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[G4 General] karendar:
Yes, so this means you reverted back to Lollipop and are not running 20f anymore... So you're not on a rooted Marshmallow version... Unless I missed something in the previous posts which stated that root was achievable on v20f by downgrading first.
[G4 General] TheSynysterLG:
Your correct, Im currently running H81210N rooted.
[G4 General] karilijn0525:
simplify my h812 20f

do you think you could please give me the step by step (literally!) guide to you successfully rooting, downgrading back to lollipop 5.1 for Wind, where to find all the files, where they need to go, and in which tools or programs they need to go in etc etc etc.

I am having no luck finding the right files. I tried to use a link for my h812 here on xda and unfortunately I was lead to GoDaddy.com.

also if im on 20f i can flash using LGUP ANY OTHER FILE SAY PERHAPS 10E? please excuse my excitement....please respond ASAP! my eagerness awaits!
[G4 General] TheSynysterLG:
Ill message you and guide you through it now or whenever you respond back, Ill make up a guide step by step specifically for the h81220f wind variant, and Ill officially post it later on today here and as a new thread possibly.
[G4 General] milan187:
I had it explained a few pages back.

Sent from my LG G4
[G4 General] kyleruggles:
I just bought the G4 H812 and loving it! but I sure hope we don't have to wait a year to get Root on Marshmallow :( Kinda miss my Nexus 5 heh.
[G4 General] koontzy65:
actually, its not if we will have to wait a year, it is if we have root on marshmallow one day ;)
[G4 General] kyleruggles:
True true

But there is root on MM with other G4 variants except for the H812 so that's pretty much the question heh. It's just so gimped without root, I just wanna install Cyanogenmod on it! lol.
[G4 General] milan187:
Only on ones that have unlocked bootloader like H812. Sad truth is we may never get it. I am still on L because of it.

Sent from my LG G4
[G4 General] kyleruggles:
Well success! fully rooted, unlocked LG G4 5.1 *sigh* still want my Marshmallow though. We Canadians always get the short end of the stick eh? lol.
[G4 General] TheSynysterLG:
When you say Unlocked you mean the bootloader or network? Thought the H812 was super dutied locked up lol [MENTION=6993052]kyleruggles[/MENTION]
[G4 General] kyleruggles:
Oh God no! sorry I meant Network lol! Sorry if I happened to have given you a lil false hope there lol! I WISH!!!! I could unlock the bootloader on this thing but ....damn Canada! *shakes fist* I just bought it, got home, then!.... I did my research *shakes head*. I've been a Nexus guy for quite some time so it's pretty universal and standard there so rooting and unlocking is a piece of cake lol. Then I found out the Canadian versions of the G4 are soooo locked down with all these different variants, and system images and yadda yadda yadda. BAH! bring back GPE already! *sigh*

I just want my CM on it... isn't that too much to ask? *sniff*
[G4 General] milan187:
It's not just the Canadian variant. There are crap load of variants for G4. Only the Euro H815 can be unlocked and I believe maybe TMO H811 can be as well. There is at least 6 others that can't. If someone can figure out a way for any of them it would likely work for ours too. I am not sure it will happen though.

However the G4 on L rooted with exposed and tweaks box is pretty great. The M update from LG ruins a few things go for me.

Sent from my LG G4
[G4 General] TheSynysterLG:
The marshmellow update definitely makes the phone crash more so Im happy on root with L. But yeah someone would have to crack the bootloader, its been done before many times if I remember correctly, but the thing is if lg doesnt supply the bootloader unlock code or anything its very possible for them to keep hitting us with updates that locks the bootloader again and patches it, which other companys have done before. Pretty sure they wouldnt care since the phone is a year old. And we already have unlocked other versions. So were basically just waiting for someone to crack the bootloader.
[G4 General] koontzy65:
The longer we wait, the less we have chance to get an unlocked bootloader. This phone is already more than 1 year old and there is a new version released so the spotlight isnt on this phone anymore.
[G4 General] TheSynysterLG:
Thats not all a big deal to me though. Not a good or bad thing. The huawei ascend mate 2 wasnt able to be unlocked for 1 year ish after launch. And only because of an update. So id say we wait a few updates past marshmallow and see what we can do with them, because as of now its only marshmallow blocking us I believe.
[G4 General] Flogisto:
Hi man, can I get the guide too??
[G4 General] TheSynysterLG:
decided not to post it (Too much work for now just for a few people) but yeah I can walk you through it if you want, Ill message you
[G4 General] Jzaether:
I second this.

"dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 bs=8192 skip=65536 count=548352 of=/data/media/0/system.img" command doesn't works to backup on this version.

I would much appreciate someone smarter then i figuring this out.
[G4 General] Iv4n35:
I'm desperately looking for a stock kdz H81210e... All the links that i have found are broken or simply not there. I have been looking for 5 hours at least. storagecow, devtester, none of them work... Does someone have it that could share it with me? I think it would save me from sending it to LG repair center.
[G4 General] milan187:
Why would 10e save you over other versions? They are pretty much all the same other then security updates.

Sent from my LG G4

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The command is not the problem. There is a way to get dd working with MM, saw it somewhere in Sprint thread. It does not help with root. You still need an unlocked bootloader to get root with MM. It's the only way and nor just on G4.

Sent from my LG G4
[G4 General] Iv4n35:
It was the version that I previously had. Every time that I have upgraded from that version my phone goes crazy and bootloops. I sent it in January for repair and they returned it with 10e I was reluctant to update thinking it would break the phone. I saw that Marshmallow was released and tried updating using LG Bridge, after installing it the phone it's not booting. I have tried many KDZ files and funny enough when I connect it to LGUP it still says H81210E.

My plan is to send it for repairs, but right now I can't wait for it to go there and seat for 1-2+ weeks as I have a trip on Monday.
[G4 General] nabbasi:
yup I use the same method to install on mine its working fine for me tho...
[G4 General] Jok3r10:
This method is also suggested in the first post, and many have used thus method and have successfully installed Xposed on their devices.
[G4 General] force70:
I would not buy an 812, the G4 has been out for months and months now and there still isnt even custom recovery out yet due to the locked BL.

815 all the way.

Sent from my Nexus 6 or Note 4
[G4 General] BewJie:
Hello. I am trying to root my g4. I bought my g4 from wind, and unlocked it. I am currently with fido right now. Do I download the wind system image? or the fido?
[G4 General] ZeroSkylineX:
Wind
[G4 General] montrealguy:
God help me! I bought a H815T last night and just discovered that it's not a real H815!
[G4 General] Jok3r10:
Actually u dont really need the wind system image. If you flash the full fido/Rogers stock image first, then u can just use a rooted Rogers image to root u r phone.

Although, I m on the Wind image, and I rooted with a wind system image, since I had no reason to switch to the Rogers system image. Wind system has little to no Wind Bloat ware.
[G4 General] ZeroSkylineX:
Thank you for answering, much appreciated. This may be an obvious question but just want to make sure so I don't make any mistakes, for the LG G4 to install Xposed, we need to use the arm64 file, not the x86 correct?
[G4 General] Jok3r10:
Yes the arm64 one is the one that's for our phones. Also from what I have read the flashing process through flash fire takes a while.. So be patient [emoji14]
[G4 General] ZeroSkylineX:
Yeah I've read it takes 10-30 minutes? But regardless thank you very much for the help!
[G4 General] Jok3r10:
No worries.. I m actually thinking of flashing Xposed myself when I get home today [emoji14]
[G4 General] Azure1203:
What are the big benefits of installing Xposed?
[G4 General] Jok3r10:
Uhm per app dpi, full potential of greenify, other minor modules like snapprefs. There could be many more.
[G4 General] ZeroSkylineX:
Block YouTube ads, play YouTube in the background with screen off, force fast scroll on any app, advanced power button, etc...so many customizations, I loved it on my Nexus 5.
[G4 General] Spudnubs:
Should I maybe compile a list of decent xposed/root apps for the main post? It seems like a hot topic worth mentioning and would be convenient to have here also.

Also, on a side note, is anyone having issues with gapps crashes? I cannot use any Google application without it crashing at some point. Opening emails crashes inbox and Gmail, Google Drive has an error when trying to run. Basically any Google app crashes and Google play services sometimes stops, but not often. Opening up snapchat causes Google play to stop, but snapchat is fully functional afterwards and it's only once when it first opens and also when receiving a snap.

