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The S4 has a locked bootloader according to Engadget..
If you're hoping to run custom ROMs in place of TouchWiz, you may have to wait for a little while since Samsung has confirmed to us that the bootloader is locked
Why would Samsung start doing this out of the blue? Their devices have always been very easy to root and customize. Seems a little odd that they would do this.
Ok, you could post in the S4 thread itself since it exists as of a little while ago, or you could post in the Off Topic other devices thread since this forum is for the S3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1884701
wow a locked bootloader; what the !!!! BIG time strike against the phone
HTC One Bootloader is still unlockable
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Irish Enigma said:
HTC One Bootloader is still unlockable
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Any HTC bootloader is unlockable. Do you have s-off/nand-unlocked yet? Exactly. Makes flashing roms a PITA.
I know what phone I'm not using my upgrade on now
I love the 90s. Good times.
E The Magnificent said:
I know what phone I'm not using my upgrade on now
I love the 90s. Good times.
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I say to heck with it all and go with a nexus.
CNexus said:
Any HTC bootloader is unlockable. Do you have s-off/nand-unlocked yet? Exactly. Makes flashing roms a PITA.
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Not that I'm a big supporter of HTC or anything, but their newest Bootloader unlock lets you flash kernels via recovery, even with S-On. The only limitations is flashing modified radios without HTC's signature.
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Not that I'm a big supporter of HTC or anything, but their newest Bootloader unlock lets you flash kernels via recovery, even with S-On. The only limitations is flashing modified radios without HTC's signature.
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Really? I know that viper was writing the boot.img differently in his roms because the s-on wouldnt let you do it otherwise
goblue30093 said:
The S4 has a locked bootloader according to Engadget..
If you're hoping to run custom ROMs in place of TouchWiz, you may have to wait for a little while since Samsung has confirmed to us that the bootloader is locked
Why would Samsung start doing this out of the blue? Their devices have always been very easy to root and customize. Seems a little odd that they would do this.
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What carrier of the S4 they were referring to?
Infected anTPRax
the engadget review was of the T-Mo, but probably all of them will be this way.
masaidjet said:
What carrier of the S4 they were referring to?
Infected anTPRax
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Good point.
goblue30093 said:
the engadget review was of the T-Mo, but probably all of them will be this way.
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In that case, I doubt it. The verizon S3 came with a locked bootloader, whereas the Sprint version did not.
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Good point.
In that case, I doubt it. The verizon S3 came with a locked bootloader, whereas the Sprint version did not.
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That, and another thing, I'm surprised other tech sites didn't report this locked bootloader news after having their time playing with their test units.
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I believe THIS is the article the OP is referring to. But as CNexus said, it might not be locked on Sprint. But honestly it doesn't matter to me. I will not be Upgrading to the S4. It really doesn't blow me out of the water with Features, Screen, or anything else. Not to mention eventually most of those new features we will be able to have on our S3's .
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Really? I know that viper was writing the boot.img differently in his roms because the s-on wouldnt let you do it otherwise
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https://plus.google.com/103583939320326217147/posts/WykbCAAVcrv
This is where I got my information from. Flashing Roms via recovery will be fairly simple on HTC One.
Overstew said:
https://plus.google.com/103583939320326217147/posts/WykbCAAVcrv
This is where I got my information from. Flashing Roms via recovery will be fairly simple on HTC One.
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Ok well, thats not right. On HTC devices (only exception I know of is the EVO 4G), having s-on makes the boot partition unwriteable, except via fastboot and some other hacks
I just got finished helping this guy get his phone booting again. He flashed a rom for the international HTC One and was bootlooping even after flashing another rom. Fastbooting the boot.img fixed him right up.
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Ok well, thats not right. On HTC devices (only exception I know of is the EVO 4G), having s-on makes the boot partition unwriteable, except via fastboot and some other hacks
I just got finished helping this guy get his phone booting again. He flashed a rom for the international HTC One and was bootlooping even after flashing another rom. Fastbooting the boot.img fixed him right up.
