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Submitted1yearago*byjamesrascal At&tH810PRaRooted H810
IfyouhavelookedattheGuidesonXDAonhowtoRoottheG4youwillfindtheyhaveyouopening5tabs
andswitchingbackandforth.IwantedtomakethatalotmoresimpleforanyonelookingtoroottheirLGG4.
InadditionIhavesetupanextraMirrorofallthefilesneededincaseyoufindissuesdownloadingfromthe
onesintheOP.
Prerequisites:
DownloadLGRoot
DownloadLGDrivers
AllG4(ExceptVerizon)
Verizon
AmicroUSBcableconnectedtoyourPCYourdevicemustbeunencrypted
IhavecopiedallthefilestoAmazon'sCloudDriveforeaseofaccessorincaseoriginallinksarenot
accessible.AmazonCloudDrive
LinksforSystemImages:TMobile
Verizon
InternationalH81510cVersion
AT&T
Sprint
H810PRa310410Alt
Ifyouversionisnotlistedherepleaseseethislink:XDAThenfollowtheinstructionsbelow.
Backingupyousystempriortoroot
Ifyouthinkyouwillneedtorestoreyourphonetoaunrootedstateatanytimeyoushouldmakeacopyofthe
systempriortorootingyourphone.Copythisfileoffofyourdevicebeforecontinuing.FollowSteps29
belowandusethesecommandsbeforerooting.
BackupSystemtoInternalStorage(Commandsforallvariants):
H810PR,H815(Allvariants),H818N/P:
ddif=/dev/block/mmcblk0bs=8192skip=55296count=529920of=/data/media/0/system.img
F500,H811,H812,H818,H819,VS986,US991:
ddif=/dev/block/mmcblk0bs=8192skip=65536count=548352of=/data/media/0/system.img
H810AT&T:
ddif=/dev/block/mmcblk0bs=8192skip=65536count=579584of=/data/media/0/system.img
LS991:
ddif=/dev/block/mmcblk0bs=8192skip=65536count=557312of=/data/media/0/sys
Steps
1.)Downloadyourdevicesimagefromoneoftheabovelinks.ExtracttheIMGfileandcopyittoyour
INTERNALsdcard.(Keepthefilenameoftheextractimgfilethesameasthecommandsyouneedtorun
relyontheexactimagename.)
2.)DownloadandunziptheLG_Root.zipinyourpreferredlocationimgur
3.)EnableADBdebuggingonyourdevice
GotoSettings>AboutPhone>SoftwareInformationandtapbuildnumberuntilyouarepresentedwith"You
arenowadeveloper"ExitbacktoSettingsmainscreen
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InDeveloperOptionsenableUSBDebugging(SomedevicesrequireenablingPTPfordebuggingtowork)
4.)IntherootofLG_Rootfolderstartacommandprompt
InstructionsmayvarybasedonWindow'sversionInsideofLG_Rootfolderholdshiftandrightclickablank
spaceyoushouldsee"Opencommandwindowhere"
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imgur
5.)Nowthatwehaveacommandpromptrunningintherootofthefolderlet'sgetstarted.(Commandsare
copy+pasteunlessspecified)
Let'smakesureourdeviceisconnected
adb.exedevices
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6.)Great!Mydeviceisconnectedlet'scontinue,weneedtogetthefilesontothedeviceusedforthisroot
method.
Inthesamecommandpromptlet'sexecuteanothercommand
adb.exepushbusybox/data/local/tmp/&&adb.exepushlg_root.sh/data/local/tmp&&adb.exepushUPDATESuperSUv2.46.zip/data/local/tmp
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7.)Rebootintodownloadmode:
PoweroffyourdeviceWhenthedeviceispoweredoff,holdvolumeupandinsertaUSBcableconnectedto
thePCWaitforthedriverstoinstall
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8.)Let'sfindwhichCOMportourdeviceisconnectedto
Doubleclickports.bat(ThiswillgiveustheCOMportinwhichourdeviceisconnectedwearelookingfor
theDiagport)
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YoumayexitthiscommandpromptwhenyouhaveyourCOMportnumber,keeptheothercommandprompt
open
9.)Let'sBegin!(KeepthedeviceinDownloadmode)
Let'srunSend_Command.exe(Itcouldn'tconnect?MakesureyouCOMportnumberiscorrectitvaries)
Send_Command.exe\\.\COM4
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10.)Type"id"andpressenter(noquotes).Youshouldgetbacksometextstartingwith"uid=(0)rootgid=
(0)root".Ifnot,pressCTRLC,anddostep9again(theapplicationsometimesdoesn'trespondonthefirst
command).