I've tried a few things to try and fix it, but have not had any luck and was wondering if anyone else has had the same issues?
[G4 General] ZeroSkylineX:
Hey sorry I forgot to ask but we should download arm64 SDK22 correct?
[G4 General] Jok3r10:
Yup
[G4 General] Jok3r10:
There is already a thread about all the working Xposed Modules

http://xdaforums.com/g4/themes-apps/xposed-list-modules-currently-t3180217

And as per the issue that you are mentioning, i haven't come across it. Did you try a factory reset? That usually seems to fix everything.
[G4 General] Spudnubs:
I was just thinking that some info about xposed in the main post might be handy. I was aware of the thread and see the discussions happening in many forums about xposed and what's good and maybe it would be nice to have a list of Canada's favourite xposed modules?

Yes, I have tried a factory reset but that did not help the situation at all sadly.
[G4 General] rinwin:
Hi guys,

I recently purchased an H812 from Wind Mobile and got it unlocked.

I popped in a working Koodo SIM. Although I can make/receive calls, data does not seem to work. I even set the preferred network mode to "GSM/WCDMA/LTE auto" but no luck.

Any suggestions?

--

EDIT: Nvm! It seems I was missing the APN settings for Koodo. Everything seems to be working fine, although the speedtest is only giving 1.5/0.08... which is slower than Wind even though its supposed to be LTE.
[G4 General] Randomsanity:
Hey folks, finally going to give in and root my Fido H81210h. Was waiting for an easier root method to avoid screwing things up but it looks like that is not going to happen soon.

I've prepared by downloading all required items and I'm familiar with Ubuntu so I'm not too worries about the actual process. My only question has to do with this:

***An H81210x stock KDZ needs to be installed BEFORE flashing the H81210x rooted image. Also note that all carriers are cross compatible (Bell, Rogers, Telus, Wind), however Rogers devices should stick to Rogers images or you will lose VoLTE***

Does this just mean I should go through the steps of flashing the kdz via lg flash tool before going through the root process? Do I do a normal flash or a full wipe with a cse flash?

Thanks in advance.
[G4 General] TheSynysterLG:
This means you HAVE to downgrade to your stock KDZ for your model of device. Meaning if H81210h is your stock L KDZ, then your okay to root it. But MAKE SURE ITS STOCK, If it isnt, you have to find a stock version of lollipop for your phone and downgrade then root the downgraded KDZ.

And use LGUP Don't use the LG flash tool, its garbage and has more of a chance of bricking your device haha.
[G4 General] Randomsanity:
Thanks for the quick reply. Why wouldn't it be stock? Is this warning for people who have upgraded to marshmallow or have used a custom rom? As far as I can see there aren't even any custom roms for H81210h so I'm just confused as to why this warning is posted for this specific model only.
[G4 General] TheSynysterLG:
What version of android are you running? wasn't a warning for your device alone really, but Im telling you how to avoid bricking lol

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Its a warning for people who have upgraded to marshmallow I guess, as you cant root marshmallow on this device. So you have to downgrade to stock
[G4 General] Randomsanity:
I'm running 5.1 LP, the warning specifically states that H812 must flash the KDZ before rooting which worries me because it doesn't specify that you have to do so only if you've upgraded to MM.
[G4 General] TheSynysterLG:
You don't 'HAVE' too if your running stock 5.1, but I would just to be safe and go through the whole process. Flashing the stock KDZ is the safest/quickest part of the whole process using LGUP (literally takes less than 5 minutes) so its easier just doing the whole thing to avoid bricking by accident lol I sent you a message
[G4 General] Randomsanity:
Hi Guys,

I successfully rooted using this thread and was using my phone file all day. This evening I rebooted because my quickcircle case stopped working. I received an LG Security Error #9 when attempting to reboot and now I'm completely unable to boot my phone, receiving this error every time. Have I bricked my device.
[G4 General] TheSynysterLG:
Try and get into download mode. If you can do that then your fine
[G4 General] Randomsanity:
Thanks! I flashed the kdz and I'm going to attempt step 3 of the root process again. I assume I don't need to do steps 1 and 2 a second time since I already have the rooted system image.
[G4 General] magickarle:
Help restoring with titanium backup unrooted H812 20E

Greetings. My old G3 died on my 10th drop.

Got the G4 but I can't seem to find a command_send to push an image and now I am stuck with a nice backup that I can't restore.

Tried the one click root but of course fails.

Does someone knows one?

