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[Android General] mrhaley30705:
Which usb port on your laptop? #1 would be the best
[Android General] ijustintouch:
Thank you! :highfive:

I did the manual OTA from 27A to 28A and then 39A on my G2 and this method worked perfectly! Now I can get rid of the Verizon bloat. Haha :D
[Android General] protivakid:
Anyone?
[Android General] sigur145:
Works great on d855 v20H europe Lollipop 5.0!

there is no further updates in software :confused:
[Android General] erbstigady:
Thanks a bunch I've got it to work finally.. Freaking awesome man you are my hero lol but I have one more question if that's cool.. What in the blue hell is taking up 3.48gigs of system data and what files are safe to delete besides the bloat junk
[Android General] protivakid:
Can anyone with this on Verizon chime in? Was your base stock 23b?
[Android General] Unjustified Dev:
Added one click root guide to second post thanks to avicohh
[Android General] eakintunde:
Excellent! Will that root method work for other LG devices(F60, Tribute, G Vista, etc.)?
[Android General] avicohh:
I belive it is.

Worked for me on G3 and F60.
[Android General] mafury:
Stay on carrier logo when put su script =/
[Android General] high247:
Does it have an unroot feature? (never mind I see it doesn't)

Was thinking about unrooting to update the firmware on my LG LS660 and the reroot after because I heard it works fine.

Edit: I forgot I have the custom recovery already installed so that probably wouldn't help.
[Android General] protivakid:
You mentioned in post #15 you would add some info ti the guide about fastboot and verizon phones but I didn't see anything. Any info?

Is the base for the root stock OTA 23b for the Verizon G3?
[Android General] EMJI79:
Can you explain the steps you used?
[Android General] mafury:
First time works i flash kdz to 20c next day and stop working...
[Android General] EMJI79:
Haven't understood? How did it work and what did you do before it stopped working?
[Android General] mafury:
i just follow the steps in first page..... The first time it work i have no problem, later i wanted to flash a twrp but put a bad boot.img and phone brick, i have to make hard reset to flash KDZ then the problem with root starts.
[Android General] drsmaw:
LG Transpyre Rooted Thanks

Confirmed LG Transpyre Rooted. First Root thanks....now to tell my boss that I've been busy all day and need to go home and play with my new toy!
[Android General] EMJI79:
If you find a solution to have root and recovery on the f460 lollipop, please post on the f460 thread or here ; )
[Android General] Twilleclipse:
At&t lg vista root

It works for at&t lg vista. :angel: finally love my phone...
[Android General] mafury:
Works fine now =/ i just try again.... it's strange... any way to twpr f460k?.
[Android General] sam32smni:
hi is this method can root v20g?

im using f460s..
[Android General] EMJI79:
I am interested too..
[Android General] tazmaniondvl:
Does the vigor have a custom recovery or rom? I've searched buy no luck so far
[Android General] dirtyhewr:
working on building one now.. got a bad hard drive so OS keeps crashing.. lol
[Android General] tazmaniondvl:
Building a rom or recovery?
[Android General] dirtyhewr:
just a recovery for now lol... im no developer, so it took a lot of googling... lol... but i am currently compiling a recovery now based off the boot.img from this device... if it works it will cwm... we shall see! I've tried flashing a few different recoveries for different devices, but no luck...
[Android General] AA27:
Not at this time...
[Android General] konsolen:
try this one

Try this APP.

It will install twrp.

Its from the Japan Version, but have same partitions.

regards
[Android General] AA27:
TY. Wonder if that phone has a ROM that can be used for the Vigor.
[Android General] shadowfx78:
I would be interested in the recovery when you are done with it do I need a pc to flash one?
[Android General] ragnarokx:
Thank you again! It worked.

Just to save myself the trouble, I wanted to see if you OTA update would work while rooted. It did work, in fact - I just had to re-root using this thread (my LG G3 D850 was 100% stock besides root).
[Android General] blong82:
im having a very similar issue, havent booted to recovery facebook and google apps no data. I can access data with dolphin browser. Any help or advice would be amazing.
[Android General] EMJI79:
Look at your apn settings. Can be as simple as that.
[Android General] blong82:
Thank you sir for the response. Coming from samsung Im a bit new to this Lg thing. I will do some searching figure out this apn debacle.
[Android General] dirtyhewr:
this did flash TWRP to the Sprint LG Vigor... text is a little messed up but it's flashed... haven't had a chance to make a backup yet tho...

also, external sd doesn't work...
[Android General] dipalp95:
Did you figure it out? If not, I never found a solution either. What I did was unroot my phone, use the downgrade method to root and downloaded a stock rom. Though I believe it was a software issue for me on a very deep level that factory reset couldn't solve. I guess installing any rom or even downloading another stock rom will fix your problem most definitely. Unless it's a hardware issue.
[Android General] tazmaniondvl:
If you share what it flashed, maybe someone can clean it up a bit =)
[Android General] dirtyhewr:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=59559553

sorry didn't see it didn't post the link...

