yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMadScientist:
G4 user here. Ive posted few thing on this situation before you guys might listen a little more. The device uses 64 bit encryption and all boot loader partitions. Hence why it can just be cracked. I dont know if g5. Came with loli or mm. But from what i understand. Whats changed in mm is that bootloader must be unlocked to gain root. Again why g4 only has root on loli. So until someone comes up wit a method suck as bump with g3 or loki on g2 g4 and g5 all non eur models are basicly out of luck. None of tbe devs want to mess with it when theres a unlocked version. Fastboot does not work unles u nuk your laf partition but still will not reconize any commands. Do not try unlezs u have a complete backup.

Shoulda bought somethin else. I hate it for all of u. I vot suckered into sprint g4 and i luckily have rooted but still aint worth a crap.
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMadScientist:
Im hoping 5hat somthin happens with g5 then g4 prob get it then
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] fordstang99:
Damn
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] pcrhckyman:
I wish all of you luck who have this phone.

The G4 was bad enough to modify anything on it, past ZV6... and the default setup, DPI, bloat, etc. made modification quite a desirable thing.
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] fordstang99:
Been following this on the s7 edge...could this maybe help?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3379915
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] blarg:
looks like Honestly Annoying and tungkick have fastboot working...at least somewhat.

http://xdaforums.com/lg-g5/how-to/fastboot-sprint-lg-g5-t3385355
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] YT-C10H15N-303:
What would happen if you dd a version of the partition that loads the bootloader from an older galaxy overwriting just the boot instructions? Could that, possibly, let you boot to bootloader from ADB?
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] geeksmurf:
You'd end up having to buy a new phone and evaluating whether unlocked and root was that important then buying a Nexus 6P
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] esqueue:
Current G4 owner who can't wait till a phone with a top-of-the-line processor, 5.5-5.8 inch screen, 3000+mah, finger print scanner, usb type - c and community support. The only phone on that may work on sprint and meets or exceeds my criteria is the Note 7.

This is my first and last LG mainly due to the lack of community support. I'll definitely pass on the G5 as I know that the bootloader will never be unlocked as it was for the G4.
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] thznutz87:
There is a possible bootloader unlock that was just posted, so stop being such a negative Nancy, miss Debbie
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] esqueue:
You may choose to reply with childish name-calling but I'll choose to be a realist. The sad reality is that this phone most likely will never get its bootloader unlocked.
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mind Absent//:
I think that was a joke, not name calling. If that was meant to be offensive....i don't know what to say lol
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] esqueue:
Jokes by definition are meant to be funny. If that was a joke....I don't know what to say.

That is just someone getting offended by the truth that they don't want to accept. I currently own the phone but lost hope. That assumption isn't baseless, it's based on the activity on this forum and the lack of developers who has given up on the device.
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] thznutz87:
I don't think I'm the offended one. Sorry for hurting the feelers buddy. ?
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] BR7fan:
I was just reading this article,why wouldn't brute force work to unlock the bootloader ? Im not a dev by any means,but wouldnt this work,or is the bl a whole other ballgame ?
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Honestly Annoying:
Keep the arguing to a minimum, and please be patient. We are doing everything we can, quite literally EVERY free moment is being spent on this. You'll hear from us if we find something.

I locked the other threads because I need to test the TOT further and do not want to brick anyone device. I already hard bricked mine, and schizzoid has hard bricked his 3 times now. Don't want to break anything.
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Honestly Annoying:
Here's a bit of an update: I continued modifying the fastboot TOT, and got almost all fastboot commands working EXCEPT for the bootloader unlock :/ I am continuing to test things, and if you would like my modified TOT send me a PM! I have already sent it to a couple of people :)
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] ~~Tito~~:
Wow this is awesome. Really appreciate the work and thought everyone is putting into this.
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Honestly Annoying:
That's what we're here for, isn't it? ;)
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Honestly Annoying:
Might have found something in aboot, turns out the image isn't signed so we might be able to just copy the T-Mobile aboot into our TOT... schizoid is checking it out now. Will update later.
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] l33tlinuxh4x0r:
Great news!

Sorry for the thread hijack but...

