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[T-Mobile LG V10 General] tersagun:
Guys, have you seen this video? The guy seems kinda legit even though that video is clearly an advertisement minded video.

He has a (if we to believe it's no scam) T-Mobile V10 unlocked with just a code. Apparently, only inserting a different sim-card is enough to get to the unlock-code phase.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guE5XHSZrcw

Can someone try that on his phone? I mean putting a different sim-card, not blindly buying a code which looks like to be 40$ :)

Another video which uploader I was even following for his reviews. Another promo video but I think the formula is legit; you don't need no tricks to use the unlock code once you have it :) (This site has a low unlock price of 13$ with a delivery time of 24h)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmGnrdAiRzI
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] sonofskywalker3:
There's an unlock app built into the phone, in the T-Mobile folder, and there have been sites selling unlock codes for decades. Typically legit, but you run the same risk as with keygen sales for software: viruses, phishing, plain old scam, since their business is operating in a legal gray area. T-Mobile has the legit means of generating an unlock key, for free, but if it's like Verizon you have to have been a customer for a certain amount of time. If you bought it at full retail they might make an exception depending on who you talk to.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] tersagun:
What I mean is, people on the thread were telling that without the app they were not even able to enter the unlock code unlike previous phones. But these videos show a method to enter that code without any app/intrusion by TMo itself.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] eazyg:
You can take the chance if you want to but none of those methods would work on mine. I could not bring up any prompt to enter a code. Maybe if the phone is rooted there is a way around it but stock the app was the only way to unlock. I tried most all methods out there. I never received an unlock code. T-Mobile had to allow the unlock before the app would work.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] tersagun:
You have tried to put another sim-card and nothing happened? If so, then all of those videos are clearly scam but I doubt those Youtube'rs would scam on such a scenario. It's weird.

Edit: Damn, I thought I was on the "T-Mobile unlock" thread. Just noticed that this is the bootloader one, sorry guys.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] eazyg:
My T-Mobile service was shut off before I put a diferent sim in the phone if that might make a difference. But I put my AT&T sim in the phone and on reboot a message pops up telling you to use the app to unlock if eligable. I would try the app and it failed every time. I needed T-Mobile to allow the unlock. No code.

I'm Not saying those guys on YouTube are wrong. Just that my experience was completely different. I wouldn't want to pay $40 for an unlock code when it's not possible to use the code they give you.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] charlie brown01:
Woot!!!!!
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] cbudder:
Okay guys I need serious help I have been trying to get into fastboot mode for two days. If I hold power+vol up and the phone just reboots normally also tried to get into recovery with no avail. When running adb devices no devices are listed.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] Taufik15:
i guess the korean model cannot be unlocked?

crap i didn't think about it before buying it):

and all this bloatware is so annoying i want to flash a clean rom!

anyone with korean model has an idea?
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] cbudder:
Don't know why the hardware keys wouldn't work but I finally figured it out using adb thanks for the hard work guys!!!!
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] klark1kent:
didn't take you long to follow up on this foreshadowing..
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] sanjsrik:
I just got mine tonight, is there something I need to do to have adb see the device? I get no devices connected. I have OEM unlock and USB debugging turned on, I can see the device through windows 10 explorer, yet, ADB cannot see it. Any help would be most appreciated. I've rooted every phone I've had for the past 8-9 years, so, every one seems to have their own glitches.

Mine is an LG-H901, not the HK version I see talked about on this thread.

Thank you in advance.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] Warrior1975:
Download the drivers for LG g4. Once they install, make sure you enable usb debugging, oem unlock, and accept the fingerprint from computer on phone.

Sent from my LG-H901 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] snrbobo:
worked like a charm!
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] jester450:
Thanks for this. Nice and easy.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] pappy97:
I just got a T-Mobile LG V10. h901, directly from the store. I can't get to the bootloader! Power + Vol Up only boots the phone normally. What's going on here? Adb doesn't recognize the device so I can't boot into the bootloader via "Adb reboot bootloader."

