This root method works on many LG devices, here’s a list of devices it should work on:
LG G Flex 2
LG G Flex
LG G3
LG G2
LG F60
LG Tribute
LG MS395/D393
LG L90
LG Transpyre
LG Volt (LS740)
If your device is not listed, do try it and let us know and we will update this list.
Before we begin, you will need a Windows computer to root your LG device.
Step 1. Go to Settings->About Phone->Software Info then hit on the “Build number” about 5 times until it says “You are now a developer”.
Step 2. Hit back button twice and now you should see “Developer options”, select it.
Step 3. Make sure “USB Debugging” is checked ON.
Step 4. Connect a micro-USB cable from your LG phone to your computer.
Step 5. Download LG_Root.zip and unzip the files.
Step 6. Make sure you have proper drivers installed. Go to Device Manager and find “ADB Interface”. If you don’t see it, download LG Drivers and install it. Then you should be able to see it.
Step 7. Open a command prompt then type:
cd Downloads
cd LG_Root
adb devices
Then unplug and plug the micro-USB on your phone until you see “Allow USB debugging” on the phone.
Select “Always alllow from this computer” then hit “OK”.
Type “adb devices” and you should see a serial number along with “device”. If you see this you are ready.
Step 8. Next copy and paste the following:
adb.exe push busybox /data/local/tmp/ && adb.exe push lg_root.sh /data/local/tmp && adb.exe push UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip /data/local/tmp
Step 9. Power off your LG phone and unplug the micro-USB cable. Then WHILE HOLDING DOWN the Volume Up button, plug in the micro-USB cable. You should see “Downloading…”.
Step 10. Next, double-click on “ports.bat” and read the COM number next to “DIAG1″. (Note, some users have reported you must do Right Click->Run As Administrator to get this step working although I didn’t have to.)
Step 11. Next, type:
Send_Command.exe \\.\COM24
But replace COM24 with the COM number you found in Step 10.
Then type:
sh /data/local/tmp/lg_root.sh dummy 1 /data/local/tmp/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip /data/local/tmp/busybox
Step 13. Once rebooted, you should find SuperSU app in your app drawer and a fully rooted phone!
You can download and run Titanium Backup app to verify full root!
NOW YOU ARE FULLY ROOTED:good::good::good::good::good:
Excuse me for posting a URL mods, but you copied this word for word from
http://highonandroid.com/android-smartphones/how-to-root-lg-g-flex-2-g2-g3-on-lollipop/
Which is based on:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/guide-root-method-lg-devices-t3049772
I find your lack of acknowledgment rude and you don't even supply links to the download packages (LG_Root.zip) , someone could brick their device if they mess around with random files. At least consider acknowledging the original website and upload the pictures.
Root method Thread already in forum
If you copy & paste then link the original Guide like here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/g-flex2/general/lg-g-flex-2-rooted-t3052210
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Hey guys, this is my first post, so if I did something wrong, don't strangle me.
In this guide, we're going to use djrbliss's Motochopper tool. The download will be attached, as I can't place outside links.
As said in the title, this will work ONLY on the AT&T i337 and Verizon i545.
This root WILL work on Linux/Ubuntu, Windows, and Mac.
Step 1. Go to Settings->More->About device then hit “Build Number” about 5-10 times until you see “Developer mode has been enabled” message.
Step 2. Next hit the Back button and you should see a new option called “Developer options”, hit that option.
Step 3. Make sure Developer options is checked ON and also check “USB debugging” ON.
Step 4. Connect a micro-USB cable from your Galaxy S4 to your computer, you should see a “Allow USB debugging” window pop-up on your phone, hit OK. If you don’t see it yet, just skip this step and check back on Step 7. Sometimes this won't show up, but it should.
Step 5. Mac and Linux users can skip this step, because you don't need to install drivers. Windows users: go to Device Manager on your computer and make sure you have something like “Samsung Android ADB Interface” or some type of “ADB Interface”. If you don’t see it, you don’t have Galaxy S4 USB drivers installed, download and install Galaxy S4 Windows drivers. (The link to the drivers is attached in a file, because I can't post outside links, yet)
Step 6. Download Motochopper.zip (attached) and unzip, you should find a bunch of files in it.
