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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yethz:
Hello XDA :good:

Is anyone successfuly rooted their LG Optimus L3 E405?

I need help how to root it, Ive tried the E400 rooting guide but I always failed...

Tried almost all of the ways seen on google searches but none of them work.

If any here can help me root this device is really really appreciated..

Thank you and hoping for a reply to our Android Rooting Gurus :cool:

by the way, my LG device is;

LG Optimus L3 E405

Gingerbread 2.3.6 (Updated August 31, 2012)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bas2577:
Hi all,

I have a LG L3-E405 DUAL too and the same question and also tried almost everything i could find about rooting E400 and E405.

I've tried the Spectrum root method and superoneclick 2.3.3

Firmware: v10d-SEP-13-2012

Build: GRK39F

Kernel: 2.6.38.6-perf+

Android: 2.3.6

Output from Superoneclick and Spectrum root basically comes down to permission denied, phone reboots and no change at all.

I really would like to root it so i can move apps like maps en google plus to the internal memory of 1 GB to free up some space for more apps.

Any help on a method that works would be greatly appreciated :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yethz:
Sorry for this bump.. Just want to let others know if they missed reading this thread.

and yes, I really wanted to know if this is possible.. Thanks.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yethz:
Any news on these matters? Any tips would be much appreciated. Thanks.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yethz:
Yepey! Ive rooted my E405 now..

Using SuperOneClick v1.7 and use rageagainsthecage and click Root button..

View attachment 1386587
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bas2577:
Congrats! :victory:

Do you really have full root now?

Im going to try it also, report back when i'm done.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bas2577:
I tried SuperOneclick v1.7 and guess what?

ITS ROOTED!!!!!!!!!! and yes its full root.

Meaning it also works on latest firmware v10d

Amazing find you did!

I also tried a hard reset with volume down and power on, and even after that it's still rooted perfectly.

Thank you for telling how you did it!

Now we can have som fun with this small powerfull smartphone.

:):):):)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vjcool0011:
help me!!!! help me!!!!

hi...

recently i brought new lg optimus l3 e405 and without any complete research i tried to root this phone and something gone wrong...now i want to restore stock rom so that i need to root it plzzz help me...actually I'm totally new to android phone plzz tell me the detailed procedure how to root this phone....plzzz help me...:(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Z3Mo:
yeah same with me, it comes to Running psneuter... and it stops there :( help plz ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maerky:
I got mine rooted now. Used soc 1.7 and rageagainsthecage.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vjcool0011:
i need real help guys.....!!!!

guys plzz tell me the full process of rooting this phone...as i said I'm totally new to android phone...plzz help me out...i have some idea abut superoneclick but what do mean by rageagainsthecage...???how to use it...???

plzzz help me out guys....:(

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hey guys can any one plzz tell me the the full process of rooting lg optimus l3 e405...because I'm totally new to android phone...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bas2577:
psneuter will not work, neither do the other root options.

Be sure you have the LG L3-e405 usb drivers installed correctly otherwise it won\t work either. You can download them from the Lg website.

connect your phone and choose pc software on the dialog that opens on your phone.

You need Superoneclick 1.7 (temporary disable while downloading and using superoneclick your antivirus as well otherwise it will falsely say it's a trojan.)

Run the program (in winvista/win7 as administrator) set on the right the method to RAGEAGAINSTTHECAGE then press root.

Wait untill whole process is done en telling you it was succesful.

Shutdown your phone and start it again. Superuser should be there in applications menu.

Thanks go to Yethz who started this thread and found the solution !

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For who want to use Link2SD on your L3-E405 you should pay attention to the following.

On the E-405 it will not work if you only create a ext2 and fat32 partition!

Use a partitionmanager to partition your SD card.

All partitions must be PRIMARY and not logical

1. First create a FAT (not fat32) partition and choose the smallest size possible

2 Then create a EXT2 partition of 1 GB (not bigger) for use with Link2SD

3 Create a FAT32 partition for the remaining space left on the SD card.

Download and install Link2D from google play store and start it.

