yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G4 General] UktenaWarrior28:
I achieved root on my tmo LG g4. I did the whole thing and when I was sending the files over I got it to go smoothly. I entered leave in the command page and nothing happened. It was stuck in download mode. I freaked out and I decided to pull the battery. I was thinking holy **** I f*ed up my phone. I turned it back on and voila it didn't brick nor get stuck in a boot loop.

I did try to make a video but it cut out in the middle of it. I will gladly make another one that simply explains what I did.
[G4 General] HK_Jason_L:
H815T test successful

Thank you
[G4 General] Erik1805:
Does this method work for the H815 international version (NL) with T-Mobile? I am on the last rom version.

Verstuurd vanaf mijn LG-H815 met Tapatalk
[G4 General] the_scotsman:
Yes, all H815 international versions, as the OP says.
[G4 General] Erik1805:
Thanks. I am on version V10b-eur. No problem?

Verstuurd vanaf mijn LG-H815 met Tapatalk
[G4 General] karendar:
You should read OP. It states the following:

"International H815

10c

Version (NOT H815T, H815TR, H815P, etc - you will lose internationalization and possibly features):"

Upgrade your ROM to V10C.
[G4 General] r3dn1t3:
"International H815 10c Version (NOT H815T, H815TR, H815P, etc - you will lose internationalization and possibly features):"

Meaning not the H815K as well?
[G4 General] Erik1805:
Thanks, will search where and how to update the rom.

Verstuurd vanaf mijn LG-H815 met Tapatalk
[G4 General] the_scotsman:
karendar is incorrect. You can root if you are on 10b. NO need to update.
[G4 General] Erik1805:
So I can just download the international 10c version to use?

Verstuurd vanaf mijn LG-H815 met Tapatalk
[G4 General] the_scotsman:
Yes that's correct :)
[G4 General] likepeas:
Which variant would i be following if I'm wanting to root : LG-H815v10b-SEA-XX
[G4 General] karendar:
There might be value to specify this in OP then. ;) Because that's not the same for all variants...
[G4 General] the_scotsman:
A couple of relevant posts:

http://xdaforums.com/g4/orig-develo...on-root-lg-t3164765/post62030720#post62030720

http://xdaforums.com/g4/orig-develo...on-root-lg-t3164765/post62029238#post62029238

:)
[G4 General] the_scotsman:
International. All H815 are international.
[G4 General] zaferaxu:
I am using H815TR its rooted and there is oem unlocked in dev settings can i flash TWRP?
[G4 General] binniebin:
Ani solution? [emoji32]

Wysłane z mojego LG-H815 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[G4 General] the_scotsman:
That setting doesn't do anything for our phones except T-Mobile. You can't flash TWRP.
[G4 General] jacoballen22:
Any mac version for this? I'm lost without it.
[G4 General] Litheon1:
Downloaded the 10c file and rooted my 10b Europe 815. However, my phone says it's still on 10b, not 10c.

I'm not sure if it's supposed to be that way or not, but there don't seem to be any issues. Just thought I'd post for anyone else that might have the same thing happen.
[G4 General] silent_bob52637:
I have an h815 international am i still at the same risk as the carrier Variants for a brick
[G4 General] the_scotsman:
No risk of brick if you follow the instructions correctly.
[G4 General] the_scotsman:
Interesting...mine changed from 10b to 10c. Doesn;t make any difference though so it's not a problem. You verified you now have root yes?
[G4 General] Litheon1:
Hmm, that is weird. Just confirmed again, 10b and root. Oh well, as long as it works.