I have an LG G4 and was wondering... when you get this all working could you please post the steps to modify the tot files somewhere so that We as a community can adapt them for the G4 as the latest version is locked on MM just like the G5.
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Honestly Annoying:
Absolutely! In fact schizoid already posted a guide on the regular G5 forum, check there for an in depth guide! If you have any questions don't be afraid to ask, but keep them in that thread please :)
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] dannyboyex:
I believe that works for the full disk encryption not locked bootloader
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] BR7fan:
oh OK. I figured the that the the BL was encrypted, so I thought it could be bullied lol
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMadScientist:
I have studdied the encryption of the bootloaders. Theyre encrypted with a 256 bit key there is no breaking it
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] sbofen:
I KNEW not to switch to Sprint or go with an lg phone, I did both, especially since the g4 they gave me kept having issues, so they gave me a g5 - should have been a huge warning for me. Lesson learned, stuck with lg for another year without root.
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMadScientist:
Yea im still on a sprint g4. Aint had no problems yet but im sure i will

The bootloaders are locked tight the only way for custom recovery will be like g2 or g3 loki or bump. Which dont work on g4 or 5. What im saying is that the only way is a exploit.

---------- Post added at 04:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:57 PM ----------

I folow the g5 cause if they find a exploit im sure itll work for the g4. Luckly i never updated im still on zv6 so i got root
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] ~~Tito~~:
So are we back to square one?
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Wired0980:
In my opinion we never left square one.
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] adds08:
yes nobody never had achieved anything....

There was an interesting topic in the LG G4 section but all gave up

we need codefire and people like jcase but do remember they have been insulted by some dou*h-bags and are very depressed...

Something like bootloaders bootroms are not easy peasy hacks...
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] BR7fan:
From what I understand, jcase and code fire did achieve root. The problem was that it was difficult to do. They was trying to find an easy way to make it more user friendly
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] ~~Tito~~:
I wouldn't mind a challenge. I also understand the flack they would get if they posted their method and a bunch of people started bricking left and right. So if there is a way for me to see how involved it is, I wouldn't mind a PM so I can test it out ;).
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] geeksmurf:
Yep I miss the old "harder" days. None of this one click keep it simple stupid stuff.
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] thznutz87:
I think I've seen posts about auto and jcase offering pearls of wisdom in irc chat. Maybe try to see there. I don't think either will do any Deving for the g5 but they might have a few helpful tidbits
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] sillytruth:
I agree neither will ever do any deving for the g5 it's pretty obvious after fredos shenanigans when jcase said he was done working on the g5 because of the incident. Which I don't blame him I would probably have done the same. Which left us no one working on it. Then honestly annoying pops up (supposedly fredo) and work is being done again with jcase tool that he says he stole. (Not stolen if there was a link to it regardless if it was taken down shortly after.) And while all this is going on jcase is nowhere to be seen until some progress is being made. Now we must suffer because he comes back to childishly shut down the development because he is still butt hurt and has a vendetta, what other reason would he come back for if he truly washed his hands of it after the first incident.
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] joeyhdownsouth:
It was almost here, and I have been patiently waiting since the phone came out. Some people are just too impatient.

sent from my g5
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] sillytruth:
A lot of us have which is why it really bothers the community that a highly respected developers could sink that low and make us all suffer because of one idiot
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] geeksmurf:
You shouldn't be bothered as you should never buy a new phone with the expectation of root and user development. If you want that buy a Nexus or buy a phone after it's been out and has proven development. The "community" has gotten to where they treat xda as a google play and they want it now and fully working with simple install and shall complain at anything less. I don't blame dev's for saying screw it this is more hassle and no longer fun.
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] solitarywarrior1:
I don't need a 1-click thing, hell I remember helping my buddy with his HTC (codename was pyramid, can't remember the retail name) with a little piece of copper wire grounding one of the diag ports to the Sd slot to get S-Off. That was a pain. In. The. Ass. And the timing had to be perfect. It was like 1.75s on, 1.5s off, 1.75s on or something ridiculous like that, while running a package on the phone. (And if you screw up the timing, you have to reflash the exploit and start over)

I don't mind jumping through hoops to get what I want.

It's not the dev's fault if someone cant follow directions.
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] BR7fan:
I don't care either way. It's a privilege not a right to get root. I don't base my phone choice on if it is going to get root or not. I choose it to what fits me, if it gets root, than that's a bounus. I do wish there was some tutorials and tool list to try and figure out how to root ourselves
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] joeyhdownsouth:
Its not something I have to have, I just enjoy it like the next person. And I have rooted some phones in my time that were not so Google Play simple, such as HTCs back in the day. With that being said, I think something should have been done about the few who were causing all the problems, so that the rest of us could have enjoyed root.

sent from my g5
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Cossin:
Hoping someone, somehow, will achieve root.
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcase:
What the end user doesnt see, that the developer does, is there are more hurdles now to get to that point. What used to be a weekend project requiring a phone and some time, is now often a multi person project requiring months of time. Financial cost and time cost has greatly increased. At the same time, the end user population has increased, so you have more demands, you also have more people of lower technical skill (nothing wrong with that they will learn) demanding simpler solutions.