I don't mind downgrading to 5.1 rooted then go to MM (anyway I'm going with Exodus

Sorry if this was asked but I did searched.
[G4 General] TheSynysterLG:
I could lead you through the rooting process? I have the command etc. Anyone else that needs some help too, feel free to ask and Ill help you out.
[G4 General] magickarle:
Appreciate all help. I don't mind sticking with 5.1 what's the command send for h812 20e?
[G4 General] spartan268:
Hey Guys,

Has anyone here gotten a bootloop before with their Rogers G4?

Just wondering what your experience was with them and I want to get an idea of what to expect before hand :)

Currently I'm falling back on my old beloved M7, but I'd prefer to get off of this asap considering the battery is trash on this after three years of use.
[G4 General] TheSynysterLG:
Just going to post this here showing off my new red carbon skin ???? and that Im still available to help with rooting any h812 variants :)
[G4 General] Touz604:
Had a bootloop with my Fido, I contacted LG and they asked me to send it to their service center in BC. All in all it took less than 8 days to get it back, from the time I sent it.
[G4 General] spartan268:
That's good to hear that the service centre is in BC since I live there. I called Rogers last night and the lady is hooked that it's a software issue but she said take it to a corporate store and have some take a look at it. From there on out I can probably convince the rep in person with ease
[G4 General] Eagle1337:
Dealing with Telus was a bit of a pain, but the turn around time was about 3 days and they just swapped out the mainboard.
[G4 General] psor:
Root on marshmallow ?

http://www.androidinfotech.com/2016/04/root-lg-g4-60-marshmallow.html

Is this really working ?

psor
[G4 General] spartan268:
That's depressing because when I went to Rogers yesterday the girl said it's about 3 weeks turnaround time which sounds insane imo. Hopefully that's more so a worst case scenario and it will be much quicker than that.
[G4 General] buski:
Wow it says it does but no one here tried yet
[G4 General] TheSynysterLG:
Tempting. But not worth testing for me, already set up with root and a bunch of mods on L and Id rather not update then not be able to root for nothing. Someone should really test it though, seems a bit legit. Little Curious.
[G4 General] jasonzarko:
It looks like unikernel which is the same used to root the Galaxy S6, I don't know much about it though...
[G4 General] tk2porte:
My LG G4 has entered into the dreaded bootloop issue (SIN: 506...). I purchased it second hand and therefore have no proof of purchase for a warranty claim. Anyone have any ideas/suggestions? Or am I SOL.
[G4 General] buski:
Find someone whos on the carrier it originaly came from and bring it to the store to see if still under warranty.

I sent my friend to fix my g2 once he just said it was his and they fixed it .
[G4 General] pegcitygeek:
So the method says you need to boot into recovery which you cannot do on our phones so this method will not work. Even though our variants are listed that would be incorrect.
[G4 General] mariojuanaaa:
lgg4 fido

hey

i have a lgg4 from fido running android 6.0 and software version h81220e.

i dont know what software version i had for lollipop before i upgraded.

[MENTION=2858246]Randomsanity[/MENTION] posted that his fido lgg4 is h81210h. Not sure about lollipop or marshmallow because he didnt mention it.

so now what files do i flash for stock and then for rooted img

also kdz on devtester doesnt seem to have fido lgg4 and tried downloading rogers (just tried for the sake of it) , but didnt even download even after changing link as per instruction
[G4 General] mb_guy:
I wouldnt think so. It also has a boot image in the downlod package, don't see how that would install over a locked bootloader. Since we can't unlock our 812's not likely going to work.

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My Rogers is h81220e, It was h81210h before. Think Rogers and Fido are the same. Both are on the first page.
[G4 General] mariojuanaaa:
So for my fido running 6.0 on h81220e i just flash the h81210h stock and then h81210h rooted?

please let me know if am wrong.

Update, i flashed h81220e and it was stock mashmellow. gonna have to flash h81210h as soon as someone confirms
[G4 General] magickarle:
[MENTION=7366014]TheSynysterLG[/MENTION] What is the command for g4 H812 20E?
[G4 General] TheSynysterLG:
Which guide are you following? [MENTION=991214]magickarle[/MENTION]
[G4 General] milan187:
I think it's best to flash the same version. I flashed H81210n then the same rooted. I think it's the safest.