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well it flashed but i got some kind of security error... more googling to do...!
[Android General] blong82:
I just unrooted and factory reset. Not real knowledgeable with the apn settings. Data is back so i guess that fixed it. May try again over the weekend
[Android General] PHiiLiZz:
I must miss something. I using windows 8.1 and Verizon 98512B. I'm not sure if that's issue cause of 8.1 or 12B...
[Android General] lowender62:
How did you UNroot. I tried via SU but it didn't work. Any tips?
[Android General] PHiiLiZz:
I think you have to restore...
[Android General] mrhaley30705:
Make sure your sdk (platform-tools and tools for adb) are up to date. Also verify your device is connected in device manager. It could be a driver problem?
[Android General] lowender62:
Restore, as in doing a factory reset? I did try that but was still rooted. Or are you referring to something else?

Thanks for the input
[Android General] PHiiLiZz:
I can't find abd in device manager... I think I need to get tools something but I don't know where to get tools lol. Sorry I'm very behind, just got new G3 awhile ago and switched it from galaxy s5.

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No, restore to stock.
[Android General] lowender62:
Sorry for more questions, still new at this, but not sure how to do that. In TWRP I can restore to my back I made but that was done after rooting so I am missing how that would help. Can you explain a bit more. Appreciate the help. The reason I want to unroot is because after I did root I am not able to move apps to my SD Card with Appmaster so I think I may have done something wrong. Screen attached. Figured I would unroot and then try again with the one click script that is now available.
[Android General] PHiiLiZz:
This one what I talking about. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1WgXuxDbmbc and http://lgg3root.com/lg-g3-root/how-to-unrootunbrick-lg-g3/

But what is your build number? If you still have issue with appmaster you probably need to research in Google about appmaster.
[Android General] lowender62:
Got it. I should have mentioned I have Optimus F60 (MS395) and I wasn't able to find the stock firmware anywhere. I don't think I can do that unless I have the stock firmware for my exact phone. Maybe others will chime in if someone has found the stock firmware. I couldn't fins anything on Appmaster and it has worked on other phones once I fix SD card permissions. Other then that no issues with the phone. Maybe just wait for CM12 as I would think that would fix my issues

Thanks again for your help. All this helps me learn more and more.:good:
[Android General] PHiiLiZz:
No problem, I wish I can help you more but I don't know about LG optimum as much. Hope you find somehow to fix it and good luck... ?
[Android General] tjupille:
Yessss! :D Just ran this on my Verizon VS98512b G3. Now rooted, able to run my Xposed modules and write to the external SD card. I'm a happy camper and in no hurry to get Lollipop.
[Android General] franpuer09:
G3 International root success!

Another G3 rooted flawlesly. D855 32G European

Thanks for your great job. :good:
[Android General] touch_user01:
Working fine for Verizon LG G3 (VS98512B)

Hey - just got my G3 yesterday (03/21). Out of the box it's running 4.4.2, software version VS98512B. This method works fine for it except for a few hiccups. The drivers posted did not work for adb but the Verizon specific drivers from LG's site did.

The other issue I had with it was during download mode. I had 3 devices with no driver installed which caused me to have no com port with a diagnostic title in it. I let it sit a while and continued to read this thread and after what seemed like 10 minutes one of the devices in my device manager went away and I had 2 left (they all had the same name). I waited a bit longer and when nothing else happened I started nosing around in the Ports (Com & LPT) section of the device manager and heard Windows detect and install something. Looking again in the device manager I had some sort of Android something or another but it wasn't properly installed - but running the batch file for ports showed I now had a diag port. I don't know if looking in those settings forced it to finish installing or if it was just coincidence.