What's going on here? I've seen a few others post this issue here, but with no resolution.

Thanks!

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Can you explain how you figured it out? I'm having the same exact problem and can't find any solutions. Thanks!
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] mingkee:
You have to lookup Device Manager for unknown device.

Update the driver

Let me choose

Choose from the list

Scroll down to find LG, and there's only one signed driver. Don't worry about the warning.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] pappy97:
Thank you so much for replying, I sincerely appreciate it. But I am lost as to what you posted and how it would help me. I have adb and fastboot installed. I have LG USB drivers installed. On my phone, developer options set to OEM unlock and USB debugging. But on my phone, when it is off, Power + Vol Up doesn't get me to bootloader. And even with the phone on and plugged into my computer, adb doesn't see any devices (but my computer sees the V10 just fine and has the folder open where I can move stuff onto my phone's internal storage).

What does this device manager stuff have to do with the fact that i can't access the bootloader when the phone is off and I press Power + Vol Up? Isn't that my big issue here?
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] mingkee:
Isn't the adb command?

Adb reboot bootloader
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] pappy97:
Thanks for your help. Got it unlocked!
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] KAsp3rd:
The process for booting into fastboot with hardware keys is:

Power off device,

Hold Vol down,

Plug USB into pc and phone,

continue hold vol down until fastboot screen shows
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] KAsp3rd:
I noticed the same thing :(
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] Wicked68:
I don't recommend Kingroot as a root method for any phone
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] Warrior1975:
Yes, it is. This is just an alertnative way.

Sent from my LG-H901 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] clockcycle:
Does it perm blow unlock fuse?

Nvm found confirmation in thread, that it can be relocked. Sounds pretty "safe" as far as reverting for warranty purposes.

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Phones with the "device unlock" app have the simunlock app missing. So it will not request an unlock code.

With the LG G4 people even flashed ported international rom and still weren't able to unlock with a code.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] kiddiosky:
I was able to unlock my bootloader and flashed TWRP. When I was flashing the TWRP Recovery, both of my screen went crazy. The pixels on screen went all different colors, for like 10secs then it booted into TWRP. Now when I use adb to boot into recovery it's the same. Is that normal?
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] Notasaurus:
I don't think that's normal, I believe I read about someone else whose screen went pink before loading but at least in my device the boot to recovery is normal, long but normal.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] Warrior1975:
My screen went crazy the other day. Had horizontal lines, a bunch of them different colors, scrolling from the bottom of my screen up, and once it reaches the top, it stops and repeated 2 or 3 times.

Sent from my LG-H901 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] secretLOVER:
Do not give "com.tmobile.pr.adapt" super user permissions!!!!!

(wish someone would've told me)
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] sanjsrik:
No, nothing T-mobile gets nothin'

