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[Android General] bilgerryan:
No, that will not do anything for you service wise.
[Android General] samari71:
switch my phone to boost mobile everything works only problem i have is that i have excellent cell reception but it shows no bars in the indicator
[Android General] goitalone:
All mine do the same thing .. I don't know if it has something to do with the unlock or not.
[Android General] samari71:
yea when i look in my setting i have -87 dbm which is good
[Android General] goitalone:
Yeah just a glitch I guess
[Android General] samari71:
found the problem the indicater still there just same color as notification bar used an app from google play called status it let you modify the yhe bar changed mine and now reception bars are there
[Android General] goitalone:
The ls755 is not fully compatible with MetroPCS in the first place I just found out that it is missing one of the Bands and that is why the data speeds are so slow I am presuming
[Android General] samari71:
my wifes lg x power ls755 only work on speakerphone if she calls someone and doesnt have speakerphone on they cant hear her

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yea when i talked to the tech guy from boost mobile he told me the only way to get that to work is by having a custom rom
[Android General] goitalone:
That's odd about your wife's... sounds like a hardware issue to me... not saying that it is, just sounds like it.

Was hers used or did it get wet or anything ?
[Android General] samari71:
no didnt get wet come to think of it it work before we switched over to boost
[Android General] goitalone:
Hmmm, Idk then
[Android General] samari71:
yea it worked when i did google voice just dont work on calls
[Android General] goitalone:
Maybe wanna try to factory reset or try flashing v9 firmware?
[Android General] samari71:
i wouldnt believed it unless i seen it problem in mic ended up being a little crumb got in there clean it out now it sounds great
[Android General] goitalone:
Lol... excellent.. gotta love crumbs!
[Android General] bilgerryan:
I had the same problem the other day. People kept saying they couldn't hear me. Took a safety pin and cleaned out the mic.
[Android General] :
I've had that happen a few times. I got into the habit of doing that for a little preventative maintenance. The speaker holes need cleaning occasionally also. I'm a heavy equipment operator, so my phone can get pretty dirty sometimes.
[Android General] dougluna:
I was able to build a TWRP following this guide https://xdaforums.com/lg-k10/development/mtk-portable-twrp-porter-t3536123 from there I took advantage of and made the root using Magisk beta 14.2 but everything works normally but just reboot that neither TWRP works anymore and the device goes into bootloop, I would like to know if anyone has any tips on how to do so that bootloop does not occur My device is the LG xpower K220dsf
[Android General] goitalone:
I think you'd need to flash some sort of disable verify in TWRP or something like you do with the LG K20 PLUS
[Android General] goitalone:
I finally found out why the default text messaging app doesn't send texts on MetroPCS/T-MOBILE after unlocking our LG X Powers.

You have to change the mobile network setting to what's in the picture below.

Unfortunately, this seems to drastically decrease my LTE data speeds.
[Android General] dougluna:
I do not know how to do it tried with a zip file but it did not work too
[Android General] goitalone:
That stinks... probably have to be made specifically for your model
[Android General] :
You need to unzip the file and change it to have the right mount points and compression type and it should work.
[Android General] dougluna:
I do not know how to do :(
[Android General] :
If you upload the zip I suppose I can see if I can get it to work for you.

Edit: I'll need to know what the mount points for your device are if you know that would be a big help. They are probably not the same as my mediatek variant, I'm sure.
[Android General] dougluna:
I do not know how to see the mount points but the zip is the one in the link:https://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4300786&d=1507828783