Step 7. For Windows, double-click on “run.bat” to start the rooting script.
For Mac or Linux, go to terminal/cmd (whatever you have), and type:
cd Downloads/motochopper
cd motochopper
chmod 755 *
sudo sh run.sh
Step 8. On your keyboard, hit "enter" to begin the rooting process.
If you skipped Step 4, you should now see “Allow USB debugging” window pop-up on your phone, hit OK.
Make sure to hit “Agree” on your phone if you see a “Verify apps?” window pop up during rooting.
Step 9. When the process is done, hit enter on your keyboard. The rooting process will finalize and reboot your phone.
Congratulations, your phone is now rooted!
To make sure it worked, go to your app drawer, and look for an app called "Superuser". If it's there, your phone is rooted!
Now, you can download apps that have "root" in their names in the Play Store.
Once again, congrats for your new rooted phone! Have fun!
If I helped you with rooting your GS4, please hit the thanks button! :victory::laugh:
*can't wait until the bootloader is unlocked* Btw, this is my first Android, so cheers!
This thread already is covered here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2283918
Always read search and study before you post duplicate material. But thank you for the guide.
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Ok here is How its Done - Simple. U Need
(Drivers)
1: LGUnitedMobileDriver_S4981MAN38AP22_ML_WHQL_Ver_3.8.1(0)_2.2
(Link) https://app.box.com/s/xl6ayc3az2svqgcjgj3sdwvyf2hep4k3
2: Root.Zip
(Link) https://app.box.com/s/qn16zoqedbilyouughqv8bafzg72ygh0
I have made a zip with everything you will need
Step 1.) Enable Developer Options by tapping build number Settings> About Phone> Software Information
until you are presented with "You are now a developer"
In Developer Options enable USB Debugging
(Enable PTP for debugging to work) as opposed to MTP or Simple Charging
Step 2.) Open a command prompt in the (UNZIPPED root folder) copy and paste the commands one by one
adb.exe push lg_root.sh /data/local/tmp/
adb.exe push busybox /data/local/tmp/
adb.exe push UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip /data/local/tmp/
Step 3.) Put your device in download mode
(while powered off hold volume up and plug in usb until download mode is shown)
In command prompt in the (UNZIPPED root folder) run the below command
(To find which COM port your device is under open device manager and click ports and your device port is listed under the drop down menu)
Send_Command.exe \\.\COM5
Step 4.) After running this command on the correct COM port you will be presented with a root shell # symbol
(In the root shell execute the below command via copy+paste)
sh /data/local/tmp/lg_root.sh dummy 1 /data/local/tmp/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip /data/local/tmp/busybox
You should see something happening and not a return of a blank command. Once it's finished pull the battery and boot up your device is rooted
After that download Root Checker Basic from the Playstore and check root and Enjoy, I'm passing this Info on from another source, I am not taking credit. Credit I guess goes to
Unjustified Dev
This root method works on every LG device to date and many are going to be questioning where it came from so you also need to include the link like I did in my original post so they can take a look at the original guide and know it's origin. You could also change the thread to LG root method for some devices or some sort since it has worked on every device so far even the G3 and various other ones
Original Posts
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59279254&postcount=351
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59291717&postcount=375
the links are all expired, could you please reupload?
This guide is for a brand new Boost Mobile LG Volt (LGLS740.) 4/4/2015
I had an LG Realm that I rooted in less than 5 minutes with Kingo Root. Cracked the screen, didn't have time to fix it so I went and bought the LG Volt from Boost Mobile. I've spent around 7 months trying to root the stupid thing with one-click utilities and other tricks and gave up.
Finally I found a guide that got me on the right path and made it happen. Now keep in mind I didn't have to flash back to earlier versions of firmware for anything you can do this on ZV5.
First download the attachment (LG_Root.zip) and unzip it too your desktop or wherever you wish.
make sure you have the LG_unified drivers installed(I did all this in Windows 7 but it shouldn't matter.)