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[G4 General] poczynek:
Anyone got the phone to be recognized when using Windows 10? I've downloaded the drivers but in the ports bat part it is not bringing up a Com number. And from what I've read this is because the drivers aren't being recognized.
[G4 General] Manh_IT:
/dev/block/platform/f9824900.sdhci/by-name/system =

/dev/block/mmcblk0 bs=n skip=n count=n ???
[G4 General] the_scotsman:
I couldn't get download mode drivers to work in Win10. Had to boot into Win8 for it to work.
[G4 General] superbonto:
will wait for the magic for H818P. fingers crossed ;)
[G4 General] inks:
It seems you can't dd directly to the system partition (/dev/block/mmcblk0p47 in my H815) - it just silently fails (still haven't figured out how to redirect the error outputs in this weird shell). This is probably why we have to write to mmcblk0 the scary way, with those block offsets. I wonder if the Send_Command interface will allow you to accidentally overwrite crucial partitions like boot, modem, etc.
[G4 General] Duo8:
Isn't it kinda silly to leave a root shell so easily accessible?
[G4 General] Scottland:
Can I just double check it shouldn't wipe the phone should it? H815 international
[G4 General] the_scotsman:
No, as stated many times, it doesn't wipe anything.
[G4 General] yew123:
Awesome, was waiting for someone to test it with my variant. Did you download the "international H815 10c" tar.gz file?
[G4 General] the_scotsman:
Yes, that's the one you would use for the H815T.
[G4 General] HK_Jason_L:
Yes

BUT,I flashed the H81510C_00_2 kdz first and follow the step,

I work fine for me
[G4 General] somboons:
That mean if we cloud dd system.img to system partition that include rooted in g4 we can root it, right?

I have idea without use sendcommamd but not sure it work.
[G4 General] yew123:
Thanks, have you noticed any issues?
[G4 General] HK_Jason_L:
I don't know can I say it is am issues

because if you flash the different country kdz it will show up a error when you boot your phone

it's about the cust, but it should not affect anything.

And it work fine and no other issues
[G4 General] Vinucci:
Working on H815P (South Africa)

Thank you to all the devs involved for root
[G4 General] jesssiii:
Does exfat get broken when rooting the Verizon variant (VS986)?

LG G2 VZW
[G4 General] rogconnect:
Are your phone H815 US Version?

Sent from my LG G4 H815 USA 4G LTE TMO
[G4 General] Koeties:
Hey [MENTION=4521043]Vinucci[/MENTION]

I'm in South Africa with the H815P. Which model number's root files did you use? And any negative symptoms? I'm burning to root my G4!

Koet
[G4 General] Gentox:
This doesn't show me anything just a blank line.

The phone gets recognized when i type adb.exe devices and after i run Send_Command.exe \\.\COM6 i get the # prompt but when i type id and hit enter nothing happens.

Any help is appreciated.
[G4 General] BrunoSlivar:
Will it be some app or something like one click root?

powered by LG G4
[G4 General] Vinucci:
Yeah, I couldn't wait anymore so I decided to take a chance, didn't expect any problems thou.

I used this file... International H815 10c Version (NOT H815T, H815TR, H815P

Everything works perfectly
[G4 General] Koeties:
Awesome! Doing the same now. (Download is just taking FOREVER!)
[G4 General] porkandbeans:
I am on T-Mobile and I can't get this to work. I followed the OP instructions. I downloaded the T-Mobile sytems.rooted file and placed on my internal SD. I made sure my drivers were installed. I then followed steps 1, 2, and 3, which was downloading the LG Root folder, making sure USB debugging was enabled, and navigating with Command Prompt to the location of the LG Root folder. I then went to step 6, as indicated in the OP, powered off the device, held volume up and reconnected the USB, booting into download mode. Once in download mode, I see the Firmware Update, but it stays at zero and nothing happens. It just stays there at 0%. I followed everything exactly as the OP stated. Can anyone help? Thanks.
[G4 General] TalionDread:
Donated a little to everyone on the OP list. Thanks for ROOT. Working flawlessly on my T-Mobile G4 and with TWRP too. Yeah buddy!
[G4 General] the_scotsman:
At that point, you need to then enter the commands listed in the OP. Nothing will happen on the screen of the phone. You still have more steps to do. if you don't read the OP fully and correctly, you could end up doing some damage.
[G4 General] angel of other:
Just rooted my LG G4 H815 (from three UK) without issues at the OS level

