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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromeister2010:
Root

I used Kingroot apk to root my lg vs880. Worked perfectly.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ptmr3:
Well everyone, Here is a fully functional Philz Recovery, install tool, and link to root
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
Where?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ptmr3:
Oops here it is

http://xdaforums.com/android/development/tool-lg-g-vista-philz-recovery-07242015-t3164582
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
Awesome! Glad to see some development on this phone. Any chance of porting to the D631? I don't have that variant, but I hate to see them left out in the dark with no KDZ...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ptmr3:
Honestly the lack of kdz is the biggest issue. Any tinkering could end in a soft brick that you cant recover.... however the board of the ATT and the vzw are the same...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
That's kind of why I asked. A few of the D631 users are already soft bricked. I was hoping with Fastboot they could get this loaded and then someone with a rooted D631 can install this and make a stock factory backup that could be applied to all soft bricked phones. (No accounts connected, naturally.)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djacks222:
Files

I have a d631 and fastboot installed. I tested some vs880 files on my d631. Boot.IMG just leads to a fastboot bootloop, rct.bin just resets the rct, factory.bin.. Idk but it didn't brick my phone. And system.bin just did a boot loop at the LG screen... But that was because I couldn't flash a 2gb system file in fastboot so I ran a 256 mb split and it didn't work out right.

All in all alot of files have been compatible from the vs880 to the d631. Once I find out the issue it will be better for us all.

Can somebody with a vs880 post a recovery file please? I need the system,and data backed up in cwm please. As I may be able to get a room for the vs880 to work on my d631.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
I would love to, however I am hesitant to do anything detectable to the phone as it is still under warranty and has insurance. An unlocked bootloader/custom recovery kind of wrecks all of that. :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] straitjacket525:
ok, two things.

1. Why doesn't this phone have its own Forum? all of this development is stretched between like 3 different threads lost among the rest of the Android Q&A threads. Really confusing for new comers.

2. Has anyone tried to compile and flash the lollipop update from the LG open source?

We have an unlocked bootloader and CWM on both the VS880 and D631 variants so a flashable Zip would be ideal.

Running 4.4.2 Stock LG G Vista (D631) rooted with cwm and unlocked bootloader.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djacks222:
Hey guys sorry it took me so long. I really need a flashable system partition from the vs880 preferably made in cwm. if some one can help with that I would greatly appreciate it.

Or

How can I fastboot flash a 2gb system.bin file when max download size is reached?

What about flashing a system.img file split into 8 sections?

My d631 still won't update via fota and LG pc suite decided to quit responding on me.

Also I'm not sure why there isn't a separate section for us bud. I really would like to see one because then development could skyrocket.

Please someone help me compile from the source code at open source LG site?

I honestly have never done that and my computer does not have near the amount of space and ram to compile Android.

I really am in need of a dev. I'll even pay for help is how desperate I have become.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] REDEYEZ523:
Lg gvista d631 .tar i found the.tars for this phone

Hunted and hunted for this as soon as I get to my pc I'll upload link so someone can make a rom for this phone I love it think we could use a good rom

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Uninstall supper user with in app then use root explorer to find system folder check all folders for a file called .su or su delat then all you have to mount rw to do so should only be two one in bin or xbin other in apps I think after deleting them reboot do factory reset then go to settings about phone update will download. And install work on my vistad631 4.4.2 rooted uptaded to 5.0.2 them used king root to re root
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djacks222:
I'm going to give this a try now bud. Let me know what's up with the .tar files.

Also you said to remount rw... Are you talking about a full system remount or what partition did you remount ?

Also by any chance could you upload a backup in .tar format from cwm or something? If you don't want to post it could you pm me a link. I have an idea I want to try out but need either a 5.0 backup from a d631....

or one from a vs880.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beaverslayer:
This doesn't work. If you unroot with SuperSu it automatically removes those files anyway. The problem is, root trips an eFuse and can only be reverted by flashing the stock ROM. We don't have the .KDZ file, so once rooted you are stuck. Now it could be that some root method gets around this somehow, but one click root definately trips it. I went ahead and tried your method with expected results; no go.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] notaspaceprogrammer:
so i have a soft bricked vista running kit kat and a new vista with lollipop, untouched

i want to help. can i extract firmware from the new one or anything?

i'm sharing the new phone with my gf, and she won't let me root it unless i can guarantee i can restore it if it bricks, but all backup software without root is incomplete, correct?

also, root isn;'t all that risky, it's removing system apps, installing root apps, and unlocking the bootloader/flashing a rom that risks bricking your phone, right?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oranget:
Do NOT mess with this phone.. There is NO support for it. There are no custom roms and none being worked on. If the phone bricks, you are screwed. Just FYI.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djacks222:
Curiosity... Will the boot.img from the vs880 work on the d631? As if the kernel and what not is compatible couldn't we then flash the Verizon kdZ? Then flash the radio; modem, modemst1, and modemst2 back from backups from the d631?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djacks222:
.can file

I'm creating a cabinet (.cab) file right now for the d-631.