And now I pass you off to this brilliant man's guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...lg-devices-t3049772/post59309508#post59309508
It took me all of two minutes to root the phone. Don't be afraid. To sum it all up:
1. Install drivers, extract LG_root.
2. Make sure the usual is done(Enable USB debugging, allow untrusted vendors)
3. Hold shift and left click in the window to open command line in the proper directory
4. type adb.exe devices in the command window or just paste it from here, and make sure your device shows up.
5. copy and paste this to the command prompt: adb.exe push busybox /data/local/tmp/ && adb.exe push lg_root.sh /data/local/tmp && adb.exe push UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip /data/local/tmp which pushes the supersu utility to your phone.
6. a: Power off your device
b:When the device is powered off, hold volume up and insert a USB cable connected to the PC
c:Wait for the drivers to install
7. Double click ports.bat (This will give us the COM port in which our device is connected we are looking for the Diag port, mine was com4, com3 didn't even show up in mine so no worries.)
8. Go back to your command prompt window(close the Ports.bat window if you want.) and paste: Send_Command.exe \\.\COM4 (This opens the channel to send commands to the diag port.)
9. Paste this final command to your command prompt when the channel is open: sh /data/local/tmp/lg_root.sh dummy 1 /data/local/tmp/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip /data/local/tmp/busybox
10. Once it's done you can pull the battery.
FYI: I had trouble a couple of times while in firmware mode and had to restart once or twice before I did it all correctly. Also, I know I'm just basically copying Unjustified_Dev's post but it took me around 7 or 8 months to find a way that worked with this phone so I just want it to be easier for people to find and confirm that it works for the LG Volt(LGLS740) when you try to find a way to root it. And NONE of the one click utilities worked for me.
Thanks everyone and especially Unjustified Dev, I hope this helps and brings some attention to this phone model. I remember I had a certain version of the Motorola Razr(V3XX) or something and I could barely ever get anything hacked with it, it was frustrating as hell!
PlasticCogLiquid said:
This guide is for a brand new Boost Mobile LG Volt (LGLS740.) 4/4/2015
I had an LG Realm that I rooted in less than 5 minutes with Kingo Root. Cracked the screen, didn't have time to fix it so I went and bought the LG Volt from Boost Mobile. I've spent around 7 months trying to root the stupid thing with one-click utilities and other tricks and gave up.
Finally I found a guide that got me on the right path and made it happen. Now keep in mind I didn't have to flash back to earlier versions of firmware for anything you can do this on ZV5.
First download the attachment (LG_Root.zip) and unzip it too your desktop or wherever you wish.
make sure you have the LG_unified drivers installed(I did all this in Windows 7 but it shouldn't matter.)
And now I pass you off to this brilliant man's guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...lg-devices-t3049772/post59309508#post59309508
It took me all of two minutes to root the phone. Don't be afraid. To sum it all up:
1. Install drivers, extract LG_root.
2. Make sure the usual is done(Enable USB debugging, allow untrusted vendors)
3. Hold shift and left click in the window to open command line in the proper directory
4. type adb.exe devices in the command window or just paste it from here, and make sure your device shows up.
5. copy and paste this to the command prompt: adb.exe push busybox /data/local/tmp/ && adb.exe push lg_root.sh /data/local/tmp && adb.exe push UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip /data/local/tmp which pushes the supersu utility to your phone.
6. a: Power off your device
b:When the device is powered off, hold volume up and insert a USB cable connected to the PC
c:Wait for the drivers to install
7. Double click ports.bat (This will give us the COM port in which our device is connected we are looking for the Diag port, mine was com4, com3 didn't even show up in mine so no worries.)
8. Go back to your command prompt window(close the Ports.bat window if you want.) and paste: Send_Command.exe \\.\COM4 (This opens the channel to send commands to the diag port.)