I used to have my twitter DMs open to all, I had to close them a couple weeks ago, I was getting ridiculous number of people a day more or less demanding things from me. I get them here in PM, I get them to my personal email, I get them to my work email, I have even had people call both my work and personal phones.

Demand is up, cost is up, difficulty is up. Not to mention we have a lot more phones to support now a days, and it doesn't seem like we have more people willing to take up the battle. It seems we consistently have the same people doing it, with many "dropping" out as they get burned out on it.

We also have utterly fake people, and thieving people, trying to make a quick buck, begging for donations or phones or whatever.
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] roc342:
Totally understand [MENTION=2376614]jcase[/MENTION]. Truly appropriate all your work. Im jumping ship when the next Nexus Drops (hopefully) truly love my G5 but without root for tethering, there is almost no reason for me personally to be on Sprint. Again thank you. Random question, what is your current daily driver?
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcase:
Check out the HTC 10, its been getting steady updates, and for most carriers it is factory unlockable. I switched from my dual sim s7 to verizon htc 10 this week, enjoying it greatly
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] dauus:
[MENTION=2376614]jcase[/MENTION] This is a general question for everyone but responding to jcase: do you have any issue with embedded batteries? What happens if the battery start faltering do you open it up and replace? The reason I ended up picking up the G5 was my previous love of the G3 and the modular design to replace and swap out batteries as needed. I started checking out the HTC 10 despite my disappointment at embedded batteries. Thanks for all you do, dude!
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcase:
I would prefer replaceable ones for myself, but lets look into why those are rare now.

We will use Samsung as an example.

Few years ago we would see monthly about how some samsung galaxy battery blew up, burned someone, burned a desk etc. Scary right? Factory OEM batteries are expensive, $40! Off brand battery? $5! Fake label? $cents.

Turns out many if not most or all of those blowing up batteries were fake. People were getting hurt, lawyers were suing, and yeah people were SOL more often than not. Bad media, wasted money, hurt people.

This is why we have non consumer replaceable batteries.
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] dauus:
This totally makes sense but it seems to be throwing out the baby with the bath water. I believe everything you said about how we got to this point but it seems to point to the fact that people were not properly understanding and vetting batteries. It isn't necessarily the fault of the manufacturer of the phone but the idiocy of the Commons. Regardless, we are were we are, and your history of the battery situation was illuminating. Thanks for the reply!
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcase:
The fakes are good, really good. cant tell the difference without taking them apart
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] thznutz87:
That so f***ed up
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] BR7fan:
We are refering to fake batteries ?
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] evilsanta8585:
so is rooting out of the question?
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] happy_5:
Is rooting out of the question for now?

Is rooting out of the question for now?
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] mistermidas:
I would dare to say yes. Efforts to root this phone are pretty much dead....
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] happy_5:
Then I read things like this...

Then I read articles like this: http://www.xda-developers.com/9-year-old-linux-kernel-bug-dubbed-dirty-cow-can-root-every-version-of-android/

Could a workaround be made from this exploit? I've flashed ROMs for several years now and have always made straight $$$ donations to the individuals in question... I've always thought it was the fair thing to do, so much that I've grown accustomed to demanding root of a phone.

Many thanks to all those who tried. Off to fight with Sprint so I can get a Galaxy S7 instead...
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] leond:
rooting phone with looked bootloader and signed kernel is not technically possible. there is no point in trying. No exploit will give you root. Don't waste your time. From now on you can only root phones where manufacturer will not lock a bootloader or provide unlock.

To root Android 6+, you need to patch kernel, but bootloader will only boot a kernel wich is signed by key (256bit) that only LG has, so if you modify kernel , bootloader will refuse to boot it. And because bootloader is looked (using another 256bit key), you cannot wipe it and put a bootloader that does not verify signature.

If you know how to break 256bit keys, don't waste your time rooting, just go to your bank's website and proceed there :)
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Honestly Annoying:
This guy gets it.
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheAntiApple:
Well this pretty much sucks...I guess I should have looked into this further before deciding on a phone. I was really looking forward to playing with my Sprint G5 :(
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] solitarywarrior1:
Updated first post with a message from the root developer team I'm working with.
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] nalf3in:
Thanks for the update. May I ask you if you would also suggest to stay on 6.0.1 on the canadian variant (h831) of the phone ?
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] solitarywarrior1:
I'm not certain, as we're primarily working on the Sprint version here, but it might be a good idea to hold off on updates until we have more news.
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] adu1982:
Im still on zv3.....never updated and i just turned off the notification....root would be awesome....
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] evilsanta8585:
is this root legit? https://www.androidpit.com/forum/713503/how-to-easily-root-lg-g5-6-0-1-with-and-without-computer
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] hugehead83:
Of course not :)

There'd be exponentially more activity in this sub forum if it were.