11.)Runthecommandspecifiedinthesectionbelowtitled'CommandstoRun'toflashtherootedsystem
image.
CommandstoRun
TMobileH81110HVersion:
ddif=/data/media/0/system.rooted.H81110h.imgbs=8192seek=65536count=548352of=/dev/block/mmcblk0
VZWVS98611AVersion:
ddif=/data/media/0/system.rooted.vs98611a.imgbs=8192seek=65536count=548352of=/dev/block/mmcblk0
*InternationalH81510cVersion:*(NOTH815T,H815TR,H815P,etcyouwillloseinternationalizationand
possiblyfeatures)
ddif=/data/media/0/system.rooted.H81510cEU.imgbs=8192seek=55296count=529920of=/dev/block/mmcblk0
AT&TH81010GVersion:
ddif=/data/media/0/system.rooted.h81010g.imgbs=8192seek=65536count=579584of=/dev/block/mmcblk0
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SprintLS991ZV5Version:
ddif=/data/media/0/system.rooted.LS991ZV5.imgbs=8192seek=65536count=557312of=/dev/block/mmcblk0
PRH810PRa310410
ddif=/data/media/0/H810PR10a310410_Rooted.system.imgbs=8192seek=55296count=529920of=/dev/block/mmcblk0
Ifyourphoneisn'tlistedhereDONOTrunthesecommandsonyourphone.Youwillbreakyourphone.Ifyour
phoneisn'trunningtheEXACTfirmwareversionspecified,youwillneedtoOTAtotheproperversiontoroot.
Ifyou'dliketonotOTA,sittightwhilewegetabetterroottogether.
12.)Afterafewminutesofsitting,youshouldgetbacka"#"prompt.Thisindicatestheprocesshasfinished.
14.)Type"LEAVE"(noquotes)andpressenter.Yourphoneshouldreboot,andyourphonewillberooted
Nowthatyou'rerooted,MAKESUREYOUDISABLEOTAUPDATES,ifyouaccidentallytakeanOTA,you
mightnotbeabletorollbackorfixit.
Youcanalsodeletethesystem.rooted.modelnumer.imgorsystem.imgfromyourphone'sinternalSDcardto
savesomespace.
EDIT:UpdatedtoincludedinternationalversionsfromXDA
EDIT2:FixedStepNumbers.
EDIT3:Addedbackup/unrootsteps.
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Awesomethismightpushmeovertheedgeandmakemefinallyroot.Question.IswillIloseeverythingby
rooting?Pics,apps,appdata?(I'llmakeabackupregardlessoftheanswer,justcurious)
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Youshouldn'tloseanythingwhenyoufollowthisguide.WhenIrootedmyG4everythingwasstilltherejust
withaddedroot.
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UnfortunatelyIseemtohaverunintosometrouble
http://m.imgur.com/zRWjhSy
Thisismycommandlinehttp://imgur.com/9Xgkdeq.the"deviceoffline"issuesweremenotseeing"enable
usbdebugging"onmyphoneandthenclickingyesandtryingagain
OnethingIwasconfusedaboutis...whatarewesupposedtodowiththesystemimage?Ihavealittle
h81110h.tarsittingonmydesktop
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I'mnotsureifyoumeantthiseitherbutyouaremissingsteps7and8
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LookingattheimageyouincludeditwouldappearthatyourSendCommand.ExeisincorrectImgurit
shouldhave\.\soSlashSlashDotSlashbeforetheCOMSeehere:Imgur
AlsoIamupdatingtheOPwiththerightstepslookslikeIforgothowtocount.