9. Paste this final command to your command prompt when the channel is open: sh /data/local/tmp/lg_root.sh dummy 1 /data/local/tmp/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip /data/local/tmp/busybox
10. Once it's done you can pull the battery.
FYI: I had trouble a couple of times while in firmware mode and had to restart once or twice before I did it all correctly. Also, I know I'm just basically copying Unjustified_Dev's post but it took me around 7 or 8 months to find a way that worked with this phone so I just want it to be easier for people to find and confirm that it works for the LG Volt(LGLS740) when you try to find a way to root it. And NONE of the one click utilities worked for me.
Thanks everyone and especially Unjustified Dev, I hope this helps and brings some attention to this phone model. I remember I had a certain version of the Motorola Razr(V3XX) or something and I could barely ever get anything hacked with it, it was frustrating as hell!
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Hello guys! I did fail today. I wanted to install flex mods v4 from this forum, so i did clean install by LG Mobile Support Tool to unroot it, then factory reset, then root. Afterwards i've installed flashfire, i did normal backup which is on my phone... then flashed Xposed without problems and went for h955 v4 mods... everything was going fine i guess and then suddenly authentication fail #9 came in. My phone boots into download, tried to restore it by LG Mobile Support tool and it did recognise it, but stopped at 9%. Anyone has v15c kdz to flash? Or can i use normal backup/rootedsystem.img which should still be on the phone?
You will find and need LG_Root.zip and all necessary infos in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/g-flex2/development/lg-g-flex-2-ls996-zv6-sprint-5-1-1-t3169212
Or download LG_Root.zip from here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347788843
and do this steps:
6. Power off your device, When the device is powered off, hold volume up and insert a USB cable connected to the PC Wait for the drivers to install
7. go to the LG_Root folder (the one you downloaded) Double click ports.bat (This will give us the COM port in which our device is connected we are looking for the Diag port)
8. In the root of LG_Root folder start a command promp (Inside of LG_Root folder hold shift and right click a blank space you should see "Open command window here")
9. In the command window type the command "Send_Command.exe \\.\COM4" (no quotes)......(NOTE: change"4" to ur diag port number from step 8.
10. Type "id" and press enter (no quotes). You should get back some text starting with "uid=(0)root gid=(0)root". If not, press CTRL-C, and do step 10 again (the application sometimes doesn't respond on the first command).
11. Run the command specified for ur varient in the section below titled to flash the rooted system image.
12. After a few minutes of sitting, you should get back a "#" prompt. This indicates the process has finished.
13. Type "LEAVE" (no quotes) and press enter. Your phone should reboot, and your phone will be rooted.
Command for Step 11:
dd if=/data/media/0/rootedsystem.img bs=8192 seek=53248 count=458752 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0
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It acts like there isn't rootedsystem.img on storage. After entering step 11 "#" shows immediately. I can't access recovery mode neither. After typing LEAVE it shows android logo with "deleting/removing" text in my language for a just second, then it restart to authentication fail again, it has happend before too. IDK if something could remove my storage but neither LGMobile or LGUP didn't go higher than 9% progress. I've also did flashfire normal backup before doing everything and it should be on the phone too, could i try to use it?
Can i do anything before sending it to LG?
r4p70r said:
You will find and need LG_Root.zip and all necessary infos in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/g-flex2/development/lg-g-flex-2-ls996-zv6-sprint-5-1-1-t3169212
Or download LG_Root.zip from here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347788843
and do this steps:
6. Power off your device, When the device is powered off, hold volume up and insert a USB cable connected to the PC Wait for the drivers to install
7. go to the LG_Root folder (the one you downloaded) Double click ports.bat (This will give us the COM port in which our device is connected we are looking for the Diag port)
8. In the root of LG_Root folder start a command promp (Inside of LG_Root folder hold shift and right click a blank space you should see "Open command window here")
9. In the command window type the command "Send_Command.exe \\.\COM4" (no quotes)......(NOTE: change"4" to ur diag port number from step 8.
10. Type "id" and press enter (no quotes). You should get back some text starting with "uid=(0)root gid=(0)root". If not, press CTRL-C, and do step 10 again (the application sometimes doesn't respond on the first command).
