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[G4 General] Waleedaligomaa:
[MENTION=2684188]autoprime[/MENTION] are we getting anywhere with that ?
[G4 General] ABotelho23:
He's already been asked a little while back, he won't be shy to share when he's got something. Don't worry.
[G4 General] luusid:
Guys what's going on with the unlock. Is it working? How much longer?
[G4 General] peti0118:
No. 1 XDA rule: Don't ask ETAs.
[G4 General] Furma:
its been 6 months that the G4 has been released

I think its fair to say that the chances of seeing an unofficial bootloader unlock on all major G4 models is unlikely

especially with LG being so close to announcing LG G5..
[G4 General] DADER:
Will never go along with LG ever again, after this miserable experience...
[G4 General] petermg:
At this point I don't see this happening at all. Thankfully now though that we have root, and us folk on the AT&T variant can TOT it back to the latest firmware.. I'm happy with it.
[G4 General] r3al_0g:
Seems this unlock it's light years away.. Thanks for trying devs.. I for one will never go LG again after that stunt they pulled not mentioning that only UK versions can be unlocked.
[G4 General] petermg:
Yeah I wonder how hard it will hit them for people to stop buying their phones because of this. I mean, what's the percentage of their market share of people who care about an unlocked bootloader? That's the question.
[G4 General] shiboby:
It's also the people we will recommend the phone to. For the last 3 or 4 years about 20 people get the phone I have, until this. LG lost them all and,in the future, me.
[G4 General] Waleedaligomaa:
well am thinking of swapping with note 4 edge what do you think
[G4 General] bg_man:
If bootloader checks unlock.bin on every bootup flashing different unlock.bin should relock it, right?

Did someone tested it?

Can someone provide me his unlock.bin file?
[G4 General] rfarrah:
FWIW, I don't buy a phone based on its ability to be unlocked. My decision is based on specs, pure and simple, as well as user interface. (Also, as a general rule I just don't care for Samsung.)

Sure its more fun to to be able to have complete control and hack whatever you feel like, but I honestly haven't missed it much with this phone.

As always, YMMV.
[G4 General] shiboby:
Would you buy a Lamborghini or Ferrari with an automatic transmission ? I know i sure as hell wouldn't, cuz it wouldnt allow me to get the best performance out of it. Same goes for Android phones. Good specs don't matter if the phone is limited
[G4 General] Charsher47:
For me, it hasn't bothered me as much as I would have thought since I at least can use Xposed and GravityBox.

Also, I see your point but bad analogy. Modern Ferraris and Lambos actually don't have manual transmissions anymore because a computer can shift much faster and more efficiently than you can. Therefore offering the best performance ;)
[G4 General] spartan268:
DCT transmissions buddy. The old stickshift is actually on it's way to the grave.

And this thread really needs to be closed. At this point it's just a bunch of banter (Not from UK but it seems like the only word to describe this)
[G4 General] Charsher47:
DCTs are still automatic transmissions :p but yes I agree it's been banter for a while. Apologies for my additions /OT
[G4 General] petermg:
Closed. Deleted. WIPED, and the person who made it BANNED!!!! :D:good:

Ok, maybe just closed ;) This ain't ever gonna happen... not until I upgrade my H810 from V0 to the latest release, then the next day BAM! Unofficial bootloader unlock for everyone on V0... :crying::crying::crying:

Seriously, I'm probably the only person holding back this unlock because I'm still on V0 :p As soon as I upgrade it will be released LOL! :mad::(
[G4 General] roydest:
OT

"Never again LG because of the locked bootloader.."

Strange attitude and hard to believe!

LG G4 is one of the best smartphones ever and with root, Flashify, Xposed, etc it´s

outstanding! No reason to change something (in the future)...
[G4 General] natator99:
Please upgrade, so we can get unlock bootloader ;)

I'm still on v0 and not upgrading either because of similar thinking..
[G4 General] xrad:
How do you root an H815 with stock 20A/20B? Did I miss something?
[G4 General] ChriKn:
It is not possible actually, on any 6.0 rom, on any phone...
[G4 General] zphantom55:
Greetings from my rooted marshmallow htc one m8

? systemless super su might do it, just Google it!
[G4 General] Jens1969:
And your bootloader is what?
[G4 General] rfarrah:
That looks very interesting, but if looks like you need to have a custom recovery in order to give it a shot.
[G4 General] drbohlen:
I would agree with you until just recently. Now that marshmallow is out, they are saying root is not available because you have to flash a custom kernal, and you cant flash that without having an unlocked bootloader. Also the MM update killed the non root wifi tether ability for sprint, and so without root available and without wifi tether, I can't upgrade to MM, even though I want to. So now I'm stuck with the only decent phone with a removable battery and sd card, but can't upgrade to the latest android version, or I lose root and wifi thether, which i can't go without... I don't think I can just buy a unlocked version and use it on sprint, and I can't leave sprint because 50 gb/month data bill on any other carrier would be insane. I guess we are all SOL until maybe they figure this out. I am hopeful that somebody will figure out root on MM....soon
[G4 General] jizang:
Guys what does imei SV 00 mean ?
[G4 General] Loulou-13:
yes...i hope for MM root too ...

