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[G4 General] Derpling:
Kernel Tweaker\Auditor, shame there is no conservative govenor, as PPSSPP need this govenor.
[G4 General] geoff5093:
Greenfiy, Titanium Backup, and AdBlock Plus
[G4 General] mickliq:
ES File Explorer
[G4 General] binniebin:
Adaway, solid explorer, ccleaner (debloating)

Wysłane z mojego LG-H815 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[G4 General] AvivEliyahu:
There are some on Google play, I don't remember which.. I choose the one who looks like the app ops that's on cyanogenmod
[G4 General] Hashbang173:
Liveboot
[G4 General] KiaAfzali:
Can someone link me a quality android theming tutorial (for root users) please? Most of what I find online are very basic. Thanks in advance :D

I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT G4 ROOT THAT I CAN'T HIDE IT. I THINK I'M GOING CRAZY AND I LIKE IT!
[G4 General] sonny_c:
Tasker & AutoVoice
[G4 General] Eagle1337:
App ops, greenify, adaway, and CF. Lumen.
[G4 General] Dennisg34:
Root explorer is better

Sent from my G4 using your mom
[G4 General] KiaAfzali:
What does greenify do? A lot of people seem to recommend it.
[G4 General] iamjerry123:
For all those who use Greenfiy, did you guys install Xposed? If so, do you need to have your bootloader unlocked? If not, can you link us to the app?

Thank you.
[G4 General] Eagle1337:
Greenify has an xposed module that boosts it's functionality. Unfortunately at the moment xposed isn't working on the g4.
[G4 General] iamjerry123:
Yeah, I wanted to make sure that I wasn't missing out on the additional features ;). Do you Greenify all your apps? Or just the ones you think have alot of wakelocks?
[G4 General] sam_777:
Partition backup. To flash recovery image and get important partition backup.

System tuner. To delete some bloat. CPU tune. Stop some startup apps. Finally do some app backup.

Root explorer. Put some favourite ringtones in system.
[G4 General] bendsley:
Fx explorer is even better....and prettier
[G4 General] KiaAfzali:
I agree.
[G4 General] Eagle1337:
Solid Explorer yo!
[G4 General] akyp:
LMT Launcher, then get rid of that cursed navbar with build.prop tweak or that app from GMD.

Actually been using LMT Launcher without root, just no menu button and no pointer.
[G4 General] KiaAfzali:
The first thing I would do is probably install this camera mod.

http://xdaforums.com/g4/themes-apps/root-60fps-camera-100-photo-quality-t3129460
[G4 General] spotmark:
You could eliminate the nav bar, for the most part, even when the phone was stock.
[G4 General] Derpling:
I tried twice, after replacing files and restart camera not working, even after replacing them with originals, not working still.
[G4 General] KiaAfzali:
I havn't tried it myself, since I don't have root yet.
[G4 General] akyp:
Yes and I've been using that with a few apps, but still need root for full functionality of LMT Launcher. :)
[G4 General] Onclot:
I have it working on my LS991. Not quite sure what model you are using but it's DL Viper4Android, Busybox, and Selinix ModeChanger, install Busybox, Install Selinix ModeChanger, Install Viper4Android Drivers, head to Dev options on phone and scroll to Media and tap Use Awesome Player. Open up Selinix ModeChanger and set it to Permissive and reboot. The order of this doesn't matter at all. You can do it any which way you want from what I can tell. I can't promise it will work ( I have the LS991 ) But it does work on T-noble device as well so give it a shot. Sorry if that was all jumbled up.

I made a guide of sorts in the Sprint Apps sections with pictures here is you want to check it out
[G4 General] Pyrres:
Any tips for the best app permissions manager? I have been using the built in one but it does not allow me to handle all the apps.

Sent from my LG G4
[G4 General] Swizzle82:
Solid explorer is even better
[G4 General] KiaAfzali:
I'll give it a go.
[G4 General] Swizzle82:
There's a free trial period before having to purchase it. Definitely worth it to me. It recently went under a complete overhaul.
[G4 General] juhzuri:
This works fine for me. I have the driver running with the driver status showing processing when I play music in Google Play Music and Spotify.
[G4 General] bobloadmire:
CF Lumen

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Cabinet is better better
[G4 General] smaberg:
if you did everything by the book with correct CHMOD values it should work perfect.

i installed it manually and it works PERFECT!
[G4 General] Derpling:
I just replaed the xml files in the etc folder