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After reading the comments, you're right. I was misinformed.
Want to know what else is or will be locked? This thread..lol
Sad to see sammy start doing this, last years policy was, if a carrier wants a locked bootloader, sammy will give them one....I hope the new policy isn't locked bootloaders come standard.
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Want to know what else is or will be locked? This thread..lol
Sad to see sammy start doing this, last years policy was, if a carrier wants a locked bootloader, sammy will give them one....I hope the new policy isn't locked bootloaders come standard.
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Well for all we know T-mobile wanted the gs4 to have a locked bootloader, and that's why they did it. At least I hope that's why. :/
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Well for all we know T-mobile wanted the gs4 to have a locked bootloader, and that's why they did it. At least I hope that's why. :/
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I hope so as well, but att's s4 is also locked. bad sign
Looked at some threads and still wondering if they still works on unlocking bootloader. Seems like it tooks so much time for Devs, have anyone knows whats happening? Is it seems unlockable or not? :/
bdogan1912 said:
Looked at some threads and still wondering if they still works on unlocking bootloader. Seems like it tooks so much time for Devs, have anyone knows whats happening? Is it seems unlockable or not? :/
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The T-Mobile US version comes unlocked. No one knows yet whether the other G3 versions will be able to be unlocked. The G2 was never unlocked but a work around where you could install custom Roms and kernels was eventually found. Its very much wait and see.
Batfink33 said:
The T-Mobile US version comes unlocked. No one knows yet whether the other G3 versions will be able to be unlocked. The G2 was never unlocked but a work around where you could install custom Roms and kernels was eventually found. Its very much wait and see.
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Looked at many forums that people opened about 1-2 months ago. It seems like very very difficult to unlock it. I have much respect developers whichones tries to unlock it. Hope they can be successful on this. I'm glad to have stock rom this is very smooth i can admit it not like laggy touchwiz. But want to give a try to CM or PA or any AOSP ROM's like this, because back in time i was used AOSP based rom on my S III I9300 and loved it. Only reason that i want AOSP ROM is i think im loving pure Android it gives me ultra-smooth performance and simple UI.
The Verizon and AT&T threads have a bounty over $5700 and it looks like a few devs are close to having a solution.
what about the sprint ls990
Any word for Tge sprint ls990 at all I know it might be wrong section but might as well post somewhere
i can try
If someone can point me into the direction required to do bootloader unlocking i will give it a shot. Am a developer but have never attempted to do a bootloader unlock.
crqzyvonzipper said:
If someone can point me into the direction required to do bootloader unlocking i will give it a shot. Am a developer but have never attempted to do a bootloader unlock.
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Well we have to ask it to developers whichones pro. on this.
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Well we have to ask it to developers whichones pro. on this.
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If only someone could tell me how to get to debug the software then ill be able to go from there because google isnt your friend when trying to find out.
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Any word for Tge sprint ls990 at all I know it might be wrong section but might as well post somewhere
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Devs in the AT&T bounty thread are working on an unlock for ALL variants besides the T-Mobile one.
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Yes. I know about that but it seems ike they are tking quite some time and I am not sure if they have given up?
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Devs in the AT&T bounty thread are working on an unlock for ALL variants besides the T-Mobile one.
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Hope they can unlock soon. Phone was out on May and we're on September. Almost 4 months since released. And i know its hard but we have to wait. I wish i have money to donate/bounty 20 more dollars :/
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Yes. I know about that but it seems ike they are tking quite some time and I am not sure if they have given up?
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It's giving them hell, there not sure they are gonna be able to, but there's always Loki to try, which is kinda like going around the boot loader.
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It's giving them hell, there not sure they are gonna be able to, but there's always Loki to try, which is kinda like going around the boot loader.
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Locked bootloader is like hot beer. Seems and tastes awfully. I wish companies sends their flagships with unlocked bootloader like T-Mobile did. Without custom recovery we're not able to even do a simple tweak (The tweaks who requires recovery such as modified frameworks and SystemUI's) Otherwise there is another option G3 Tweaksbox. But it shows very limited options if you're poor to buy it.
