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[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] dandel0074:
I've been trying to find the stock firmware but everywhere I go to download I get a blank screen or a error. I've tried downloading on my smartphone and windows tablet with no luck.

I hate asking for help but any kind of info on these files would be greatly appreciated.

An another note I can't seem to root the stylo. I unlocked bootloader and the only way I can get root is threw kingroot but after a while it reboots and removes root access and I don't get full root. flashfire won't work without full root either.
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] CollisionFactor:
What you would need to do is root with kingroot, install flashify, flash twrp.img, reboot to bootloader and install supersu.zip file. Reboot, say no to supersu install from twrp (soft brick) and you should be good to go

Sent from my LG-H631
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] stoehner:
Why cant i root with kingroot. Anyone else able to? Metro stylo 6.0
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] SoonersChuck:
I believe I have a 1 click root method for 6.0...let me look...if so I will upload it and post link
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] gello924:
Good day, good people, wanted to share my experience with rooting a MS631 just last night. I'll try to make this as short as possible because the whole ordeal took about 12hrs (11pm to 11am EDT.) The sole purpose of me rooting this phone was so I could install Xposed and use GravityBox to remap the buttons because, the the power button became unresponsive even after replacing it with a brand new one. I followed the guide in this post and got stuck when trying to "flash" recovery, because I didn't read the forum all the way through to see that I needed to "boot" recovery instead. A lot of time was spent backing up the and loading the usb drivers over and repeatedly. LG Bridge wouldn't allow me to back up my apps because I didn't have enough f***in space on the phone, regardless of the fact that it asked for a folder on my PC to backup to! So I booted TWRP, flashed the SU zip file v2.79, rebooted and flashed recovery using the Official TWRP app v1.10. Installed BusyBox v0.55, flashed the xp framework v.87-sdk23, installed xp apk v.3.1.1, & installed GB v6.3.6. Here is when I came across the REAL problem! I could not get the volume keys remapped to wake the phone for whatever reason and on top of that I came to realize that the knock code would not wake the phone either. If anything I could get the buttons remapped to do everything else that GB and xposed edge would allow except wake the phone. Gesture settings in Nova launcher did nothing either. So I spent what was supposed to be my sleeping hours looking for a reason why the power buttons on the G Stylo seem to be so faulty, and how to possibly fix it and/or some way to wake the phone without having to stick it in a charger for a split second evry time. If anyone happens to have any insight on what I'm experiencing, I'd be glad to hear it, because I'm seriously considering wiping the phone and starting from scratch. I usually opt to manually flash updates to any phone I work on, OTA's always seem to cause a whole lot of problems. Thanx
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] Albert5249:
xxcholo17xx@gmail.com
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] SeanimusPrime88:
My brother is wanting me to root his Stylo. He just recently updated it to 6.0. I've tried every root method and nothing seems to be working. I've unlocked the bootloader but still nothing. The only thing that I know would work is downgrading the phone to 5.1.1 but none of the .KDZ links are working and I've searched for hours. Does anyone have the 5.1.1 kdz that they could upload to a site like Android file host or even megaupload?
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] myface65:
I got the adb working, but no fastboot. Try to install the driver in both way, but no luck. I get the fastboot info in my phone. Holding power down for 10 sec do not work. Have to take the battery out. In Device Manager shows yellow at Android driver. After rebooting the phone and plug into usb, in Device Manager shows that I have driver installed. Why the fastboot do not work?. Thanks.. I had tmobile, but change to metro. The last security update is from March 2017.
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] SoonersChuck:
I had 1 click root method for this phone...I am trying to find it...but I never got the chance to use it because I hard bricked my STYLO... I'm still searching for the rawprogram1.xml or rawprogram0.xml to get qpst to restore my STYLO. I have 6 different H631 kdz files ...if I am able to find the file, I will upload it and link it here. But it won't be until Tues. When I get back to Tulsa
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] SoonersChuck:
You wouldn't by chance know of any possible way to fix a hard brick H631 ...I've been searching and trying for over a year...I can't afford octoplus or sex z3x or whatever...
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] pnaralove:
Nice post

Thank you for your post.

I have a same device/version MS631

I'm considering to root because I don't stick with Metro PCS anymore and want to remove various Metro apps.

But if I root (unlock bootloader), I can no longer use Android Pay/Bank app etc which requires google safetynet pass.

So I am considering Magisk to root. Any idea or opinion regarding Magisk?

Thank you.
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] danny8:
No, I've never used Magisk, so I have no opinion on that app.

I was unaware of Android Pay not being compatible with rooted devices, so thank you for that information.

I did not realize my phone had NFC support until I received it. I used NFC only once: to pair my phone with a set of bluetooth headphones. I was unsuccessful.

