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[G3 General] meowmeowm:
Alright put me down for £20 for anyone that can get the boot loader unlocked for the UK version I think this phone may simply be awesome with some serious custom Rom/kernels it's a nice enough skin to live with for a month but we need the devs to get their hands on it :D what are the real limitations with just say bypassing the boot loader instead of unlocking it?
[G3 General] KiNG OMaR:
An unlocked bootloader would presumably stay unlocked whereas a bypass could be patched and could stop newer firmwares from being bypassed. They typically like to make downgrading a pain also just to mess with us.
[G3 General] paratox:
~ 290$ until now! woohoo!

how let the bootloader hack0rz know they could earn some money?

anyone could help to populate a dev list which would have the know-how for doing this?

autoprime, savoca, dr87? they developed for the lg g2 but i don`t know if they have bootloader hacking skills.
[G3 General] ant78:
I will double my £10 to £20 so that's now over $300
[G3 General] GoldfishTX:
I'm in for £20 for the d855 unlock.
[G3 General] hoangnova:
[MENTION=5400132]vandieutot[/MENTION] that's good for us.
[G3 General] dare2know:
Wow this looks good but if your on a contract its a crime (I guess)

XDA fan via Micromax a110
[G3 General] Lostatsea23:
Maybe [MENTION=2376614]jcase[/MENTION] could help?
[G3 General] Lennyuk:
It might be better if you actually properly asked these people rather than just mention them in the hope they will pay attention. They respond better when people actually take the time to talk to them.... especially Jcase #justsayin
[G3 General] jcase:
lol

I'm watching the thread, and have an LG G3
[G3 General] Lennyuk:
Good to know! ;)
[G3 General] ant78:
You tease lol
[G3 General] Lostatsea23:
Glad I mentioned you, haha thanks ;)
[G3 General] autoprime:
the exact terms for bounty payout should be laid out.

"bootloader unlock" could be seen as very general... or very specific. for example.. loki on g pro/g2 did not unlock bootloader but allowed custom kernels to be flashed when patched first.
[G3 General] paratox:
i think something like loki would be good to go for everyone if we could always find a way to downgrade the partitions to get it working like on the g2 (hopefully lg will go the way of being able to downgrade like in g2 times). something like loki would get my donation for the reason that there will be always a way to "semi upgrade" and get sure the bypass will work also in future.

but i would also donate twice, so if there will be a full unlock a little time later i would influence the community to donate again for hard dev work! :)
[G3 General] 557953:
Fully understand however I'm not that concerned as to weather is fully unlocked or bypassed personally if others prefer a full unlock they can always stipulate that when making a pledge.

Would like to thank everyone that has made an offer so far, hopefully we can get this cracked :)
[G3 General] Theguru1:
Sorry if I'm sounding like a newbie but are the custom roms already are just bypasses then??...There is one that is compatible with D855??
[G3 General] Lennyuk:
No, the G3 is slightly unique in that the stock recovery allows us to flash certain images, such as files to /system/ effectively a new rom but we cannot replace other key elements such as recovery image or kernel without having an unlocked bootloader.
[G3 General] Theguru1:
Oh right I see..thanks for clearing that up....I think things will pick up like most ppl have stated on here its still new...
[G3 General] autoprime:
it's comingggg :)

team codefire needs g3 devices.. *cough cough*

who has hookup :D
[G3 General] Lostatsea23:
Wait... No way?!
[G3 General] ant78:
Ohhhhhh fingers crossed and excited now
[G3 General] suljo94:
if you need tester I want to be one aslong as you can tell me how to unbrick(in case that it happens)
[G3 General] autoprime:
img credits [MENTION=3878912]th3g1z[/MENTION]

twrp credits [MENTION=912474]Dees_Troy[/MENTION]
[G3 General] Lostatsea23:
Holy crap. I love you. LOL
[G3 General] Batfink33:
Time to pay up guys ;)
[G3 General] xxFreaKXx:
are you guys talking about bootloader unlock in general for a payed phone or would this also work for branded ones?
[G3 General] Lostatsea23:
What variants does it work on?
[G3 General] Lennyuk:
Wow that is some fast work!
[G3 General] plastik46:
NICE :)

does this mean we are close to getting the D850 (at&t ver).

i would give 20 for it
[G3 General] ant78:
Gladly once it's confirmed :)
[G3 General] IXChicharitoXI:
Mama, we made it!
[G3 General] tehpud:
Excuse my ignorance....does implied success shown in the screenshot mean it would work for T-mobile & AT&T?
[G3 General] Epix4G:
Maybe , maybe not they haven't said what device this is and what had to be done. ... Just some patience they will work out bugs and get it released soon. ... Just give autoprime and the crew some love

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[G3 General] Lostatsea23:
I don't think the att one is gonna be applicable. It would be nice but I have my doubts. ATT hates customers. Lol
[G3 General] Epix4G:
Never know .... They haven't said if they unlocked the bootloader or bypassed it ....