Continue being patient and realistically optimistic with us tho!
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] spencer311:
So you think there's still a chance for root?
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] hugehead83:
There's always a chance, but I'm not counting on it. There are still a few brilliant minds tinkering I believe.

Personally, I will likely move on to a more open device come summer if we're still in the same boat.
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] spencer311:
I'd like too but i need the ir blaster and it's the only new phone that has it.
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] DeadlyCreed19:
Hopefully this is a good sign?

Was checking on the LG Dev site for supported devices and since I last checked roughly a few weeks ago and two devices have been added.

LG G5 SE: H840 for the European market

And more importantly

LG G5: RS988 for the U.S. open market

So here's to hoping they'll potentially go on to adding support for the carrier specific versions as I'd like to unlock my G5 which is on Sprint. Here's to hoping since there is the option on the phone to allow bootloader unlocking.
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] BIG_BADASS:
I think there is a petition to unlock G5 bootloader on all variants. Please check it out.
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMadScientist:
the petitions will never work we had one for the g4 and nothing also if it makes people feel better they should be petitioning sprint and lg together as sprint requests the bootloaders be signed and locked up

sprint incorporates the anti rollback so u cant root.

shame on you sprint
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] BIG_BADASS:
Is the same true for the Samsung world? Do they also lock bootloaders lately?
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMadScientist:
My s6 edge att locked down tight but from my understanding verizon and att are about the only ones that do
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] BIG_BADASS:
I think the european market phones are always the least impacted by carriers, and come with all the original functionality.

Moral of the story: Always buy the european versions and stay away from CDMA providers like Verizon...
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMadScientist:
This is true. Most of the time. It just sucks its hard to find open market global devices in america. Or tmobile which most have been unlocked. No tmobile in my area. We did we signed away on the g4 petition and the best its done is nothing even with g5 or g6
[Sprint LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] BIG_BADASS:
Very true. Ideally open market or european market is the best. But tmobile normally does allow unlockable bootloaders on some devices which other providers don't. But even tmobile locks away some original features like FM radio, LG Smartworld.
[XDA Assist] Sayar:
well theres only 1 custom recovery for j1 ace and its twrp and i tried to install the j1acelte.img files two versions 2.8 and 3.0 but they both dont work...it hangs in the boot.... so anyone could help me to get any custom recovery for this j1 ace j110h ?

thanks in advnce....:fingers-crossed:
[XDA Assist] Art Vanderlay:
Hi,

I couldn't find much information about your device here except this thread

Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace SM-J110F SM-J110H SM-J110G | ROM + ROOT + TWRP + Firmware

Try posting your query there. Hopefully the experts will be able to help you.

Good luck :)

Art Vanderlay

XDA Assist
[LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] xbenjii:
Got my G5 from EE earlier this morning. Looks like there's an OEM unlock like there was on the G4.
[LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] waylo:
The Tmobile one in the US has this same option too. And doing the fastboot oem unlock function works too.

And then it stops right there. Any attempt to write a custom recovery does not work.

Hopefully it will be a different story over there.
[LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] the Doctor:
Having this option in Android settings does not mean that the bootloader is unlocked. The SD820 Galaxy S7 & S7E have this option as well, and their bootloader is locked down tight.

Edit:

Aaaand, the bootloader is locked on all variants of the G5 as well. Thanks, Qualcomm...
[LG G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] KennyG123:
It is built in on all developer options on all Marshmallow running devices. But is only a security option for the user to allow it IF...IF it is available from the manufacturer/carrier.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] durianmy:
It seems that with the ATT Tilt, you are not able to do a hard reset using the left and right soft key plus the reset hole. Has anyone figure out how to do a hard reset on the device without using the program in "Settings"->"System"->"Clear Storage" ?

Thanks
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] RemE:
-Enter Bootloader mode: Hold Camera + Power buttons together and reset with stylus(thanks pof)

-HardReset: Hold Both soft keys in while pushing in Reset button :When prompted push Green Talk Button to clear data.

This and more located in the upgrades section...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] durianmy:
Thanks for the information. I have the information you mention. I have not tried the boot loader mode yet, but the hardreset functionality does not work on the ATT tilt. I've tried it quite a few times, it does not prompt for the erase data, it just did a soft reset and everything comeback normally.

Thanks.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jeffreycentex:
It worked for me...

Make sure you aren't accidentally pressing any other key...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] durianmy:
hmm... on the ATT Tilt ?