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[Android General] godzillinois:
well like I said, I can't post links yet because I'm still 'new' but if you just Google Root and Illegal a bunch of articles come up (some contradicting the others, which is why I was looking for a definitive answer from somewhere.)
[Android General] HypoTurtle:
I think you don't quite get how search engines (google) works: you can google illegal and pineapples, and get a bunch of articles.

The only issue with rooting would be that it breaks/voids warranty in most cases, and if your device was obtained on contract i.e. still technically the property of your provider, then rooting might be against the terms of service - the consequence of which varying depending on the provider.
[Android General] godzillinois:
I wasn't searching for it outright, I was actually searching for the pros and cons of rooting since my buddy was interested, and a couple of the articles I kept running into kept mentioning the illegality part. Since I can't post links I just suggested that one Google Root and Illegal since someone actually asked where I got my information. I figured it would be easier than explaining all this and then telling him to Google "Pros and Cons."

Obviously I know how a search engine works, no need for the passive aggressive comments - especially when you provide no other help than what was already said.
[Android General] HypoTurtle:
Sorry, wasn't meaning to sound that way, but your question is rather vague as there isn't one universal global law system - although arguably there should be for digital matters.

To fully answer there are several parts to look at; primarily does it violate local laws - in some cases it can be argued that it breaks copyright law. Additionally you need to question on if the 'broken law' is inforcable - inmost cases it is not and the said laws were made in a pre-digital age and haven't been updated to account for the current world. As an example - setting the wrong age (or a fake profile) on FB is technically illegal as it's against the TOS which is a legal document; but the proseccution of these lawbreakers isn't feasible or inforcable.

Although as i stated previously - this can be slightly different if the device isn't wholely owned by the user i.e. the device cost was covered by the network provider and essentially loaned to the user until the contract is over.
[Android General] godzillinois:
Fair enough - sorry to jump on you, so I guess to be more specific I was looking into the legality of Rooting devices that are out of contract in the US/Illinois. My friend's phone is older than 2 years well past his contract, and I bought a refurbished Wifi-only Galaxy Tab Pro which seems is stuck on Kit Kat for now.

I'm mainly looking to Root to turn off my back button and gain write access to my external SD card (as well as remove bloat) but the Wifi-tether I was finding in articles seems intriguing. Although that seems like if anything that came from Rooting would be illegal that would be it (and bootlegging paid apps of course.)
[Android General] borxnx:
You can easily bootleg paid apps without root, so don't think that rooting is opening up the phone to the "dark side" of Android.

Rooting devices is not illegal anywhere in the US. It does, however, void your warranty and if you were to trade in the device for credit towards a new one they will likely not take it and force you to pay the difference.

But if you own the device outright (not on contract or paid full price), it is yours and you can do anything you like with it. You can root it, you can smash it with a hammer, or you can bake it into a cake. The possibilities are endless.

Even if you don't "own it" outright yet (i.e. are on a 2 year contract or pay monthly installments) you can still modify the device in any way as long as you finish your contract/agreement.

As long as you don't use root access to do illegal things, it's perfectly fine. Root itself is harmless.
[HTC One Mini 2] doudoud82:
Hello all i am new to XDA

I want to ask how do i flash a custom ROM to my phone i am new to phones

I have HTC one mini 2 bought From vodafone/GERMANY my phone is currently rooted and i installed TWRP 2.8.5.0 recovery i want to ask what are the steps to flash a custom ROM

and in advance thx for everyone who help :o
[HTC One Mini 2] :
theres a lot of help around in this forum or even Google. All you have to do is do a search.

Also search in the ROM website. im sure theres a wiki page.
[HTC One Mini 2] doudoud82:
well after flashing CARBON and cm-NostromoPop i did back to original backup rom since the camera is almost unusable laggy and for carbon it does not detect my SD card :/

i tired htc one m9 camera app and same it laggy

if any one have some fix please say it to me and i will try it when i have time
[HTC One Mini 2] :
Everything you need to put back into stock in here
[HTC One Mini 2] doudoud82:
Thx for reply but i did already restore to original rom since i had a little problems with custom rom but i will try back when i have time custom rom and hope i found solution to the laggy camera :)
[G 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Connor_Price:
First off, apologies if this is in the wrong place, I'm new here.