LOL, so funny. Not laughing at you, promise. Just that's one of the first things I froze and then deleted. Anything with tmobile got gone immediately.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] secretLOVER:
LOL Yeah I went in to remove tmo stuff but had already granted permissions. This is my FIRST time going through with rooting. I've learned a lot in the last 24 hours.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] Notasaurus:
Any idea what it actually does once it gets su access?
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] lownox:
Conceivably it had root before we did. I doubt it does much. I deleted it. ????
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] buckeyestilidie:
In the Nexus root toolkit which phone do I select for it? All the options are Nexus phones/tablets.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] buckeyestilidie:
If not, then how do I go to cmd from my terminal?
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] rotondo2k:
Ok im not sure how to root using adb and command prompt and all does anyone know if there is any other easier rooting method then this?
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] phillymade:
Thank you [MENTION=3176005]TheJesus[/MENTION]! Just switched to TMO, got my V10 today, unlocked, rooted, TWRP xposed etc! Simplest method. Thanks for all your work on this. Bravo.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] buckeyestilidie:
I feel like I'm overthinking it lol how'd you unlock it?
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] toastido:
It's in OP.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] buckeyestilidie:
Wellllll obviously I didn't quite understand it. That's why I'm asking.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] rotondo2k:
[MENTION=501766]buckeye[/MENTION] same here this method is so confusing for me im not good at command prompt or using adb im use to the one click rooting method which is the easiest to me i wish someone can just come up with another method because the commands never work for me for some reason
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] TheJesus:
If you can't handle adb commands, you probably don't need anything that an unlocked bootloader offers. I hate to sound harsh, but you should have a pretty good idea of how adb, fastboot, shell, and command prompt work before you start flashing recoveries and img's.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] rotondo2k:
well its because with the devices i have had in the past it was all always easy methods just one 1 click and root whole device i had the lg g2 galaxy s5 note 4 note 5 and it waas same for each device if you can maybe plz explain to me in steps how can i root with the command prompt steps id really appreciate it much
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] TheJesus:
Just use the Nexus 6, I already had it setup for that. The only reason I used the Nexus Toolkit is because I had it installed from my old Nexus 6. If you don't already have it, I'd recommend just installing the adb tools straight from Google.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] rotondo2k:
can anyone give me instructions how to root using nexus tool kit I'm kinda nub to using adb tools
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] phillymade:
Check off OEM Unlock and USB Debug. Power off device. Hold Volume Down and plug in USB. Now you will see the fastboot screen. Once you are there, open your CMD prompt in whatever folder you have adb set up in (Some people have sdk tools set up, this is where you have adb, I used Mfastboot, google this and extract it to where you have program files on PC). Now run the commands from OP. Once it is complete, you can follow the OP for TWRP install. Once that is complete, you will see a long list of text the TWRP will load up. Flash SU and whatever else you like. First boot after that takes a few minutes, don't panic or pull the battery. Walk away and get some coffee, when you come back you will be set.

Good luck! ;)
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] rotondo2k:
So I have to keep holding volume down button while I connect to the Usb port right until the fastboot screen pops up on my laptop or my phone? And does the fastboot screen pop up automatically if. The phone is locked still??
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] kushXmaster:
You need to download and extract the android sdk, you can easily find it on Google.

Open the folder after its extracted and navigate to the adb folder. On Windows hold shift and right click and you will see an option for "open command window here" click that.

Now you are running adb.

On your phone you need to enable usb debugging. Tap build number 7 times to enable developer options and it's in there.

You need to boot to fastboot mode now. Restart your phone and hold the volume down button. You'll see some text that says fastboot booting or similar and then a bunch more text on the phone screen.

Connect it with USB to your pc.

Type:

fastboot oem unlock

You have to type it exactly like that.

It should reboot when it's done.

You can also easily flash a recovery now.

Download the latest twrp recovery img and extract the files. Rename the img to recovery.img and place it in the same adb folder as before.

Reboot your phone to fastboot mode just like before.

Now type:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Type it exactly like that. It'll do it's thing and you'll get something saying it worked. Now you have a custom recovery installed

Now you just need to type:

fastboot boot recovery.img

Now twrp should boot.

Some people can be kind of harsh but they just need to remember this is in general and not development so it's ok to ask for basic instructions.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] sjrl:
Will this remove the bootloader unlock from LG start

screen?

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[T-Mobile LG V10 General] ZDeuce2:
No, as of now only way to remove that is to relock the bootloader
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] sjrl:
So what r the benefits of doing fastboot getvar then just doing the fastboot oem unlock?
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] Rydah:
Purely information I'd assume.

Sent From My LG V10
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] Bob Simons:
First off, sorry for that incredibly long missive that I repeated, with and without all the typos. T-Mo has promised a permanent unlock after the remorse date and has given a 30 day temporary unlock in the meantime.

I'm still confused about rooting. I followed the OP and did the fastboot unlock successfully. Now I need to root it .I gather I install TWRP as described above so that I can run SU. Is this correct? Is TWRP unofficial? What SU is best if there's more than one?