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TheWisaslashwhenyourcomputerislocalizedinanasianlanguagesuchaskorean
edit:IwillberelocalizingtoUSandgivingitanothershotthough
edit2:updatehttp://puu.sh/jS6KM/a87e55d592.png
wheneverIenterthatfinallineofcodethe#appearsimmediatelylettingmeknowitprobablydidn't
work.I'mstillconfusedwhattodowiththeprerootedsystemimage?
edit...3?:alright,apparentlytheXDAvideosaysIshouldbeputtingmyimageintherootoftheinternal
storageofmyphone...thatmakesalotmoresense,willupdate
edit4:alrightwellthatwasaprettysimplefix>.>youmightwannaupdatetheguideformoronslikeme
thoughandaddasteptoextractyoursystemimageandcopyittoyourphone
http://m.imgur.com/A8dab4n
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ThatwasintheguideIthinkIlostitwhenIwasformattingitfortheredditpost.Itmakesalotofsense
whythecommandswerenotworkingforyouthough.Iamgladtoseethatyouwereabletogainroot!
Welcometotheclub.
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Ohman,ijustmadethesamemistakeasyouandfreakedout,didn'tseethistillihadalreadyfixedit.
justknowtherewereotherpeopleoutthereasdumbasyouhaha,you'renotalone:)
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wait,sowheredoImovethat2.1GBfileonmyphonetoexactly?That'swhat'sgettingmetoo,the#
cameupimmediately.Fortherecord,I'mnoteven100%surewhichimgfileIshouldhaverightnow.
I'vegotmy.tar,butno.img
Edit:Nevermind.Amdumb.Watchedvideo.Extractthe.tar.thenextractthe.imgfromthe.tar.Then
justplacethe.imginInternalStorageandmoveon.
Edit2:SecurityError#11.Fuck.
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Didyougetitfixed?Ihavetheerroraswell.Thisisn'tgood.
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IhadtotakeitbacktothestoreandpretendithappenedwithanOTAupdate.
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Crap...nowIhavetodoit.IwasholdingoffbecauseIthoughtI'dlosemysetup.
Welp,hereIgooooo!
Edit:Aftermyphonechargesabit!
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Myonlyconcernis,ifIroot,doesthatmeannomoreOTAupdatesfromSprint,LG,ever?Iftheypushan
AndroidMupdate,woulditmeanIcanonlygetitbyinstallingacustomROM?
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ThisiswhatscrewedmewhenIrootedmygalaxys4inthefallof2013.Iendedupstayingon4.2.2forthe
next2years.AndInevermanuallyswitchedtheROM.
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YoucanstillreceiveOTAupdatesonarooteddevice,butyoucan'tinstallthem(inmyexperience).It'sa
fairlysimplemattertounroot,update,andthenrerootinmostcasesthough,soit'snotsomethingthatshould
holdyoubackfromrooting.
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Seethislinkforadditionalfirmware:XDA
IfyourexactmodeldoesnotmatchonethatisavailableIwouldNOTflash.Ifyouusetheincorrectversion
youriskbrickingyourphone.
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Didyouboughtyourphonefromtropical_mobileoneBay?
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Ihavethesamemodelnumberjustlikeyours,butfromeBay.What'sthelatestversionyouhavereceived?
CurrentlyI'monv10bonly.Didyougottherightansweraboutrootingourphones?
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adb.execan'tseemydevice:VPicture
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WhenyoupluginyourdeviceforthefirsttimeandruntheADBcommandyoushouldgetapromptonyour
phonetoallowyourcomputertoconnect.
Itwouldlooksomethingsimilartothis
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Possiblydrivermissingonyourcomputer,badusbcable,orUSBDebuggingisn'tturnedon?
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Heydidyouenduprootingusingthismethod?Doyourememberifthescreenwasstuckonthefirmware
updateforawhile(step7)?
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Helloguys.
Firstofall,thankstotheOP!FinallyIhaverootedh81510deu(originalCZdistribution).
Now,let'sclearupsomemisunderstandingshere:
9)DownloadmodeIsitoktoletthedevice"stuck"at0%.Justmoveon.(Thiswasworkingforme.)
12)Forme,ittooklessthanaminutetocompleteit.
BACKUP:Tocreateabackupofyouroriginalsystem.imgyouhavetoproceedthroughsteps210!
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Thankstoalldevs!!!
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I'mstuckonstep1010.)Type"id"andpressenter(noquotes).Youshouldgetbacksometextstartingwith
"uid=(0)rootgid=(0)root".Ifnot,pressCTRLC,anddostep9again(theapplicationsometimesdoesn't
respondonthefirstcommand).
nomatterwhatIdotriedeverythingitkeepsfailing.Anyhelpatall?
