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[T-Mobile LG V10 General] bdorr1105:
I believe you can just relock the bootloader or a dd push with a pre rooted system.img

1 have always had Samsung and I tried the Nexus 6, which was exactly the same as this method. But, you can relock and keep root
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] jekern77:
Indeed, I could relock, however that wasn't was I was looking for. Basically I'm wondering if it's possible to root without unlocking the bootloader, like I did on my S3. No wipe that way. I don't need an unlocked loader, as I don't feel the need for a custom ROM, or kernel. I simply want to remove s few LG apps that are bugging me, like quick answers putting a fat question mark on smart notice...
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] bdorr1105:
Not that I am aware of... I don't know that there is any special counter that it trips. If you relock it would not be noticeable... Nexus is the same way...
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] jekern77:
Ok, I went ahead and followed the guide, mostly(I used Linux instead of messing around with Windows, drivers, etc.) and achieved root. I used titanium to freeze a coupe of annoying apps. Now, if I unroot, relock bootloader, will I be able to take OTA for MM when it comes?
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] bdorr1105:
Only thing is relocking the boot loader may wipe all your user data, I dont want to give you miss information. If you take the update, it is going to update your bootloader, modem, boot partition and system partition go back to stock recovery. I would just stay on Lollipop until Marshmallow is rooted and you have a safety net...

Also, I would want to start fresh coming from Lollipop to Marshmallow, for me, Im doing a full wipe, but I am fine on Lollipop until MM gets deodexed, xposed works and the works.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] jekern77:
I appreciate your response. I went ahead and tried the relock to see what would happen, and it wiped everything, LOL. thank goodness for LG backup! Now, Thanks to my foolishness, we all know part of the answer.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] bdorr1105:
Lol, well now you know, is everything working the way you want it to? all the apps you want removed gone? Android Pay work again?
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] Charliebill33:
I knew I had read how to get Android Pay working with root. http://android.wonderhowto.com/how-to/get-android-pay-working-rooted-device-0164604/
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] jekern77:
Actually, since I only froze them, rather than uninstalled, they came back after I relocked... So nothing changed in the end. I'll mess with it again later.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] bdorr1105:
yep, thats with MM only though, it is systemless root, our devices are not on that list of systemless root
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] xamius:
Hi, when I get it to accept the reboot to bootloader, or go to fastboot mode, it wont recognize the device anymore (adb devices doesnt find anything and any fastboot command wont work). I got to the step of rebooting to bootloader in the CLI
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] njdevils28:
Hi All,

I was unable to install any of the needed drivers or SDK's on Windows 10. When I click the .exe for the ADB Install, it looks like it worked then it just opens the Install.bat in notepad. Does not create any directories specified in the OP. I then installed the Android SDK directly from Google and the Directory specified in the OP was again not found. I also tooled around the SDK and was unable to find a command prompt in the SDK. Is there a TuT for attaining Root on a Win10 machine?

Also, I cannot locate USB Options

-NJ

Update. I was able to install the drivers

I unzipped the executable using winrar. I then ran the install bat in a dos prompt with admin rights

I still cannot locate usb options

***Update***

I was able to enable the USB Options by Downloading and Installing the LG Bridge software while the phone was attached to the computer. I will attempt to root now.

***Update to the Update***

I am rooted! Thanks!
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] njdevils28:
New Issue.

I get pop-up Nag saying "Unfortunately AdpatClient has stopped working" and I can't get past it. Any advice??

***Update***

I Had to factory restore and re-flash SU
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] bdorr1105:
Did you follow this guide specifically? Also, verify the the adb driver is working correctly, as in go to device manager and ensure the computer sees Android Debugging Bridge without the exclamation point, which means driver is missing, seems like you strayed form the guide a little. I use Android SDK Tools for adb and fastboot functions, however, it will not work if the adb driver is not working
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] njdevils28:
I got it to work.

I did a reset through TWRP. Then reinstalled SU.

Rebooted.

I immediately installed TiBu and froze all the T-Mobile apps I decided were not needed for functionality.