Can I use the Nexus toolkit to install Chainfire SuperSU? I'm coming from Samsung which is an entirely different world as many of you know.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] NYLimited:
SuperSU should be installed through TWRP which is what the toolkits usually run. While you *may* be able to use it - I don't know - you should be rather careful stool kits often load modified boot and such and your device is not a Nexus.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] Bob Simons:
I did things the normal way and all is good

I installed the TWRP through ADB and then used twrp to install the SuperSU zip.

One question is how to set up the reboot to recovery choice. I'm used to finding a command somewhere to make it a submenu choice on the reboot command.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] Goody68:
I use an app from the playstore called power menu... Its has boot to recovery, hot boot etc. options;)
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] Bob Simons:
I'm beginning to see all the little things that Samsung has done which are unique. I came from an Atrix to three Samsungs. In many ways this seems to be a less is more device. Thanks for the power menu tip.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] amoot329:
Just bought this phone yesterday. Loving it so much, still has the plastic sticker on the front!! (ordered a screen protector on Amazon, arrives Monday). After reading and re-reading all posts on this. Have the phone bootloader unlocked, installed TWRP via adb and now i'm rooted after installing SuperSu. Is there any other suggestions as to what next to flash/install? Not sure if xposed is safe to install on this or not? Not use to the bigger icons since I've been able to change the dpi from the build.prop but from what i've read, that method isn't recommended anyway.

One more question, if somehow I mess up my phone, I know I can go back to TWRP and restore the backup I made. Before I do that, which options should I choose if need to wipe everything? Factory reset would wipe the system/internal sd card correct? (TWRP backup is saved to ext-sd). Any other wipes should I avoid doing?
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] NYLimited:
TWRP formats or otherwise clears the partition it is about to restore. The method used is defined in preferences. In most situations there is no need to format before restoring with it.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] snipersquad8:
Anyone figured out unlimited tethering on this phone yet?
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] itsdubai:
Will this allow me to carrier unlock the phone from T-Mobile? and if not, should I take a chance on a T-Mobile V10 that possibly could be financed in the hope that I could unlock it myself? Thanks
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] phillymade:
No. This just unlocks the bootloader.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] itsdubai:
Possibility of a sim unlock coming out or a workaround for the unlock app from Tmobile? The one I'm getting is a good price, will meet at Tmobile store. Should I try to unlock there before paying? Thanks so much.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] phillymade:
As far as I know you have to go through T-Mobile to unlock the SIM. Don't think there is anyway around it.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] hondasarecool:
Oh my god I just bought this phone because I thought it was cool. I went in assuming all phones would be hardcore locked down but I just decide to google this and find out it's super easy to bootloader unlock. This is now my favorite phone holy hell. Will DEFINITELY be following as much of this as I can.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] DJRU5h:
how do you access the bootloader?? I'm trying to by pressing power+vol down simultaneously for 6 seconds but it isn't working.. :(
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] ZDeuce2:
Turn phone off, with USB cable already plugged into the computer, hold the volume down button and plug cable into phone.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] DJRU5h:
thank you!!
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] reiko09:
Will this work on a G4? Just wondering
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] ZDeuce2:
No
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] Jhose_legon:
This method would work with G Flex 2?
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] snowfirebeast:
freeze

5) The phone should reboot to the LG screen with small writing in the top left of the screen.

6) In the adb prompt, type "fastboot oem unlock".

7) In the adb prompt, type "fastboot getvar unlocked".

8) You're done, you can reboot your phone however you want, I used "fastboot reboot". Enjoy![/QUOTE]

it freezes at step 6 after i type in fastboot oem unlock. just sits on "waiting for device" i have a h901 tmobile and have tried several different lg drivers and adb tools. i have debugging and oem unlock selected. and idea why it might not be working?

recently have had phone losing battery life about 1% every two min and getting uncomfortably hot on the top half . continues even after i did a hard reset. looking to root to see if theres anything else i can do. no its not battery i have 2 and it does the same thing with both
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] NYLimited:
Does fastboot see the device? Did you get to the bootloader from fastboot? If you type "fastboot devices" dies it return information?