Best of luck with your phone.
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] andydx0829:
stuck in bootloader state, bootloader unlocked...

copied supersu in external sd card... when tried to install external device was not available. rebooted and stuck at bootloader state, bootloader unlocked.. tried hard reset (volume down+power) stuck at tmobile logo for hours. pulled battery out reinserted and stuck at bootloader state again.. please help
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] SoonersChuck:
Do you have LG UP? And a fresh kdz file for your device?

Sent from my Rooted (thanks messi!!!) and network unlocked LG TP-450 on T-Mobile's insanely fast 4gLTE network
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] opowner:
stuck at tmobile logo, accidentally hit the supersu install in twrp because of a brain fart :(

Can't do anything, no way to access anything, computer can't detect phone stuck on t-mobile logo

took out battery a few times while waiting, tried factory reset by vol down + power to no avail

Wish I could access twrp somehow :(
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] SoonersChuck:
Can u get Download Mode? Phone powered off...hold volume (UP) AND connect USB cord tO PHONE FROM COMP

Sent from my Rooted (thanks messi!!!) and network unlocked LG TP-450 on T-Mobile's insanely fast 4gLTE network
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] opowner:
Yes, I can. I am in download mode. But I'm completely lost on what to do after

Resolved: I ended up downloading LG Bridge on my computer, and going to download mode on my phone, it detected my phone. I ended up clicking on "software upgrade" on LG Bridge and there was an area on the bottom right that said "recovery error update" or something, clicked that, and it installed an update to the firmware, now the phone is starting :)
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] SoonersChuck:
LoL... awesome....that's what I was gonna suggest...well done

Sent from my Rooted (thanks messi!!!) and network unlocked LG TP-450 on T-Mobile's insanely fast 4gLTE network
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] opowner:
Ended up installing the 14.1 Lineage OS ROM, works pretty well. Ended up installing Magisk, too. Battery life isn't great on the ROM, but no other complaints thus far. It's funny seeing Nougat on this phone.
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] opowner:
I tried to convert portable sd card to adoptable storage using root essentials, and now the phone doesn't read my SD card. It just stays "checking," anyone know what's up? The card isn't corrupt, it's brand new, and works fine on my laptop.
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] pnaralove:
Can you share how to install LOS 14.1 and Magisk?

I'm trying to install but need a detailed step by step instruction.

What I know is the following but not sure.

My device is Metro PCS version (MS631) with ms63120p s/w version.

1. Unlock bootloader using fastboot.

Do you get a line of text saying the bootloader is unlocked on the splash screen

whenever you boot your device?

2. Boot into TWRP recovery.

3. Install Magisk and reboot

4. Flash TWRP recovery using Flashfy

5. Boot into TWRP

6. Install LOS 14.1 with wiping system, data, cache partition

7. Install Gapps

8. Reboot

Is this correct procedure? Please advise.

Also after doing step 6, Magisk (root) still available?

Lastly, did you pass google safetynet from Magisk and Play store certified?

Please help..

Thank you in advance
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] opowner:
I have a line that says bootloader is unlocked.

I booted into twrp using my computer, I didn't "install" twrp on the phone, but I dont see why flashify wouldn't work. I just didn't want to put in the extra effort and was lazy.

After installing twrp, I installed the ROM from this site (theres a thread that's discontinued), gapps, and su and booted to just see if the phone would boot

The phone booted, then I used my computer again to get into twrp

I installed magisk but I had to flash su before flashing magisk, it wouldn't let me otherwise.

I wanted to install the ROM to convert my SD card so it could be used as internal storage, but it never happened. I tried using Root Essentials and trying to make my SD internal storage (adoptable storage) but it just wouldn't work. When I would go into storage after doing that, it would just get stuck at "checking" my SD card. I ended up going down to 6.0 and using root essentials and it worked though (I think), so I guess it's fine now. But I'm honestly not sure because the phone reads my 64 gb card but doesn't say it's adoptable, and when I connect via USB, only 10gb of storage shows up. I guess time will tell.
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] pnaralove:
Thank you for the post. It helps a lot.

I will give it a shot.
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] mydarkthawts:
I've had this phone for sometime now rooted and it is time to let it go for resale.

Here is my brief experience of Factory Reset while rooted.

I am now ready to sell this device and have discovered yesterday that after factory resetting the device:

- It holds tons of information on the device such as personal files, images, downloads and a few programs.

- Root is gone and recovery can not be accessed no matter what I do or try.

So, I figured I'd manually delete the personal files and be fine.

I did ANOTHER factory reset and the files were back.

I assume those files were somehow write protected during a root. Not sure how.

SO, I decided to attempt to root it again using the original method and files:

- ADB rebooted my phone to fastboot.

- Fastboot freezes or appears to not respond on the phone to the computer after it enters fastboot.

