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[G4 General] Superluminar:
Apparently, the exploit has been patched with 5.1. So, unfortunately, no.
[G4 General] ABotelho23:
What ever happened to this method that was coming soon? I came from a Nexus 5, and LG UX is nasty in comparison. I'd love to install a AOSP/Cyanogenmod ROM on here to finally start enjoying this purchase! D:
[G4 General] gboybama:
I suggest getting root, xposed and tweak the heck out of it. That's what I did and I'm finally loving the phone.
[G4 General] velveteen71:
Speaking of which, I finally just got Xposed. I installed Gravity box to tweak the hell out of it but wanted to confirm you folks:

a) quicksettings tweak don't work?

b) advanced power menu doesn't work?

Those were the two main tweaks I wanted. I'm right, right? They don't work?
[G4 General] ObiDanKenobi:
There is another exposed plugin specific to g4, you can have the power menu tweaked via that one. Search for it in the app/theme section. Regarding Gravity Box I am also interested what tweaks can be done, coming also from N5.
[G4 General] kabirjedi:
Benny Hill topic...
[G4 General] iamtha1:
Use g4 tweakbox by p_toti all the tweaks you will ever need
[G4 General] aigochamaloh:
Woohoo! Thank goodness I waited for the rooted 10B image. This is most excellent.
[G4 General] hermeez:
What method did you use to install xposed?? I tried a while back and failed.
[G4 General] gboybama:
http://xdaforums.com/g4/themes-apps/guide-installing-xposed-locked-t3181593

Here ya go
[G4 General] aigochamaloh:
Autoprime, any similarities between g4 and v10? I have both, but am using my rooted 10b g4 as daily driver. Can we expect this on v10?
[G4 General] hermeez:
thank you very much. I have tried that and for some reason it doesn't work. Does it have to be those specific versions of the software? I am using the following

xposed-v78-sdk21-arm64.zip
[G4 General] gboybama:
I used 78, sdk22, arm64
[G4 General] hermeez:
holy crap! thanks man. I tried 5 different versions and the one you recommended worked. I am using the Taiwanese version of the LG 4
[G4 General] Almighty1:
sdk21 = Android 5.0

sdk22 = Android 5.1

sdk23 = Android 6.0
[G4 General] hermeez:
Well that makes perfect sense then.
[G4 General] hoang51:
So just to stay current with this thread, it seems that the unlocked bootloader is vaporware (i.e., all talk, no show)? It seems like staying on Verizon Wireless VS98610B firmware for the Verizon's LG G4 is not much appealing anymore, am I correct?
[G4 General] ABotelho23:
I've been asking around, and was told I should apparently ask a certain "Mr. Hoangnova" (which to be honest sounds like I should know exactly who he is) about whether or not the unlock is still being worked on or whether it's all been abandoned.
[G4 General] cmorty72:
[MENTION=3717338]hoangnova[/MENTION]

Sent from hidden dimensions while hiding from the "man"
[G4 General] jal3223:
I would like to know if it is being worked on as well. If not I would like to update to possibly fix all of these missed taps I'm experiencing.

Has it been confirmed that autoprime and thecubed have stopped trying?
[G4 General] vampirel1984:
does that mean we can use the verizon G4 in sprint soon?
[G4 General] mmostafanyw:
Still waiting
[G4 General] WTF?:
ignore all the BS, here is the ONLY real way to unlock an LG G4, and the method I used :) -

how to unlock the bootloader in LG G4
[G4 General] ABotelho23:
So a small subset of devices coming from a particular area of the world? That's crap and totally unacceptable. Why should an H815 from Europe be any different from one from anywhere else?
[G4 General] WTF?:
I wouldn't call it a small subset, Europe is a huge portion of the total mobile phone market. But anyways, if you know of a phone with as good of reliability, as good of a camera, removable battery, and removable SD card up to 2 TB, that also has the ability for you to unlock the bootloader in some variants, then buy that instead.

You don't know of such a phone, because it doesn't yet exist. So get the European G4 and quit whining! ;)
[G4 General] ABotelho23:
You make it sound simple, but it's really not. Most places, especially when ordering from Canada, do not specify the region. And when they do, they price gouge.
[G4 General] WTF?:
here is how to make it simple, tell the seller that if they want your credit card number or PayPal payment, you need to see a pic of the end of the actual phone you are buying. Don't mention the region etc, just read it off of the box in the photo. An honest seller will have no problem snapping a quick pic of the end of the box in order to make a US$400-$600 sale.