It will ask you what kind of partition you want to use and choose EXT2

It will tell you to reboot, so shutdown your phone and turn it back on.

Now you can remove bloatware and system apps you dont want on your system storage.

And offcourse link the apps to your sd card to free up memory.

Following sytem apps you can safely remove from the E405:

Google+

Google Maps

Google Maps Streetview

Google Mail

Youtube

these you can all download from google play store and links then to sdcard
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yethz:
Cool mate. Glad it helps my small contribution. Yes my E405 is fully rooted also, though I havent tried reformatting it yet, coz Im too lazy to set things all up again from start :D

Please use rageagainstthecage exploit as mentioned before.

Great! More and more E405 users are now rooted :D

- Hey bro thanks for the additional tips on LINK2SD, I might try it now :D Id used App2SD but Im going to try LINK2SD. Thanks a lot for sharing it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bas2577:
Your welcome :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yash92:
Installing CWM

How do we install CWM recovery on this phone ?? Rom Manger does not list this phone when flash clockwork mod recovery option is selected :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bas2577:
The E-405 is not supported yet by rom manager or CWM. It's only available for the L3-E400.

As far is i know there are no fully working custom roms for the E405 yet so rom manager is kind of useless at the moment.

Only for the E400 i see a cyanogen mod nightly is being in development.

Also i have read a couple of warnings on other forums not to use cwm/rom manager on the L3 E-400 or E405 due to unwanted behaviour of

both apps like getting stuck in boot loop.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=27683328

maybe you can find some answers in this thread.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yash92:
Hmm, thanks :) , Can we expect Cyanogen 9 for the LG L3 E405 ??
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bas2577:
I have no idea. That depends on a developer who wants to pick that up.

just search xda from time to time to see. If there will be any custom rom you will find it on this forum.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yethz:
Hey bro,

Id followed your tips about using Link2SD , thanks a lot.

I tried linking all my apps to SD Card now I have lots of free space on System Memory :good:

I was using Move to SD Card (App2SD Method) and I have lot of System Memory consumed but when Linking to SD Card got me more space.

Thank you again, and yes I already formatted my phone (hard reset) just to set things up properly.

Now, Can you recommend me some usefull apps? :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yethz:
So, any news on other users of E405? Does it go well on your handsets?

Also can you share your must have apps that perfectly run in it :good:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bas2577:
That's good to hear it worked out. Yes linking frees more memory than ust moving. Only be sure you dont link widgets and some system apps won't like it either, and ofcourse linking Link2SD itself is not a good idea.

As for apps i can recommend:

Titanium Backup Pro version. You only buy it once and get free pro updates.

Then you can make a complete backup of all apps and system apps. So if you uninstall something you can restore it.

And it can do a lot more.

Adaway - Removes most of those annoying ads in free apps :)

ES File Explorer (also can be used as root, but be careful when u activate that option)

Barcode scanner, useful for scanning QR codes.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yethz:
already installed Titanium Backup (backup all app+data)

going to try Adaway later, before I tried AdFree

for the file manager Id used Root Explorer, and Barcode scanner is very handy ;)

thanks...

going to add my fav apps here that works really well in our E405 soon. Im already late at work :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karips:
What else?

I have followed step by step every the instructions,assuring that every single detail is checked:

1)Soc v1.7

2)exploit=rageagainstthecage

3)run as admin

4)Press the "Root" button

The process starts normally,but it gets stuck at " Running rageagainstthecage... " for too long (about an hour tried)

What should I do?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beaudifulztranger:
I have followed step by step every the instructions,assuring that every single detail is checked:

1)Soc v1.7

2)exploit=rageagainstthecage

3)run as admin

4)Press the "Root" button

The process starts normally,but it gets stuck at " Running rageagainstthecage... " for too long (about an hour tried)

What should I do?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agdeux:
LG Optimus L3 E405 Root

GUARANTEED works on LG-E405.