But it teally seem that it's big failure . it's a completely lost "war" ....because Chainfire and others strongs devellopers hackers are so very very silent....or they lose interest ! because it's not theirs usuals habits ...

Devs just have to break this sh** damned MM security verifications on boot ...i don't think that it's technicaly impossible because we can easily root a Lollipop firmware with this same locked bootloader !!! >>> not a story of this bootloader but only a MM firmware problem , no ??? !!!
[G4 General] Velrix:
The T-Mobile version had OEM unlock built right into the firmware you just had to select it. So it was not just the UK version. You could always trade for one of those or buy one and sim unlock it.
[G4 General] Jens1969:
Please read this. Don't miss the conclusion.
[G4 General] Loulou-13:
i already have read this article # That's why we can do conclusion....
[G4 General] Abaddon:
post removed
[G4 General] roydest:
I`m still on 10d (v0). I am currently satisfied, that's why I stay there and wait if anything changes (precaution, i think all options should be kept open). I'm sure the unlocked bootloader (or similar) will come, sooner or later...
[G4 General] petermg:
I'm not so sure. IIRC there never was one for the S5. It may actually never come for the G4 but I am very happy with root. I usually just run stock ROMS anyway and just manually debloat them myself. Plus with the ability to restore the G4 to factory with a kdz or tot file I'm good.
[G4 General] zphantom55:
Sorry guys about the root comment, I thought this discussion was for the unlockable version of this phone.
[G4 General] billybob275:
I saw this in the Verizon G4 General section. Can this be of any use for unlocking the bootloader on other devices?

http://opensource.lge.com/osSch/list?types=ALL&search=LGvs986

It appears to have files for the 986, 810, 811, 812, 815, 818, and others on it.

credit to [MENTION=1410703]tyrelsackett[/MENTION] for originally posting this here: http://xdaforums.com/verizon-g4/general/is-this-something-t3286666
[G4 General] gsx1000r02:
How do I stop otas? I have do have root. How can we nandroid backup without twrp? Is there a safestrap like on the Samsung s5? I have a couple more questions but can't think of em...
[G4 General] Juzman:
It's just the source I believe, to compile. Nothing to do with boot loader unlock.
[G4 General] bigjohnman:
If the bootloader is encrypted, I would assume that we'd need to know the location of it, do a diskdump of it, & decrypt it. Then create an un-encrypted version & flashify it with twrp code in it. I have some powerful PC'S that can help decrypt. But not sure of exact steps. Anyone have some experience with this?

I have the LG G4 h810 10o.

Any suggestions would be great!
[G4 General] s0ulreaver:
I have the Canadian LG G4 812 and there is no mention of antiroll in the info tool.

I wonder if this means that this type of device would be easier to have the bootloader unlocked.
[G4 General] xrad:
The bootloader is not encrypted. Like all other components in the boot chain, it is signed with a key we don't have.
[G4 General] gsx1000r02:
Without having an unlocked bootloader, how do we create system backup like twrp? If I use adb and make a system.img file, is that the same thing? All settings and apps?
[G4 General] Abaddon:
Just the system. Use TB or similar apps tp backup data? We need an umlocl BL for at least every variant of H815 imho. lame LG
[G4 General] gsx1000r02:
Yeah that what i thought. So, this type of adb backup will do the system and the system settings, just not the apps them self? That makes things a bit of a pia. But what are we to do? lol
[G4 General] lurker316:
LG holds the entire LG G4 community except the EU LG G4 guys hostage. LG holds all the cards. And they are not releasing the Bootloader unlocks. This is the ONLY reason why I didn't buy the LG G4 and just bought a Nexus 6P. So LG suffered a very tiny loss thanks to my part. I feel happy about that. lol.
[G4 General] gsx1000r02:
I wish I knew this before getting it. But I do like some of it's features.
[G4 General] Abaddon:
lol I have multiple devices atm. A nexus 6, LG G3, Galaxy S6, Oppo Find 7, Oneplus2 and this G4. even though mine has a burn in (when warm) it's my favorite and my DD. the sad thing is LG doesn't give a damn on who needs it or not (unlocked bootloader). Very very sad... This might be my last LG Smartphone till they make bootloader unlock an option for everyone. I had the M8 before and paid for the bootloader unlock via sunshine then sold it two weeks after. I'd love to see a unofficial one soon for the G4 even tho if it's a paid one or not. I'd give it a go but depends on how much haha
[G4 General] gsx1000r02:
Yeah this is my first one. And may be the last.
[G4 General] venom_tan:
I also one of the victims , after bought the phone just knowing their not support unlock bootloader , no more lg phone