Other than that it worked fine. Now if I could just make sense of running a custom recovery on it or not. Don't want to start deleting all this bloatware crap without a proper backup in place. Never know when something can/will go wrong. From what I have gathered from this thread it looks like you have to run Lollipop to have twrp. Haven't been here in a long time and this bumped/unbumped lingo is new to me.

Coming from an old Galaxy Nexus this sure is a lot of hoops to jump through. Kinda wishing I had either went to a GSM carrier and gotten a Nexus 5 or kept the Nexus 6 I exchanged for this.
[Android General] PHiiLiZz:
Same here, I just rooted it! ?
[Android General] tazmaniondvl:
How do I skip ota and is it available for vigor?
[Android General] HiddenKnight:
After trying to root my Flex 2 from Sprint, I always ran into the error of the C++ redist not being available when it always was! My issue was that I did not have the 32bit verison of sp1 2010 framework installed. I had every other verison, so after about 10 or 11 times, I finally got root! Thanks for the guide. Please add that in OP, even if you are 64bit user, you will need 32 bit verison for "Send_Command.exe"
[Android General] ke7vng:
Thanks!

This is great. With this I was finally able to root my G3 Vigor (D725). You guys are awesome!

Eric
[Android General] Andreas69k:
this work for device with android 5.0 lollipop??
[Android General] Andreas69k:
send_command cannot open why?
[Android General] Unjustified Dev:
Have you tried the one click tool linked in second post? I'm no longer supporting this guide.
[Android General] Fri13:
That worked for me, thank you for your post.

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Not exactly about the rooting topic, but related still to that.

I wanted first to update to Android 5.x but the LG PC Suit didn't detect my phone by any means. Tried different USB ports, cables, PTP, rebooting computer, phone, reseting phone etc etc.

But Now I got the phone rooted, but still would be interested to know can I, and how I can update to Android 5.x without using that LG PC Suit?

Can I just download the LG own firmware version from their FTP server, store to phone and restart it in download mode?

Does the single click root script work with the 5.x?
[Android General] alessa:
hello .

its possible with linux?
[Android General] Unjustified Dev:
It's not yet possible, the command that allows you to open a shell in download mode is windows compatible only.
[Android General] alessa:
ok thanks:crying:
[Android General] Unjustified Dev:
I'm not really a windows guy either , you may be able to ask the person who possibly created the app or knows the original source of the app and guide. I tagged their XDA name at the bottom of the guide giving them credit as the original guide wasn't in English. I would love to know if they could create a Linux version.
[Android General] DoubleDogg6:
What happended to the fastboot tutorial?
[Android General] dirtyhewr:
lol i thought i was going crazy lol... i found it somewhere in the middle in a quote lol
[Android General] najmulbappy:
Fully working :D Thank you so much..
[Android General] Bwangster12:
I can't get this to work on my VS980. I kdz to 39A and when I get to the step where we enter the command for SuperSU script to run, it does not. Both the manual method and the 1 click method stop at the same point. Tried both PTP and MTP.
[Android General] jesssiii:
Took me 6 or 7 tries. Keep at it, it works.

VZW LG G2
[Android General] dustiNcyde419:
i have a sprint lg g3 and i rooted it, is there a way to install a custom recovery?
[Android General] hoatongoc:
I got battery draining issue when root my LG L90 410 5.0.2, after unroot, it's gone, then back again when I root.

Anyone got this issue? :crying:
[Android General] James L:
Download Microsoft C++ and then try. I had the same issue once.
[Android General] SacredTbag:
Lucky you. I've been trying every method under the sun and I can't get mine to root (same phone and version as you, just OTA update).
[Android General] tazmaniondvl:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3056951

Don't know if this works for lp
[Android General] SacredTbag:
I finally got the one click root to work. Took a lot of tries, driver reinstalls and whatnot, but it finally worked.
[Android General] shadowfx78:
Grats sacred welcome to the world of root
[Android General] MehruNisa:
Delete... Wrongly typed/posted
[Android General] webmastir:
This worked great for 5.0.2 on my Verizon LG G2 recent OTA. I couldn't get any APK to work(kept saying I was already rooted but wasn't), but this method worked flawlessly.

Thanks! :good:
[Android General] masjai:
Please include OGP F240K

I tried it on OGP F240K Lollipop and it doesn't work

Post it on this thread : One Script Root
[Android General] yehison:
No such file or directory
[Android General] drumex:
Hi to all.... In the zip archive, file ports.bat is missing...

We know?
[Android General] webmastir:
No, it's not. All it is is a 1 liner anyway.