- I can not detect the device when using command "fastboot device"

- Trying to reboot the phone by holding down the power button as mentioned on the phone screen does not work at all

- Had to pull the battery out to reboot the phone.

- Back at square one.

I decided to install LG Bridge on my windows install and it detected a damaged recovery blah blah.

I clicked it and it downloaded a ROM that is 1.22GB big and it flashed the image back to my phone and made it stock again..

So, that solved all my issues I had after a factory reset, it removed all my files as well.

I can confirm starting from scratch like this works again but it's just tedious.

There is hope for those looking for more information on this if they are experiencing the same issues.

-This also allows you to fix a damaged software update or bricked phone you got on eBay and so on.

It is almost impossible to butcher this phone. Almost.

LG Bridge utility has your back.
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] praveen.sdlp:
I have unlocked bootloader but can't install kingroot app on phone, tried to use pc and it takes forever to connect to phone. tried to restart both phone and pc several times. Is there any other way to get root access on LG stylo H631? TIA
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] ghet2rockuu:
kingroot dont work anymore with updated phone , u have to use adb n flash twrp
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] praveen.sdlp:
Thanks for information, Are these steps covered somewhere (may be on some different thread)? I am fairly new to these things and any help with step by step procedure will be appreciated. TIA
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] pWEN:
You can get the latest SDK platform-tools (adb and fastboot) from here: https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools

Use the 3.2.0 version of TWRP from here: https://androidforums.com/threads/update-twrp-3-2-0-built-from-source-12-8-17.1103219/

Important note: this is an *.img file.

You may not need them, but you can get drivers for the phone from this package: https://xdaforums.com/lg-g-stylo/development/lgms631-metropcs-lg-g-stylo-backup-t3708336

Do not use anything else from that package other than the drivers as it's all outdated. Otherwise, the steps in that thread and this one are basically the same. I recommend reading through some other threads on here so you have a clearer understanding of the steps involved.
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] ghet2rockuu:
command is fastboot boot to load twrp from adb why the hell its wrong on here beats me all u have to do is type fastboot boot and drag the file trwp from pc into cmd
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] Xx_iDon_xX:
Does this work for the Stylo 6 Boostmobile?
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] T-Macgnolia:
This would not work because you still would need root to push thesu binaries to system/bin. Now it might be worth trying that while you have TWRP installed as it has access to the system and has root. But if you need to use the TWRP to beable to push the su binaries why noy just flash the zip. Plus the zip does a systemless root on the device so it patches the boot.img as well when you flash it.

Know the insucure boot error you got was probably because you turned the Enable OEM unlock off in developer options and still had a custom ROM on the device like katana.
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] aaron2z:
Appreciate the responses man. I knew the command was a typo i used the command "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" but everytime i tried that command to flash TWRP I would get the failed error a few people have posted.

But I did use the "fastboot boot recovery" command and booted to TWRP and installed the supersu zip. But once i actually got into the phone (everything was deleted by the way. Lost all my apps settings etc..) the SuperSu app told me to either download through the Playstore or through TWRP. Well since the TWRP flash didnt work i couldn't do it that way so my only option was the play store download. After I download it said that SuperSu could not download any binary files and that i would have to reroot. So i got lost at that point..

How am i supposed to use Flashify to flash TWRP if the SuperSu isnt able to download its binary files. Its a major catch 22. But if you know a way around or to fix that SU error let me know. I really dont want to do the kingroot method. I hear its very buggy and causes bricks for most versions of the stylo
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] T-Macgnolia:
It almost sounds like you did the fastboot oem unlock command after you flashed the SuperSU.zip. But from the feed back I am getting I would think that was not possible as users have said they had to fastboot oem unlock to get recovery to boot.

Anyway the fastboot oem unlock is what factory reset your device. If you boot back to fastboot mode and fastboot boot recovery.img again and then flash the SuperSU.zip again you should be finr.
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] wthigon:
Do I really need to do step 6? It says it will factory reset the device....is it necessary? If it is then it's fine just need to back up my ****.
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] aaron2z:
I had to do the OEM unlock command beforehand before i could use any adb commands. But I didnt know that reset the phone. Thanks for the update. Wish it didn't. Kind of a pain in my a**...