---------- Post added at 12:53 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:40 AM ----------

Just saw someone had created a petition to lg , i think probably is useless , but we should do what we can .

https://www.change.org/p/lg-electro...utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink
[G4 General] dboechat:
This thread should be locked. The title is misleading and every god damn update makes my heart pound from anxiety!
[G4 General] gsx1000r02:
Yeah I signed it
[G4 General] Likkleskip:
+1
[G4 General] Knowbody42:
The unlock.bin is signed with a private key LG has that is checked against a public key used by the bootloader.

What if we could replace the public key in the bootloader and use our own "private key" to sign our own unlock.bin files?

Or what is stopping someone from removing the need to even check for a signed unlock.bin in the first place?
[G4 General] lurker316:
Here's an idea. Root your phone. Change your IMEI to a regular EU H810 imei and then use LG's tool - unlock. Then change it back to whatever your IMEI was. Would that work? ;)
[G4 General] xrad:
We can't change the bootloader, as it is also signed and verified using hardware keys. After years of locked phones and jailbreaking, the industry actually knows how to protect their stuff.

No, because a) the unlock.bin consists of your unalterable (CPU id) device id and the IMEI, b) you can't (yet) root MM roms, c) unlock.bin is checked on each boot.
[G4 General] Loulou-13:
i congratulate all of you (persons who search a solution) for your efforts and reflection about LG technology ....and to think about a breach . :good:
[G4 General] DADER:
I thought Root means a super user with no boundries, I wonder why we can't change our devices unique IDs ?
[G4 General] cmorty72:
That would be the same as virtually trying to change your MAC address... It's not going to happen.

Sent from hidden dimensions while hiding from the "man"
[G4 General] shiboby:
But you can spoof your Mac address...is there a way to spoof out device is?
[G4 General] cmorty72:
True, but none yet that I know of. Oddly enough, I just sold my G4 on Swappa, and decided to go back to my bl unlocked and nicely rooted G3. Couldn't be happier. [emoji4]

Sent from hidden dimensions while hiding from the "man"
[G4 General] xrad:
We are talking about the unique CPU(!) Id, there is absolutely no way to spoof that. I really don't want to spoil the party, but I spent more then 3 weeks reverse engineering the binaries. Our best chance is still that LG comes to their senses and unlocks all devices, or somebody gets hold of the unlock signing key. As I said before, chances are also someone finds a way to circumvent the bootloader signing verification check by tinkering with the Qfuse stuff, but this needs someone with very deep insight and brave enough to risk their device.
[G4 General] player911:
I don't get why we need a bootloader unlock. On the LG G2, we rooted and flashed TWRP via Flashify. We had all kinds of custom roms.

I haven't looked into it but I know flashify works for tweaks to the stock OS. We have a low level shell to push images. I am not sure if anyone tried pushing twrp that way. I'm sure if it was that easy it would have already been done, but I haven't heard about any failings either. Just radio silence.
[G4 General] InflatedTitan:
This bummed me out... Oh well. To the few lucky ones that kept theirs on older versions. Congrats lol
[G4 General] mu3g:
Thanks a lot for your reply Autoprime..appreciate the know-how. It sucks that I took the 10g update only to root using LER (LER instructions were for 10g..oh well). I guess I'll be stuck on stock - new Nexus is arriving in 15 days, so the bootloader lock situation won't last too long for me :)
[G4 General] dhanmohan:
yay! finally ??
[G4 General] aoprea:
Will work on dualsim variant H818N ?
[G4 General] JDROIDS:
[MENTION=4726635]mu3g[/MENTION] Exactly my thoughts. Mine arrives allegedly Nov 2-5. Loved the G4 but between touch screen issues and no bootloader unlock... uhg. Getting to the point if you want to have custom ROMs you'll need a Nexus.
[G4 General] rfarrah:
Dang - I'm on VZW 11a. Guess I'll check to see if there's a way to upgrade to 12A and still keep root. Better than nothing, I suppose.
[G4 General] legend221:
Thank you autoprime for alerting us since day 1 to not update. I'm still on 10B for the Verizon variant and am very happy that I stayed on this version.