Sent from my LG G4

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I just loaded a stock H81210N on a Bell Device. Device is not seeing OTA update to MM. Why not? Everything is back to stock...

LG Bridge is showing the update though no OTA, I wonder why.
[G4 General] magickarle:
I'm following the Canadian g4 h812 Guide on xda BUT it says for 10e variant. 20e seems for Rogers. Tried both and none of the command send passes. All fails.
[G4 General] milan187:
20e is MM, cant be rooted if that is what you are trying.
[G4 General] TheSynysterLG:
Want me to guide you through the downgrade and root process later on? Done it successfully for a few people if you want some help. Would take less than 30 minutes minus download times.

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I've sort of created my own process. A lot quicker and just combines some stuff from different threads on xda. Everyone does it the hella long way haha
[G4 General] magickarle:
Sure. And I think I am not only the one with a new bell g4 h812 20E here.
[G4 General] TheSynysterLG:
Be glad to help them too if they ask but not going to offer for everyone haha ? Ill message you
[G4 General] Spudnubs:
Post it here so the public can see because it is a pretty big issue that gets tossed around a lot here. Then it is there for everyone to read if they want to know and you can just link it to others in the future.
[G4 General] TheSynysterLG:
[MENTION=4401088]Spudnubs[/MENTION] Its a ****ing lot to post man, or Im just lazy ? I started a guide one day, took forever to get halfway and I couldn't save as a draft or anything ?. I mean its a short way to do the whole process but Im really precise on everything I type out and all the steps and ****. I will do up a guide tonight though but still willing to guide people through it before hand if they want tonight. Ill have the guide up for tomorrow morning or late tonight/early morning. Thumbs up will be much appreciated ??
[G4 General] milan187:
Go back a few pages I made a quick guide. Its not hard. You should read through the first post of this thread and root thread.

We are here to help but info is on here already.
[G4 General] TheSynysterLG:
Problem is its on a page on the thread way back somewhere. And its not step by step really. Your referring to links and **** and thats confusing as hell for people lol. Need to do something like the main front page of this thread exactly. Provide links and everything etc.
[G4 General] milan187:
Like I said I have a post a few pages.back that's step by step.

I.don't think you guys need to be spoon fed. You will learn more of you read.
[G4 General] bdithug:
It's more about just giving back to the xda community. Some people are new to devices but aren't necessarily new to xda. Detailed tutorials go a long way. That's usually why they have more thanks than just replies buried in a thread somewhere. I understand we want people to read and all before tampering with their devices, but step by step tutorials definitely go a long way here on XDA. :)
[G4 General] magickarle:
Ah so 20e for mm and 10e is 5.1x?
[G4 General] milan187:
Yea in fact 10x builds are LL, and all 20x are MM.

Where x is any release by letter, a,b,c etc.
[G4 General] acheronx1:
I found this in an older post (Page100)

http://www.androidinfotech.com/2016/04/root-lg-g4-60-marshmallow.html

Was this ever confirmed by anyone on here that it works for a H812 20e G4? It seems very...simple, which makes it seem like it wouldn't work that easily.

I do have MM, and it doesn't look like anyone else has done any rooting for MM on here (or that I could find)
[G4 General] TheSynysterLG:
Does not work.
[G4 General] Spudnubs:
If there were a way to root Marmshmallow, I would take the big bold red text off of the very first part of the original post where I answer the question about rooting Marshmallow and replace it with instructions on how to do so.
[G4 General] TheSynysterLG:
LOL
[G4 General] acheronx1:
Spudnubs: That's fine. My point was that there are posts saying you can root Marshmallow, whereas you had mentioned it does not and not everyone keeps their threads constantly updated. Threads have a habit of decaying. You could have left and never bothered to update it. But I was merely just looking for confirmation that it was or wasn't working at this time.

Regardless, I'm just use to the way the Galaxy's get rooted. LG just uses a different approach to it.
[G4 General] AmonX:
I was tempted to try it out but thought I better wait first. I ended up downloading the source for the phone and was in the process of compiling it but thought hey what good is this if I can not even install it to test it. I really wish they would unlock the phone but it is less and less likely that they will... it is just like Nvidia the promised fermi users vulkan and directx 12 they later changed their mind about vulkan and are 4 months late on the directx 12 update.

Any work on if you can unlock the G5?
[G4 General] koontzy65:
ask playbook user about BB10 ;)