It has. Boot, aboot, system, rct, cwm recovery, and stock laf image files inside it.

I will then use uptest to encrypt it into .kdZ format.... I'll post when finished :)

Perhaps any bricked testers who can get into download mode? As this maybey.. Just mabey get the d-631 unbricked...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djacks222:
Unofficial KDZ. (D631)

Here is an unofficial kdz file. I do not have the system partition inside it, but I have fastboot laf and cwm recovery. And everything else is stock.

This needs to be tested asap with someone who has a bricked LG vista. (D631)

I have am trying to get the system partition in the next release if this works....

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-GvkM12QEbMcW40VWZRUWFMSFk/view?usp=docslist_api
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dscutta:
I would have done it but I just replaced my bricked vista
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PenguiN2389:
I have a bricked G Vista, but will need a brief walkthrough on what to do, never tried to un-brick a phone until now
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
You will need to download the LG Mobile Support tool or the driver for your phone. (Just the driver should suffice, if you don't want the LG Mobile Support tool)

Then go get the LG Flash Tool that can be found here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2797190

Download the KDZ file that djacks posted and follow the instructions in the LG Flash Tool thread to attempt to install the KDZ file to your phone.

Any questions, feel free to ask away. :thumbup:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PenguiN2389:
Any idea how to get my PC to recognize that the phone is connected via USB to the PC? Long story short, Phone was rooted mistakingly deleted a system file, before I could un-root it to do a factory reset, roommate thought he was helping me and reset it...now when the phone powers on, it goes to the initial start up screen as if I just bought it, When it gets to the 3rd step error message pops up saying "Unfortunately Google Play Services has stopped" and goes back to step 1 in an endless cycle. Just attempted the flash, and it gets to 27% and says the phone is disconnected from the USB. Tried getting the USB drive from LG Support Tool but still get the same error. any suggestions?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beaverslayer:
Have you tried putting it into download mode while plugging it in? You either hold the volume up or volume down while plugging it into the computer and it goes into download mode. Can't remember which.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PenguiN2389:
Yea tried that, the phone boots up in DLM goes straight to firmware update screen, and phone still is not recognized.

p.s. for future reference it is the volume up button :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bkman08:
If you can post a kdz with system.img of KitKat, and everything non compressed so that it is greater then 1gb ( ours should be that big I believe), then I can try this out.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djacks222:
I will compile this for you bkman08 I need a system.img pulled though: ( anyone able to run adb pull and post a link?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rueta1:
can anyone pull the laf.img file from the 10b firmware kdz for verizon
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
Quote for the user above.

Next time go back a few pages before you request already posted files, please. :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DoubleDogg6:
Hi, I've posted in this forum before but I wanted to know if anyone was able to root the Vista on Verizon with the 5.1 update. I just upgraded and wouldn't mind if I had to downgrade, but it would be nice to stay with Lollipop. Thanks for reading.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djacks222:
Hey guys. Ive been out of development for a week or so and its been hard to really do much due to my qualcomm hsusb 9008 brick.

I decided to formatt my emmc to get a new phone. Ill have it mailed to my house tomorrow too. Im not sure what version ill be getting but ill let you all know :)

Aboot is a tricky deal i was messing with it and what not but bricked my device.. So i guess i know what not to do now lol.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
I did not know that the VS880 got Lollipop 5.1! I have been keeping on 10b simply because it does what I need it to. Guess I gotta update.

I've recently had great success rooting a very obscure tablet with King Root, then using Super-SUME to replace Kinguser with SuperSU. Super-SUME isn't free, however. (It's worth the $, as it also works with Kingo Root on most devices!)