We are hopeful that bootloader unlock and thus Roms will start appearing soon on the forum for the rest of us.

You are what makes xda survive. Devs and innovators like you that make these phones worth buying in the first place. There is not enough thanks in the world to fully compensate all your hard work.

..Sent from an XDA modified LG G4 on Verizon..
[G4 General] natator99:
Woohoo! Makes me happy to know that I disabled OTAs the few days after I got the phone and have since held out hope on this, meanwhile crossing my fingers to avoid any security issues that are open from not taking updates! :p
[G4 General] pettigrew95:
Ugh...On 11a...I'm officially bummed out now... Don't think anyone on v1 or v2 will ever see a bootloader unlock :( ...Guess I'll just keep my fingers crossed...
[G4 General] dhanmohan:
dont worry man..one they figured v0 ones they will do it for v1 and other too..they just need sometime.. ;)
[G4 General] 24speed:
At what line I see it, if I have 0 or 1?
[G4 General] krazy_smokezalot:
Has anyone claimed warranty through Verizon and got back a v0 phone back of so I'll proceed to claim warranty for my touchscreen issue imnot condoning illegal claims
[G4 General] edmann:
That's like a weird kinda pondering.? Who give a . . . hoot what's coming out next?
[G4 General] krazy_smokezalot:
I knew something will come out just like the g3 first international phones. Than I'll leave it up to PRIME CUBE and there team to get us twrp to US models patience my people shut up and watch the pros quietly. I so wanna join their team but I lack the knowledge they posses
[G4 General] catzilla:
Someone correct me if I am wrong, but if I disabled OTA updates on day 1 (through disabling apps) and rooted by flashing rooted 10g version on top, I should still be on v0?

AT&T H810

Edit: After a bit more reading, this seems to be the case. Pretty awesome.
[G4 General] :
IF YOU ARE ON VERSION

11a

THEN YOU ARE ON v1

the version before 11a is V0

12a IS v2

I REPEATE AGAIN anyone on any version that is 11a or 12a you are on V1 for 11a and V2 for 12a
[G4 General] Jraider44:
Is the unlock method currently available for the V0 devices? I'm on 10b, which is V0 for verizon wanted to know if the unlock was ready.
[G4 General] :
It will be easier because they will be able to take updates and look at things from different angles/files that we cant grab yet.

it is only a matter of time but i am already to deep in to not take the update. already on 11a... :{
[G4 General] Medizinmann:
You have a non-US G4 and therefore you have v0.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=63252822

Greetings

Medzinmann
[G4 General] jesssiii:
Someone just went back to 11a from 12A with no issues so it can't just be the version number. Unless 12A isn't v2.

VZW LG G4
[G4 General] 5nickers:
we were able to do that cause be were able to trick the bootloader on the G2, that is not possible here.
[G4 General] aDroidFlash:
Why is it frowned upon to ask an e.t.a. but not frowned upon to start a thread saying bootloader unlock on its way months ago then not even give the slightest bit of an update as to the progress? As far as people not willing to sacrifice their device thats fooey I will provide two g4's of any U.S. carrier so that the devs have the device in hand did eveyone jump ship and go to google lets get this thing unlocked at let lg know what this community can do pm me autoprime to get these devices and get this device unlocked this is a question of pride now!!!!!!!
[G4 General] xrad:
Very noble to donate two devices and I agree on the pride and honor bit. I also agree that this thread's title is very misleading and likely to give people very very false hopes. As of myself, yes, after having taken way too much quality time off my family trying to unlock or at least root V20 during the xmas season, I have jumped ship. I left all my knowledge in the technical thread though for someone braver than me to pick up where I left.

Oh, and BTW: please do use more punctuation. You post was kinda hard to read. ;)
[G4 General] ABotelho23:
That would be great!

[MENTION=2684188]autoprime[/MENTION] ?
[G4 General] petermg:
+1 this!

And don't worry about people nit picking about "punctuation". Some people are just fault finders and arrogant pr!cks who will compliment you at first then find fault with you in the same breath. Let him learn how to read! Great post my friend! ? ?
[G4 General] rfarrah:
It's not nit-picking - lack of punctuation does make it difficult to understand completely what the person is trying to say. Punctuation is part of how we "decode" written communication.