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It's giving them hell, there not sure they are gonna be able to, but there's always Loki to try, which is kinda like going around the boot loader.
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HMMMM well ill have a look at what i can do tomorrow. Maybe i can find a small window here. I almost want to say that the abswer would be to adjust the bootloader to simply allow multi boot possibilities with partitions (at least in my mind that would be pretty cute).
I dont even really want the money. I just want to be able to do what i need to do. Multi OS's on one device.
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Locked bootloader is like hot beer. Seems and tastes awfully. I wish companies sends their flagships with unlocked bootloader like T-Mobile did. Without custom recovery we're not able to even do a simple tweak (The tweaks who requires recovery such as modified frameworks and SystemUI's) Otherwise there is another option G3 Tweaksbox. But it shows very limited options if you're poor to buy it.
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I've tried modifying one line in build prop, ended up softbricking. I won't change a thing until unlock, at least then you can have nandroids.
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If only someone could tell me how to get to debug the software then ill be able to go from there because google isnt your friend when trying to find out.
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Also it's good to someone has interest about it. But it's ultimately hard job that they cannot solved in past 4 months. I appreciate all the tries/works on this job. Developers, you da real MVP! Well, other than that small joke we're still waiting. Not only international model D855 other models such as AT&T is waiting to unlock bootloader. T-Mobile users lucky that they got unlocked G3. I hope they will find a cure about it. If you can afford http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-lg-g3/general/bounty-att-lg-g3-bootloader-unlock-t2820785 go this thread and give some bounty (You're not have to do that its only suggest and saying thanks to hardwork)
yeeeeeepppp
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I've tried modifying one line in build prop, ended up softbricking. I won't change a thing until unlock, at least then you can have nandroids.
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Hehe ive also bricked this baby a few times now but lg has a cool restore tool that fixes all the issues.
Why cant we just copy the unlocked bootloader and overwrite the locked bootloader?
But nontheless. Maybe ill end upnrewriting a boot loader to work. But that might take some more time.
joeyhdownsouth said:
I've tried modifying one line in build prop, ended up softbricking. I won't change a thing until unlock, at least then you can have nandroids.
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So you can say, i tried to modifiying build prop and ended with softbricking but so i got nandroid which is nice to me. Me neither. On my Note 3 i was tweaking build prop without any problem i've even enabled softkeys (I wondered a bit about how it will look etc.) But not gonna touch until this thing unlocks fully. Using stock rom & root with bloatware removed. With helper programs such as Greenify+Coolify. It's like science it's all about develop, try, fail, develop (or fix/debug),try, fail, develop try, success. It's alla about to hardwork and i appreciate all the efforts that developers given on this topic.
crqzyvonzipper said:
Hehe ive also bricked this baby a few times now but lg has a cool restore tool that fixes all the issues.
Why cant we just copy the unlocked bootloader and overwrite the locked bootloader?
But nontheless. Maybe ill end upnrewriting a boot loader to work. But that might take some more time.
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Variants have different bootloaders. So we cannot do a copy/paste on it. If it works like this the devices will be unlocked in 10 min. I almost softbricked too but won against my wonder and didn't touched anything. It now works good. I love G3 even its bootloader locked lol
crqzyvonzipper said:
Hehe ive also bricked this baby a few times now but lg has a cool restore tool that fixes all the issues.
Why cant we just copy the unlocked bootloader and overwrite the locked bootloader?
But nontheless. Maybe ill end upnrewriting a boot loader to work. But that might take some more time.
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Why don't you go to the irc chat room where all the devs hang out and do their work? You can talk to them there and see what they've tried or what they haven't. Believe the channel is: #lg-g3
Hey guys,I was wondering if theres any development blogs ,sites, that may get us an indication about what's going on with the custom recovery?
I'm looking for it now and then but all I get is antique topics about how the phone is just out to market and we should give it a month to see custom roms/recoveries .
subwoffer13 said:
Hey guys,I was wondering if theres any development blogs ,sites, that may get us an indication about what's going on with the custom recovery?