I'm sitting with root and the phone behaving nicely so far.

Thanks everyone fur the help
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] Mrsana:
Hey! I am sorry if I am bothering you but I wanted to ask you a couple of questions!

I too have the LG V10 from T-Mobile and I am new to Android. I would love to root it because I have always jailbroken my iPhones and I wish to remove some apps that are annoying.

May you please walk me through? What is the best step-by-step guide for neophytes like me when it comes to rooting the LG V10?

Thanks so much!

Sincerely,

Mrs Ana.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] r3dd09:
I believe I already know the answer, but will rooting allow my phone to be unlocked for AT&T? I couldn't get tmobile to unlock the phone phone as it wasn't under an account for "44 days".
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] ZDeuce2:
No, the unlock app won't work unless you are stock uprooted, and on tmobile.

Common sense isn't all that common
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] Jesugandalf:
Just a noob question.

Will this method work on a European LG V10?

It's model H960 if I'm not mistaken.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] planetbeen:
No. As far as I have read on the forums... Only the USA t-mobile version is "rootable" so far.

Sent from my pretty nifty brand new LG V10
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] twistdshade:
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot getvar unlocked
fastboot reboot-bootloader
[B]fastboot flash recovery twrp-2.8.7.1-h901.img[/B]
fastboot boot twrp-2.8.7.1-h901.img

Is the bold line correct? Just noticed that there's two spaces before the file name. I did have a little trouble writing the file, got an error saying failed to write for unknown reasons. It took a few times to get this to finally go through.

ALSO I had a hard time writing the SUPER SU file over to the phone. got errors and whatnot saying the device isn't responding. I was successful at writing the file over when I boot it into the bootloader, so you may want to advise people to copy their files over prior to rebooting out of the bootloader.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] live4thamuzik:
Hey guys looking for a little help. I am in no way new to rooting devices but have come across a few minor issues after gaining root to my LG V10 and wondering if anyone else had these issues and or was able to fix them with out unrooting and flashing stock recovery via fastboot.

I have the T-Mobile LG V10

Model: LG-H901

I am running Android L 5.1.1

Baseband: MPSS.BO.2.5.c10-00030-M8992FAAAANAZM-1

Kernel: 3.10.49

Before rooting the device I did enable Developer Options, Checked OEM Unlock, and went into Fingerprints & Security to enable Unknown Sources.

Next I installed ADB & Fastboot Tools on my PC, ran CMD as admin, CD (change directory to C:/adb), ran "adb reboot bootloader", then "adb oem unlock" commands which were successful, placed the TWRP image in the root of the ADB folder and flashed the recovery using "fastboot flash recovery twrp-2.8.7.1-h901.img" again was successful. Rebooted the phone then shut it off. I put the SuperSU.zip on an SD card and installed the card in the phone, turned the phone on and again used ADB to reboot to bootloader. From here I used the command "fastboot boot twrp-2.8.7.1-h901.img" once booted into twrp i flashed Super SU.

So i gained root . I noticed I was still unable to boot to TWP by holding volume up and power from a powered off state. I ended up needing to flash twrp-2.8.7.1-h901.img by using the flashify app inorder to get twrp to really work. Since then I get an error saying WIFI Calling wont connect Error ER081 and that voice services were restricted.

thoughts?
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] ZDeuce2:
First off, to get into twrp from a power off state, you hold volume down and power, when the LG logo comes on release and repress power, do not release volume down... Then it will ask if you want to factory reset, select yes twice... You will not factory reset, and boot into twrp instead, providing you properly installed twrp. Other than that, check your apn, data, and WiFi setups, it sounds like your problem is there

Common sense isn't all that common
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] live4thamuzik:
I decided to just unroot which fixed the issue but when i used the recovery image provided here http://xdaforums.com/lg-v10/develop...t-recovery-t3238638/post63604156#post63604156 (i flashed it via fastboot) once i boot to recovery it just shows me the android guy and a red yield sign. do you know of a different link to a working file?
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] bdorr1105:
If you follow the guide to the letter you should have no problem. It is the exact process I used.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] live4thamuzik:
Here's what I did:

booted to TWRP, flashed the v10_stock.zip from my external sd, data format, factory data wipe, wipe dalvik cache, reboot system. that worked perfectly

next i copied the sock_recovery.img to the root of the adb folder.

