[LG Revolution] jrf28:
Ok so I have successfully rooted my phone after updating to Gingerbread. However, I had a few issues and had to read through a bunch of different posts to get there. So I'm bored and decided to consolidate everything into one.

If anyone has any other issues or fixes post them here and I will update the OP.

Credit goes to mtmichaelson and all those who helped get this working

http://androidinvasion.us/forum/index.php/topic,77.0.html

Here it is:

1. ROOT PROCESS

A. Get back to Stock:

-download the stock Zv4 ROM zip from here and put it on your external SD card- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1326893

-Back up all your apps in titanium (important: USER apps only, no data or system apps)

NOTE: It has been reported that restoring apps and data in titanium may cause some issues coming from Froyo to Gingerbread. I backed up my user apps only for easy re-install and NO data or system apps. It worked without a problem.

-MAKE SURE YOU HAVE 4G ENABLED

-boot into recovery (CWM)

-backup?

-factory reset

-select "install ZIP from SD card" in CWM, and install the stock ZIP from the link

-re-bootyour phone (you will have to re-activate it as well)

-install revo toolkit from here if it was wiped with the system reset - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1144951

-press "install recovery" and then !!!Revo Stock!!! to go back to stock recovery and wait for it to complete

B. Update to Zv6 then Zv7 (Gingerbread)

-manually search for the update and install it (this will install the v6 update)

-once that installs, manually search again to install the gingerbread update

NOTE: Some people still can't get gingerbread. Verizon has not finished rolling the update out to everyone yet.

Now here is where it gets a little dicey...

C. Rooting Your Gingerbread Phone

-pick up the rooting package from mtmichaelson here - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1326509

-follow the instructions he has on that page to obtain root

-Two issues arose for me from this point on.

2. ISSUES

A. Drivers Issue

-The first issue was that some people, including myself, couldn't download the esteem drivers.

-Some people were able to get the drivers from this page to work - http://androidnerds.net/2011/10/08/lg-esteem-oneclickroot-now-ready/.

-I was not able to get my computer to recognize my phone using the above drivers either. I would run the root command from the downloaded package and it would get stuck at "running daemon something something".

-What I did was manually uninstall the LG drivers from my computer and deleted everything "LG related"

-Then I got the drivers from the LG website at this link - http://www.lgforum.com/resources

-Scroll down to the Verizon section and download the "LG_VZW_UNITED..." drivers.

-Your phone should be recognized using the drivers from one of these links.

B. Superuser/Root access Issue - NOTE: this should be fixed now with mtmichaelson's newest root method found here - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1326509

-The second issue that came up was that the previous superuser app I had installed stayed on my phone after the updates, even though I lost root.

-The root command from the LG Esteem page would think I had root, but I actually didn't get root access.

-Apparently this issue came up on the Esteem previously and someone wrote a fix for it here - http://androidforums.com/esteem-all...-w-superuser-3-0-6-binary-3-0-3-download.html. It will uninstall the old superuser and install the new version.

3. INSTALL CWM RECOVERY

-mtmichaelson's new rooting package should automatically install CWM recovery on your phone now.

Old method:

-To get CWM back on your phone it's the same process as before the update. Get the Revo Toolkit from thecubed here and follow the instructions - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1144951

-There is sometimes an issue where the recovery does not install correctly and gives a fatal error. If this happened, make sure you have version 1.17.1 of busybox installed at system/bin. This worked for me and I got it installed correctly.

...And you should have root after trying a combination of the above. Hope this helped.

-If you have READ through this and still have any issues you can get more personalized help on the IRC channel here.

-Again I did not help with any of this, I'm just consolidating info. If you want to thank someone, thank mtmichaelson and everyone else who helped figure all this out.

-I will keep updating this as new issues arise.