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Iamhavingthesameissue.ports.batshowsthatLGANDNETDIAG1isonCOM6,soIdo
Send_Command.exe\\.\COM6,thenwhenItypeiditjustsaysFAIL.
Wereyouabletogetpastthis?OrperhapsOPorsomeonewithmoreexperiencecanweighinonthis??
EDIT:OhShit,Iwonderifthishasanythingtodowithit,butIjustnoticedthatthephoneisonMarshmellow
It'saSprintLS991ZV9...IthinkIamgladIwashavingissuessincemydumbassdidn'tnoticethatfromthe
beginning.
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Goodwork.Justincaseanyoneislookingforit,intheXDAthreadwiththelistofimages...ifyougotopost2
thereisalistofalltheotherimagesthataren'tincludedintheOP.There'salsothecommandsforthosevariants
aswell.IhavetheH812inCanadaandhadtogetallmyinfofromthatpostanditallworkedlikeacharmfor
me.
/u/jamesrascalnotsureifyouwanttoincludethatstuff,butit'sthereifyou'dlike.Greatwork,thiswouldhave
beenveryhelpfultomewhenIrooted.Nicetohavetheinfoallinoneplace.
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ThanksIupdatedthepostIwillworkondownloadingtheadditionalimgfiles.WheneverIrootmydeviceI
trytoalwayskeepacopyoftherootguideIusedandallthefiles.ToomanytimeshaveIhadissuesandneed
togobacktofactoryonlytofindallthelinksdead.
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Happenstomeallthetime,that'sagreatidea!OnceIgetTWRPIusuallykeepabackupofmystockimage
onmySDcardatalltimesincase,butforthetimebeingthisseemstobethebestwaytodoit!
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InoticedthatthefilefromXDAthatIdownloadedwas1.08GB,buttheATTversonwas2+GB.Isthat
normal?
Edit:Mighthavebeendifferentcompression.TheuncompressedfileformyH812isover4GB.
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Soundslikeacompressionissue.
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IhavetheCanadianH812aswell(fromTbaytel).Thanksfortheheadsup.
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You'reawesome,man!Idecidedtonotmissaroundwithmynewbaby,butsinceI'veseenthisbeautiful
instructionsI'llrethinkaboutthat:)Q:Isthereanyimpactontheperformanceofthedevice?
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TheCanadianvariant(H81210c)canberootedaswell,justdownloadhttps://www.androidfilehost.com/?
w=files&flid=36116andfollowthesameinstructions,replacingthe"system.rooted.whatever"withthe
filenameofthedownloadedimage.Canconfirmitworks.
Source:http://forum.xdadevelopers.com/showpost.php?p=62028523&postcount=2
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ImadeittoStep7,butmyphonehasbeenat0%ontheFirmwareUpdatescreenforoverhalfanhour:(
Isthisnormal?ShouldIkeepwaitingitout?
Ifnot,anyideasforthebestwaytogetoutoftheupdatewithoutbrickingthephone?
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CanIrootmyH815withthis?Thanksfortheinstructions.
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Diditcomeoutofit?I'mstaringat0%too...
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Nope,3hourslaterIendeduppullingthebatterybecauseithadn'tchangedandnoneofthebuttonswould
worktorestart.Everythingwasfineafterwards,butIdidn'ttryitagain.
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NotentirelysurewhatIdidwrong,butmyphoneisnowbrickedIbelieve.Itconstantlyisgivingmeasecurity
erroratbootupthenshutsbackdown.Goingtoattempttofollowthistrick.
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Didyougetthisfixed?Whatdidyoudo?IalsogotthisonanATTH810.Iwasabletorestoreitbacktothe
backedupsystem.imgthatImadebeforeItriedeverythingbutnotsurewhatIdidwrong...itallseemedtogo
alrightuptothereboot.
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Howdidyourestorethebackupyoumade?Ialsohavethiserror.
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Replacedthephoneunderwarranty.
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Ihavethetmobileh81110n.Howcanirootmyphoneandnotloseanyofmydata?Canijustrootwiththe
10Hstepsyouhavelistedabove?