opened adb in cmd entered "adb reboot bootloader" then "fastboot flash recovery sock_recovery.img" flash was successful.

then i entered "fastboot boot stock_recovery.img" it rebooted to the android on its back with the red yield sign.

i tried the button sequence; hold power and volume up for 3 seconds, release volume up while holding power, then pressed volume up again while still holding power. phone didnt respond.

after a few seconds of inactivity the phone rebooted. when it came back up it was as it I had done a factory data wipe. But I never saw the stock revocery menu that you control with the volume rocker to highlight options and press power to select.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] bdorr1105:
You have the Tmobile variant correct?

The bootloader unlocked successfully? That zip flashes the stock recovery, there is no need to Fastboot flash the recovery. I thought twrp did not install correctly? How did you flash that zip with out twrp? Or I should say boot into twrp? After you flash the recovery then you have to enter Fastboot boot into twrp....

The reason you are getting that error is because your recovery is missing and or corrupt... If your bootloader is unlocked, Fastboot flash twrp as it says and follow the instructions line by line. Don't forget to Fastboot boot twrp.

Also, are you unrooting going back to stock?
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] live4thamuzik:
yes it is the T-Mobile version (LG-H901) and I did successfully unlock the bootloader.

I started by enabling dev options, checked oem unlock and usb debugging. I also allowed unknown sources under fingerprints and security.

from there i copied the twrp-2.8.7.1-h901.zip to c:/adb/ held shift and right clicked to open adb in cmd or take the long way (open cmd as admin) cd c:/adb (as u know)

with adb open in cmd i issued the commands (commands indicated by "$") $adb reboot bootloader $fastboot flash recovery twrp-2.8.7.1-h901.zip (flash successful) *side note* i was using the wrong button sequence to enter TWRP from a powered of state (i was using power volume up which works on samsung devices. only on samsung you have to hold vol. up, home and power. Not knowing the button combo for LG I thought it wasnt working, really it was, i was doing it wrong.)

So i booted to TWRP from fastboot $fastboot boot twrp-2.8.7.1-h901.zip

once in TWRP i flash super SU, gained root and so on...

then I started getting issues with my APN. it kept dropping off so after fixing it 10 times i decided to unroot and go completely stock. When I 1st downloaded the v10_stock.zip i browsed the compressed folder and saw it only had the META-INF folder, system.img and boot.img. That is why I flashed the stock_recovery.img in fastboot cause it was no where to be found in the .zip unless it is a part of the system or boot images which i find unlikely
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] bdorr1105:
Ok I got ya, the apn issue is new to me.. Never had that happen. But you could try again and see if the issue resurfaces
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] live4thamuzik:
the issue persists with the phone as stock as can be, I honestly don't know if recovery is working right but it works okay for 15 minutes tops then I get an error saying restricted mode has changed voice services are unavailable. Thats when I chatted with a T-Mobile support tech and he said that because I am in the 14 day window of buying the phone i can have it exchanged for a new v10 or return the phone and close the contract but I'm not paying a $50 restocking fee for a defective phone lol Ill just take the exchange and try again. I am able to do factory data wipes and it boots correctly shows the android guy standing with the spinning gears and says wiping or something and it all works ok so maybe I fixed the recovery somewhere along flashing stuff.. who knows lol I locked the bootloader again, it can be t-mobiles issue.. haha

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but if you know of any cool roms, build prop mods for the v10 and if i can run xposed Id like to try that tomorrow on the new v10. Also I did try getting into /data/data/com.android.providers.setting/databases and it told me the db was locked by another process and to try again later. I wanted to add more quick toggles like in my Note5. Any ideas on that or have you tried? I wanted to add a toggle for WiFi calling and some others.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] Charliebill33:
Xposed works like a charm on the V10, there are a couple (from bdorr & siraltus) of very nice (close to stock) ROMs available for the TMO V10.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] ZDeuce2:
Every things you need is right here in the v10 tmobile forum, just look around, find what you want, and if you have any problems, just ask. There are ROMS in development section, mods in the apps and themes, and build prop stuff in general. Plus some other stuff just floating around. While it does have some quirks, it's an awesome phone...