Make sure you pay by a method with money back protection for you (such as PayPal or a credit card), in case the phone shipped is not the one in the photo, or in case the IMEI of the phone inside the box does match the IMEI on the outside of the box, both in Settings - About Phone and on the LG factory sticker under the battery. :)

Two good places to start, are people selling phones on ebay or swappa, or else find a well regarded authorized LG vendor who is actually located in Europe.
[G4 General] ChriKn:
It would be so much easier and would spare everybody so much trouble and time if [MENTION=2684188]autoprime[/MENTION] or someone knowing something (and not just people arguing or exchanging nonsense and unusable stuff) told us the state of things. If it is being worked on by somebody, if it will be worked on by somebody, why there is no information... Just any kind of information...
[G4 General] autoprime:
things will still be a mess regardless of what is said until there is an actual release. :)

Codefire works on LG devices daily... g3, g4 and v10. We're always poking something. working towards finding exploits does not mean a release is going to be found or published though. that's why there haven't been any updates from us... we simply don't know.

I don't talk to any other groups outside of Codefire on the status of what they're up to. No one approaches us with info. I have no idea what LGViet people are up to or if others are working on it.

there will be an update when there is something to actually update. no we haven't given up. no there's nothing to release yet. no I don't know if unlock will ever come.
[G4 General] ChriKn:
You are a great man :)

Thanks for your answer !

I will keep hope as many others... Hoping for one of you guys (or LGViet) to have a big breakthrough.

Thanks a lot again!
[G4 General] pettigrew95:
Thanks so much for the update! Just know that the unappreciative ones getting nasty and impatient only make up a small fraction of us. I wholeheartedly truly appreciate what you guys do and wish you and the team the best of luck getting this bootloader unlocked. Thanks again!
[G4 General] shiboby:
Can someone get me a copy of the unlock file that LG sends? I May be able to figure something out
[G4 General] ABotelho23:
Great to hear worked has not stopped! Thanks for taking the time to give us a sign of life even without an update!
[G4 General] Knowbody42:
I'd like to see only one variant of the device, with the bootloader unlockable, and all bands active.

Having like 15 different variants is annoying, and hurts third party development, because what works for one variant might not work for another.
[G4 General] edmann:
Thanks
[G4 General] WTF?:
It not such a big catastrophe! - no need for all of this whining! - 99.99% of G4 buyers are just normal people who don't give a flip about unlocking bootloaders or country codes, etc. - so just sell your bootlocked G4 on ebay or swappa, they command huge prices, being such a fantastic phone, and then use my post to select one that is easily unlocked! - list of LG G4 models that you can unlock
[G4 General] cliff p:
And most people buying phones on Swappa will indeed look at the plausibility of an unlockable bootloader.

Aside from that, living in Korea makes certain int'l variants not so international, when you start looking at frequency bands required (we aren't GSM here, after all) in addition to other requirements.

Needless to say, if I could find someone to buy my G4 F500K and take the money to buy an S6 dual sim, I'd do it in a heartbeat.
[G4 General] WTF?:
Swappa is a LOT more than just XDA people, in fact, since many of the kids have moved over to Swappa to save ebay fees, XDA knowledgeable buyers are a small minority!

If I was in Korea, I would definitely look at S6 or Note 5, but I personally would buy the G4 in places where it works well unlocked, because I am spoiled by the camera, and especially the removable battery and storage (up to 2000 GB) - I am tired of throwing away phones due to non availability of batteries when one wears out.

And if your F500K works on Verizon (band 13) or Sprint bands in USA, then it would sell easily on ebay in USA and for big money!
[G4 General] DADER:
A question : is it possible to unlock other 4G bands than those found originally on the device if it is boot unlocked?
[G4 General] cliff p:
My other device is a Nexus 6. The G4 was solely purchased to replace the aging Galaxy Grand that work gave me for official use. I agree that Swappa serves a wider audience, but most that are there looking for phones that I have sold, ask the same questions time and time again. I'd say it's more than just coincidence. For instance, I'm sure people that are looking for a G4 are going to look for an H815, or H818, not specifically a F500L/K/S.