I'm looking for it now and then but all I get is antique topics about how the phone is just out to market and we should give it a month to see custom roms/recoveries .
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T-Mobile is the only one with the bootloader unlocked so they have full access to using recovery and roms, I don't know if other variants are using a recovery yet since I am a vs985 (verizon) user I don't watch them closely
For vs985 we can't get into fastboot mode because verizon decided to remove or disable it, so we can't use tethered recovery (temporarily booting the recovery from adb shell)
I can tell you that Recovery's aren't hard to make at all. its just we don't have a way to use them right now &
Roms will quickly follow after Recovery's are able to be flashed
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T-Mobile is the only one with the bootloader unlocked so they have full access to using recovery and roms, I don't know if other variants are using a recovery yet since I am a vs985 (verizon) user I don't watch them closely
For vs985 we can't get into fastboot mode because verizon decided to remove or disable it, so we can't use tethered recovery (temporarily booting the recovery from adb shell)
I can tell you that Recovery's aren't hard to make at all. its just we don't have a way to use them right now &
Roms will quickly follow after Recovery's are able to be flashed
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Any personal thoughts /guesses about how long will it take?
I'm really excited about it , because when I bought my g3 I left my note 2 for experiments, and hell isn't the name for what my oldie note went through.
My point is that I finally learned how to install custom EVERYTHING. from kernel to build.prop,and my hands are itchy to do the same on my g3
Unfortunately and until the bootloader is unlocked, we have to patiently wait for our great devs to unlock this retarded bootloader. It may take a couple of days, it may take a month, it may never happen. We just have to wait. Oh, and friendly advice: never ask for an ETA on xda
Ferindel said:
Unfortunately and until the bootloader is unlocked, we have to patiently wait for ou great devs to unlock this retarded bootloader. It may take a couple of days, it may take a month, it may never happen. We just have to wait. Oh, and friendly advice: never ask for an ETA on xda
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Very true , I'm going to get a nexus as I'm not completely convinced an unlock will come and even if it may be awhile.
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Very true , I'm going to get a nexus as I'm not completely convinced an unlock will come and even if it may be awhile.
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jcase already found a Loki-like exploit but won't release it till he is sure a complete unlock is impossible. So, we will have an unlock and if not, then we will 100% have the exploit.
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I hope that it wont take long till they find a way to unlock the bootloader. The stock rom is loaded with a lot of bloatware and lg apps that i never intend to use. I want to see how fast the g3 is on a cm 11!
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jcase already found a Loki-like exploit but won't release it till he is sure a complete unlock is impossible. So, we will have an unlock and if not, then we will 100% have the exploit.
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Where did you find this out at? If true it's the best news I've heard in months!
katsika said:
I hope that it wont take long till they find a way to unlock the bootloader. The stock rom is loaded with a lot of bloatware and lg apps that i never intend to use. I want to see how fast the g3 is on a cm 11!
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i just installed some mod ( forgot the name , something liquid 4.4.4 ) on note 2 , and i didnt think that a phone , especially an old one, could be that quick and smooth .
i dying to do the same with my lg
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i just installed some mod ( forgot the name , something liquid 4.4.4 ) on note 2 , and i didnt think that a phone , especially an old one, could be that quick and smooth .
i dying to do the same with my lg
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Abit old maybe. But its not ainchent...2 MB ram and quad core cpu.. Its pretty good specs still.
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jcase already found a Loki-like exploit but won't release it till he is sure a complete unlock is impossible. So, we will have an unlock and if not, then we will 100% have the exploit.
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Please link us to where this was talked about great news, cheers.
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Please link us to where this was talked about great news, cheers.
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no news, this are older "news". you can find them in at&t lg3 forum section with forum search.
be patient, the devs don't like to get stressed and the whole xda drama about unlock.
jcase already said he is able to run custom images but time is the problem to release it. when everyone is stressing them, they will lose interest to unlock under pressure.
when it's ready you will know it. until release be quiet please. thanks.