Common sense isn't all that common
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] djdelarius:
Quickmemo+

idk if it was after i did xposed or this root but my Quickmemo+ function is gone lol anyway i can get that back it was easiest button to use i cant find it anywhere. Help plzzz
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] ZDeuce2:
You have to re download the app, in settings / about phone /update center

Common sense isn't all that common
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] vais4me:
couldn't wait any longer

After waiting so long with Note 3 I finally bought the LG V10 cash TMobile and rooted and all that. So good to get back into it. I've had a lot of old devices and was waiting for a phone that had everything like the note 3 and V10 had that you could work with. But the new phones kept getting more and more locked down. I thought maybe the new s7 Edge might be it but that proved wrong. Probably the new Note 6 will be just as disappointing so got the V10. So nice to get into ADB and all that. I like Big Phones that you can do things with that you want to do. Going to order the extended battery Looking forward to learning and helping. Thank you

:o
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] erikalin:
OP - Thanks for this useful guide.

Anyone - Help a sister out. I have never been on TMobile and now I've got this TMobile V10. My question is about the order: Does it matter when I activate this phone, before/after rooting it? Do I have to relock before activating with TM? (Can I root now, delete the crapware, then activate with TMobile?) This isn't a question about warranty - bought it cash off swappa - just about activation.

Thanks. Cheers. If I have time, I will look at development for this device and see what I can add there. Stay tuned.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] soltheman:
Do not root before activation. T-Mobile will try to check if the phone has been rooted before activating it on their network. Not a big deal if you know how to navigate their system, but if you were to bring it into a t-mobile store to pick up a sim card, they'd probably try to check. It depends on how you're activating. If you're just doing it all over the phone and not in person, you should be fine. If you're more of an in-store person, wait to root.

The prepackaged T-Mobile apps check for root access on boot as well, so be sure to deny root access if you happened to pick up the H901 variant and decide to root.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] dillonorden:
question for you guys.My computer doesnt reconize my device when its in fastboot mode. What is my issue here?
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] Dr_fadooo:
I don't know what happens with my V10... After doing step No. 9 and rebooting to bootloader, my computer stops recognizing the phone, when I type adb devices I get a blank space & when I type any other command I get the <waiting for device> message!!! Does anyone know how to fix this?? (My bootloader is unlocked and PC running Windows 8.1) Thanks in advance!
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] TheSleezkIng:
i get to step 10 rebooting into the bootloader thing and after i type the "fastboot oem unlock" it just says "waiting for device" and nothing happens,not sure what im doing wrong lol
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] :
Why are we denying "tmobile.pr.adapt"? I keep getting "Unfortunately, tmobile.pr.adapt has stopped".
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] vais4me:
I froze it and the messages stopped
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] ZDeuce2:
It's TMobile Spyware, they track everything you do, including you rooting your phone. Delete it.

Common sense isn't all that common
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] :
Thanks if wasn't mentioned in the OP on why we need to block it.

As for the last sentence, that is unneccessary.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] ZDeuce2:
The last sentence is called a signature... It's not directed at anyone... I'm sorry you felt you needed to take offense to it.

Common sense isn't all that common
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] Airtioteclint:
On mm and it fails at flashing recovery. (remote: unknown command)
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] supergear:
Rooting mm isn't available at the moment.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] vais4me:
If rooted and have su and busybox will OTA take and how do we stop it, thanks
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] TheSleezkIng:
Ive never had so much trouble rooting a device,still stuck on the "waiting for device" after i boot into the fastboot settings... tried on my mac,and a virtual windows with all drivers and even installed Ubuntu to try it on their and still get stuck on the same step,**** is driving me nuts lol