Make sure you have the latest version of fastboot.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] :
Is this a dangerous method or T-Mobile is just friendly to it's customers?
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] NYLimited:
Dangerous? Not really (just make sure you follow the instructions in post 1) but

it will wipe your device

like it was when you took it out of the box.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] :
I did it before posting and after I set the phone up the way I liked it :(

Now if Helium just restored all my app data, I'd be happy! Waste of money.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] NYLimited:
I don't know Helium at all. I have used Titanium Backup many times and, of course, TWRP. Would not use Android without them (and a few others).
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] :
Trying to move all data from Nexus 5 to v10.

Does Titanium Backup need to be Premium to backup everything? Does it move it to like a cloud storage?
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] NYLimited:
I've had TB (pro) for a long time so don't recall what features are part of pro only but there are many pro features. Pretty sure up/downloading to cloud services is a pro feature.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] :
Guess I'll try it out.

Just to verify, it'll transfer data such as so I don't have to re-login to all my apps?
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] NYLimited:
Generally, yes. There are a few apps which place their data in odd places (security apps come to mind) which may not be correctly handled by TB, but overall, yes.

Keep in mind that I rely heavily on TWRP Nandroid backups and TB can extract individual items from these as well. But I would not bet on it reading a backup done by Helium if that is what you're thinking..
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] :
I gave up on Helium and googled how to backup my apps/data to Dropbox. Let's see how restoring goes.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] willie wonka:
im like a few others here tried everything. i can get adb to work but anytime i type any command with the word fastboot it just says "waiting for device"
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] Aywhy93:
Waiting For Any Device Error

I managed to get the ADB to work, I even used the "adb reboot bootloader" to get the phone to boot into bootloader mode while it's on but whenever I type fastboot oem unlock or anything fastboot... It just says WAITING FOR ANY DEVICE even after already detecting my LG V10 before with 'adb devices'... Please who knows whats wrong ? I really need to get this done ASAP!.. Thanks
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] Zachary droid:
the nexus toolkit doesnt have the lg v10, so what nexus should i choose to run the program, does it matter, i choose the 6P, and now i have a bunch of options, so now can i unlock the bootloader, or what,. i havent seen any clear instructions,. thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SteeL900:
Updated my s4 recently witch added smart manager and redesigned battery option in settings. Now it only says "learning usage pattern" it does not show me how much hours it is left before i need to charge it.

Take a look at my screenshot i took earlier.

Regards
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uzair40:
Turn off your phone, and then turn it on pressing and holding Volume Up, Home, and Power button at the same time until you see a warning. Then press Volume Up to continue, and navigate using volume keys and select wipe cache/factory reset with the Home button, then reboot.

Please note that by doing this all your data will be lost.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
[MENTION=4536850]SteeL900[/MENTION]: Don't follow the advice you've been given to wipe your phone. That won't resolve the problem and will just annoy you. The solution to the problem is to just be patient, as it takes some time for the app to properly report the estimated time remaining.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SteeL900:
Thank you for your answers. I did try to wipe and that did not solve the problem. I updated the phone like 1 week ago and it still says " learning usage patterns" i mean how long does it take?

Regards
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Usama707:
This is the bug in OH2 firmware and cant be resolved,Flash the latest OJ2 DBT firmware which has latest Smart Manager provider and it shows estimated usage time left
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Umar472:
Battery "learning usage pattern" Fix Galaxy s6

I have the same problem...when i bought Galaxy S6

but now i found a way of recovery...

Go to settings>>Backup & Reset>>Scroll down>>Factory reset

Please make sure that you make a Backup for the phone...

do that and your phone will refresh and solves the problem of "learning usage pattern" :)