There's the "news"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=55238605
Cheers
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Gone through the LG dev site, put in IMEI and Device ID, message pops up saying
the page at developer.lge.com says:
Unfortunately, your device (EE,UK) does not support unlocking the bootloader.
Is there a way around this, I would like to root my phone...and this whole "hold" over my android device isn't good at all.
EDIT, Sorry, i've got the LG G4 which is the phone in question, not the LG G3 as stated in my Sig.
CraigUK87 said:
Gone through the LG dev site, put in IMEI and Device ID, message pops up saying
the page at developer.lge.com says:
Unfortunately, your device (EE,UK) does not support unlocking the bootloader.
Is there a way around this, I would like to root my phone...and this whole "hold" over my android device isn't good at all.
EDIT, Sorry, i've got the LG G4 which is the phone in question, not the LG G3 as stated in my Sig.
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I have the UK (EUR) version too from CPW on EE but was able to unlock. What's your software version under About Phone --> Software Info ?
Mine is V10c-EUR-XX
pcoulson said:
I have the UK (EUR) version too from CPW on EE but was able to unlock. What's your software version under About Phone --> Software Info ?
Mine is V10c-EUR-XX
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Mine is V10B-234-30
It's official - there are a billion frickin versions of the LG G4 software out there and we don't stand a chance.
Sorry you can't unlock. Check the root thread for that.
pcoulson said:
It's official - there are a billion frickin versions of the LG G4 software out there and we don't stand a chance.
Sorry you can't unlock. Check the root thread for that.
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Ouch... you serious?? nothing at all.. That's actually s**t.
Surely you'd be able to root using the method in the root thread? I'd hope so as I'm getting this phone on EE in a couple of weeks and was hoping it would be possible
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CraigUK87 said:
Ouch... you serious?? nothing at all.. That's actually s**t.
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Surely you'd be able to root using the method in the root thread? I'd hope so as I'm getting this phone on EE in a couple of weeks and was hoping it would be possible
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Should be able to root using the method in the root thread with no issues.
As far as getting a G4 on EE, go via CarphoneWarehouse as you get a Euro unlocked device and not an EE branded device.
pcoulson said:
It's official - there are a billion frickin versions of the LG G4 software out there and we don't stand a chance.
Sorry you can't unlock. Check the root thread for that.
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IIIIkoolaidIIII said:
Should be able to root using the method in the root thread with no issues.
As far as getting a G4 on EE, go via CarphoneWarehouse as you get a Euro unlocked device and not an EE branded device.
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i think i got it a bit late... can't really take it back now and start again.
I've found a few rooting methods... but could someone point me in the right direction to the right thread, please =)
CraigUK87 said:
i think i got it a bit late... can't really take it back now and start again.
I've found a few rooting methods... but could someone point me in the right direction to the right thread, please =)
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The low effort root method in G4 Original Android Development.
Do not try to absolve me by some quirk of quantum mechanics.
IIIIkoolaidIIII said:
Should be able to root using the method in the root thread with no issues.
As far as getting a G4 on EE, go via CarphoneWarehouse as you get a Euro unlocked device and not an EE branded device.
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I would but I'm on a shared plan and CPW can't upgrade me so I'm stuck going to EE direct [emoji20]
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I would but I'm on a shared plan and CPW can't upgrade me so I'm stuck going to EE direct [emoji20]
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Dam that's a *****. I'm wondering if you could flash the KDZ of the EURO unlocked device and convert it from an EE device to an unlocked one. I know this used to be possible with Samsung device, this is my first LG (apart from a Nexus) so not fully up to speed on these things yet. May be worth investigating though.
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The low effort root method in G4 Original Android Development.
Do not try to absolve me by some quirk of quantum mechanics.
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Ok found that,
right.... How on earth can I tell what version mine is?
does this low level root actually bypass the "not being able to unlock bootloader" ??
Sorry for all the questions, I have read up...just a bit cautious this time around.... never had this much trouble with rooting a device before.