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[G3 General] tehpud:
I'll do $10 if it's legit. AT&T or T-mobile version, idc.
[G3 General] Epix4G:
The guy who posted the pic has att as a service provider but that doesn't mean he doesn't have the g3 400 Korean version

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[G3 General] tehpud:
Yeah - this is a good point. To be more clear, I'll do the cost if he/team succeed at making it work on any of the US providers. Including Verizon.

Thanks :)
[G3 General] Walter.White:
;) https://twitter.com/utoprime/status/486969514299760641
[G3 General] Lostatsea23:
I don't know if this an unlock I'm pretty sure its an exploit. Not that I care but yeah
[G3 General] tehpud:
nice...looking forward to seeing what they came up with.
[G3 General] plastik46:
D850 is confirmed on his Twitter account ?
[G3 General] Lostatsea23:
Sweet.

This is extremely surprising lol
[G3 General] Skin1980:
I want see the boot sequence... That's the only thing that can prove the bootloader hacking /bypass
[G3 General] toncij:
And open source of what they did, of course. :)
[G3 General] Lostatsea23:
I do too, but its hacked for sure.

They wouldn't lie like that

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What's the point of that?

So it can be patched even sooner?
[G3 General] toncij:
Why do you think opening their method would make it faster for LG to patch? The moment they crack the bootloader open, LG can seek what they did and if they've made their phone and firmware, they can find that too; they're engineers, not salesman.

For us, it has educational benefits and sharing with fellow developers is beneficial to all.
[G3 General] radeonxt:
good job to autoprime and co.

hey LG don't be killjoys k?

don't go the fort knox route.

might as well hire these guys. :)
[G3 General] 557953:
Thanks to the guys who have made this possible :)

And the Autoprime team for super fast work

I can't wait to hand over my £20 as soon as its confirmed/released.... Paypal account at the ready :)
[G3 General] sabret00the:
Custom recovery? Nice. So does that mean the bootloader has been unlocked already?

Just to be clear, unlock and not bypass?
[G3 General] Protagoras:
Wow excellent news. Can't wait for custom recoveries and kernels now :)
[G3 General] 557953:
Tell me about it haha,I keep checking the thread for progress and awaiting on to pop up in the Dev section that gets me exited haha
[G3 General] suljo94:
lol, I thought i was the only one who did that? and i think i Broke my f5 key by keeping refreshing the dev section ?
[G3 General] Batfink33:
Do we not need ROM and kernel sources from LG first? Have they been released?
[G3 General] Epix4G:
No we don't ... We need that for aosp though

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[G3 General] suljo94:
yes
[G3 General] Tectas:
It already has been released.

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[G3 General] toncij:
Where?
[G3 General] Tectas:
https://www.lg.com/global/support/opensource/opensourceList?types=ALL&search=d855

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[G3 General] Itaintrite:
Hurry up and take my money!
[G3 General] radeonxt:
thank you LG!
[G3 General] Skin1980:
It's very funny.... they realese the source but we cannot flash the kernel in our device :eek:
[G3 General] Epix4G:
Because they have to release it order to be in compliance with gpl

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[G3 General] Tectas:
But it wouldn't mean that they have to release it in time, even while the boatloader lock is a bugger, the in time release of the source is nice.

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[G3 General] Epix4G:
Source was released before some of the devices ....lol

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[G3 General] Tectas:
And that's why not .... Anyways, I'll let it be.

Gesendet von meinem LG-D855 mit Tapatalk
[G3 General] 557953:
What no kernel at all on the He was hoping one day to be able to have a good of kernel
[G3 General] Epix4G:
He don't know. .. Must not have seen this

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[G3 General] Dubhar:
Thats what the GPLv3 fixed, unfortunately they didn't want to move to v3 from v2 for the Linux kernel. Sucks for us as usual.
[G3 General] 557953:
Will you be the person collecting the Bounty? If so whenever the time comes please let me know how you would like to receive the donations and I will add to the OP the payment methods for you :)

I will go thru the thread today and add the pledges and member names to the OP also and hopefully make it easier to keep track of as people make payments :)
[G3 General] :
i'm not a the best but i can for sure try to unlock it.