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Hey,ifyoustillhaven'tbeenabletorootyourdeviceandwantto,IfoundasolutionontheXDAforumsto
roottheH81110Nversion.Don'tworry,rootingthephonewon'tmakeyouloseanydataorresetanything.
Followthislinkanddownloadtherootedimageinthere.Thenyoucanfolloweitherprocesstorootyour
phone.
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Iknowthispostwasfromafewmonthsagowhentheimagewason11A.Withsomanyupdatesto13B,
however,I'dliketoupdateto13Bwithroot.
Whilefollowingthesesteps,itseemedtomeliketheonlystepsIneededtochangeweretoupdatethephoneto
13BviaOTAandthenfollowthestepsabove,changingthe(ddif=/data/media/0/system.rooted.vs98611a.img
bs=8192seek=65536count=548352of=/dev/block/mmcblk0)commandtoreflectthelatestrooted13Bsystem
imagefromXDA.IsthereanythingelseIneedtobeawareof?
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I'malsolookingforthisinformation.
IthinkI'mjustgonnafollowanXDAtutorialcompletely.Theytalkaboutupgradingto13BnormallyFIRST,
thendoingthe'KDZtotherooted13bsystemimage'
Whateverthatmeans
Edit:I'musingthishttp://forum.xdadevelopers.com/verizong4/help/lgg413brootvs986t3268354
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Thanks!!Nowifonlyyouguys(whichincludesxda)canfigureoutwhotoroottheSprintLGG4LS991with
Marshmallow(ZV9),Iwillloveyouallforlife(andthrowsomemoneyyourway)!!
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Hey,soabitofnecrohere,butIjustwantedtosaythatthisdoesworkonh81010o.Ihadtodosome
searchingtofigureoutwhetheritdidornot,butIcannowsaythatyesthissetofstepsworks.
[Gotthesuggestionsfromhere(http://forum.xdadevelopers.com/attg4/help/rooth81010ot3252902)]
Usethisasthefinalcommand(Comesfromsnowrelytatxda)
ddif=/data/media/0/system.rooted.h81010o.imgbs=8192seek=65536count=579584
of=/dev/block/mmcblk0
Also,thebackcommandappearstobethesameastheonelistedherefortheATTH81010G:
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Higuys,newG4ownerhere.US991factoryUnlockedtobeexact.I'mcomingfromabelovednexus5on
rootedstockmarshmallow.IonlyupgradedbecausetheG4wasonsalefor$349freeshippingandnotax!I
likethatithasansdslotandswappablebattery.I'mcurrentlyonUS99110a.Igotanotificationforthe
US99120aupdatewhichi'mguessingismarshallow.Iwanttohaverootedmarshmallow.Notsureifunlocking
thebootloaderisanoption.Idon'tnormallyflashcustomroms,i'mokwithrootedstockbuti'mcomingfrom
vanillaandroidsoI'llhavetotryandseeifIcanlivewithLG'sstuff.HowshouldIgoaboutgettingrooted
marshmallow?
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Thiswouldvoidthewarranty,right?I'veneverrootedadevicebefore,sowhatcanIdoifImessitup?
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Totallydependsonwhereyoulive.IntheEUanysoftwaremodificationshouldnotvoidyourstatutory
warranty.Thosewhostatethattherootingprocessisvoidingthewarrantyaremisinformed.Endofstory.
Theonlywaytovoidthestatutorywarrantyisiftheroot/flash/moddingofsoftwareiscausingadefect.You
cancheckthatbyrevertingbacktothestockfirmware(thesoftwareyougotwiththephonewhenyoubought
it)andseeifthedefectisstillthere.Ifitisthenyourwarrantyisfine.
BrickedphoneshoweverarenotcoveredbywarrantyifIremembercorrectly.
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Greatlydependsonyourdevice,whileittechnicallydoesvoidyourwarrantyifyouhavetheKDZtorevert
backtounrootedstockyoushouldbefine.Ihaverootedphonesandhadunrelatedhardwareissuesanbeen
abletoreverttostockeverythingandhavethephonerepairedunderthewarranty.
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Bitofanoobhere,butwhatisaKDZ?
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SeethislinkXDA
TheTLdrisKDZisanimageformatforrestoringyourphone.Basicallyyouputyourphoneindownload
modeandrunaprogramthatpushestheimagetoit.