CraigUK87 said:
Ok found that,
right.... How on earth can I tell what version mine is?
does this low level root actually bypass the "not being able to unlock bootloader" ??
Sorry for all the questions, I have read up...just a bit cautious this time around.... never had this much trouble with rooting a device before.
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Yes it doesn't require the Bootloader being unlocked, tbh most questions you have will be answered in that forum, read through the first two posts. All images are there and how to find the right ones.
IIIIkoolaidIIII said:
Yes it doesn't require the Bootloader being unlocked, tbh most questions you have will be answered in that forum, read through the first two posts. All images are there and how to find the right ones.
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Well, thank you my friend for the help...but as you can appreciate...it's an expensive phone, I'm safe guarding myself by asking people with more experience than myself. I'm sorry.
CraigUK87 said:
Well, thank you my friend for the help...but as you can appreciate...it's an expensive phone, I'm safe guarding myself by asking people with more experience than myself. I'm sorry.
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If your worried about not picking the right version, then I would avoid proceeding with that method. As if it isn't one of the version in the OP, you need to change the commands too. Post a screenshot of your Software Info screen and I'll point you in the right direction.
But you need to read through both those posts before proceeding to understand what your doing.
IIIIkoolaidIIII said:
If your worried about not picking the right version, then I would avoid proceeding with that method. As if it isn't one of the version in the OP, you need to change the commands too. Post a screenshot of your Software Info screen and I'll point you in the right direction.
But you need to read through both those posts before proceeding to understand what your doing.
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I've read through both posts a few times.. i have a feeling my version isn't there.
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I've read through both posts a few times.. i have a feeling my version isn't there.
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Can you post a screen of your hardware info to.
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Can you post a screen of your hardware info to.
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Sure
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I've read through both posts a few times.. i have a feeling my version isn't there.
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As far as I can tell, you only have a carrier specific version of software and no actual hardware differences from H815 itself, which makes sense EE just using their own software (like the twats they are). This being the case you should be able to proceed with flashing the H815-10c image and gain root, this may also mean you can unlock the bootloader.
If the worst happens and you can't boot, you can just use a kdz image to revert to stock following the guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/general/guide-lg-g4-stock-firmware-to-stock-kdz-t3107848
You can gain a stock KDZ with this url, replace 'YOURIMEIHERE' with your imei number:
http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/csmg/b2c/client/auth_model_check2.jsp?esn=YOURIMEIHERE
IIIIkoolaidIIII said:
As far as I can tell, you only have a carrier specific version of software and no actual hardware differences from H815 itself, which makes sense EE just using their own software (like the twats they are). This being the case you should be able to proceed with flashing the H815-10c image and gain root, this may also mean you can unlock the bootloader.
If the worst happens and you can't boot, you can just use a kdz image to revert to stock following the guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/general/guide-lg-g4-stock-firmware-to-stock-kdz-t3107848
You can gain a stock KDZ with this url, replace 'YOURIMEIHERE' with your imei number:
http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/csmg/b2c/client/auth_model_check2.jsp?esn=YOURIMEIHERE
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Well, thank you very much, sir. I really appreciate the help =) Shall try it out now... as for the bootloader...
LG specifically said on the dev site that my bootloader (EE)UK can't be unlocked,
I input my IMEI and Device-ID.. However, I expect you know way more than myself, So.. i'll stay in hope that you, sir..are right =)
I remember this was doable on the Galaxy S7 but have not had a Samsung phone since -- I currently have a Verizon Galaxy Note 8 and would like to remove the Verizon Bloat and flash the Unlocked Firmware if this still works via ODIN? If yes does anyone have a link to the firmware (US Unlocked) that can be downloaded.
Thanks!!
pfriederichs said:
I remember this was doable on the Galaxy S7 but have not had a Samsung phone since -- I currently have a Verizon Galaxy Note 8 and would like to remove the Verizon Bloat and flash the Unlocked Firmware if this still works via ODIN? If yes does anyone have a link to the firmware (US Unlocked) that can be downloaded.