Should i do additional action?
[G4 General] KiaAfzali:
Come on guys, if you see an app is already mentioned, don't repeat it. I read the 5 pages of this thread and only a handful of apps were mentioned.
[G4 General] jayleekay:
Dude.....
[G4 General] KiaAfzali:
Does flashing Xposed work or will it Bootloop?
[G4 General] clockcycle:
Adaway, rom toolbox pro, quickboot, terminal emulator
[G4 General] GUGUITOMTG4:
Rom Toolbox does practically every other thing you installed.
[G4 General] AhsanU:
Greenify works pretty well with just root. You should definitely notice better battery life as long as you cut off the wake path of a few of those pesky apps. Something kept waking up amazon shopping, google play music, etc. and cutting off their wake path will definitely improve battery life.

Once xposed is available to us, battery life should drastically improve.
[G4 General] Omegaclawe:
In my attempt, liveboot showed a lot of "skipping class xxx" and the phone booted into an unresponsive black screen with the screen backlight stuck on. Fortunately, uninstall script worked, but this really isn't an option for non-tmobile/global unlocked phones.
[G4 General] likepeas:
Rom tools box, ad away, live boot, greenify.

Sent from my LG-H815
[G4 General] IlyaKol:
Where are you guys finding these ad apps? I can't find adblock, ad away, etc. in the play store. Are you loading them via APK?

EDIT: NVM, got it. Manual QRCode/APK install from their site.
[G4 General] Bootup:
Adaway is on F-Droid
[G4 General] geoff5093:
Google "AdBlock Plus", you download it straight from the developer. Google doesn't allow them in the Play Store.
[G4 General] partylikeaninjastar:
For enabling apps in dual window:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2707310
[G4 General] snoz0r:
Greenify of Course, then 3C Tool Box Pro.
[G4 General] jamtre:
AirAudio

AirAudio, amazing audio controller for various sytems.

Also... even though you don't technically need to, the old Kit Kat SD card fix still makes life a lot easier, as you won't need to authorize apps, and some apps may not support the Lollipop API. Anecdotally, it's faster too. An app I use (DriveSync) that was accessing my SD card via the new Lollipop API was a lot slower until I rooted and synced it as a normal file system source.
[G4 General] spotmark:
Adfree, http://adfree.bigtincan.com/
[G4 General] IlyaKol:
No one read the edit? lol. I got ABP installed like 2 minutes after I posted after my brain finally kicked into gear lol.

To get this back on topic...I use ROM Toolbox for most of my app management (backing up, syncing to Google Drive, freezing/unfreezing), Greenify, etc. I use QuickBoot to give me quick shortcuts to reboot, shutdown, boot into recovery and boot into bootloader.

Any other real good apps to have in my pocket? I'm waiting for Xposed to further enjoy Greenify but also for SnapPrefs.
[G4 General] tabp0le:
I like the your mom explorer app.

Oh and:

> Rom Toolbox Pro

> Adblock Plus

> ES File Explorer

> V4A(Viper4Android)

> Also advanced features of pebble dashboard
[G4 General] bilbobrian:
What method did you use to get v4a installed? thx
[G4 General] tabp0le:
Haven't installed it yet, but I'm going to use this method.
[G4 General] bilbobrian:
Thanks

:good:
[G4 General] tabp0le:
No problem!
[G4 General] sam_777:
Nobody flashing cwm or twrp after rooting!!! Strange!@!@!@
[G4 General] 89titanium:
Lots of V4A mentioned, and I still have no idea what it is really. I have read everything I could about it... it's just to tweak your audio settings? Can someone go through what the real benefits and functions are? It seems like a pain to install, want to know if it's worth it. Don't really care about getting more bass from music or something.
[G4 General] tabp0le:
It's actually a whole new set of audio drivers that run on top of your current ones. It enables many features and audio modifications such as an equalizer, surround sound support, and much much more. Totally worth it. It really isn't that hard to install. Just install busybox, selinux mode changer, then Viper4Android. It took me 5 minutes at most after I found the selinux mode changer apk.
[G4 General] IlyaKol:
As far as I know we can't? Unless your BL is unlocked? If I can, somehow, I'd love to install TWRP so I can get a Nandroid (or is there another way?). I like to take a monthly or bi-monthly 'image' of my phone.
[G4 General] tabp0le:
So far only T-mobile has the ability to.
[G4 General] 89titanium:
Thanks for clearing that up. Still seems excessive except for the most prudent audiophiles. How would you even take advantage of surround sound?
[G4 General] tabp0le:
Well there are virtual surround sound options which take advantage of your speakers, whether bluetooth or wired. They can create an effect on 2 speaker stereo sets that "feels" like surround sound.
[G4 General] tomh12player:
Does the Nav Search Icon pop up when you activate pie sometimes? Like the swipe up for Google Now. I've already tried both disabling the Nav bar via build.prop and the GMD Hide Soft Key App, no luck with either.
[G4 General] willjohnson:
AdAway, 3C Toolbox, Viper are my choice 3, if you haven't ever checked out 3C Toolbox, give it a whirl. Its a root user Swiss army knife.
[G4 General] fireguy0306:
I manually installed busybox, selinux changer. Ran both and set to permissive. Installed v4a and rebooted. Works great
[G4 General] akyp:
I've only set the left and right edges of the screen to active pie controls. The bottom activation area doesn't play very nice. When using an app in immersive mode in landscape, the right edge (bottom of device) cannot be used to active PIE either.
[G4 General] zolom:
Viper4Android does not seem to work with RDIO streaming.