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NotifyouhavetheKDZlikementionedearlier.Mosteverybodyshouldbefine.
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1)Canwestickythis/addtoFAQ?
2)Notethatthisprocessmayfailatstep11ifyoudonothavesufficientcontiguousRAM.Thisisn'tcommon,
butI'veseenitifusersarerunningphotoshop/WoT/etcinthebackground,orhaveamillionchrometabsopen.
Thesolutionistoreducememoryuseonyourcomputer,byclosingunneededapps.
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I'monWind,inCanada,anyideahowIwouldfindwhichversiontouse?
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Seethislinkforadditionalfirmware:XDA
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Gointoyourphonesettings,theneitherscrolldown/gotothelastpage,andfind"AboutPhone".Tap
"Hardwareinfo",andintheModelnumbersection,itwilltellyouwhichphoneyouhave.Followthe
appropriatestepsforthat.IbelieveinCanada,yourphoneshouldbeanH812(mineis,atleast).
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thereisawaytounrootit?
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Yesbyflashingbacktofactory.Restoringtostockismynextguide.
Iwaswrongonthisyoucanmakeacopyofyoursystempriortorootingthephone:
BackupSystemtoInternalStorage(Commandsforallvariants):
H810PR,H815(Allvariants),H818N/P:
ddif=/dev/block/mmcblk0bs=8192skip=55296count=529920of=/data/media/0/system.img
F500,H811,H812,H818,H819,VS986,US991:
ddif=/dev/block/mmcblk0bs=8192skip=65536count=548352of=/data/media/0/system.img
H810AT&T:
ddif=/dev/block/mmcblk0bs=8192skip=65536count=579584of=/data/media/0/system.img
LS991:
ddif=/dev/block/mmcblk0bs=8192skip=65536count=557312of=/data/media/0/sys
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thisisamazingforusthathaveaninternationalversion,thanks!
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WhenIissuetheaboveddcommandformyH810ATTIgetapermissiondeniedresponse,(whichactually
didn'tsurpriseme),IassumeitsbecausethefilepermissionsarenotopentotheuserandIfIcan'tcopythe
imagebeforerooting,thenIdon'thavearollbackcontingency.
Anytips?
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Justanotherquickquestion,amIcorrectinassumingtheyprovidetheUNROOTEDimgincaseyouwishto
goback?
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Itsmostlyonlytherootedimages.Ifyouwanttorevertthechangesyouwouldneedtorevertbacktostock.If
youatalldoubtthatyouwantRootIwouldpassonrootingyourdevice.
PersonallyIdoitfor2reasons.FirstissystemwideadblockingandthesecondisforabetterDPI(530).If
youmakeacopyofthesystempriortorootingyoucanreverttoanunrootedstate:
BackupSystemtoInternalStorage(Commandsforallvariants):
H810PR,H815(Allvariants),H818N/P:
ddif=/dev/block/mmcblk0bs=8192skip=55296count=529920of=/data/media/0/system.img
F500,H811,H812,H818,H819,VS986,US991:
ddif=/dev/block/mmcblk0bs=8192skip=65536count=548352of=/data/media/0/system.img
H810AT&T:
ddif=/dev/block/mmcblk0bs=8192skip=65536count=579584of=/data/media/0/system.img
LS991:
ddif=/dev/block/mmcblk0bs=8192skip=65536count=557312of=/data/media/0/sys
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Yeah,Ijustnoticedthattheyprovidearootedandunrootedimgfile.Iwascuriousastowhy.
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NowIjustwonderifthereisanydevelopercanmakecustomrombythismethodtomakethephoneeven
better.(lessGappsandso).
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Thankyouverymuchforthetime&effortyouputintothecomprehensivepostabove,mostappreciated.
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I'manidiotandforgottocopythesystemimagebeforedoingtherestofthesteps.Ididallofthesteps
succesfullyuntilrunningthecommand,atwhichpointnothinghappenedobviously.isitsafeformetotake
batteryout/rebootorno?itriedtypingleave,andthatdidn'tdoanything.
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Inthecasethatthisgoesawryforme,howdoIapplythebackuptomyphone?Also,doanyofyouknow
whatauthenticationfailis?WhenIfirsttriedrooting,Igotthaterrorandcouldn'tgetpastthelgscreen.