...my $.02.
[G4 General] hasanu88:
Any developement for H818N indian dual SIM? On bootloader...
[G4 General] ABotelho23:
There's no development for any unofficial unlock and according to "pros" we're probably not getting it. Join the techies who made the mistake of buying this phone.
[G4 General] hasanu88:
I come from nexus 6 to g4...i don't want lg to push 6.0 if they just give us the unlock codes for bootloader.
[G4 General] ABotelho23:
We're not getting codes, don't count on it. Go have a look at LG's dev forums and you'll see. They've even stated they may released an unlock for the V10, but once again only the Euro model.

I'm personally waiting for the Z6 or an affordable way to obtain a Z5 and I'm moving to Sony who actually cares about devs.
[G4 General] DADER:
Blame the cariers not LG, it want to get profits but cariers put the terms.

I am considering moving back to sammy but long time I didn't have one. I hope they don't follow same steps as LG... ?
[G4 General] jamesd1085:
Samsung is far worse about locking down their devices...that's why i moved to lg...after the galaxy s4 i will not own another samsung device unless they change their ways
[G4 General] ABotelho23:
They unlocked the bootloader of the Euro H815. Allowing unlocking of fully carrier unlocked devices to be bootloader unlocked has nothing to do with carriers. It's LG.
[G4 General] Killua96:
They unlocked the H815 no-carrier model until september, from september also the carrier model are unlockable...

So yes, is carrier fault
[G4 General] Furma:
no, I blame LG for not coming to terms with carriers about having unlocked bootloaders

if other manufacturers can do it, why couldn't LG?

my next phone will surely be either a nexus or one plus three/four..
[G4 General] Atlas:
my 818p ain't from any brazilian carrier, and still unlockable, 815p ain't lockable aswell, so it's not carriers fault, it's lg that doesn't want to unlock other models.
[G4 General] Killua96:
Yep, i missed them.
[G4 General] natator99:
Some carriers may allow LG to provide unlock details for their specific models. In the U.S. where the subsidized phone model is still pretty popular many carriers are on the hook for these phones and will pressure manufacturers to keep their carrier branded phones locked. It may different for different carriers (T-Mobile for example) in different countries around the world.
[G4 General] Gafanhotz:
We aren't talking about carrier-ed phones. We have variants in South America that are 'debranded' from carriers, sold by LG itself, that are still impossible to unlock the bootloader.
[G4 General] gboybama:
Given what's happened here, I'm gonna need the G5 to be unlocked out of the box, or no sale.

Owning the G4, I learned I'd much rather have a $400 mid-tier phone with full access than a $700 flagship phone with limited access.
[G4 General] jal3223:
Yup, I feel the same way.
[G4 General] ABotelho23:
I'm definitely not betting the G5, even with unlocked bootloader. This experience with unlocked bootloaders has left a sour taste in my mouth.

After seeing the Xperia X Performance announced, as long as it arrived unlocked in Canada, I'm surely doing that. At least Sony supports Android developers.
[G4 General] Azure1203:
HTC M9 is super easy to unlock and after market support is great. Obviously your warranty is void but if you're switching phones it could be worth it.
[G4 General] smknutson:
At that point, might as well wait for the M10
[G4 General] juan272:
https://www.change.org/p/lg-electronics-unlock-bootloader-on-all-g4-devices

Keep Fighting

:(
[G4 General] lambstone:
What a load of crap. Thanks LG, I'm not buying any more of your phones unless its unlocked. Looks like its back to Samsung for me (that's right, I'll rather live with knox than a locked bootloader)
[G4 General] kabirjedi:
Yeah buy samu with knox ...better ....bye hahah
[G4 General] milan187:
Anyone know if any work is actually happening for this? I don't mind waiting at all just wondering if there is development.
[G4 General] edmann:
Men, this is a dead horse. Say a prayer and move on. Does Apple's fight with the FBI ring any bells for anyone? Plus the phone manufacturers want to do the things we were doing with our roms. Special things. A lot of the tweaks we put in phones the past seven years are in the new phones coming out. Can you say "used"?
[G4 General] shiboby:
Perhaps instead of petition we should just start an LG boycott. That might get their attention ;)
[G4 General] Diatomix98:
Last month I got my new G4, I immediately tried to unlock its bootloader but turns out that it was a Singapore Arrow SEA variant. After facing a period of struggling I managed to sell it and ordered myself an Europe variant on this site. Hopefully this helps you guys too.

http://www.handtec.co.uk/lg-g4-32gb-smartphone-genuine-leather-black.html