11. Run the command specified for ur varient in the section below titled to flash the rooted system image.
12. After a few minutes of sitting, you should get back a "#" prompt. This indicates the process has finished.
13. Type "LEAVE" (no quotes) and press enter. Your phone should reboot, and your phone will be rooted.
Command for Step 11:
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Oh my god my phone is flashing right now! What i did was removing this rooted image by send command!! Hope it will work lol.
//Edit: IT WORKSSSSSS
Hi everyone, I would like to share my experience regarding two methods that I have used to revive a Nexus 5 whose power button just will not work. Please use this guide if your Nexus 5 dies due to a low battery and you want to boot (start) it without power button. Following methods have been successfully tested on Win 7 and 10. You can use this guide and keep using your Nexus 5 without repairing the power button. There are other guides and posts which can help you attain locking, unlocking of the screen and remapping the hardware buttons such as volume keys to perform as a power button.
Method 1
Step 1: Download adb/fastboot binaries or use Android SDK for adb/fastboot. If downloaded as a zip, extract it in a folder. It is better to download adb/fastboot minimal, as it is small and can be handy.
Step 1a: Download your phone drivers and install them. If it is a zip folder then extract it in a folder for later use.
Step 2: Plug in the micro USB in your phone. Hold both volume keys on the phone and while holding the keys plug the USB cable in to your PC’s/laptop’s USB port. Your phone will reboot in Bootloader mode where you will see START written at the top of your phone screen which is the prompt to start the system but you cannot select it, as your phone’s power button does not work.
Step 3: Open Command Prompt in windows, which is cmd . Navigate to your adb/fastboot folder which you created while extracting the zip or you might be able to use the commands from anywhere in command prompt if you have installed Android SDK.
Step 3a: Commands only work if you installed adb/fastboot correctly or you are in the binaries folder. While in the corresponding folder,
Type: fastboot devices
123456789 fastboot
The command will show devices connected in fastboot mode just like the above example
If your phone does not appear here then go to control panel>device manager search for any unknown device such as unknown device or android device ; Right click on it and choose update drivers. Do not select the auto search for updated drivers. Select browse my computer for driver and then browse to the folder where you had extracted the drivers choose the right folder and windows should install your device as android bootloader interface device.
Once installed properly, you should see your device by typing the above command again. When successful
Type: fastboot reboot
Now your phone should reboot and start normally.
Method 2
Step 1: Download Wug's Nexus Root Toolkit by Wugfresh.
Step 1a: Download your phone drivers and install them. If it is a zip folder then extract it in a folder for later use.
Step 2: Plug in the micro USB in your phone. Hold both volume keys on the phone and while holding the keys plug the USB cable in to your PC’s/laptop’s USB port. Your phone will reboot in Bootloader mode where you will see START written at the top of your phone screen which is the prompt to start the system but you cannot select it, as your phone’s power button does not work.
Step 3: Run Nexus Root Toolkit. Let it complete its initialisation and when done its main window will pop up on your desktop. If your using it for the first time it will ask for your phone model and android version. Input the details appropriately, if you do not know the android version you are running choose any build which is at the end of the list.
Step 3a: The toolkit might ask for any dependency files to be downloaded, which it will download automatically. You might be able to skip it but if you use any build or wish not to download them but it won’t harm if you download them as you might wish to use the toolkit later.
Step 4: After completing the above step. Toolkit will finally be ready to use. From the main window of toolkit click Launch under the Advanced Utilities.
Step 5: Choose Reboot System and your phone will reboot normally.
If Toolkit returns, No adb/fastboot device found then follow the next step.
Additional Step: Go to control panel>device manager search for any unknown device such as unknown device or android device ; Right click on it and choose update drivers. Do not select the auto search for updated drivers. Select browse my computer for driver and then browse to the folder where you had extracted the drivers choose the right folder and windows should install your device as android bootloader interface device.
Once drivers are installed, go to Step 5 and it should work for you.
The above methods have been used on Nexus 5 and might be helpful on other Nexus or completely different devices from other brands
For Mods: I have done my good faith search before making this guide. Please let me know if a similar guide exists or I have posted it in a wrong place.
If it has helped anyone please consider a Thanks. By the way it is my first post.
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