I sincerely doubt that the bootloader will be unlocked in the near future.

root? via cf auto root generator?

i was just doing some browsing and noticed that there isnt really any root for the note 5 att variant, then i found out the new cf auto root generator and it has this variant on there with the 6.0.1 version im on which is n920aucs4cpk1 baseband version it has it on the site and the 7.0 version and was wondering if anyone has tried this or not? i have seen the tethered semi root, i just picked up this phone, i have been wanting one for so long and dont want to risk a hardbrick as i have done that in the past with the s3's by accident, anyone willing to test it? i know the bootloader is locked but i am unsure if thats the only thing in the way of root or not

locked, so no rooting yet/ever. thats an old device, already 7 and 8, so doubt if anyone working on it

[SM-S907VL]/[SM-S906L] Root Achieved! (Discussion thread)

This is an open discussion about the Straight Talk Galaxy S6. Here I want to discuss about possible root access along with a possibility to downgrade. Looking for any volunteers to help me with this phone.
I own a red magic 3, a G6, and an old S6 with straight talk firmware. I usually use my G6 and S6 to play around with for development purposes.
So awhile back, I managed to root my galaxy S6 straight talk with a third-party rootkit. Not long after that I wanted to upgrade this thing to marshmallow. I managed to succeed in doing it, only to be left with a useless phone.
Upon my research, you can flash an SM-S907VL firmware which appears to be a TracFone firmware for the S6. However, the 907VL appears to not support straight talk users. I attempted to downgrade back to the S906L but the strict SBoot prevents me from going back.
A half year later, I'm still messing with this phone. I want to see about finding a way to gain root access or look for any loop holes (possible exploits) that we could do with this phone. I managed to find a way to root the SM-S907VL. Here's how:
I first did some deep digging on the internet and found combination firmwares for this particular model. Combination ROMs are (what I believe are test ROMs for phones). I managed to flash a combination firmware to it. After that I rooted it with kingroot, uninstalled kingroot SU and switched to SuperSU. Then I installed Flashfire and I tried to flash the SM-S906L but no luck.
However, upon even FURTHER searching, I managed to flash the SM-S906L by ONLY flashing the system.img by extracting it from the md5 and adding it to a tar archive.
Well here is where things get complicated, since I only flashed the system, the kernel is running on a later kernel security patch. Which means rooting it with Kingroot fails. Also, the CVC and modem is still running on the SM-S907VL so even if you put a straight talk sim card into it, it won't work. Bummer
I'm wanting to see how far we can go into this phone and hopefully find a way to somehow get it unlocked somehow.
I'm all ears for y'all!
EDIT: Crap, posted in the wrong category. I should have posted in the general forum.