For those with working Viper4Android:

1. Did you set to Permissive (SELinux update)?

2. How did you disable NUplayer (under setting>developers)? found only Awesome Player there.

3. Which Viper4Android 2.3.4.0 did you install? the APK or the ZIP (under TWRP Install)? which ZIP file?

Thanks
[G4 General] likepeas:
Get viper fix and the install viper ex4.

Sent from my LG-H815
[G4 General] fireguy0306:
Not sure what they are. However to get mine working with Pandora, Spotify, and a few other apps I did set to permissive. I did not disable any player. (I thought nuplayer was gone sometime in 5.x) Since I don't have TWRP (AT&T) I just used the apk version.
[G4 General] zolom:
Thanks

Maybe, I'm having an issue with RDIO.

PANDORA seems to be working here.
[G4 General] tabp0le:
Works awesome!

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1. Use this to change SELinux mode

2. Enabling Awesome Player disables NuPlayer

3. The A4 APK
[G4 General] liquidraven:
So I installed wanam xposed, how do I get the installer please?
[G4 General] Alpha_wolf:
you can get to app permissions without root. make a short cut to the settings "access lock"
[G4 General] tabp0le:
Xposed is currently incompatible with our device.
[G4 General] liquidraven:
Oh I saw some parts of people adding it after root for some reason.
[G4 General] spartan268:
It's garbage.

I have all keep awakes disabled for all apps, and some apps are still able to ignore it (ie. BBM clocking 30+ mins of keep awake)
[G4 General] l2yangop:
cant get better battery stats to work for the life of me.
[G4 General] Phurkus:
Wait theres no root for verizon yet right?
[G4 General] zolom:
Having problem with viper4android. It only works ok with my usb dac, but when conneting my headphones to the audio out, it does not. Driver status shows compatibility but processing is 'no'.

I did set it to permisive and chose awsome player before installing V4A apk and drivers.

I have LG unlocked bootloader and twrp installed.

I did try to install a V4A zip via twrp, but after receiving a successful indication from twrp installer, there was no sign for the application. I can only install the V4A apk.

Please advice.

My rom is v10b eur xx

Thanks
[G4 General] DsturbD:
back on topic, my go to root apps are adaway and titanium backup, dont really have a need for anything else at the moment.

although i havent flashed twrp yet, i might now, seeing the camera mods and flashable zips (or i could just copy over the xml files)
[G4 General] liquidraven:
What have you guys running better battery stats disabled that you saw consuming up battery? How did you turn off wakelocks?
[G4 General] Tierez:
For you guys talking about the camera mod, don't install it if you want to use video recording on your front facing camera, it will break in all apps besides the stock LG camera. We're attempting to look into whats causing it but also waiting on the person who released it to figure out it.
[G4 General] zolom:
After installing the following Viper4Android LolliViperTest.zip file (via TWRP) see: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=62086581&postcount=2359