I've been thinking about rooting my device for a while now, but the one thing putting me off is the fact that I have to unlock the bootloader. Not a massive issue, it's just the fact my phone will be completely wiped. Which brings me to my question. Is it possible to move what I can to the SD card, unlock the bootloader, root and then transfer my apps and files back? If not, is some sort of backup feasible?

Cheers.
[G 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luke!:
No problem with the files on the external SD but you can't save the apps, you need "Titanium Backup" for that which needs root permissions ?

You will need a bit of free time but in my opinion it's worth it ?

Backup everything you can: launcher settings, widgets, check all the options on the Google account...

Inviato dal mio Moto G 2014 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Android Head-Units] Tabs78:
Hi.

Sorry for my english.

I will buy a 2din android car device but i don't know if is possible to see and listen whatapp and sms message on it.

I mean message from smartphone

Thanks

Inviato dal mio SM-G920F utilizzando Tapatalk
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] siskulous:
Does anyone know of a custom recovery that has been compiled for the LG L15G (AKA Sunrise)? I've been looking all weekend for one and haven't had any luck. I know there's no official build of either CWM or TWRP available for it, but I'm hoping to find an unofficial build that will work. I have it rooted already, but I've not been able to find a recovery for it and I don't want to do any more hacking till I have that.

Also if anyone can point me towards a decent custom ROM for this thing I'd appreciate it. I haven't had any luck finding that either.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akuiraz:
i have this model but i updated it before I knew it would prevent me from rooting it... any way you could upload a backup of your firmware that I can use to downgrade to?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roachkazy:
How can you beat a $9 phone

Just picked this phone up too, any luck on getting a ROM for it?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkgip:
I picked one up....couldn't resist for just $9.82. I didn't let it update, so I was able to root it with Kingroot 4.6. Quite snappy after all the bloatware was removed. Have about 1.5gb of internal memory left, but added an 8gb microSD. I haven't been able to findy any recovery, doubt one exists. Nice little emergency phone to have in the car or backpack.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zerozed99:
Just picked this phone up as well, and KingoRoot doesn't work. I wasn't prompted for a firmware update when I first cranked it up so I guess I'm on some version that isn't supported? Can anybody clarify what the status of this device is currently? I've got the Tracfone version.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AmazingArjan:
I just rooted my LG L15G tracphone with KingRoot and it worked immediately. Great!

Next step is to get this 10 dollar phone unlocked.

By the way, my firmware version is: Android 4.4.2
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anuraj1:
I picked one up last night. Kingroot said my device wasn't supported but clicking "try it" successfully rooted the device!

I replaced Kingroot with SuperSU by following these directions: http://www.w0lfdroid.com/2015/05/How-to-Remove-Replace-KingUser-KingRoot-with-SuperSU.html?m=1

I've removed McAfee, but are the Tracfone bloat apps safe to remove?

Tracfone refused to give me the unlock code because their policy is that the phone must be active and have minutes on it for 12 consecutive months (wtf?)

One unlock website did have our device listed (http://www.imei-unlocker.com) but both their methods said that unlock wasn't available yet. They refunded me for both attempts.

If anyone has a Linux setup, we can compile our own TWRP. I found the kernel source earlier today: http://opensource.lge.com/osSch/list?types=NAME&search=Lgl15g
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Apache Thunder:
I just got this phone for Christmas. What version of Kingroot did you use? The ones I'm downloading don't work. (The one I've tried says something about no available root strategy and adds me to some stupid que line or something. There is no "try it" button after it does this.) You happen to have the specific APK you used and what version was your phone on when you rooted it?