I thank you for your attention
[Android General] :
Looking at your screen shot above, I see the mount point and it was read by the zip so that isn't a problem. I'll see if I can figure out what the compression type of the boot.img is and try to get it working, but don't get your hopes up.
[Android General] dougluna:
This is the boot file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxU...w?usp=drivesdk
[Android General] :
Your link isn't working.
[Android General] dougluna:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxUolIz_XX34ZkVVYUppSUZlRzA/view
[Android General] :
Try just flashing the attached boot.img. It isn't a flashable zip so just unzip it and flash the boot.img with fastboot or twrp. I just unpacked it and manually disabled dm-verity and foreencryption and repacked it. I hope it works for you.
[Android General] dougluna:
Thank you so much, I'm going to work now, I'll do the test tomorrow.:good:
[Android General] :
Ok, I'm glad you didn't try that yet because I don't think it's going to work. I made another with a different program because I don't think the first was repacked properly. Try this one and let me know how it goes. If it doesn't work, I'll make the boot.img insecure and see if that does it.
[Android General] dougluna:
It did not work, if I can make other alternatives I will be very grateful
[Android General] goitalone:
Uhh...think you might almost have it
[Android General] :
Try this one. I made it insecure, if it doesn't work I'm not sure what else to try.
[Android General] dougluna:
Thank you very much for all your effort but the error continues by the way it will be very difficult a root for this device
[Android General] :
Is the bootloader unlocked? If not, that's probably why it won't boot with a modified kernel.
[Android General] goitalone:
Yes, bootloader must be relocked

fastboot oem lock?

fastboot oem locked?

I don't think you can relock it easily can you?
[Android General] :
One of these:

fastboot oem lock

fastboot flashing lock

fastboot oem relock

Edit: I wonder if repacking the boot.img with adb/fastboot and then pushing it to the device would work. I think the problem may be the signature. I'm trying to find a guide I was reading before about pishing an unpacked kernel to a device with fastboot so it gets signed properly. Can't remember the exact commands off the top of my head.

Edit-2: something like this:

http://k.japko.eu/boot-img-manipulation.html
[Android General] :
[MENTION=5130710]dougluna[/MENTION] If someone wants to look into this, it might help:

https://xdaforums.com/android/software-hacking/signing-boot-images-android-verified-t3600606

I would, but I just don't have the time and I have a different device. I hope it helps.
[Android General] dougluna:
Yes it is unlocked I followed this tutorial : https://xdaforums.com/android/general/guide-unlock-lg-x-power-bootloader-t3607634
[Android General] dougluna:
I did not understand how I was able to flash Magisk through TWRP and the system was able to start.

Only the bootloop will happen after the first reboot
[Android General] :
Nice, glad to see you got it working. Was this with the kernel I modified for you?
[Android General] goitalone:
Excellent, grats!

Somebody should let others know and maybe start a new tutorial thread about it?
[Android General] dougluna:
Thank you very much, I'll see if I can get any information that will help me.
[Android General] dougluna:
It was with the original kernel, but I only got it twice and when reboot goes into bootloop
[Android General] :
Yeah, that sucks. I tried. There has to be something with LG devices that I don't know about.
[Android General] Sands207:
It sounds like the magisk daemon crashed, did you use the latest magisk? The latest build has invincible mode to hopefully prevent that from happening
[Android General] dougluna:
When I install Magisk or SuperSU the device does not boot and gets stuck in this message of figure 1 and then turn off the screen then when I flash the file of figure 2 the same message as figure 1 appears but this time the boot is still normal even after several reboots and in all the message appears, hence making the flash of this file that I believe is something related to Selinux I can install both Magisk and Supersu, I wonder if getting a boot.img with the permissive or disabled selinux would work.

right down o the zip file in this topic:https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=64651995
[Android General] samari71:
has anybody found a way to root lg x power
[Android General] RyanIsReal:
Hey my screen has went crazy with lines on it and color scrolls is there any thing I can install to stop it...???
[Android General] bilgerryan:
Doubtful. Sounds hardware related, so software won't fix it.
[Android General] goitalone:
Yes, gotta get a new phone
[Android General] samari71:
is this how you rooted your lg x power
[Android General] RyanIsReal:
Its crazy because the phones relatively new and hasn't been dropped or anything!!! It was fine and I put it on to charge and then the screen went crazy!!! Well I was hoping it was a software problem and not a hardware issue!!! Thanks again!!!
[Android General] :
That's called defective.
[Android General] dougluna:
Could someone create a boot.img with the permissive selinux so I can test please?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxUolIz_XX34c1ZqX2M5WE56UDA/view
[Android General] :
Give me a bit. I've been meaning to for that for you, just been busy with too many things.
[Android General] GWARslave119:
I'm moving on from this phone. Good phone for 60 bucks, but limited space and no rooting hinders it. That and the adoptable storage is buggy, even with an A1 rated SD card. Still, for 60 bucks, hard to beat the gpu.
[Android General] goitalone:
I have used adoptable storage hack for over a year no problems at all using SanDisk Ultra Plus 32gb card.

