[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alljokingaside:
Hey,

So after searching through the lg lu6200 forums, I found a great post (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2051590), guiding you through the rooting process for this phone. Cross-referencing it with other posts in those forums, it seems that you encounter a few issues which, to me, are a bit confusing. So this post is for advice and clarification:

= Rooting:

I know that Superoneclick strongly suggests that you have a) the SD card out and b) USB debugging enabled/MTP mode on. The LU6200 Root_Recovery app in the tutorial pdf also instructs you to enable USB debugging mode.

[Q] Since removing the SD card disallows you from enabling USB debugging, should you keep the SD card in? Like, on stock GB, you click on MTP and it switches right back to Charge Only mode. You can't enable USB debugging. On ICS v167, it's grayed out all together. (I foolishly upgraded before rooting.) If so, what will happen to the card?

[Q] I'm going to go ahead and assume that other methods of rooting- eg superoneclick or all-root-v12- won't work for a LG LU6200 that's already been upgraded to v167 of ICS. From what I've seen, an older version of ICS (v142) is required to root since it has, presumably, insecure bootloaders and allow for rooting. From what I've seen/read, no other versions of ICS on this device allows for rooting (ie all rooting methods must go through v142)

PS This is for the gf's phone. I'm well acquainted rooting, roms, and the like from my SGP, though I'm not a pro or a dev by any means.

= ROM

From what I understand, v142 is unstable enough to exploit, allowing you to root. To root from v167 (the official upgrade), you need to downgrade to v142. Not everything works on the v142 (eg SMS) and they say that you need to flash a custom ROM for it to work as a daily driver. (And since it's for the gf, she definitely won't want any hiccups since she's not exactly...tech savvy) Custom ROMs are incompatible with the DMB TV function, something she wants and uses. From what I've seen. there are no ROMs based on stock in the forums (at least none that I notice...)

[Q] If none of the custom ROMs there allow for the DMB TV app to work (we're in Korea and she uses it occasionally), will it be possible to

- re-upgrade to v167 via the official means and keep the root/CWM (http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1681886)

- flash to v166 as per expression104's post (http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=2051590)

- or flash to v163 as per chuyennho184's post (http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1788656)

(ie are they "stock" ROMs that allows for DMB TV use?)

AND have everything working as it should? I'm assuming that a downgrade to GB to root isn't possible, atm, though I can't see why...

[Q[Also, since she likes/uses some of the LG/stock apps, would it be possible to copy the appropriate programs to SD card, downgrade, root (flash, possibly), paste the apk files in the /system/apk folder, and have everything working correctly? Also, since some of the apks are odexed, will I need to deodex them or will copy&pasting both the apk and odex files suffice?

= TV

Above.

This is a pretty large order, but I'd appreciate any help that y'all'd be able to give.

And while I'd like to just go ahead and charge in, seeing that I'm not doing this for me, I should err on the side of caution. =/ Thanks in advance.

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Edit: Has anyone heard of/tried these alternate rooting methods?

http://xdaforums.com/show...php?p=28178105 (http://www.xda-developers.com/androi...st-ics-phones/ via stock recovery)

http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1886460 (Root MANY ANDROID! via script)