Currently mine is Android version 4.4.2 with kernel version 3.4.0. I haven't attempted to update it yet as I am to assume that would be a bad idea. Unless you have a version newer then mine, then I guess updating would actually help me in this situation.

Looks like there STILL isn't any custom rom or custom recovery for this phone yet. It's been out since July and thanks to the $10 phone promo, there are tons of these out in the wild so I'm surprised nothing has been done with it yet. :(

I really want to root it as I want to remove some bloatware like McAfee and Polaris office. I would also like to uninstall Chrome so that I can install it to SD card. (unless Chrome can't be moved to SD card, in which case this would be a waste of time I suppose.) Aside from a few extra Google apps, there really isn't that much bloatware aside from what I already mentioned above. I can wait for a custom rom/recovery (though having a custom recovery would be nice as it would allow me to backup my phone incase something gets messed up). I just want to free up some internal storage by removing the bloatware. :P

(also, the no outside links thing with new users is annoying. I agree new users shouldn't be allowed to. But please at least code the forum to be smarter. I had to manually remove all the links to a post I quoted before it would let me post. That's kinda stupid. If I quote a post in the same thread I'm responding too that has links, it should be assumed to be safe since the links were posted by a verified member. I would hope the forum could fix that or at least have the common ***king courtesy of removing the links from the quotes for me. :( )

EDIT:

Ok some interesting news to report. It almost wants to work now. For what ever reason, it randomly decided to finally show me the "Try it" button. (I should have clarified earlier it never displayed that button. It would just say root strategy unavailable and that was the end of it. Now it says there is one and lets me use the Try It button. However it will get to about 60% (though it will randomly stop earlier on other attempts. Sometimes my phone will reboot after it reaches 20% or so) it will just say root failed.

I don't understand why this is seeing that my LG Sunrise is pretty much the same as someone else who managed to root it with Kingroot. It's never been updated. (I even checked for updates and there aren't any).

The only thing I can think of that might be a problem is that the phone isn't yet activated as I have not gotten air time for it yet. Does this root process require the phone to be on an active SIM first?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yarchik:
Root with Root Genius

I have root my LG L15G (Android 4.4.2, kernel 3.4.0+, software version LGL15G10f) with Root Genius for PC v3.0.85.

Of cource, before rooting "Developer options" must be unlocked (5-8 taps on Settings>About Phone>Software information>Build number) and turned on; in "Developer options" must be selected "USB debugging".

After this connect phone to PC. All phone drivers must be installed.

Run Root Genius. When program will ready and say about connect with LG L15G - press one button. After 2-3 minutes root is enabled.

Titanium Backup works. But I have no ideas for unlock the phone to make a possibility work in other GSM-networks, except TracFone's.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Apache Thunder:
Hmm, I had tried Root Genius and that didn't work for me (and yeah I did enable USB debugging. I apparently was using an older build of Root Genius. But I found and used the build you used and still get the unsupported model error. :( ). My software version is as follows:

Android Version: 4.4.2

Baseband version: M8610B-AAAANAZM-1.0.6060

Kernel version: 3.4.0+

Build number: KOT49I.LGL15G11a

Software version: LGL15G11a

There does appear to be some differences in the software version of mine vs the post above me. I'm guessing they changed something. But that's odd as my phone was brand new just like yours assuming you got it around the same time as me.

EDIT. Ok some bad news. Looks like there was a newer software update (that my phone apparently came with) that blocks root and even prevents download mode from working. (I had attempted to boot into download mode but none of the button combinations work and even the root scripts I've tried can't get it to reboot into download mode)

Seems I'm stuck with a phone I probably can't ever root. :(

It seems it can still be forced into download mode by using a "56k/130k/910k cable" cable (special cable with resistor on one of the data lines). But they are running for $18 on ebay and way to damn expensive for a simple cable with a resistor installed. Resistors are probably only worth pennies each, so they are way too expensive to be charging that much for it. :(

If I had a such a cable, the root script I had tried awhile back might have worked as it needs to get the phone into download mode to finish the process.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Halomaster2552:
There seems that there's little hope for your phone but I may have a solution. My LG Sunrise got updated as well and got root access with the update. You can use King Root but not Kingo.