Open a command prompt and type this:

reg query HKLM\hardware\devicemap\SERIALCOMM

That's the entire file.

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yehison, you have to open a command from FROM WHERE adb.exe is located. You're calling adb.exe from outside the folder.

Before you run that command, you should type: cd c:\users\gloria\desktop\lg_root

Then proceed with that command that failed
[Android General] Unjustified Dev:
I change the post since fastboot oem unlock had no affect on my device it was already unlocked and many are still on kk so bump works for those devices. The post now details unlocking fastboot which many LG users already know about .
[Android General] hollisnh:
Confirmed working on my LG G3 AT&T D850, zero issues so far. I did not install custom recovery.

Greenify, Adaway, Titanium Backup, WiFi Router Tethering, BusyBox, flashify all fully working.
[Android General] stilger:
I can confirm this does work on D850. Rooted restored some apps with Titanium and disabled Carrier IQ. :)
[Android General] bweN diorD:
Thanks, I thought you mentioned unlocking the boot loader in your pm, I must have misunderstood.

So this is just to gain access to fastboot and nothing further.

That makes more sense.

Thanks
[Android General] jojobans:
hi

g3 rom stock lollipop working??
[Android General] Sipi1302:
Confirming its working on lg G3 D855 on 20H Lollipop. yeeeeeeee
[Android General] jojobans:
oh yesssss:good:
[Android General] Sipi1302:
but I did only root device for unlocking bootloader dont know if will work. Also TWRP is not working.
[Android General] bweN diorD:
Twrp will not work unless:

1. Your boot loader is really unlocked and you flash a non bumped twrp (bumping not necessary on unlocked bootloader)

2. You flash kk aboot, bumped L boot, and bumped L twrp.

No other way that I'm aware of.
[Android General] harshybar:
Will try this later tonight, but based on what I read this will root and unlock the bootloader right? So all i have to do is either CWM or TWRP which is not bumped for the LG G3 D850. Then i should be able to flash a rom, but I need to find a not bumped rom?
[Android General] Ciccius-IT:
I'm a noob on many of these concepts, but which are the differences (practically) between rooting with this method or installing a bumped pre-rooted Lollipop stock rom on G3?
[Android General] Soulfly999:
[MENTION=4480433]Ciccius-IT[/MENTION] first of all you have to go back to the stock kitkat rom then you can install the bumped bootloader. Till now it wasn't possible to root the official lollipop rom without bump!
[Android General] Ciccius-IT:
I know that, I'm on KitKat (I will stay here for the moment) and I tried Chupa Chups rom and Lollipop stock pre-rooted rom. Only wanted to know if there are differences between them in daily use (performance, problem, etc.)
[Android General] TheKv:
I can confirm this Root Method is working on LG G3 D855 on v20i Stock Lollipop. And Thank you so mach for your hard work... :victory:
[Android General] aitanoddl:
file exe

WHEN I GO a file download lg root.zip me COMES That the mail file in .exe and more kindly reload
[Android General] wolfgart:
great great work !

Congrats
[Android General] Ciccius-IT:
So If I want to root like explained in this thread but want even to install TWRP what I have to do? Is sufficient to installa bumped versione of TWRP or not?
[Android General] robalm:
Wonderful, works great on g3 d855 32gb version (Lollipop v20H)

Thanks :)
[Android General] moyse007:
For a warranty issu, is it possible to unroot after ? thanks :)
[Android General] genevois26:
Work like a charm in a D855. Thank you very much!
[Android General] yehison:
Finally Root on my LG G2 Verizon VS980.

It's more easy with One Script Root

I have an idea set up port COM41 and finally solved jejej

At first set up port COM41 in administration devices

Following thread LG Root Script V1.2

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=59496298

Enjoying root..

Thanks for all..
[Android General] Unjustified Dev:
I linked in the second post , many people fail to see it. Glad you got it working.

Sent from my LGMS395
[Android General] yehison:
was because I have previously done tests with LG Optimus 3D for better communication is necessary to use the COM41 because it rapidly communicates with the software and PC

it is better that you include these steps..
[Android General] bmoses:
hello! followed this to root my Sprint LG G Flex 2 and it worked great! There is now an OTA for my phone that is supposed to fix a lot of the lag and other issues we have been having, but the OTA fails to apply because i rooted :( is there a way to undo this root method so that i can take the OTA update? I tried "unrooting" through SU settings but that didn't work. thanks!
[Android General] acefr:
I tried it on Verizon G3, VS985, and the script does not work. I tried the manual method, and when ADB devices, it show no devices are attached although I had the Verizon and LG drivers loaded, and the phone was recognized in Device Manager. Maybe ADB was disabled by Verizon?