The only thing I noticed was that the external SD card wouldn't read on my G4 til I reformatted it

Thankfully my pc could read it so backup & restore of data has been painless

thanks guys :)
[G4 General] grneyez:
The same thing happened to me, you need to wait a couple of minutes and you will see #. Once you see the # type LEAVE and you should have root. I thought that it would take several minutes to install but it only took 2 or 3 minutes.
[G4 General] grimjeeper:
Did you extract the .img file from the tar. Gz file you downloaded?
[G4 General] the_scotsman:
It seems that this root removes exFAt support. So the data was still on your card, just that it couldn't read it. use FAT32 and it'll work fine.
[G4 General] dysfunkshun:
Basically it's T-mo reporting. You can freeze it with titanium backup, it's com.tmobile.pr.adapt
[G4 General] heathenasparagus:
Am I to understand that this method does not void my warranty ?

Meaning, should I go back to stock from this, it would be indistinguishable for a service rep to see I did this? (unlike the official unlock method)
[G4 General] geoff5093:
Worked great on my VS986! Now just need TWRP :)
[G4 General] grneyez:
You should usually not uninstall system apps, you could run into issues. As the Scotsman said you should freeze the app with TB.
[G4 General] vegetaleb:
Anyone tried the Root with H815 from Middle East?
[G4 General] grneyez:
Correct.
[G4 General] the_scotsman:
it works with all H815 devices. Just use International files from the OP.
[G4 General] angel of other:
already did :D
[G4 General] porkandbeans:
Yes, am following the directions exactly as stated in the OP. I extracted and put the system.root file on the internal SD. I did steps, 1, 2, 3. Then I did step 6, which is boot into Download Mode. It then just stays at 0% of firmware update.
[G4 General] the_scotsman:
After you put it into download mode, you then have to follow the rest of the instructions. So you didn;t read the OP. The % on the phone screen won't do anything, it's not relevant for this.
[G4 General] porkandbeans:
It does not say to do that in the OP. It says step, 1, 2, 3. Then step 6. On step 6 nothing is happening but staying at 0%
[G4 General] jdizzle30:
OK!!! So, I'm finally rooted! I took several steps after Googling LGE Android MTP driver won't install. One was to run RegEdit on my pc and change a couple hex values. After that, I did a complete system restore on my PC. I restored it to a point well before any LG driver software installation or updates. I restarted my PC after restore, deleted any previous driver downloads, re- downloaded drivers from OP, installed and ran the root process. Whatever I did worked, as I am finally rooted. Thanks Scottsman for your patience and prompt replies throughout last night and into the wee hours of the morning
[G4 General] porkandbeans:
Fixed and rooted

I am now rooted. What I did was step 1, 2, and 3. Then on step 6, after entering download mode, I went into my LG root folder and clicked on portsbats. I then went to step 9. So the OP was right and it makes sense now. Thanks.
[G4 General] Chosen_on184:
Gotta type LEAVE in capital letters and then it reboots. I was concerned at first when I got to that point but yeah all caps for that last command
[G4 General] the_scotsman:
As I said, it was in the OP :)
[G4 General] Manh_IT:
Does anyone please help me?

Thank
[G4 General] dysfunkshun:
Wat. Isn't that exactly what I said?
[G4 General] donwhall70:
I used windows 10. Had phone in download mode and reinstalled the drivers.
[G4 General] kmcphee:
this might be a stuprid (so get flamed) anyway here it goes

i know to download rooted file then push to root in internal sd card

whats the difference in downloading to the internal sd card then moving to root

just asking
[G4 General] grimjeeper:
Nothing, as long as it's on the internal root during the root process. Probably best to download it to the final destination to avoid any potential issues.
[G4 General] uly609:
I had no trouble at all in Windows 10.. Maybe try a different port?
[G4 General] kmcphee:
when moving it root should be device (root folder) correct??

just checking

TIA---HELP IN MUCH APPRECIATED

I know that was a severe noob question I should have known. What can I say I HAVE CRS DISEASE
[G4 General] roosta:
Finally, it's here! A big thank you to OP and all devs involved. It's TRULY appreciated.