Just use the version SuperOneClick1.7

- enable debugging

- disable SD

- ensure device drivers are there
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theboleslaw:
Confuse :(

Hi guys I need help! I rooted my LG e405 and removed some applications but I did back up using Titanium Backup( calculator, vpnclient, gmail, google maps) and accidentally reboot into recovery mode using ROM manager the files where removed including the files I back uped, I wanted to factory reset my phone but no luck it just turned off and only shows the LG logo for long and doesn't turn on. I just remove the battery and back to manualy turn it on, but the phone doesn't reset. :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] H0wdy:
Hi,

I rooted this phone and have used link2sd to move a lot of stuff to "internal memory."(which is seen as sdcard, as I am not installing an external sd card for another few days).

However, the ROM has still filled up again. How do I fix this? It looks like there's a small "ROM" partition and then a nearly gig sized "internal memory" partition. Surely I can get more stuff on this 'internal memory" partition and stop getting the error that I'm running out of space.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sudeep Duhoon:
Any problem related to l3, go here.

(httpx://www).facebook.com/LGL3E405[/url]

x=s remove brackets
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] H0wdy:
Bas, thanks for the assistance.

I did everything you recommended, and told link2sd to auto install apps to external.

Under storage info, it shows internal /data 8% free, which is the problem, because it's still installing apps there. I just installed google maps and gmail, and it seems to have installed both there, but says they are installed on "sdcard".

Then it shows sd card, 97% free, at mnt/sdcard, which seems to be the 1gb internal memory

then it shows

ext sd 99% free - mnt/sdcard/_ExternalSD - this is the fat 32 partition, and is like over 6gb, as the sdcard is 8gb

Then it shows

SD card 2nd part 94% free, on /data/sdext2 --- this is ext2 partition, and shows .91gb free

So for some reason, it's still installing apps to /data, not /data/sdext2, so I'm running out of space again?

--

I looked at this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1714022&page=4

And put setinstalllocation to 0 so it was back to auto, and have linkedin set it to auto, but the same problem... I install google maps, etc, and it says link2sd created link on sd card, but it's filling up all my limited internal space again to where I can't hardly install anything.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] H0wdy:
OK, clearing dalvik cache and rebooting helps. Now it's installing/linking like it should.

Can someone tell me where to download the FM radio, polaris viewer, and other included apps? I accidentally deleted a few of them like those.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yethz:
I think ull need to extract them from the original ROMS..

I dont know just a wild guess :D

Sent from my GT-I8160
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sudeep Duhoon:
hv u managed those apps?

i've extracted e405.kdz and the apps are in my pc, name the apps u want.

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anyone interested in trying CLOCKWORKMOD RECOVERY for E405??

without touch interface-4shared /file/opK9rOEx/recovery.html?

with touch interface-4shared /file/MA6uMzKS/recovery_touch.html?

(REMANE IT TO 'recovery.img' from 'recovery touch.img' before flashing)

try this to flash recovery-mediafire /?pzqq9rs3ktmbdxl

add www and .com urself (xDA-To prevent spam on the XDA forums, ALL new users prevented from posting outside links in their messages. After approximately 10 posts, you will be able to post outside links. Thank you for understanding!):rolleyes:

do it at ur own risk.

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and one more thing.

A custom 1Ghz overclock kernel for LG L3 E400 has appeared.

(use google translator)

(www)androidworld(dot)it/forum/lg-optimus-l3-259/[kernel]overclocked-1ghz-newgovernor-miuiv4icsmixed-77817/

download-

(www)mediafire(dot)com/?qi9kbt8bys2bt12

remove brackets and replace dot with .

can anyone guide me if i can port this kernel on E405 (by giving proper credits obviously) or any guide to build a kernel for E405???
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] romanua90:
Dont work. I cant run fastboot mode in my LG e405 and because cant install Recovery in my android. When i use AndroidFlashRecovery_0.0.1.2 and use "Reboot device in bootloader" it dont work and just reboot device. Usb debbuging is always on in my LG e405. Can you help me? Sorry for my bad English.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sudeep Duhoon:
download cwm recovery file from here-

without touch interface-www(.)4shared(.)com/file/opK9rOEx/recovery.html? (remove brackets)

OR

with touch interface-www(.)4shared(.)com/file/MA6uMzKS/recovery_touch.html? (remove brackets)

(REMANE IT TO 'recovery.img' from 'recovery touch.img' before flashing)

AND

partition file from here-www(.)4shared(.)com/file/C9M76UKb/partition.html? (remove brackets)

download this tool-www(.)mediafire(.)com/?ov799yg7vbnce9j (remove brackets)

place both files (recovery.img and partition.bin) in a single folder and try this-

DO THIS ON YOUR OWN RISK, I WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY IF YOU BRICK YOUR PHONE !!!