Well, before I just go updating willy nilly, djacks, is there anything I can help you out with? Keep in mind that my bootloader is locked and must stay that way. Unless you know a way to relock it without their knowledge.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djacks222:
Hey thank you for that sir. I really appreciate that advice you just gave me regarding supersu. Ill be sure to put that to use. When did 5.1 roll out on the vs880? Also about the bootloadrr lock... Im not sure about that. I will logcat when i unlock it this next time :)

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I ran fastboot erase aboot. Then my phone read up on my pc as a 64mb usb storage device. Then i formatted the device and it was dead... Only qpst under qhsusb dload would read it. So i deleted my phones emmc just so they could not detect that i rooted it or unlocked the bootloader :)

Other than this i wish you luck on thr update. And also if there is anything i can do to help just pm me bud.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DoubleDogg6:
The 5.1 update came out yesterday (at least that's when I got it) so it's fairly new. Be warned though, if you have sd card it might not work at first, but it will eventually.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
So if anything, I can perform the same actions you did and blow the device to brickland without their knowledge? Just feign ignorance and claim their update did it? That's a huge step forward, if that's the case. If I can TOTALLY brick the phone, they'll never know, hence, warranty/insurance is still valid. I pay the $75, they replace it, and all is well.

If that's the case, I will gladly unlock the bootloader and do anything you need to the device to help you d640 guys get a way to recover the device.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djacks222:
Yeah thats basically what it came doen to. As all the operating system, bootloader' partition files and what nots are programmed through .xml, .mbn, and .hex files using qpst. Then it is shipped to the retailer and they install their things.

However if the only way for them to read the phone is to flash stock firmware, then all their fearures are null in void and thus your warranty and insurance will cover it as they did mine.

As the fota update modifies the kernel and acceses the boot partition details. So if the update messes up at some time the internal sd card could be corrupted and thus provides a reason to a bricked phone.

Qhsusb dload 9008 is a corrupt bootloader and partitons. So for them to be able to read that the phone was rooted and or unlocked they would need to flash a bootloader. Which would then flash the stock bootloader being locked.

Then they would need to flash the stock kdz or what ever is needed in order for the phone to boot out of recovery and or download mode.

I told the representative i downloaded the update on wifi at work. Then went home and the pgone said it needed to restart to update.a so i restarted it and it simply would not power on or even register on my computer. I made sure i told them i used the factory charger and cord. Never removed the sim card and just played it stupid being concerned about my photos and muaic i purchased. So then the 50$ was added to my. Ill and they are mailong me a new phone
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djacks222:
Wellmy replacement phosne will be here tomorrow..... But..... Its shipped as the lg d725. Which is the g3 vigor wbich has even less support than the d631.

Anyway... Its the same processor and chipset. Do you think thr recovery for the d631 will be compatible with thr d725?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
It will probably function in some capacity. I bet that the touchscreen doesnt work though.

Edit: I looked into the d725. Unless the partitions are different, it should work. Like I said previously, touchscreen most likely won't work. (They're vastly different between models.)

Second Edit:

This appears to work with most LG phones even on Lollipop. I haven't updated yet, but I intend to tonight. I will give it a shot over the weekend and let you guys know.

http://xdaforums.com/android/development/guide-root-method-lg-devices-t3049772
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fallshock:
g vista

i see this is an older post but i recently bought the vista and like the many others i see nothing would root this phone and i have rooted many phones 2.2 n up. surprisingly what worked was downloading kingroot from the playstore directly onto the phone n just click the get root. no computer at all. kingroot kinda sucked so i searched replace kingroot with supersu. there was a post here on xda it had a download that does the swap for you then just uninstall kingroot.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djacks222:
Well i hate the lg g3 vigor... I got annoyed due to the fack of not being able to install xposed. There was less support. And root was unstable. Fastboot flashing was near to impossible to do. So i attempted a downgrade... But lg security poped up then i was unable to fix it......

So......

Thank you 1year warranty on lg as now next tuesday i get a new lg vista..and no more g3 vigor... Then i can continue all the development i have and aid in some more :):):)

Its a long story to my insurance. I called them up complaining due to the fact i purchased a g vista and they sent me a g3 vigor with a smaller screen. Which was why i didnt get it in the first place. So I demanded to get a replacement or i was cancelling my plan, and now i will recieve what i need and what i am paying for :)

I will probably have lolipop though... Has anyone tried installing cwm on the g vista with lolipop?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Acify:
Are you on AT&T? If so, could you please get the stock kdz for me? I have my friend's bricked AT&T Vista and I'd really love to be able to unbrick it for him.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
Nobody has the AT&T KDZ, not even AT&T. That's what about 80% of this thread is about.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djacks222:
Hey guys. Tuesday i will have my new phone and before i root it and what not i will make backups of everything. Hopefully be able to pull the .hex and .mbn files to flash in qpst.... Im not sure though. Anyways i still pull backups of everything and go from there.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
I'm now running 5.1.1, looking for way to get it rooted. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get a copy of the OTA because I just jumped into this and downloaded it while rooted, then when it wouldn't install, I went back to full stock from the kdz. Then I updated while unrooted.