i just need to know what LG usually has the bootloader name and format.
[G3 General] 557953:
Think you can find the info you need in this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2766429

Good luck
[G3 General] ant78:
It's gone quiet in here ! Let's hope it's the quiet before the storm ;)
[G3 General] :
I've finally got adb working let's see what can possibly go wrong
[G3 General] jaythenut:
Don't brick your phone :silly:
[G3 General] Skizzy034:
I just got my att G3 and I used towelroot and it said it was successful but when I try to update the binaries in SuperSU it says installation failed, reboot and try again. Anyone else know how to fix this?
[G3 General] suljo94:
reboot device and it should be ready to go
[G3 General] tehpud:
As the poster above said...just reboot it. Seems to be working that way.
[G3 General] Skizzy034:
Thanks, yea a reboot worked.

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It might actually be a little easier to bypass the bootloader in this phone. I read that it has some weird recovery that allows writing to /system? If anything we should be able to get something like safestrap.
[G3 General] :
thats a risk there yes i know, but besides warranty we got something else :P

well aboot and aboot1 is on sdcard now they are stuck there, how lovely
[G3 General] leomd333:
I hardbricked my first G3 trying to get a recovery working :p
[G3 General] ant78:
I was hoping we would see some movement this weekend on the bootloader :good::laugh::highfive:
[G3 General] jaythenut:
I'm guessing it's a lot of work so it will happen sooner or later :D
[G3 General] 557953:
Me too, although is not a easy project we must be patient :) at least we are getting somewhere, cant wait for CM11 on G3
[G3 General] Kickoff:
Please count me in for 15 EUR.
[G3 General] Skin1980:
With safestrap it works but we need something better
[G3 General] seboj:
I know what safestrap is, but I'm not familiar with the details. What is the downside to it?
[G3 General] Skin1980:
Here the detail.... If u have other question feel free to ask me

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48555170&postcount=1
[G3 General] Skin1980:
Btw i have and idea for the recovery.... Tomorrow i will try and report
[G3 General] optimusv45:
I don't like safestrap either
[G3 General] Colchiro:
Dual boot on a phone sounds cool, but I've never needed safestrap and would rather not. My Note II still has an unlocked bootloader and I think I'd rather keep it than to have a G3 with safestrap. Of course that may change when the $99 G3 sale date ends.
[G3 General] optimusv45:
I had an att note 3 and sold it because at the time kitkat note 3 didn't have root and had to use safestrap and still HAVE to use safestrap. I have a note 2 too running dv3 v5 with agni kernel. I really hope G3 can end up with at least a loki patch, safestrap is a huge turn-off to me. If G3 gets safestrap I'll probably just get a t-mobile note 3, they have unlocked bootloader stock
[G3 General] jaythenut:
Good luck don't break your phone :silly:
[G3 General] sabret00the:
Just to reiterate, my money is only got for an unlocked bootloader, not a bypassed bootloader.
[G3 General] seboj:
So all the pics that [MENTION=481091]utop[/MENTION]rime is posting on Twitter of the D850, D851, and D855 running TWRP is using bootstrap?

https://twitter.com/utoprime
[G3 General] Colchiro:
IF I buy the G3, I'd just root and get rid of some bloat, but REALLY need to be able to create a nandroid in case I screw something up.

HTC, Nexus and maybe Moto are still options for unlockable boot loaders, although I just returned an HTC One Max because I didn't like the mediocre hardware and only 2 hard buttons (and that the buttons weren't backlit).

I'd like more info on that as well and surprised there isn't a thread just for that. I assume it was safestrap as well.

Meanwhile I'm just waiting until the 27th to decide on this phone. No unlocked bootloader is a big deal to a lot of developers too.
[G3 General] optimusv45:
Sounds like you want a optimized stock rom with a nice kernel. My note 2 gets about 6 hours of screen time with brightness on auto, with good signal of course.

They are too little and no removable back is a deal breaker for me. Doesn't look like safestrap
[G3 General] jaythenut:
[MENTION=2684188]autoprime[/MENTION] looks like his nearly there :good:
[G3 General] Colchiro:
Optimized based on stock still retains wanted stock features, often lost by CM (or whatever). However, when "L" drops, I want to play with that, even if I lose stock features like knock-to-wake, so then CM (or whatever) becomes an option. If the only way to do that is via safe strap, then I will learn to use it.

https://plus.google.com/u/0/+DeesTroy/posts
[G3 General] Epix4G:
Knock on is a kernel thing and it was on the aosp g2

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[G3 General] jaythenut:
yes your right it is kernel thing ;)
[G3 General] leomd333:
You can make a Nandroid without a recovery installed!
[G3 General] jaythenut:
nope
[G3 General] leomd333:
Yup...