Look it up on Google. So far I've had no success on getting to the recovery mode.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Apache Thunder:
I've tried rooting with KingRoot. It will just say it failed after 20% (sometimes it goes higher, but always end with it saying this).

Note that unlike your phone, mine already had the latest update out of the box. :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eternal00:
If you still haven't got root yet,for me it was McAfee that's been blocking Kingroot every since Nov.

Even though I never set up an account,it was the culprit..I opened the McAfee app created the account and Disabled.

Went to settings,ALL apps,then opened McAfee..Scrolled down to ''manage space'' and deactivated and hit force stop.

Then I ran KingRoot version 4.8.0 from this site.My device rebooted at around 30%,went back to KingRoot and it finished rooting.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Apache Thunder:
THANK YOU!

It took a few tries, but after disabling McAfee's root protection (It completely skipped my mind that this stupid app would have a feature that would interfere. :P ) KingRoot definitely did it's thing. (I had to re-attempt twice because once it rebooted and failed. So I had to kill the app again and try again. That time it rooted without restarting).

I've already uninstalled McAfee and a few other system apps I need to get rid of. (McAfee on a $10 phone? Yeah..... No.... I'll take my chances. :P )

I also replaced KingRoot with SuperSU and uninstalled Purify and the KingRoot app that installed the root. After cleaning out unneeded bloatware, this phone is pretty responsive now! It used to lag a little and not register touches some times. But after cleaning out the bloatware (McAfee was probably the main source of the lag) it runs pretty well now!

EDIT:

Ok minor issue. I can't seem to uninstall Chrome (since it's a system app on this phone). It keeps reinstalling it self. It won't stay gone. What would be causing that? I wanted to move Chrome to SD so it doesn't take up space. But this particular phone won't let me.

Seems to happen with Polaris Office as well. Not a big deal at the moment. I can just freeze this app so it won't take up any CPU time/ram. Freezing it seems to work fine. Uninstalling it just results in it mysteriously reinstalling it self.... :P
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ToHellWithGA:
Does yours lose root after rebooting? I tried to run 'adb reboot recovery' for giggles and SuperSU no longer had root when it failed to start the local and booted normally.

---------- Post added at 04:27 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:19 AM ----------

I have the Android SDK installed on my desktop but the TWRP porting guide by Dees_Troy is a little bit too vague for a first timer. I was able to extract the stock recovery using dd this afternoon.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Apache Thunder:
I haven't tried to reboot mine into recovery mode. But root sticks when doing normal reboots.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidHost:
recovery/rom LG-L15G

I am currently working with this phone to provide a twrp recovery that will work properly, please hang on while i work out the bugs. its been a while since i developed anything, was taking a extended break from development
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anuraj1:
That's really awesome! I'm looking forward to what you come up with. I'd be happy to send you some beer money for your efforts as well!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidHost:
Hang on to that beer money for now, I am working on zeroing the /laf partition to gain access to fastboot hopefully this will work out, and we will have save and easy way to unlock the bootloader on phone to make it flashable
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anuraj1:
That's fantastic. If it would help, I have one of those variable resistor cables that some LG phone requires for supporting baseband or entering the bootloader.

This is the cable I have: http://m.ebay.com/itm/131321398015

It is described here as well: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2069564
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidHost:
the cable is a fantastic idea, i will work on getting one soon.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anuraj1:
I'm willing to just send you mine for free. PM me if you want it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twitchtopher:
I'm just now finding this tread I also have the LG lgl15g "SUNRISE" and I have rooted with kingroot. Very new to the whole custom ROM and recovery but see that I'm not the only one looking for answers regarding twrp. And getting device to recovery or download mode... Have you had any luck with this custom twrp? You are working on please let me know something as soon as you can at thwichtopher@yahoo.com thank you.