Soon as I have a root method, I'll let you guys know. LG/VZW managed to dump a boatload of bloatware I can't wait to backup and uninstall.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djacks222:
So i think i found out why the kdz from vzw bricks the d631 from att.....

Aboot.. This dang file is what gavr me a qhsusb 9008 hard brick....

So in theroy... Replace the boot from the vzw with the d631 and all should be good since the mount points are identical and what nots.... Just lg secure booting.. So. In my research i found this....

Laf. Sbl1. Aboot. Boot. Recovery. And rpm. All check eachother for certain signatures... So if these are identical and the signatures from the lg vista from vzw are overwrote from att lg vista then the flash should work.

I need to pull partition.mbn from the vista and then it will be able to flash without any issues.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
So far, every one-click root method I've thrown at the new 5.1.1 vs880 update fails hard. Even KingRoot, KingoRoot, framaroot, and towelroot (all versions).

I'm at the point now that I'm going to need my Windows computer to obtain root access. It's currently about 350 miles south because all I brought on vacation was my Macbook Air, so its going to have to wait until I get home later today. The Air just doesn't have the power for me to have a virtual machine for Windows...

I'll get it though, guys. Even give you a proper update procedure.

And now I'm home. First attempt (the one I linked in an earlier post) didn't work, and nor did any of its variations/one-click variants.

Next on my list is vRoot, and I expect that to fail also. Might have to go back to 10b for root for now.

Edit: Root methods attempted and failed...

- KingRoot

- KingoRoot

- Framaroot

- Stump Root

- Towelroot

- iRoot (PC/Android)

- vRoot/iRoot

- OneClickRoot

- SRSRoot

- http://xdaforums.com/lg-g3/general/guide-root-lg-firmwares-kitkat-lollipop-t3055 (both the script and the one-click method)

The last method got me closest. It shows as "Modified" in download mode, and in Settings > About Phone > Software info > Software status it shows "Modified, however it definitely is NOT rooted. I know where its failing, however it appears as though LG patched the flaw and it no longer supports "Send_Command" exe file. :(

Unfortunately I can't backup the laf partition because I'm not rooted, otherwise I'd already be rooted. I might just say screw it and go back to 10b.

I've given up. I'm back on 10b and rooted normally. Stay away from 5.1.1 if you must have root.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djacks222:
I just received my new lg vista d631 and now I have lollipop. So the next thing is to get a custom recovery.

I'm rooted right now but I did experience issues at the start with root.

I also need to push the files to get closed working properly.

Now the awaited questions....... I have all 4.4 files from my last phone... What ones do I have to fastboot flash in order to boot into cw m?

If impossible....

What do I need to do in order to resign the recovery image to boot up on lollipop?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
Care to elaborate how you got it rooted? I'm stumped, and apparently, you've done it. Spill the beans, bro. Please?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beaverslayer:
Wonder if PurpleDrake would have worked?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
I can give it a shot. Phones been nagging me constantly to update anyway. I can live without root for a minute.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kraigkent:
Bobdamnit I'm in the same boat except I can no longer use LG Flashtool 2014 to get back to 10b or 12a. It hangs during the update and then advises battery removal and retry. What method did you use to flash?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
I used LG Flash Tool and flashed 10b. I had some glitches at first, but mainly I just kept trying. Eventually it worked, even though all text was "?" instead of actual letters. I couldn't read what was happening. Also, while it flashed 10b, it did NOT show the progress bar on the phone moving at all. Basically, I had a green bar on my computer that moved. That's all I had to go by.

I will say that this was done on a Windows 7 64-bit system that hasn't been updated since receiving service pack 1. Also make sure the vs880 driver is installed, as well as the general LG Verizon driver provided by the Flash Tool thread. Once those are installed, the download mode driver should work properly. I fought that for about an hour. Just the general LG Verizon driver isn't enough, and just the vs880 driver isn't enough. I had to have both for it to work.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kraigkent:
Bobdamnit I was hoping you were gonna reply that you used something different. LG Flashtool 2014 worked fine for me when I had to flash back to official 12a in order to get the Verizon Lollipop upgrade and Stagefright fix. But after giving up on trying to root, I have not been able flash no matter what I've tried (different drivers, laptops, usb cables, OSs). I've just about resigned myself to the possibility that I'm stuck with an unrooted Lollipop version until and if one of you masters can figure it out.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
I'm currently back on 5.1.1 and running unrooted because I want to figure out how to root the damn thing. I'm sure we'll get it rooted. (djacks said his is rooted, but hasn't explained how.)

I might try the downgrade process again. Perhaps the first time was a fluke. Or maybe we can nail down what's different between our setups.