1. disable lg modem in device manager->modems

2. connect your phone to pc.

3. start lgdmp

4. click 'select port'

it'll detect your phone. now press 'connect'

(close the pop up window of image select generally you will get it on connect of lgmdp)

5. backup nv for safety 'tools->nv backup' (optional)

6. select the folder where u've kept recovery & partition files by clicking on 'select image'

(it gives some errors as other files are not present, donot worry as we are only flashing recovery those 2 files are enough, files 'recovery' and 'partiton' will be automatically checked and others gray out)

7. if everything is going like said above, close the selection window and press 'download' (in main window of lgmdp)

DONOT DISCONNECT YOUR MOBILE UNTILL IT SHOWS DOWNLOAD COMPLETE AT BOTTOM

it shows in middle trying to connect to phone etc. donot touch the phone it will be automatically connect everytime.

AFTER DOWNLOAD COMPLETE your device should boot into recovery

1. switch off your device

2. pressing (vol up+power on) buttons simultaneously should boot into recovery.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] romanua90:
lgmdp cannot find my device. LG modem is off.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sudeep Duhoon:
:eek:

and i guess, drivers are installed.

don't no any other method to try.

can anyone help us in this? :(

EDIT: can make a stock rom with this recovery (will replace with the stock one), shoul i?

do u think it will work or there is any other method?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] romanua90:
we can try.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sudeep Duhoon:
ok i'll try to make a rom with this recovery AND to find a method to flash just the recovery.

tweaked build.prop here,

forum(.)xda-developers(.)com/showthread.php?p=34696508#post34696508

remove brackets please

(i posted there now i feel like why posting on two threads)

see there if anyone wants to.

EDIT:cwmrecovery one click installer e405

here-www(.)4shared(.)com/archive/yi-fCJdk/CWM-Installer-E405.html? (remove brackets)

extract the folder.

connect the phone with usb debug enabled.

run the 'CWM-Installer.bat'.

don't do anything till the procedure completes.

do this at ur own risk.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] romanua90:
dont work.((((

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sudeep Duhoon:
trying to fix this error.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chatpata:
Hi i have Rooted my LG L3 405 dual sim, mail me your ID @ capt.anilgupta@yahoo.com if you want i will send you the rooting program

Anil Gupta
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sudeep Duhoon:
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[/COLOR]

ya by using superoneclick OR by spectrum root method. i guess now everybody knows that.

can u help us in flashing cwm recovery?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] romanua90:
Yes of course, but displayed only LG logo and constantly illuminated keyboard
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sudeep Duhoon:
can fastboot commands be used in E405?

do anyone know how to go into recovery in E405??
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sudeep Duhoon:
are u sure that volume up + power on is a combo for recovery? (than why there is a logo like 'dont disconnect E405 from pc'?):silly:

i think cwm recovery was installed correctly (by seeing the image attached by u, but we dnt knw the combo for recovery)

can u try these at your own will?

home+power on

hold home & vol up button & power button

hold home & vol down button & power button

Power and Volume down (may restore ur fon to factory)

Volume up & Volume down & power on will give you emergency mode.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] romanua90:
no combination does not work + to not work even hard reset. I also tried it through Rom Manager and it also puts phone to recovery (phone switches to "permanent logo LG")
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sudeep Duhoon:
i am 90% sure that the recovery was installed successfully.

bt dnt knw what to do know.

unable to understand 'it also puts phone to recovery (phone switches to "permanent logo LG")' :confused:

can anyone help us in this?