Also does the cable work in getting top recovery or download mode?

Twitch

Twitchtopher@yahoom.com
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevinpowder:
kingoroot works

You should try kingoroot again, I used it on an l15 g just the other day and got good results. If that doesn't work you may try kingroot, I have a friend that rooted hers with it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madvane20:
hey

anyone able to give me a dump of their firmware or least the system image need to restore some files i deleted like a moron after i rooted it
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neshwanalamery:
thanks

this is nice
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] universelight:
Hi Guys,

Where you able to find Recovery and/or ROM for LG L15G?
[One (M8) General] grentuu:
Just had a tweet reply from Mo Versi after I asked him about GPE and Marshmallow for the M8...

[IMG="moversi"]http://penman.space/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/moversi.png[/IMG]

Brill, let's just hope no delays again!
[One (M8) General] krazie1:
Last year it took 2 1/2 weeks after Android Lollipop was released for Nexus Devices that we got it for the One M8 GPE. I assume it'll be around the same time this year. So around the 24 of this month we might see something.

Sent from my Turtle using Wheelies
[One (M8) General] JellyKitkatLoli:
Oh my goodness.

This is some good news, I hope they'll follow up to this unlike 5.1.

I am curious what this means for the Sense-d Version, and of course for Verzion as last year Verzion M8 got it during March.

Either way : HYPE.
[One (M8) General] coal686:
Since there is already an update discussion thread for the m8, I'm going to close this thread. Please post comments about updates there. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to send me a PM.

Thank you for understanding,

coal686

Forum Moderator
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] anupash:
I have downloaded and created a pre-rooted firmware flashable over XZDualRecovery for the firmware version (23.4.A.1.200). The firmware is based on the UK region and contains the SuperSU (v2.46) and XZDualRecovery (v2.8.21) along with BetterBatteryStats apk.

I have tested this firmware with my Xperia Z3TC (German model) and works fine. Few things I have observed,

On installing this firmware, I saw a freeing of more than 500 MB from my internal storage.

On the first boot it updated the NFC firmware

There were two unnecessary apps installed - Kobo books and NeoReader, but those can easily be uninstalled.

Battery life remains the same as I saw in the .546 and .570 release. It is fine for me.

Download: https://copy.com/bf6N0w2CFr63lfl2

I also have a 23.4.A.1.232_R1C firmware based on the Benelux region in the shared folder. However, I am yet to test it out. I have created this flashable zip in the same way as the .200 release, so it should be fine. Please proceed with caution.

Note: Your warranty maybe void after flashing this firmware. I am not responsible for any possible damages to your device on installing this firmware.

Thanks and credits to the authors of following applications, which made the whole process extremely easy

XperiFirm

Flashtool

PRFCreator
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] danixquick:
SGP611_Customized DE_1290-4947_23.4.A.1.232_R2C

It´s working very well on my SGP611CE/W AE1.

Thank you for your good job.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] anupash:
Yes, I flashed it day before yesterday and in my opinion it is working beteer than the .200_R4C release. Some of the stage fright critical vulnerabilities are fixed, but not all.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] anupash:
If you rooted stock rom with XZDual recovery, then you won't lose DRM keys. You will lose DRM keys only when you unlock bootloader.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] dnnz:
I have it 100% stock with the lastest firmware 5.1.1, if i follow these instructions for install that recovery

and then flash in the recovery the prerooted zip, its okay? i dont lose any DRM key?

Sorry for these noobs questions, there so many metods and threads in xda saying diff stuff that is overwhelming

what about if i flash SuperSu, would be the same?
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] upper huang:
where can download?
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] MajorPlayz:
Great Job!

Download? Also, will this work with TWRP already flashed?

My BL *is* unlocked
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] barret95:
why bump a thread that's 2 years old?
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] shaolin95:
Considering how dead this part of the forum is, I welcome any posts...
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] barret95:
hahaaha true ;)
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] Aphex33:
Delete. Issue resolved.