But I also did try plugging my phone back in and booted back to recovery and reinstalled SU. But with no results. I still the message saying binary files could not be downloaded. This was two days ago im on stock kdz 6.0 again until we figure this method out. Im determined lol

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My bad i thought u mentioned a different step. Yes you do have to. In order to use all the commands for a successful root you need to have access to the bootloader
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] T-Macgnolia:
Oh so you flashed back to complete stock using t2hw kdz file. Since you did that you will have to start all over again. Which means you will have to fastboot oem unlock again as the kdz file relocked your bootloader. If you follow the steps in the guide you should be fine. Just make sure to have Enable ADB and Enable OEM unlock in developer options both turned on before booting to fastboot mode using adb reboot bootloader. Also when you reboot to the system from recovery if TWRP gives you a warning about no su binaries installed select no to not install them as this will interfere with the process the SuperSU.zip preforms. I have added this warning about not installing the su binaries to the guide.
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] aaron2z:
Wow.... I feel stupid. So I did what you said for the SuperSU not to have issues after TWRP Flash and I chose "Do Not Install" and the root access has been achieved, confirmed, working. You rock man. Great job. I feel stupid though because TWRP even warns you after the flash not to let TWRP install the zip. I didn't read it though. I'll use Flashify to flash TWRP over as my recovery now. But again thanks. Ill keep an eye on the thread to try and help confused people if your busy or something.
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Can I backup and restore using TWRP after root? Even if I use boot instead of flash? Basically, can I boot back into TWRP, restore my backup and still maintain root? Sorry I'm new at this.
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] Mattix724:
OEM unlock was enabled in the system settings. Was running a stock H631 5.1.1 bootstack and return2stock then took the OTA update to 6.0 when I decided to try King Root after reading about others success. Root was successful however very unstable. Definitely not a root method that I would suggest to anyone.

I realize that Marshmallow is still new to this device and we've barely touched the surface of what we can do with this device. A lot of trial and error and a hand full of bricks before we make any real progress in the development. I have faith that we can get a better more streamlined root method in place for everyone innthe very near future.
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] T-Macgnolia:
Well unless you or someone else can find a exploit that will achieve root. Then this is the best way. This is the same way you root nexus devices and since it is Android 6.p the is being rooted by the SuperSU.zip then it is a systemless root also. I have got to be honest here and I am not trying to be mean at all. But thus method is much better as you actually know what is being done to the device and it gives the user a chance to actually learn how to use adb and fastboot with the device. The one click root tools and apos have damaged the Android enthusiast community and this thread is proof of that. I have been moding and doing dev work on devices for a long time now and this root process was very simple in my opinion. The more you know about Android rooting and modding the less chance you have of bricking your device or not being able to get yourself out of a jam if you do soft brick your device.
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] supersonic125:
I just bit the bullet and unlocked the bootloader. Everything worked out well, I did boot recovery installed supersu, then used Flashify to install TWRP afterwards. Thanks for the guide.

One thing though, you shouldn't recommend Kingroot as a solution to people. It does some really sketchy stuff.
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] T-Macgnolia:
I will add a warning saying Kingroot is still really unstable. I have not tried it as I do not want to have to go theough the process as it would take at least a hour or two to fully test it and restore a backup of my current set up.
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] A Christian Guy:
I got metro Stylo up and running on 6.0 root and everything?
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] AgainstTheFlow:
I have 6.0, root, and Xposed framework! Life is good
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] Mattix724:
So can you say that it's safe to say the best 6.0 root method is to unlock the bootloader, use fastboot to flash the recovery, reboot to recovery using fastboot, flashing supersu and busybox, then using flashify to flash TWRP once rooted?
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] Telyx:
If you flashed TWRP via fastboot instead of just booting it, you wouldn't have to flash it with Flashify at the end. (I booted to TWRP initially, installed the SuperSU update zip, rebooted, flashed TWRP with Flashify, and installed busybox using the Busybox Pro app.)
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] supersonic125:
Yeah, it worked out fine for me. It's just annoying having to wipe your data.

I don't think you can flash it via Fastboot with the Stylo. Myself and others in the thread got "unknown command" in adb.

How'd you get Xposed?
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] AgainstTheFlow:
Follow the instruction here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3034811
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] TheDerekHarper:
In the YouTube video I haven't. But yeah, KR sucks.

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Legit
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] aaron2z:
Well you can make a backup in case things went wrong but you wouldn't be able to maintain root. Root patches over system files and if you restored to a backup it would delete the patched files back to original and you would lose root. Sorry for the late response. Long day at work

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For some reason you cant fastboot flash TWRP you can only boot to it on the g stylo. You get a fail error. But you can still root and then flashify the recovery
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] :
That makes complete sense. I figured as much but I really appreciate the clarification! I actually tried Kingroot (I know, I know) and it worked but also caused boot loop on reboot. Luckily I still had stock recovery and LG Bridge was able to restore everything. I'm hoping to not have to factory reset, but if this is the only option I suppose it comes with the territory. When I have a weekend to play with it in a couple weeks I'll give it a shot. Thanks again!
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] Telyx:
You will have to factory reset in order to boot or install TWRP, but if you back up with LG Bridge first you can restore pretty easily.

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I know, but the post I replied to mentioned flashing TWRP as the first step and if that was possible, flashing with Flashify wouldn't be necessary. I didn't even try to flash TWRP at the beginning.
[LG G Stylo Guides, News, & Discussion] ShonPu:
will this work with boost variant?