However it must be said the 818 model DUAL SIM, or the better version of the G4 ( ;P ) has been left out in the cold again. So while thousands easily root their device using the OP's instructions...the dual SIM owners in all countries are forced to wait even longer.

RoOSTA
[G4 General] Milimbar:
OMG this thread exploded.

I am having a hard time searching this for what i need,

Will this work for the H815 USA variant?
[G4 General] ixrs:
yes. exFAT support not guaranteed.
[G4 General] Jonnyn93:
Will a non official bootloader unlock be available at some point in the future? I really don't wanna sell my soul to LG and void warranty?
[G4 General] rogconnect:
[MENTION=2684188]autoprime[/MENTION]

Rooted H815 US ....LG G4 US TRIAL Version

VX10b-EUR-XX

updated to

V10c-EUR-XX

Any way H815 US never get any OTA update before.

As expected Ext SD need to format.

Once again Thanks for your hard work.

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[G4 General] Evnul000:
Wait did you update to v10b and if so how?
[G4 General] rogconnect:
H815 US variant have been 10b since day 1
[G4 General] Evnul000:
Oh sorry i ment v10c
[G4 General] jasonzarko:
Don't feel like the last one picked yet. Canadian variant H812 has no love either. Patience is key.
[G4 General] Evnul000:
How did u get the update
[G4 General] roosta:
Two models should have been front and centre: (1) single sim H815_ (one variant of which rooted a while ago) and dual sim H818P or N model....

Now there's all there another half breed G4's out which are getting more attention than they deserve... /endrant
[G4 General] cowsquad:
I,am about to try this root in my verizon
[G4 General] rogconnect:
When using this Low effort Root it'll update to 10C
[G4 General] Evnul000:
Ooh ok thank u!!
[G4 General] chirayu:
Thank you Codefire team for all your hard work.
[G4 General] Koeties:
I can confirm: H815P (South African version) rooted! :D
[G4 General] DsturbD:
those values are for the dd command, has nothing to do with model of phone

http://www.computerhope.com/unix/dd.htm
[G4 General] donwhall70:
Is it sad that I got all giddy inside while flashing a stock rom on my H811??
[G4 General] grneyez:
What you said was delete the app, what I said was freeze the app, two different things. Read your own post again.
[G4 General] laurasaurisrex:
[MENTION=2684188]autoprime[/MENTION] Is it safe to update to (Verizon) 11A for this method? I remember seeing you advising against exactly that for antirollback concerns... even if I can get root on 11A, I need to be able to get back to 10B if that is the version that a bootloader unlock is found for... or are you guys working with 11A now? Any info would be appreciated. :) Thanks for your hard work!
[G4 General] Lightshield:
Just successfully rooted my Verizon G4 (that had taken the latest update) AND my 128gb SD card is still working fine. Thanks so much guys! :)
[G4 General] InflatedTitan:
What gives you the audacity to state this? I've seen you rant about this twice already. They released this yesterday and already covered 95% of the G4 variants, so how about you be grateful they are releasing this and sit patiently till your device is supported. If not, it has a nice resell value and you can go get yourself a rootable phone. Or simply release your own root method. ?

End rant.
[G4 General] roosta:
Calm down, princess. Patience is key...and so I've been told

I don't buy android devices for the the sole purpose of root. The G4 dual SIM has everything the single SIM has bar wireless charging (farsical anyway), so it ****s on all other uncommon models.
[G4 General] megamanfre:
I was on 11a and it worked perfectly. I previously accepted the OTA and had no issues rooting. As per OP's post.
[G4 General] blz_phnx:
Doesn't state in the OP wen exactly to install the drivers, just says to download them. At which step should I install?
[G4 General] biff6789:
+1 on this. There are many of us willing to provide a Verizon 10B system image if the devs will chime in and let us know whether or not they can patch it. Pretty please :D
[G4 General] karendar:
Congrats, you have a "better phone". Feel better now? You still have to wait in line for root. ;) No offense.