If it's boot unlocked, I would say of course it is possible. Even with the bootloader locked, so long as you can access the hidden menu/engineer mode, even then it may be possible to open additional bands. You can even use Qualcomm tools to do it, though I haven't done this in years so the names escape me.
[G4 General] WTF?:
perhaps on a carrier specific phone, but not sure how you would bootloader unlock those anyway - most H815's should default to having all bands activated if not specifically locked by a carrier
[G4 General] 7sen:
I hope true for H818p
[G4 General] livefortoday:
This must be - the most redundant thread ever.

It's a waste of space....

:mad:
[G4 General] vespino75:
It's been a long time from the exit of LG g4.

Do you think that in the future there will be a way to unlock (unoff.) the bootloader?

The advantage would not lose the guarantee, right?
[G4 General] lambstone:
I don't even care about the warranty. I just want BL unlock
[G4 General] dhanmohan:
its been 2 months since thread created..and 8 months since G4 released... lost hope.. this may some but its the truth
[G4 General] InflatedTitan:
I hate to say it also but I agree.. I thought after the major development from the G2 and G3 that this device would be BOOMING with development... But nothing....

By no means is this a bad phone stock.. Rooted and debloated makes it rip... But I'd love to try other things... I'm currently looking to move on to the next hot device....
[G4 General] shigi1231:
mann i reeally wish we could see that unlock bootloader before 2016. I need CM 13 lol
[G4 General] jollster101:
I have just got my phone and its rooted. Is there a tut on what can be debloated without issues? I did this before on a previous phone and got a little too carried away and ended up with a whole heap of popups constantly telling me something had stopped, was missing this and missing that. Doh!

Avoiding that would be good this time around.
[G4 General] Medizinmann:
Try this...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=62081907

Greetings

Medizinmann
[G4 General] sidbaxter:
Very nicely stated.
[G4 General] shigi1231:
There should be a movement here. lol If only all of us who owns a G4 and wants to unlock the bootloader emails LG expressing our frustrations for their disinterest to the hardcore developers of xda and the tweakers of their android phone, I think it might actually work. Someone should make a thread, and perhaps create some sort of template for the people to use to e-mail LG haha

I mean, if we could get like thousands of people constantly e-mailing LG, it may work. Similar to how those who protests sometimes get what they want ahha
[G4 General] Juzman:
Still no unlocking for TEL devices. Emailed LG Developer and requested for my device to be unlocked, quoting the list of current devices that CAN be unlocked. I will wait...
[G4 General] WTF?:
TEL (Telstra) is likely to never be unlocked, it's Australia - I sold my TWN model H815 and took the proceeds and turned around an bought an identical mint condition CZE model - problem solved in less than a week! :)

The cool part is, European unlockable H815 models support all Telstra LTE bands including bands, 3, 7, and 28 - that phone also supports all Vodaphone and most Optus LTE bands.
[G4 General] Juzman:
Yeah, I'm not going to hold my breath. Running V20B at the moment okay. Changed DPI via adb which is all I really wanted.
[G4 General] WTF?:
how is any DPI besides stock DPI any better?
[G4 General] Juzman:
On the G4, running 540 DPI looks a lot sharper than the stock 640 DPI.
[G4 General] WTF?:
I probably wasn't clear, the DPI is set at 640 in the stock build.prop - but the stock DPI of the screen itself is between 537 and 538 ---- you should try 538 :good:
[G4 General] imcass:
Hey everyone.

First of all, I know this is a G4 forum, but since I also own the G4 and the premise should be the same for both phones, here's a quick question:

For the sake of arguing, let's just say I have an old G2 that I tried to fix under warranty, with an unlocked bootloader. LG said that it would cost me like 130€ to fix it, but they never spoke of anything regarding the unlocked bootloader. If I contest the decision and only then they say that I can't fix the phone under warranty anyway because of the bootloader, I can always say that they have no proof the phone had the unlocked bootloader before.

That is, unless the date of the unlock is registered on the phone.

So the question is: can LG know, for a fact, the exact date you unlock the bootloader, or do they only have access to the info that you did, in fact, unlock it?