I just wished I had Viper4Android on here
[Android General] GWARslave119:
Well first of all once you adopt the sd card you dont have file manager access to your internal storage anymore. A lot of apps also stop working, or act buggy. Its a nice idea but needs lots of work. I can see why LG disabled it on their phones.
[Android General] goitalone:
I honestly haven't had any issues with it... everything has worked great for almost a year.

Are you sure you did it correctly?

What do you mean you do not have file manager access?
[Android General] dougluna:
Thank you very much :fingers-crossed:
[Android General] :
Try this.
[Android General] dougluna:
Once again I would like to thank you for your effort and attention but unfortunately it did not work, this LG ROM by the way it will not be possible for root

Thank you very much:good:
[Android General] giobru56:
Hi doug luna,

I've a LG-k220 and I want to root it; looking at the images posted by you seems that you were able to do. Could you explain in very simple words how you have reached the success?

Thanks for your effort. :)
[Android General] :
Read a little better.
[Android General] samari71:
has anyone been able to root lg ls755
[Android General] bilgerryan:
Nope
[Android General] samari71:
darn i just need root so i can play resident evil 5 on lg x power
[Android General] adek89:
Lg will stop at the logo and not go on

I want to do updates on the topic and after installing it the tel is standing on the logo how to turn it off? I do not know how to do it
[Android General] bilgerryan:
Did you do anything before this happened?
[Android General] adek89:
no. I only played soft. Now I can not go because I can not show because the phone is not connected
[Android General] bilgerryan:
I don't understand what you're saying.
[Android General] bilgerryan:
Don't hold your breath. I've given up on trying, looking for a new device.
[Android General] :
Yeah, I've given up also. It's a shame. I have to say though, as much as I hate not being able to root this thing, at least LG keeps it updated. I've seen mote updates on this device than I've seen on the last 3 Motorola's I've had. Just got the 10/01/2017 security patches today. I think I may give this thing to my wife or daughter and find a new toy to play with.
[Android General] bilgerryan:
Same here
[Android General] goitalone:
I don't know about you but I'm kind of sick of security updates only, that make it mostly more impossible to root or FRP bypass. I'd rather see Nougat or Oreo, but not going to happen anymore I guess, since they just come out with new devices with new operating systems now instead... at least on budget devices.
[Android General] bilgerryan:
It's usually that way with any phone that's not a Nexus. Flagships get one major update at most and budget phones usually get nothing but security updates.
[Android General] :
That's why I've been going with budget Motorola's. They usually get at least one major OS update. They're always rootable, as long as they're not Verizon. Someone almost always does a device tree and kernel for custom ROMs and they get numerous OS version updates this way. My first was the Moto g falcon in 2013 and it's still getting custom rom love and is an official device of LineageOS and numerous others. Same with my Moto E2 surnia. Now I got the Moto E4 which has unofficial, about to be official LineageOS and literally a dozen other ROMs that I built for it already. Along with the stock ROMs I started to make. Did I mention the E4 was just made available like 4 months ago. I'll never get another LG unless I know for sure I can root it.
[Android General] bilgerryan:
That's for sure
[Android General] Marlin H:
Guys PLS don't give up trying to root this thing o realy like the good battery power but i don't like the OS thats installet i want to flash a custom rom later but if you stop working with this thing i will never possible to do that so pls do not stop working on this device:(
[Android General] bilgerryan:
There's never going to be root so there's never going to be custom ROMs. Blame LG for locking this device down.
[Android General] monogwai:
This. This this thisssssssssssssssss. My first LG phone was rootable, but it was Verizon. Now I have this piece of garbage. It'd be frickin amazing with anything other than this stock rom. I'm not even a power user, I just would like to have TWRP and back office functionality. Thanks, LG. Stands for Lame Gadgets, I guess. :rolleyes:
[Android General] GuySparkz:
I updated my Boostmobile LG X Power yesterday to current version and now the hidden menu apk is different and wont allow me to unlock. All the sub menus are just tests nothing to unlock or set LTE bands. Any updates on the hidden menu?
[Android General] bilgerryan:
They patched it in the latest versions to make the hiddenmenu apk unusable, your only choice is to buy a remote unlock from eBay.
[Android General] goitalone:
Lovely patches eh?
[Android General] blinkyblinky:
That would probably brick it. You need to compile an image (.img) that you can "burn" to the device.
[Android General] crborga:
[MENTION=1899908]azvampyre[/MENTION] said he was able root once he flashed the vanilla rom. I had to work through some other issues in order to start the compilation. Anyway, it is compiling as I speak and hoping it will succeed.
[Android General] Sands207:
If it compiles could you send me a pm on how to merge the LG source code repo sync goes fine but I'm confused what to do next with the source code
[Android General] goitalone:
nm
[Android General] Flintch:
Does anyone know how to unlock the bootloader?:confused:
[Android General] goitalone:
Which model?
[Android General] crborga:
Ok, everyone here is the compiled images of the vanilla rom.