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If you want to do any of this, you install them at the very beginning.
[G4 General] kmcphee:
[MENTION=2684188]autoprime[/MENTION], [MENTION=1157052]thecubed[/MENTION]

I downloaded the sprint image --extracted and it shows LS991ZV5.tar---tghe instucted states:

Extract the root package in .tar.gz format on your PC now. You should get file system.rooted.xxxx.yyy.img file

help

thanks
[G4 General] jaron7_11:
Man i am beyond happy for this root... Everything went great with install but one Q... What is tmoblie pr.adapt... Its want root?
[G4 General] geremye:
Att model here got rooted. I did have issues at first as I put the img file on y sd card, when you run the command it just showed it was done immediately and booted up without root. I finally realized it needed to be on the phones internal memory, thst part was a little misleading in the OP. Also needed to reboot after rooting it was a little sluggish until reboot like others have reported. Other than that smooth sailing. Great work.
[G4 General] mamenvn:
How to flash TWRP?

Thanks!
[G4 General] karendar:
It's been asked before a few pages back I believe. It's one of T-Mobile's apps...
[G4 General] Manh_IT:
/dev/block/mmcblk0 bs=n skip=n count=n can replace? = /dev/block/platform/f9824900.sdhci/by-name/system

Thank you very very much !

Sory bad english
[G4 General] jaron7_11:
Thanks...i knew i seen it on this thread some where
[G4 General] raul4916:
Any team donation available? Hate to donate to individuals, rather see them distribute amongst themselves
[G4 General] Layney:
Soo, I believe I may have entered one of the commands incorrectly after going through the entire process. Everything appeareddd to be correct but my phone seems to be only going into fastboot mode :(. Not able to get into download mode or anything else :( :( :( I have the T-Mo variant. Anyone else happened to run into this?
[G4 General] karendar:
From my experience as of now, this does not seem to work. Seems like it only works when you pull through mmcblk0.
[G4 General] likepeas:
Got the same issue, can I just send the main code normally?

:confused::crying:
[G4 General] jesssiii:
You now need to also extract that tar file, then you'll get to the image. I had to do 2 extractions too.

LG G2 VZW
[G4 General] kmcphee:
Thanks. So much.
[G4 General] mrcr0nic:
VS986 11a confirmed, rooted, OTA blocked, debloating!!!

worked like a muthaf@ckin' charm.

props!
[G4 General] karendar:
Friendly reminder guys, there's a thanks button... Please use that instead of writing thanks posts, it'll help lower the clutter. It's getting harder and harder to look through these pages...
[G4 General] v0dKa.mL:
Will it works with my H815 10b-EUR-XX ?
[G4 General] Dare1:
Yes it is going to work. I just rooted mine - H815 10b-EUR-XX.

THANKS!!
[G4 General] jaxbierley:
Give me a minute and Ill get you the sprint system partition dump if you still need it.
[G4 General] Red_Baran:
Perhaps I should just update, if I go under my build.prop it says ro.lge.swversion_short=V10B
[G4 General] psycho_asylum:
I've done these types of flashes before with no issue. I'm getting the Failed to Boot message on my VS986. I didn't take the 11A OTA update but there was no mention of it either way so I figured it didn't matter. I'll try the flash again and then go back to stock with the KDZ if that doesn't work.
[G4 General] chen-1:
H815 TWN Rooted. Thanks!
[G4 General] the_scotsman:
Hmmmm....I have an H815 Taiwan variant, still on 10b, no 10c update as yet. Is this going to work? OP isn't 100% clear.