I did one the other day using the app "Online nandroid back-up" It uses an online script to back up all of the devices parttions in a CWM format.
[G3 General] jaythenut:
Well i didn't know that be on that tomorrow thanks mate

Learn something new every day :p
[G3 General] Tectas:
And how will you restore it, at a messed up device with stock recovery?

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[G3 General] leomd333:
No prob! :p I only just found out about it aswell, it's handy to have!

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Good question, but I dont think there is a way to. The device would need to be booted out of the system to restore system files i'd imagine. The app just means, you can back up your stock (rooted) G3 for future recovery.
[G3 General] jaythenut:
very im doing it now for twrp as its looking like the 1st recovery to come out:D
[G3 General] jcase:
Its unlocked.

Source: I wrote two roots for LG G3, and fixed the twrp image for autoprime and IOMonster
[G3 General] thecubed:
No safestrap here, people.

We really do have TWRP running truly and properly (flashed and bootable just like normal) on one of the variants - however with some variants TWRP has to be started over fastboot for the time being. This is just a stopgap until we release an unlock - the screenshots were just to show that we were grabbing backups of partitions and had the beginnings of work done. We expect to have more information in the next few days.

For the meantime, follow tylerfixer, autoprime, and teamandirc (jcase) on twitter for any official updates before they hit XDA.

Please hold off on assumptions :)

Thanks!
[G3 General] poczynek:
Amazing! Is it likely to work on all variants?
[G3 General] thecubed:
We're finding out *right now* as I speak.
[G3 General] poczynek:
LEGEND!
[G3 General] IXChicharitoXI:
We on the up and up baby
[G3 General] suljo94:
sleepless night here i come. ?

can't wait for cm11 with a custom kernel and the occasional bricking of my device?
[G3 General] thecubed:
Quick update, hit a small snag with our tester for D850 (ATT) - VZW/SPR/ATT use the same bootloader, so once we get this solved all the variants should have working TWRP.

We'll let you know when we have an update.
[G3 General] justen7723:
Sorry if I missed it, scrolled through a few pages and didn't find anything. What about the TMO version D851???
[G3 General] kthung:
https://twitter.com/TeamAndIRC/status/488111186441818114
[G3 General] poczynek:
Go back only one post! ALL coming.
[G3 General] wavrunrx:
this is yet ANOTHER reason i LOVE tmobile.

FACTORY unlocked.

thank you tmobile ! :highfive:
[G3 General] thecubed:
Looks like the method we were trying on the TMO (D851) doesn't work on the ATT/SPR/VZW variants (D850/etc) .

There's a few other avenues left, so don't lose hope. It's just gonna take a bit more time before the others are unlocked. The TMO version is indeed unlocked out of the box, much to our surprise.

Please don't go trying to flash things willy nilly! We'll have a release thread together for a fixed TWRP for the D851 soon, until then please hold tight!

Thanks for your patience!
[G3 General] leomd333:
You guys are awesome :D
[G3 General] Slash8915:
AWESOME! So I can get my TMO G3 without having to worry about not having root. Thank you guys!
[G3 General] ant78:
How's the work going on the D855?
[G3 General] optimusv45:
I'm glad to see this. G3 is going to be the first device in a long time with everything I'm looking for :) I'm certain with development things will only get so much better
[G3 General] Skin1980:
With a temporary cwm that can be flashed with adb sideload u can do that... I'm personally working on that but maybe we don't need it since the wonderful guys will give us an unlocked bootloader....
[G3 General] tlogank:
I think unlocking the bootloader for the Vzw/att/sprint versions is going to be a lot tougher than some here seem to realize.
[G3 General] tschmid:
I also give 10€ for unlocking bootloader on european g3
[G3 General] :
Why in earth aren't you guys listening to what jcase said :eek:

Or is it me who just misunderstood what he said :confused:
[G3 General] wolfgart:
bl unlocked state is related only to D851 variant. By default
[G3 General] sabret00the:
But the thread title says D855, so the default status report should be that. The D851 is just a bonus.
[G3 General] justinswidebody:
Are you guys able to use the tmobile aboot on the rest of the variants?
[G3 General] awtryau89:
I want to officially be added to the original post for $20 for an unlocked AT&T 850 bootloader. As soon as we have it please PM me or let me know and the cash will be paypalled.
[G3 General] hello00:
tmobile phones always come unlocked
[G3 General] wolfgart:
this is bootloader, not operator....
[G3 General] hello00:
i said tmobile phones always come with the bootloader unlocked capisci?
[G3 General] wolfgart:
what ????