Thanks!!
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-8/how-to/stock-recovery-odin-recovery-software-t3671615
BlueFox721 said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-8/how-to/stock-recovery-odin-recovery-software-t3671615
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Does that unlocked firmware have the bootloader unlocked or allow you to root?
No and No, sadly.
It worked for me. I have the verizon version directly from samsung (not sure if this is different from the one directly from Verizon) . I flashed the unlocked firmware without any issue using the firmware and "Prince Comsy’s Odin" they have on the page BlueFox721 posted.
Mibuix0r said:
Does that unlocked firmware have the bootloader unlocked or allow you to root?
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Bootloader locked...root on its way
BlueFox721 said:
Bootloader locked...root on its way
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Think root will severely degrade performance like it did on my s7e at first?
Mibuix0r said:
Think root will severely degrade performance like it did on my s7e at first?
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It depends...sometimes in the past they were forced to use older firmware to root which may have been the cause for performance...we have to wait and see...so far things I have tested on my own have same performance because all firmware is basically the same kernel...after roms come out and devs can put in tweaks, there should be performance boosts...some may even be better than stock...im sure someone will post a rooted stock image that should perform same as being stock w/out root...still, we have to wait and see.... the only issue I see is the 80% battery charge after root...although, I am curious as to whether or not it is just superficial and 80% is actually 100%...on the S8+ it is actual 80% and a charge to 100% must be completed in upload mode...it will get ironed out though...it's interesting that this method does not trip knox...which is awesome
Ive done the same but i Just figured out, that the option "calle id & antispam is grayed out, hence i cannot activate it. Is there a way to fix it?
betovanbuuren said:
Ive done the same but i Just figured out, that the option "calle id & antispam is grayed out, hence i cannot activate it. Is there a way to fix it?
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Just noticed this is the same on several threads...maximum exposure I guess...lol
BlueFox721 said:
Just noticed this is the same on several threads...maximum exposure I guess...lol
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hehe until i got your attention
How do you guys like this firmware? I just spent the last 3 hours transferring over information and realized I forgot to put a fresh non bloatware firmware on.
Is this version the way to go?
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Just noticed this is the same on several threads...maximum exposure I guess...lol
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I had a performance issue after gaining root for the Verizon S6 Edge but that ended up being easily fixed by using a CPU editor to set the kernel frequencies correctly.. I'm pretty sure you know what I mean about the CPU governors though. If I recall after rooting it, somehow the governor was set to powersave and setting it back to interactive sorted that out quickly.
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I had a performance issue after gaining root for the Verizon S6 Edge but that ended up being easily fixed by using a CPU editor to set the kernel frequencies correctly.. I'm pretty sure you know what I mean about the CPU governors though. If I recall after rooting it, somehow the governor was set to powersave and setting it back to interactive sorted that out quickly.
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It would be awesome to get kernel access for optimization but I believe that would require unlocked bootloader...I did some kernel mods on my Nexus, Thunderbolt, Note 3, and my Wife's devices as well...I'm going to be theming and trying my hand at developing a Rom (have not done one yet...only compiled AOSP)...I would love to learn kernel and bootloader code....we'll see about kernel access after root...
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It would be awesome to get kernel access for optimization but I believe that would require unlocked bootloader...I did some kernel mods on my Nexus, Thunderbolt, Note 3, and my Wife's devices as well...I'm going to be theming and trying my hand at developing a Rom (have not done one yet...only compiled AOSP)...I would love to learn kernel and bootloader code....we'll see about kernel access after root...
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The Verizon bootloader was locked but somehow it still worked. I'm not even sure how since I thought the bootloader needed to be unlocked to mess with the kernel.. But maybe it was ok since it wasn't directly editing It?
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The Verizon bootloader was locked but somehow it still worked. I'm not even sure how since I thought the bootloader needed to be unlocked to mess with the kernel.. But maybe it was ok since it wasn't directly editing It?
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Coolness