Thanks guys. (:
[G4 General] Juzman:
538 looks just as good. Annoying I can't change just the lockscreen DPI back to 640 so the shortcut icons aren't little grey circles. Other than that, working great!
[G4 General] WTF?:
They can only tell that it is unlocked, not when, and even they don't have time to perform a thorough investigation, unlocking bootloaders may be common on XDA, but it is still like 1 in a million, so it is extremely rare that they even see it, they are looking for water damage, etc. - that's why they started putting the bootloader unlocked message on the power on screen, to alert the tech. - but the big question is, why in the heck would you spend 130€ to fix an old phone? - you are not that far from the price of a G3 in near mint condition, just look around! - I mean I have the original Optimus G, and it's a great phone, but the G2 had some reliability issues. As you are finding out. Don't blow that money on an old G2, sell it as-is and put the 130€ with what you get out of the old phone, and get a G3 or G4, both great phones, and rock solid reliable.

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FYI - I was playing around a few minutes ago, I used the adb method from a stock installation I just did, and after changing dpi via adb, some apps have problems with large font, or graphics inside, like Gas Buddy and several others, even the app drawer icon was messed up, so I did it the correct way via build.prop and everything works right!
[G4 General] Juzman:
I don't have root access since flashing V20B. Can you do an adb pull and push to /system without root?

All the apps I use seem to be working okay.
[G4 General] WTF?:
if you a running stock 20b, go to this post and at the very bottom of of the first post there is a link to "DOWNLOAD-20b" - flash that and you will have root!! - you don't even have to do a wipe! (although I usually always wipe dalvik & cache) - it only replaces the 20B boot image, not the bootloader, or the system, or the modem, etc.

that is the most conservative correct way to obtain root if you can flash a zip file with TWRP or whatever method. (although if you use a recovery that offers to install superSU or other root method, decline and let this magical stock kernal do the work.)

what is nice is that if you already have 20B, it doesn't change anything you already have set up like you like it!
[G4 General] imcass:
I already own a G4, the G2 was my old phone. I don't want to spend the money to fix it, but in my country the stores are a little bit... incompetent.

When you activate your warranty, the stores have 30 days to send the phone to the manufacturer and return it fixed, or I can just ask for my money back. Most times they just don't bother and give you the money back, so I'm trying to contest the decision of the manufacturer to see if I can have my money back.

You'd be amazed what you can get just by knowing some laws and have some patience.

Thanks for the info, anyway! (:
[G4 General] Juzman:
Unfortunately I have a locked bootloader. No TWRP for me.
[G4 General] kabirjedi:
Stay in topic pls...
[G4 General] sublimnl:
Lock it up... Isn't happening anyway
[G4 General] Waleedaligomaa:
to use this method i have to be locked right ? i mean i cant install trough flashify or flashfire
[G4 General] WTF?:
Flashify requires root - I have not used Flashfire, so can't comment knowledgeably on that one.
[G4 General] Medizinmann:
To use Flashfire or Flashify you must have a rooted device. Root on MM right now is only possible with an unlocked bootloader.

No, you must unlock your bootloader first (if possible) and then flash either directly a rooted version of the rom or super SU via TWRP and repacked Bootloader/kernel to enable root.

...and when you unlock your bootloader the device will do full wipe in the process.

Greetings

Medizinmann
[G4 General] kabirjedi:
This topic pure provocation :D:D
[G4 General] Astur_Torque:
Yes... I can't wait anymore!!!
[G4 General] DADER:
Read this first to limit your excitement [emoji16]

http://www.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5-bootloader-has-been-unlocked/
[G4 General] xrad:
Really all I want too, but I noticed that changing the DPI via adb is getting one only halfway there. To fully change the DPI you need to also edit build.prop -> requires root -> not possible with just 20B on an unlockable device. Oh well, I should've known better when I moved away from my trusty N5. Non Nexus always means crappy-crippled-bloaty firmware.
[G4 General] Juzman:
Yeah, I went back to stock 5.1 + root and debloated again. :)
[G4 General] djnikkofb:
i have a rooted VS986 LG G4 (VZW_13B). In FlashFire you can make full backups. My question is: Would the backup files be of use,in the progress of future bootloader unlock? If yes, please PM me and let me know if I can be of any help. If not, just a simple no it's OK. Thank you for your help.

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[G4 General] 7sen:
I hope unlock really coming otherwise I feel boring with lg
[G4 General] xrad:
See my post here regarding some crypto keys I extracted from MM20B. Perhaps together we can pull this off.
[G4 General] ABotelho23:
Very nice! I've only just started with cryptography in my program at University; I wish I could help!
[G4 General] ABotelho23:
While doing a bit of research, I stumbled on some particularly odd documents. Both documents have several mentions that are pretty specific about how LG secured the bootloader. I have no idea if it's handy, or if it's already been posted, by I figured what the heck!