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SoI'vegotanAT&T(H810)andI'vegoteverythinglintedup,butIgettostep11andrunthatlineofcode
yousayittakesacoupleminutesbutminereturnsimmediatelywiththe#andtheFirmwareUpdateonmy
phonescreendoesn'tchangetheslightest.
Thismaybeanincrediblydumbquestion,butdoIneedtohavethe.tardownloadedbeforestep6?That'sthe
onlythingIdidn'tdothefirstorsecondtimearoundsinceIwastryingtomakethereturnimagefirstanyway.
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Thediagportisnotshowingup.whatdoido?
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Thanksforsharing,I'vealwaysbeenafanofrooting.
IsanyoneabletoadvisewhetherthisworksforH815T?
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Goodinfo,thoughIknowsomeofthedevelopershaveaskednottomirrortheirfiles,bothforthepurposeof
ensuring"clean"files,aswellashavingthemostuptodatedownloadsavailable.
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SoIusedthismethodtorootandeverythingwentsmoothupuntilthephonefullyrebooted:itkeepsgivingme
theerror"SystemUIhasstopped"and"android.process.acorehasstopped".Anyadviceastowhathappened?
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Ifollowedthestepsandeverythingwasfinetillitrestartedandigotasystemerror#11.ivebeentryingtofixit
foracoupleshourswithnoluck.HELPPLZ
LGG4H810
Update:It'sbricked
SecondUpdate:IgotaH815.Muchbetter!!
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secondupdate?I'mscared...
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Shh,it'sokay.Drinksomecocoa!:)
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onlyificanaddpeppermintschnapps.
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Didyougetitfixed?Ihavethesameissue.
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[] Linkinjunior0points 1point 2points 1yearago(2children)
DoesthisworkwithH81110n?
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Hey,ifyoustillhaven'tbeenabletorootyourdeviceandwantto,IfoundasolutionontheXDAforumsto
roottheH81110Nversion.
Followthislinkanddownloadtherootedimageinthere.Thenyoucanfolloweitherprocesstorootyour
phone.
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Thankyousir/mam.
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Itriedthisandnowmyphonedoesn'tgetpasttheLGstartupscreen.RIP.Iprobablyscrewedupsomewhere
butidk
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Ifyoucanenterdownloadmodeyoucanstillrecoverit.Lookuptheinstructionsonflashingbacktostock.
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Cool,I'lltrythatwhenIgetoffwork.Thanks
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Thanksverymuchforthis,muchappreciated.MayIaskwhatisthecustomromscenefortheG4atthistime?
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Canalinktothisbeputinthesidebarontherighthandsideofthissubreddit(ifpossible)?
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Iamincrediblyconfusedattheorderhere.IamtryingtobackupmyoriginalimageasrecommendedbeforeI
root.Idon'tseeanywhereintheinstructionswhereyouaresupposedtoenteryourcarrierspecificcommand
lineforthebackup.Itsaysfollow29butnowheredoesitsaywhentouseit.Ienabledusbdebugging,started
commandpromptfromunzippedfolder,itfoundmydevice,executedthe"adb.exepushbusybox
/data/local/tmp/&&adb.exepushlg_root.sh/data/local/tmp&&adb.exepushUPDATESuperSUv2.46.zip
/data/local/tmp"command,irebootedintodownloadmode,andnowitsonthefirmwareupdatescreenbutits
beenagood15minutesanditsstillat0%andIstillneverenteredmyATTcommandfromthebackupsection.
Whathappened?ThebottomboxsaysUSERB92.It'sjuststuck.Ihavenotcopiedtherootedimagetothe
phoneoranythingyet.
Edit:Pulledbatteryanditwasfine.IthenputtherootedimageonthephoneandstartedoverandnowIam
gettingsecurityerror11,nowwhat?
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Didthisendupresolving?I'mcurrentlystuckatthe0%screenyoudescribed,kindascaredtopullthebattery.
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Ipulledthebatteryandhadnoissues.
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IgettothelaststepandIhavetopushtherootedfile.Ichangetherootedsystem.imgtomyfile
H81210gROOTED.img
DoIhavetokeeptehrootedsystemsoit'srootedsystem.H81210gROOTED.img?WhenIpressenter,the#
comesuprightawayandIclickleaveandphoneisnotrooted.Pleasehelp!