edit: finalllllllllly figured the **** out after installing i think every driver and file on the internet lol.. now the fun begins
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] phillymade:
As long as you have custom recover (TWRP) the OTA will fail as it needs stock recovery to install, so no worries.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] GiSS88:
I have TWRP and my phone downloaded the OTA still. Just not updating yet as I want to keep root.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] phillymade:
It's fine that it downloaded, but the point is it will not install even if you click install. Without stock recovery and if you modified the system (xposed, system root or the like) it will fail. Now if you want to rid of the message to update, then use TB or Rom toolbox or favorite root file browser and delete/rename the apk file LGFOTA. Or you can use the tool that [MENTION=2317284]siraltus[/MENTION] mentioned to you found here.

Good luck.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] GiSS88:
I've read this method before, but can't find that apk in TTBU. I'll try digging to see if I can find it in one of my file browsers.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] siraltus:
Disabling the APK will not work. You need to disable the three services as I described in the post you linked.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] needleyepoke:
Has anyone tried to use flash fire app to update? It installs SU binary when it updates. It works on my moto x and Nexus 5 and 6 but the only mods they had when I updated was the SU. I didn't think about trying it till after I already upgraded. Flashfire recognizes everything on the V10.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] bilek06:
help

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot oem unlock

...

(bootloader) Device already : unlocked!

OKAY [ -0.000s]

finished. total time: -0.000s

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot getvar unlocked

unlocked: yes

finished. total time: -0.000s

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot reboot-bootloader

rebooting into bootloader...

OKAY [ -0.000s]

finished. total time: -0.000s

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot flash recovery twrp-2.8.7.1-h901.img

target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes

sending 'recovery' (33144 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.734s]

writing 'recovery'...

FAILED (remote: unknown command)

finished. total time: 0.750s

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] bilek06:
Your device software can't be

checked for corruption :crying:

[ROM] [STOCK] V10_H901_V20E_Stock [Mega MODS… - T-Mobile LG V10

It was after installing
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] planetbeen:
That's what it says when you unlock the bootloader.

Sent from my pretty nifty brand new LG V10
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] Enzopreme:
This is for 5.1.1 only, correct?
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] mrwinkle:
Yes
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] xXCoolGuYXx:
So would this flash work on the lg v10 h90120j to root it and put twrp on it ?
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] Волк:
No. 20j boot loader doesn't respond to the command needed to boot or flash twrp. You can flash the modified tot with LG backup or use dirty cow.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] skywalker-live:
I think you mean LGUP
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] Волк:
Yes, sorry long day.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] xXCoolGuYXx:
So you can't flash it with lgup because that what I try and got the error
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] Волк:
You can't flash twrp with lgup. You can flash kdz or tot with lgup. Don't know why the tot flash failed, but to be safe, I would go a different route if the first failed. Just be sure to be patient and make sure you understand what you need to do. Is your bootloader already unlocked? If not, that's your first step.
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] xXCoolGuYXx:
Yes it's unlocked I had a g4 before this and it's the same way as that pho e so that how I unlocked it so I guess dirty cow is the best bet for me . Oh and I know you can't tho lgup lol

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When it fail it said invalid file .tot (1) what ever that means
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] xXCoolGuYXx:
Is there a kdz for the 20L for the lg v20 ? So I hurry this prose up because I have been waiting all day for the phone to down load the update but I'm still waiting and every time I go to the update center in my wait it just keep saying you can download it but there is no bottom to download it it also say it will download from 11pm to 4am but it's not working
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] Волк:
What version are you on now? You can flash Eliminator's part one and two once you have twrp. You can go from 20j to 20L that way. Do you have a V10 or V20? You can't flash a V10 rom to a V20.

Guide for dirty cow in this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/tmobile-lg-v10/general/step-step-guide-rooting-lg-v10-using-t3382631/page47
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] xXCoolGuYXx:
I have the v10 h901 on 20j

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Oh in the other post I said v20 that why you asked that I'm sorry my mistake I have the v10

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Is there a kdz for the 20L for the v10 ?
[T-Mobile LG V10 General] Волк:
Yep, check the development section.