https://mega.nz/#F!Do5DECJC!2kA61sbe_bBO6OBHHXHzew

The kernel is inside the kernel.7z and i'm not sure what to do with it exactly.

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First you want to remove OpenJDK and IcedTea which is the open source implementation.

sudo apt-get remove openjdk-* icedtea-* icedtea6-*

. Then install the build tools

sudo apt-get install git ccache automake lzop bison gperf build-essential zip curl zlib1g-dev zlib1g-dev:i386 g++-multilib python-networkx libxml2-utils bzip2 libbz2-dev libbz2-1.0 libghc-bzlib-dev squashfs-tools pngcrush schedtool dpkg-dev liblz4-tool make optipng

. Now, you need to install maven manually.

wget http://apache.osuosl.org/maven/maven-3/3.3.9/binaries/apache-maven-3.3.9-bin.tar.gz

and

sudo tar -xzvf apache-maven-3.3.9-bin.tar.gz -C /opt

and

sudo su -
export M2_HOME=/opt/apache-maven-3.3.9
export PATH=$PATH:$M2_HOME/bin
exit

.

Basically just extract LGUS610_M_MR1_android.tar.gz into the source directory. You will need the official Java JRE and Java SDK from here. On Debian, you would install java-package tool

sudo apt-get install java-package

. Then

make-jpkg jdk-7u80-linux-x64.tar.gz

and then

sudo dpkg -i oracle-java7-jdk_7u80_amd64.deb

. Now for the JRE

make-jpkg jre-7u80-linux-x64.tar.gz

. Then

dpkg -i oracle-java7-jre_7u80_amd64.deb

.

Follow the repository setup from this post.
[Android General] Sands207:
Deleted
[Android General] crborga:
I had to use the official Oracle Java 7 JRE and SDK which I posted above.
[Android General] Sands207:
Thanks missed above post - I am building for the Tribute and you just walked me through perfectly. This will help us greatly☺️ Can the vanilla rom be flashed in Stock recovery we don't have twrp because of no recovery.img or boot.img and we cannot unlock the bootloader but I can access the stock recovery and no fastboot access
[Android General] crborga:
azvampyre did it it through adb https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=70281334&postcount=26
[Android General] goitalone:
How hard is it to set all this up to compile and stuff? Is it difficult to understand I've done a lot of things in the computing world, but I've never tried to learn anything dealing with compiling.

I see the source code ( http://opensource.lge.com/osSch/list?types=ALL&search=ls755 ) for my phone and would like to see what can be done if no one else can/will try, I guess I could give it a go.
[Android General] crborga:
It's kind of a pain mainly due to having to use Oracle Java JDK instead of OpenJDK.
[Android General] goitalone:
Yeah that's what I figured maybe I won't have a go after all lol

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I wish that the octa-core mediatek chipset was in the GSM phone instead even though Boost Mobile's been decent to me so far I just don't like their unlockable bootloader crap
[Android General] crborga:
It's just a matter of not installing maven from the repository and installing Oracle Java JDK 7. You have to install the java-package tool to convert tar.gz into a install-able Debian package. I posted instructions above if you feel like trying it out. We haven't heard from [MENTION=1899908]azvampyre[/MENTION] in a bit. I'm hoping he will be back online shortly to let us know exactly what he did. I've compiled the source but when I try to restore it acts likes it's restoring but stops.
[Android General] Flintch:
K220
[Android General] crborga:
I thought that model had a working root method but I could be wrong.
[Android General] goitalone:
Wait the bootloader can be unlocked on these GSM Snapdragon models right?
[Android General] crborga:
There appears to be a way but I don't know enough. I used all my skills just getting the source to compile. Hoping we can some assistance soon from someone more experienced.
[Android General] goitalone:
So you've tried all the usual ways?