For LG G2 tmo bootloader was locked .

What are talking so ?!

This is LG Room
[G3 General] hello00:
the majority of the phones are bootloader unlocked like the n4..n5..s4..s5, etc..
[G3 General] Lennyuk:
You cannot count Nexus phones, they are always going to be bootloader unlockable that is their key feature!
[G3 General] wolfgart:
what are you talking about ????

These phones are Google experience phones .

LG G2 / G3 are Branded android phones and always bl locked
[G3 General] hello00:
true

the tmobile g3 is not bootloader locked
[G3 General] wolfgart:
oh my God .......

:cyclops:
[G3 General] optimusv45:
No idea what you are being so technical and oh my goshing for
[G3 General] wavrunrx:
guys take it to ICQ with your jibber-jabber, this thread is not the place ffs. :angel:
[G3 General] jcase:
no they dont
[G3 General] wolfgart:
why ?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=54127465&postcount=171
[G3 General] sabret00the:
Why not create a separate thread for the D850?
[G3 General] D_Rock899x:
Or the OP could change the title of this thread to include all variants.
[G3 General] suljo94:
does anyone know how to check if bootloader is unlocked or locked because If we would check it oursellfs that would make it easier for the people that are trying to unlock the bootloader so that they can focus on models with locked ones and because they don't really own a lg g3 this I think would make deveopment faster

Or am I totally wrong?
[G3 General] Epix4G:
They have people with the phones and they have confirmed the only unlocked is t mobile

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[G3 General] suljo94:
Ow I asumed that they did not have a d855 & f400L/k/S because there twitterupdates and there updates here only mention the branded versions(international) ATT, Tmobile...
[G3 General] gcarterny:
Hopefully they get all devices unlocked. I hope we see the same thing as HTC M8 pay a few bucks for their work to unlock bootloader, they deserve it.
[G3 General] suljo94:
I come from htc the bootloader is unlockable for free via htcdev, did you mean s-off the device
[G3 General] gcarterny:
Oh yeah thats what i was thinking. Thanks for pointing that out [emoji50]
[LG G Watch] bogdan_wrc:
I just received my LG G watch, but its got UK charger. I got a charger form a Nexus 4, which its almost the same (input..and all), but the OUTPUT is 1,2A instead of 0,85A on the LG G Watch. is it usable? will it affect my battery?
[LG G Watch] ardsar:
It will be fine as long as the output is regulated 5V. The watch will only draw the current it needs.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deoliveiranv:
Hi Guys!!!!!!

Can somebody help me to make a CWM recovery for my new device ( Switel Samba S57D )

- Android version: 4.2.2

-Baseband version: Moly.WR8.W1315MD.WG.MP.V7.P22,2014/03/01

-Kernel version:3.4.5

Wind-Kernel@droid#1

-Build number: SAMBA_s57_(D)_v1.0.0B03

-Hardware version: MBV.1.0

-1,3 GHz Quad-core CPU

-1 GB RAM

Thanks !!!!!!!!!!:eek::eek::eek:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jwregme:
Hey there!

Would be interested as well...

I managed to root with Kingo Root, see my post:

http://xdaforums.com/android/softwa...-device-resort-uncommon-t2944584#post56873878

That's quite amazing, since the S57D is a MTK6582 device and as such can profit a lot from GravityBox...

Cheers!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] helder_postiga:
Hi there!

I am Switel s57d owner too. I also get a root via Kingo root. But in my case, my win7 install drivers correct, and phone was detected as YunOS phone. (with YunOs ACB interface driver)
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] StormyNight:
Since Verizon is CDMA, would using SuperCID to write a Verizon CID allow me to flash a Verizon ROM?
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] raptoro07:
Short answer: Yes.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] StormyNight:
How would I go about doing this? Do I need to flash a Verizon RUU or custom recovery?
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] raptoro07:
First off, why do you want to do this?

Second, flashing ROMs/Recoveries/Kernels for a different device will not work and can possiblly hard or soft brick your device.

Thirdly, If you want to use the Sprint Phone on Verizon that's a tottoally different issue than flashing a Verizon One ROM.

So in short, Do Not Do It.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] StormyNight:
Alright, thanks for the reply. Just thought that it was possible due to both carriers being CDMA :P