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B7oPC5i99NAZeXBOcnRZWk1ER3c&usp=sharing It's two PDF documents, both are in this shared folder of mine. Hope it helps!
[G4 General] Loulou-13:
hi ! ;)

thank you for your researches ,guys ;)

with that ,do you think that there are chance to root a MM with locked bootloader "one day" ?
[G4 General] dhanmohan:
Yes
[G4 General] DaveIsHome:
I've looked everywhere to figure out which Q fuse I'm on but I can't find it can somebody please point me in the right direction

Im on zv6 sprint model usa
[G4 General] foxtaur:
I really hope an unlock or bumped arrives for the h812 (canadian version) its often very neglected
[G4 General] DaveIsHome:
Im on bootloader v2 ls991 so i may never see unlock. I pledged $100 if they could unlock. I hope the unlock of v0 would pave the way to unlock v2. Good luck guys
[G4 General] Evnul000:
I have to USA version of the h815 but my software says v10d-xx-eur but I can't unlock through the website. But i also rooted my phone using the european version. Will the people make a unlock for my version?
[G4 General] Jens1969:
Who is "the people"?
[G4 General] Evnul000:
Lik those type of people who know how to unlock bootloader.
[G4 General] Jens1969:
I'd guess that the US version is the primary target of all efforts to unlock the bootloader. But it might never happen after all.
[G4 General] WTF?:
LG does not have the clout of Samsung or Apple with the carriers, so they have a gun to their head and must do Verizon/AT&T's bidding and keep their bootloader locked up tight with very strong encryption. - T-mobile is the "screw you, we do what we want" cool carrier in USA and that is why their version (H811) is bootloader unlocked. - I would address Sprint, but they suck so bad that no one uses them anyway - lol

Until LG has sufficient market share to have any power over the carriers, you can expect the bootloaders to stay locked when the carriers force it on LG and other smaller players.

If you seriously want your bootloader unlocked, sell your G4 to one of the millions of smartphone buyers that don't give a crap about unlocked bootloaders and just want a great phone with a great camera, and then take that money and buy another G4 that is easily unlocked in 60 seconds, using the methodology here :)
[G4 General] jasonzarko:
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Or you could by another phone other then an LG G4.
[G4 General] WTF?:
well if you know of a another phone that has an unlockable bootloader, and has a camera this good, and a removable battery so that I am not a wall-hugger, and removable storage so I have no limit on the amount of music and movies and pics I can keep on the my phone, and is not such a huge big honkin' thing that it will not fit into a pocket, then I sure wish you would share that knowledge with the world, because as far as I know, it hasn't been invented yet! (or else I would own that one) :)
[G4 General] jasonzarko:
Not everyone needs that. You may, but not everyone. Look at the millions that have iPhones or if we want to keep it in the android universe the Nexus. They don't care about these things. I'm just saying there are other choices out there. There are also ways of getting around the limitations of the other choices, i.e battery pack or flash drive...

I'm only keeping this phone right now because I can return it after a year plus I have great insurance through my provider. If I were to sell it to get the 815 I would void both the contact the and insurance. I would think other people maybe in similar circumstances.

In the mean time if there happens to be an unofficial unlock, I'll try it out, if there isn't so be it. I got my root and Flashfire and I'm happy, and same with the millions that don't know what a bootloader is. ?
[G4 General] WTF?:
well I had hoped those reports contained the keys to the kingdom, but alas, they appear to be just a bunch of management-BS-speak to assure the carriers that the phone has good encryption and to collect a hefty "consulting" fee. Someone made a lot of money for a bunch of boilerplate BS........ugh!
[G4 General] xrad:
Brain dump of all I found out about the unlock mechanism.
[G4 General] peti0118:
Thank you. Good to see your hard work.
[G4 General] venom_tan:
i saw many other new device like Z5 , nexus 6p , moto x , htc all already had the unlock device methods . IS it LG less famous than others :confused::confused:
[G4 General] gz5ztg:
This is what I have done, selling my TWN one and just bought a UK one from Vodafone, unlocked and reflashed, rooted, TWRP - awesome device.
[G4 General] Satrack:
A lot of the devices you mentioned are officialy unlockable. Nexus, Moto, Sony... All of them are pretty great to hack. LG and HTC are the underdogs of the rooting community.