EDIT: [MENTION=4568678]chen-1[/MENTION] just confirmed, great timing, thanks!
[G4 General] the_scotsman:
Any mirrors available yet? Getting awful download speed here. about 60k/s :(
[G4 General] grneyez:
Which steps didyou follow to get root? I have the Taiwan model also.
[G4 General] the_scotsman:
Ummm...steps in the OP maybe? International version.
[G4 General] chen-1:
Yes, H815 TWN only on 10b before rooted.:D
[G4 General] jaxbierley:
I'm getting "Not recognized as an internal external command, operable program or batch file"" when trying to run the dd command for getting the sprint system partition dump. What am I doing wrong?
[G4 General] grneyez:
Thanks for being so helpful.
[G4 General] jesssiii:
I don't see any KDZ for VS986 yet.

LG G2 VZW
[G4 General] chen-1:
Just as the_scotsman said.;) Just do it.
[G4 General] the_scotsman:
I'm not sure what more you were wanting to be honest. Detailed instructions are in the OP.
[G4 General] tripex2k:
Europen H815 o2 Germany workes fine, well root works fine, but my external SD is empty now and not readable by system -.- My music is gone, but well, the pictures are backed up. *phewwwwwwwwwwwwww*
[G4 General] rogconnect:
anyone try it on H815 US VX10b-EUR-XX?
[G4 General] Red_Baran:
I believe this is it here http://csmgdl.lgmobile.com/dn/downloader.dev?fileKey=FWF3Z9X132X2A8O7D6B0EVC/VS98611A_05.kdz
[G4 General] planedoc:
This isnt my first rodeo, i read the instructions several times, things worked as advertised (VS986). After i entered LEAVE, the phone rebooted, and now only gets to the LG logo with blue light flashing. I am wondering if the .img file was corrupt. The file size was around 952mb ish. Anyone have any thoughts?
[G4 General] DsturbD:
finally had time to do this on my H81110h, very easy if you just take your time. i used this page to follow the steps, he puts everything in a nice and easy to follow format

http://www.theandroidsoul.com/root-...root-coming-soon-for-sprint-and-att-g4-82221/

this was so worth the wait, glad i didnt run back to the store and return this thing just cause we didnt have root :silly::eek:
[G4 General] jesssiii:
I'm at work so can't check what my file size was, but maybe try a reset? Can you get to recovery?

LG G2 VZW
[G4 General] zPacKRat:
I'm downloading the vzn file now and the tar file is at 1.7gb, also where did you get the .img from? if the tar file is corrupted you cannot extract a file. any how, return to stock and start over.
[G4 General] RedOCtobyr:
First off, thank you to the devs who figured this out and shared it!

Like some other recent posts, I have Verizon. I stayed on version VS98610B, as was suggested before this was released.

It sounds like I should update to 611A before doing this process, but that means I could not go back to 610B later, maybe for unlocking-the-bootloader reasons.

I saw some discussion of installing this root method on a 610B phone, maybe you get the 611A software on the 610B bootloader, if I understood correctly. Is this possible somehow? Getting root, and the 611A updates, while avoiding permanently updating the bootloader?
[G4 General] planedoc:
i did try a reset, forgetting it wiped internal storage, which is where the img is stored......i am gonna try and kdz back to stock.

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i got the .tar file from OP, and of course the .img from the extracted .tar.
[G4 General] dsEVOlve:
What build were you on? 11a (latest OTA) or 10b? Verizon users have been reporting bootloops when going through the root process while on 10b because the IMG file updates you to 11a. Best to take the OTA before attempting root or KDZ to 11a beforehand.
[G4 General] kmcphee:
Thanks. Did not realize. I came from the Samsung phones. This is a little different. I'm extremly exited that we have ROOT!#!.
[G4 General] planedoc:
yes, was on 11A
[G4 General] zolom:
For my european g4 (h815 unlockable bootloader) is it recommended to use the method published by LG, or use the new rooting method (for most variants) that is addressed here?

Thanks