[Optimus One, P500, V General] kcschwabe:
z4root & gingerbreak

ok so im not too sure if anyone else might have stumbled upon this method or "accidental" one click root using z4root in combination with gingerbreak... obviously these are both apks so then that means we can use these to root the optimus, or more specifically the optimus s without the need for a computer. Prollly just lazyness on my part, however i havent really found a "one click root" apk out there that actually worked for the optiimus s i have gotten z4 to work on the "t" but never the "s" and i have rooted quite a few "S's" in the last year or so....

anyways , I was in a not so unique situation where i founf myself stuck in a rather sh*$%Y location with an even more sh*$%Y signal, with no comp. and decided id try to give it one more shot with z4root concidering the fact that the 2 optimus s's that i was working with at the same time werent useing gingerbread i figured this was probably my only shot without a computer. well. i downloaded z4root (which took 20 min). and ran it in the normal fashion, which then got seemingly close to completion then backed itself out the app to the home screen which is the norm at least for me when it comes to the "s" . i decided to give gingerbreak a shot since it was the only somewhat universal oneclick apk that i had left on my sdcard and at my dipossal without having to endure another 20 min dl session. the min. i ran it i knew it was going to be the same as anyother time i had used gingerbreak , as well, it was going to just keep going and going and going,,, all while never really rooting ,.. even after reboot after reboot. however much to my , accidental, suprize, it rebooted all of a sudden and when it came back to life not very long after ... just for grins i tried running z4 again to see if it would work the second time around and up came the lil popup we all love so much.....

so if you all here reading this have been there done that then i appologize for wasting your time.....

if this helps anyone else , as it accidentally helped me then then i thank you for the honor and your patients....

did 2 optimus s's at the same time and it worked smooth like a charm both times ... better on the second fone cuz by then i was obviously pro.

working with And. 2.2

1. download and install the latest ver. of z4root and gingerbreak (i used ver. 2.1 and 1.20 respectively).

2. run z4root first and let it run itself out till it closes itself outand acts like it closes. at this point DO NOT REBOOT (note that trying to run again without rebooting will just force close) DO NOT REBOOT.

3. run gingerbreak in the normal fashion and watch as the delightful majik happens right before your eyes..... your fone should then reboot on its own and upon coming back to life you should now have a rooted device....

if this for some reason should happen to NOT work... or the steps are followed out of order simply empty the z4 and gingerbreak's caches uninstall and reinstall said apk's and try again .... following the steps of course....

only tested on optimus s so far ... but went of f without a hitch on 2 of them at the same time....

thank you for ur time\\

a special thanx goes out to the creators af z4root and gingerbreak .... you saved my ass this time..... a new found respect......