All seems to work now.
[G4 General] jaron7_11:
Mine works 100% front cam and all
[G4 General] akyp:
Another one I forgot to mention: SambaDroid to expose the internal/external SD as a Windows share for copying files. MTP sucks as it messes up timestamps (a long-standing bug in Android that Google doesn't care to fix). Besides, plugging in the phone to copy files resets battery information.
[G4 General] garcijua:
So I followed these steps last night, and this happened. I left it over night hoping it was just taking long to boot but after 8 hours of sleep in convinced it's not turning on anymore.
[G4 General] Onclot:
I haven't even remotely ran into that issue unfortunately. Are you able to get back into DL mode? If so (and this is purely speculation and I STRONGLY suggest asking a Dev or someone else first) maybe get a boot IMG from a stock device and flash that like you did with rooting the device.
[G4 General] munsifb:
Greenify for sure!
[G4 General] elsamuraiguapo:
Does anybody know of a root app that allows you to change the height of the navbar? I'm coming off of a nexus 5 where I had xposed and gratitybox and became used to having the navbar much smaller than what it is by default.
[G4 General] mcrane1981:
I've used textdroider to change the DPI to 540 and the whole ui looks better, especially the nav bar!
[G4 General] IIIIkoolaidIIII:
None other than xposed that Im aware of. But changing your dpi will do it as with all other apps, I've set mine at 534 a d I'm ery happy with it. Just sear h play for lcd density changer, if your not comfortable editing your build.prop file.

There's also a mode floating around the forums somewhere, think it's in the general section.
[G4 General] elsamuraiguapo:
Thanks that did it for me
[G4 General] montusk:
Dont know yet since im waiting for a one click root method. Also i listed those 2 apps because i had them in my previous s3 so i thought they could work with g4 :confused:
[G4 General] bcrichster:
ROM Toolbox Pro
[G4 General] Usraek:
Confirmed working, thanks :)
[G4 General] AhsanU:
I definitely recommend 540 as well. Everything just looks so much better after changing it to 540.
[G4 General] Usraek:
For Viper4Android (V4A) and Poweramp I modified some instructions I found to suit our phone better, and it works beautifully.

(Modifications to instructions in red)

Original Thread here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2191223

(Thanks [MENTION=5692578]0xetrov1[/MENTION] )
[G4 General] jamtre:
I tried 540 and it looks great, but it screws up the All Apps icon on the default launcher as well as a number of other things, like the image viewing using certain apps (like from messaging), LastPass icons, and probably other things I didn't find. The launcher is not a big deal, but last pass and image viewing are.

Is this just a fact of life for using a non-official DPI size? That is -- I can live with alternatives to some more generic apps, but I can't live without LastPass, and I assume that there's going to always be a possibility that any app just might not work right. Or is there a possible solution now that we've got root...
[G4 General] IIIIkoolaidIIII:
It is I'm afraid unless you root your device and do it via altering your build.prop.
[G4 General] jamtre:
I'm rooted. Just don't know what I would do to fix these issues.
[G4 General] IIIIkoolaidIIII:
You'd have seen this info if you'd read through the post as it's all been discussed but here it is again for you.

If your rooted then you need to use and app to edit your build.prop to change systemwide dpi. textdroider is a recommended one from the store. Make sure you reset your device to default via adb first.

Command to reset dpi vioa adb:

adb shell wm density reset

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.texdroider.texdroider_dpi&hl=en_GB
[G4 General] hollywood084:
I had to download "SeLinux mode changer" from f-droid (set it to permissive mode), and set Viper to compatibility mode and it works perfectly.
[G4 General] jamtre:
I tried this, and there is no difference from changing DPI via adb. All the same icon glitches are present. Does this actually do anything different or is this just a way to change DPI without having to use adb if you're rooted?
[G4 General] IIIIkoolaidIIII:
this modifies the build.prop and will change everything if your doing it right. I'd suggest reading up more on what your doing before going further. Your going to end up breaking something if your not careful. This is enough here anyway as it's off topic, happy to continue to assist if you PM me.
[G4 General] masze:
twrp

texdroider

root explorer

greenify

Sent from my unlocked and rooted LG-H815
[G4 General] tripex2k:
Hm, I installed V4A sucessfully, but I can't get it to work. Normal or Compatible doesn't matter, the effects won't work on any profile i.e. Speakers, BT, Headphones whatever. :/ Any ideas? SElinux is permissive, driver is installed.
[G4 General] rickmatic:
For anyone using viper4android did u guys make the build prop changes?

Havent seen many mention...Tasker.
[G4 General] Usraek:
No Build.prop changes, and Viper working fine. See my post on Page 11.
[G4 General] garcijua:
Just wondering if anyone could have any luck installing this? https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95887005526787536 it would be very much appreciated since I've been trying with no luck.
[G4 General] montusk:
Here

http://www51.zippyshare.com/v/72631596/file.html
[G4 General] Alpha_wolf:
o ok but you need xposed for that which the vzw model cant get yet lol
[G4 General] funkbuqet:
TWRP

Titanium backup (with SDFix)

Tasker

I had Crossbreeder installed on my S3 and loved it. It did a great job of blocking ads without breaking programs. But it hasn't been maintained in a long time and I am not even sure it would work on 5.1.