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sudeep Duhoon:
try this installer if u like too.

extract and run cwm installer.bat to install cwm to lg l3 e405

(used this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1608042 in this tool)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] romanua90:
Dont work. This screenshot

View attachment 1518784

and then just blinking cursor and nothing happens. I think you need enter any ADB commands, but when I have them I enter knocks following error

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sudeep Duhoon:
ok then. try doing all this manually.

copy all the contains of the extracted folder to root of c drive

run cmd 'as administrator'

now connect your phone in 'pc software' mode with usb debug enabled and type these one by one in cmd.

cd..

cd..

adb push c:\flash_image /sdcard/

adb push c:\cwmrecovery.img /sdcard/

adb shell

su

mount -o remount, rw /system

cp /sdcard/flash_image /system/bin

cd /system/bin

chmod 777 flash_image

flash_image recovery /sdcard/cwmrecovery.img

wait for a few minutes
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] romanua90:
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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] romanua90:
Try this command for flashing:

adb shell su dd if=/sdcard/cwmrecovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p14

But I think our cwm image is wrong. After this command phone not boot(((
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fermas:
Hi guys!

I need a little help! I try make a root on E405, I use SOC 1.7, select "rageagainstthecage" but give me this massage:

"Killing ADB Server...

OK

Starting ADB Server...

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

OK

Waiting for device...

OK

Pushing rageagainstthecage...

cannot stat 'C:\Documents and Settings\Nando\Ambiente de trabalho\Super One Click v1.7\rageagainstthecage': No such file or directory

OK

chmod rageagainstthecage...

Unable to chmod /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage: No such file or directory

OK

Running rageagainstthecage..."... and stop working :(

Someone can help me?

Thanks in advance and sorry my poor english :eek:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] romanua90:
before you do root, turn off antivirus.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sudeep Duhoon:
no boot when u'r using recovery combo or normal boot??????
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sudeep Duhoon:
HOW TO ROOT LG OPTIMUS L3 E405 (DUAL SIM)

DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK

IF ANYTHING WEIRD/UNUSUAL HAPPENS TO YOUR PHONE THAT IS NOT MY HEADACHE

but i'll help you if there is any mishaps.

Working-tested by me.

PLEASE CHARGE YOUR PHONE AT LEAST 60% BEFORE DOING THIS

No. of steps-

1. Download and install LG United Drivers From Official Site

Link-http://www.lg.com/in/support-mobile/lg-E405

(see pic to know what to download)

2. Download SuperOneClickv1.7-ShortFuse.zip

Link-http://www.mediafire.com/?6f1sttgi1rc1q72

3. Disable your antivirus as it can block or can delete any file without your permission between the completion of whole process leaving you a soft bricked phone (may be). SuperOneClick will run an exploit, your antivirus can show it as a virus or infection but after the process you can do a full system scan and there will be no virus in your system.

4.Extract SuperOneClick to desktop or any drive.

5. Connect your device to PC through data cable and connect in PC Software Mode.

6. Now go to Settings-> Applications-> Development-> Enable USB Debugging (in your phone)

7. Go to the folder where you have extracted SuperOneClick and run SuperOneClick.exe (see pic) (1)

8. Now select rageagainstthecage (2) as you can see in the pic and click on ROOT (3).

9. Wait for a while till you can see rooted and it will ask you to run a superuser command, say yes or no its up to you. yes is preferred.

10. Close SuperOneClick, Disconnect your Device. You can see a new app in there 'Super User', run it. If it starts.

Congrats, you are rooted but if it get force closed, then just connect device with usb debug enable and run superoneclick again with rageagainstthecage as mentioned above, this time you'l be rooted.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] romanua90:
normal boot. helped only new flashing firmware with KDZ.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fermas:
BIG THANKS!!!! 100% workig! Full rooted!

Some tips... before download super one click 1.7 turn off antivirus. Avast blocks download the file "rageagainstthecage", because it detects the file and assumes that it is virus and deletes it automatically.

I already installed the application Link2SD and is working perfectly! I created only 2 partitions, partition primary and secondary to transfer all applications. Are both primary and FAT32...

Many thanks my friends... full root done and Link2sd 100% working to!

Only one thing missing... install CWM ;)