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Install TWRP Manager from Google Play, and from the app, you can choose your phone model and install TWRP.
[Android General] yehison:
do not worry there is always a Kdz file to install, upgrade and wait Kdz download Flash installed through LG Flash tool 2014 without removing Root.
[Android General] Webster200x:
Could you tell me how you UNENCRYPTED your device?
[Android General] MonkeyTime:
Settings/General/Security/Encrypt Phone (or unecrpyt)
[Android General] alex_herrero:
Yeap, but you need to have 80% battery or more.
[Android General] bashar.abu.diak:
Need Help Please Urgent

Every time I go through steps everything is okay until I reach the "Send_Command.exe \\.\COM7" step,

I have an error "Couldn't open the port \\.\COM7" COM7 is the port I get with DIAG1

Please Help me how to solve this problem or if there is an other way to root

P.S.: I'm new to LG I always used to work with samsung and Oneplus One, and I have LG G3 D855
[Android General] joshua21:
I think you need to uncrypt ur phone for you to send the command.exe...
[Android General] bashar.abu.diak:
How to do that please
[Android General] joshua21:
Settings/General/Security/Encrypt Phone (or unecrpyt)

it should atleast 80% of ur battery to perform it...
[Android General] bashar.abu.diak:
The phone is not encrypted (uncrypted)
[Android General] joshua21:
thats why you cannot sent the command.exe... so uncrpyt it 1st then go back to the 1st procedure...

make it 80% of ur battery for you to uncrpyt it...

Goodluck
[Android General] bashar.abu.diak:
The phone is already uncrypted and was not encrypted from the first
[Android General] joshua21:
what phone ur using?
[Android General] bashar.abu.diak:
lg g3 d855
[Android General] joshua21:
http://xdaforums.com/lg-g3/general/guide-root-lg-firmwares-kitkat-lollipop-t3056951/post59496298#post59496298

try this method...
[Android General] bashar.abu.diak:
I tried it but when reached rebooting to bootloader reboot, the device not rebooted to bootloader

and did not nothing, and you can see the cmd screen in the attachment, and I tried manual reboot to bootloader

but I got error that can't open port com2 as you can see in the second attachment
[Android General] Murshad007:
Will it work on LG G Flex F340K KitKat 20D?
[Android General] Unjustified Dev:
Most likely , I recommend the one click tool linked in the second post.

Sent from my LGMS395
[Android General] sidehop:
I had a trouble on my Spring LG G3 LS990 but I figured it out. It was weird how I did it and posting next time something goes wrong & need to re-root.

1. Reinstall the LG United driver anyway (I did with fresh Vanir ROM) http://androidxda.com/download-lg-usb-drivers

2. Rebooted the phone, and finally saw the device in REGEDIT (something like this screen: http://i.imgur.com/3IAgtf1.png)

3. Changed the port to 43 as mentioned for the value ending in "DIAG1"

4. Ran the script

5. Found the port

Problem was that after it found the port, it tried to boot into download mode but it wouldn't so it stayed on the regular screen after boot up. I tried few times and decided to power off as soon as I could, unplug USB cord, enter download mode (volume up + insert USB cable) and found "COM7" automatically and finally rooted the phone.

Finally rooted after doing root check.

Thanks again for everyone and the the developer!
[Android General] kspanks04:
I cannot get the drivers to work for my G2 VS980. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling them on my Win 8.1 computer...I tried using a different computer (win 7). When I get into download mode, Windows tries installing drivers and they either fail or cannot be found.

Nothing shows up when I run ports.bat.

Any ideas? The only reason I want root is so I can backup app data with Titanium before resetting my phone. The Lollipop update sucks for me, hopefully doing a factory restore will fix the issues I'm having.
[Android General] James L:
Since you have a Verizon G2 try these drivers, first uninstall the ones you have.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/826vbrljeb17xgi/LG_VZW_United_WHQL_v2.20.0.exe
[Android General] billydroid:
I don't windows machine. Is this possible to do using wine? I know wine doesn't automatically detect com ports. Any body have any ideas?
[Android General] AA27:
Try KVM for a virtual machine with windows.