Edit:Gotittowork.ApparentlyIdidn'textractthesystemimage....Butyeah,greatguide,veryeasytofollow!
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Heyman,ImtryingtorootmytelusH81210g,Imgettingthesameporblemthe#signcomesuprightaway.
Idoublecheckedandthesystemimageisfullyextracted.Doyouknowwhattheproblemcouldbe?Also
whatcommanddidyourun?(ImassumingyoudidtheH812allvariantsone?)
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Iusedtheh81210gfile.WhatfixeditformewasIextractedthefileandthefilenamewasrootedsystemso
Ikeptthescriptthesameandenter.
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Stilldoesntseemtoworkforme:(
Didyoudeviatefromthisguideinanyway?http://forum.xdadevelopers.com/g4/origdevelopment/root
tmovzwintlvariantssoonrootlgt3164765
Ifollowedtheguideexactlybutmaybeyoudidonethingdifferent
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IfollowtheexactguideinOPguide.Stepbystep.
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sorry,buthowdidyouextractthesystemimage?Imkindofunclearonthis
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Whenyoudownloadthefile,itshouldbeina.Zipformat.Youneedeitherwinraror7ziptoextractit.
Onceyouhaveeitherofthoseprograms,yourightclickandthenextractto.Andinthatfoldershould
bethefileyouputinyourinternalstorage
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HeyIwantedtoknowifyougotittowork.Ifyoudidgetittowork,nice!!Ifnot,letmeknowifyou
gotanyquestionssoIcankindahelpyou.IamonmycomputerrightnowsoIcanmaybegiveyou
moreinformationasIwasonmyphoneyesterday.
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Imhavingtroubleunderstandingifmy10oisrootableornot.Ifoundarootedimagefromxdaherebutcouldnt
findanythinganywhereelse.
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Turneditoffandthenpluggeditinwhileholdinguponthevolumebutton.Ittookmetothescreenyou
showed,butnowhasbeenat0%forlike10minutes.Shouldibeworried?
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I'mcurrentlystuckonaLinuxmachinewouldthestepsworkstill?
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Heythere,
Regarding:
ddif=/dev/block/mmcblk0bs=8192skip=65536count=548352of=/data/media/0/system.img
WheredoIputinthecodetobackupmydevice?Intothecommandprompt?
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Didyoufigurethisout?
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Yep!Soyouhavetoexecutethecommandthroughthe"sendcommand"toolsofollowtheguideuptotype
"id"andthenafterjustpastethecommandforbackingup:)
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Oh!Igetit.ThatseemsveryobviousnowthatIunderstand.
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Thanksfortheawesomeguide!MuchcleanerthantheXDAone,whichwasn'tterrible,butIlikethisformat
more.
Onequestion/possibleimprovement:HowdowedisableOTA?
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HiAll,I'mnewtorooting,andthisisbyfarthebestexplainedrootingmethodoutthere.I'vegotacoupleof
Q's,I'msorryifthismighthavebeenansweredalready.I'musingavs98613b(verizon).1)Willthismethod
wipemydeviceifIusea'rooted_debloated'systemimagethatIrecentlysawonxda?2)Doessomeonehave
a'reliable'linktodownloadthevs98613brootedimage?3)Willinstallingtherootedimagereturnthefeatures
thatVerizonremoved?(multiusers,smartsettingsetc.)
Thanksinadvance.
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Heyonequestiondoirequiereaunlockedbootloaderforthat?
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I'mstuck.WhenIpaste,"Send_Command.exe\.\COM3"tocommandprompt,Igetanaccessdenied.Can
anyonehelpwiththat?Itriedrunningitasadministrator,butthatdidn'tdoanything.
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Superoldthread,andnoobyquestion,buthowwouldIinstallarecoverylikecwmafterrooting?
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[] TheLawWillRize Verizon VS986 0points 1point 2points 1yearago(0children)
Doesthisworkon5.1?
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Onstep11whatdoyoumeanbyota?I'monh81010o,Ihaveasystemimage,butIdon'tknowhowtootathe
properversionofroot.
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DoIneedtodotheadb.exepushpart?Otherguidesdon'thavethis.
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