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You know I mean like ADB reboot bootloader fastboot OEM unlock didn't work but wait did we need root first I can't remember anymore
[Android General] :
I wish they'd put out a patch that installs a freaking accessable bootloader!
[Android General] Marlin H:
I got into the Hidden menu with this Nuumber *#546368#*Devicenumber#
[Android General] Marlin H:
So hello again i wonder if this works if it does tell me please.

http://rootearandroid.com/lg-x-power/

And my Device is the K220 so yes
[Android General] bilgerryan:
It should.
[Android General] Marlin H:
I dont realy know if i should try because its my only device and when it bricks i have no other
[Android General] bilgerryan:
You're not flashing anything, if you are just unlocking the bootloader there is no reason to worry about bricking.
[Android General] zonedgold:
"mayo 17, 2017"

seems quite old and lucky for me i can read spanish and it seems too good to be true .
[Android General] Sands207:
Has anyone tried this yet?
[Android General] LG-Brickmaster:
Magisk doesnt need a unlocked bootloader anymore. Just need a stock boot image and magisk manager 5.4 and magisk 14.3

Im searchin for a good boot image as we speak.
[Android General] :
OK, but how are you going to get the rooted boot.img installed?
[Android General] LG-Brickmaster:
The Magic of Magisk Manager ..

Magisk manager now can flash root to a locked bootloader. You put stock boot image in internal storage after you download and run magisk manager app. Magisk manager will install magisk by flashing the Boot image you provide, then it patches the image for you before flashing to phones locked bootloader.

Im serious. Check out the magisk 14.3 thread here in xda :))
[Android General] :
I'll try to build just the boot.img from the source I have tomorrow.
[Android General] Marlin H:
When is the build ready
[Android General] bilgerryan:
That's bad etiquette. He wouldn't say he was going to do it if he wasn't. Real life comes first.
[Android General] dragonhart6505:
Will you be building for the LS755? If we can get root and TWRP running on this device, I could get to work cooking up one of my good ol' "Stock/Tweaked/Debloated" roms. Been out of the game for a few years with unrootable devices, but the X Power packs a punch and I'd love to get back in the swing of things.

Seriously though...for a 16gb device only having about 6gb internal storage available out of the box, this thing could use a heavy refresh
[Android General] zonedgold:
In theory would this work for the K450 variant of the X power? It would be nice to at least get root, although a ROM would be incredible too.
[Android General] :
I have to resync the AOSP source because I must have deleted it making room for Oreo repos for other devices.

Nobody said anything about twrp, just possibly root. You still won't be able to use a customized stock ROM without a way to flash it.

In theory? It's a theory that it will work on the LS755. You can theorize all you want. Even with root, there is no way to install a ROM.

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[Android General] xanthrax:
thread closed for maintainance

stay tuned !

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[Android General] dragonhart6505:
I know how flashing roms works. I didn't say you were building it and I'm aware of our inability to get into the bootloader for even flashing TWRP. There are methods of flashing recovery outside of the bootloader when inaccessible, but they require root. No doubt if we get root somebody will attempt to build a recovery off a git repo. I simply stated IF we can get TWRP...
[Android General] GlennBrownie:
Any luck mate?

been watching this thread for a couple of weeks now and all I gotta say, my next device is definitely a HTC or Google or Motorola, lol.
[Android General] dragonhart6505:
if youre solely looking for root and its perks, thats probably your best bet anyway. they are much more highly developed for in terms of compatibility and customization.

this device isnt dead though, its being worked on. but achieving root is a slow process on newer locked down devices. im sure once its opened up the possibilities will flow
[Android General] bilgerryan:
Worked on by who? This device probably won't ever have root... The models that don't already have it, that is.