I would love to get xposed working.
[G4 General] Mr.Miyagi555:
Greenify, Viper4Android, Adaway.
[G4 General] mazroui:
Anyone know if it's possible to mess around with kernel/gov/freq without installing a custom kernel?

Using the phone with periscope would simply drain it's battery and heat it up to the point where it warns to shutdown. Gotta control those ghz and fast.

If only Dori was here ? I miss his amazing kernel
[G4 General] marcadam:
Titanium backup.

RCB root call blocker.

Adaway

Better battery stats.
[G4 General] HeartUnderBlade:
You can change the governor with rom toolbox. Haven't messed with the cpu clock speed though.
[G4 General] hikku13:
you can try Kernel Aduitor with Busybox installed and it seems to work (confirmed with CPU-z)

Can anyone confirm CF.Lumen is working using its CF driver (not rootless method)?
[G4 General] patcal:
Titanium Backup

Adaway

Root Explorer

Betterbatterystats
[G4 General] Follow_and_Feel:
GMD Gestures Control

Greenify

Tasker (So overpowered with root privileges)

AdAway

Xposed (#1 root app - unfortunately not working yet)

Flashify

Secure Setting (For Tasker)

Kernel Adiutor

Titanium Backup

Quick Boot :)
[G4 General] woozzy101:
Xposed on the G4 has been out and working since like July of last year if you are on lollipop :)
[G4 General] Follow_and_Feel:
yeah...if you're on lollipop :p

Not working with marshmallow though
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KonterBiER:
Hello everyone!

First: This is

not

about how you could unlock your bootloader in a few steps! Specially for the LG G4, now where we have root.

This is a technical basic knowledge question to experienced developers in this topic!

I wanted to know how one of the experienced devs would act in his first steps to get an unlocked bootloader.

What knowledges are needed?

Opening the device to get physical access to the flash memory?

Connection probably hidden or physically disabled (by burned fuse) JTAG to dump the flash?

Just dd the bootloader partition?

Is bootloader signed and/or compressed and/or encrypted?

How would you proceed this way (when bootloader is encrypted)? Would you try to get out some secrets from the (probably used) high security cryptography co-processor chips by very expensive equipment? Or am I expecting way too much by the manufacturers?:D

When bootloader is a plain binary file: Is it enough to throw it into IDA Pro ARM disassembler and analyse where the kernel signature is validated to place some jump instructions there?

Or would it just be enough to compare a T-Mobile bootloader binary (which seems to be factory unlocked) with an locked bootloader from other carriers and find out whats the magic (maybe just a bit flag)?

And after you have done a successful unlock, how to write it back into flash with a proper and safe method? I guess this partition has special security and write permissions? Or is this also very simple by writing it from inside the running android system by dd?

I expect this last step is the most difficult and complicated step? And probably the most risky step.

I'm interested in this because I'm currently studying computer science, but didn't go that deep into the android device world :(

We mostly see the finished product of very skilled developers here, but I'm interested in how to start such a project. Where can you get the important informations you need to know to make the bootloader loading an unsigned kernel image and so on...

So, what's the common thread to bring such a thing to success?

I can understand if these devs don't want to discuss this in public, because they fear that the manufacturers will use this knowledge as well to make their devices even harder to unlock. But maybe you can give me some hints :)

Thank you!
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hashbang173:
If you can get into fastboot, the G4 might be vulnerable to CVE-2015-0567.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmileti:
Hopefully this will not be patched in a future update. Hope its possible. Verizon g4 tester here when needed.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KonterBiER:
Okay thank you!

Do you have any ideas about how to get the bootloader Image?

Is it possible to dump it with root and dd?
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2nd Sky:
isnt bootloader in kdz file?
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KonterBiER:
I don't know, I thought KDZ files contain firmware for hardware controllers like GSM, camera and so on. I thought they are of interest because they differe from country to country and their different models.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hashbang173:
Yes, you can back it up to your sdcard using dd, and you can pull it to your computer using and pull. I can't give you the specific commands unless you give me a the partitions in /dev/block/
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KonterBiER:
Okay, I've some linux knowledges.

I'm just interested to see if the official unlock.bin of LG is encrypted in some way (what implies that the bootloader has some decryption code in it), and if it is possible to make some changes on the raw dump.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hashbang173:
If you give me the output of

ls -l /dev/block/platform/f9824900.sdhci/by-name

I can give you the dd command to backup a bootloader partition such as aboot