yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sands207:
It's worth a shot ?I may not be able to try it myself but the article mentions having clean partitions ready to flash which I will need to wait for this repo sync (it takes hours the first time and can push well over 100gb downloads + build to finish to have what we need for clean stuff for flashing.. twrp will need to be built from scratch unless we can port which is certainly possible. since we are locked out of /system at the moment and cannot do a backup of the needed ready partitions CF mentions. This build is square one for the rest of the work I have to do. This root method does have some undesirable drawbacks at least for what I use my phone for daily though so I personally am going to wait.

Instructions

You must absolutely re-flash your stock /system partition, or the separate root instances will interfere with eachother. The installer for this experiment will not clean up old root files.

- Flash stock /system (and /vendor and /oem, if present)

- Flash the attached boot image

- Flash the attached SuperSU ZIP in TWRP
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrk190:
My phone isn't a DD so If you give me the needed files and some instructions, I can test for you
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sands207:
Cool. I'm still syncing with the aosp source code and it is going to take awhile but once it's done the first time it won't take so long lol I'm grabbing 6.0.1, 7.0 and 7.1 sources. Thanks, I will definitely let you know, I have to work tonight and sleep somehow but I'll be hopefully starting the twrp compile rather quickly as well once I get past the initial first build of aosp. ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MadsMann:
What about pushing su and superuser.apk to data/local/tmp/ ... chmod them accordingly and then mount the system as root in Ubuntu using Nautilus and move su from data/local/tmp to system/bin then move superuser to system/app/(priv-app)?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sands207:
Numerous attempts have been made by myself and others to chmod those files and we at least can push them i believe but I have been unsuccessful in even setting those permissions let alone making them stick and the system just reverts back on reboot, without fastboot access to do more like enter one line to unlock us lol we are somewhat limited but I am also using Arch so I'm using mate for a de so right now I just want my hard drive to stay moving long enough to get this synced I don't have the bandwith to do much else. Take a crack at it, what's the worst that could happen? We figure out more of what works and what doesn't. Try it and see ☺️

Just remembered I have fakeroot on this machine, when I finish this I'm gonna give it a shot, completely forgot about that!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rockinmusicgv:
I have no idea how to find exploits - or even use exploits - otherwise I would be eager to help! Thank you to everyone who is currently working to root this phone!

I'm trying to use this on T-Mobile or other GSM carriers. Would rooting the phone would allow me to do this? Would I have to install Cyanogen or could I use the LG firmware?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrk190:
Feel free to pm me when you've got something up, I gotta reinstall Ubuntu because I'm an idiot and installed grub on the wrong hard drive.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sands207:
Cool I paused repo sync because my house needs the Internet until 9 or 10 then I resume it. I started out with a fresh install this morning with about 6 gigs full at most and I'm at 59 gigs downloaded now :cyclops: and still going :silly: Thanks for offering the help, I'll check on if it's time to get things put together when I get back from work in the am. I have alot going on but this is important to me to give it my best effort, you guys are awesome. :good: the initial repo sync takes forever after that it's WAY faster and worth the wait although it makes it feel like 1992 with the 56k connection :o cheers

Try boot-repair on a live CD, it may help your grub situation ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bibikalka:
I am kind of more cautious on this one as well :cool: We may unlock it tomorrow, in 3 months, or 2 years.

I'd shoot for BL unlock, TWRP, and root on stock ROM as the most important priorities. Dirty Cow scripts have attempted to boot a modified recovery, and such recovery in fact failed due to the signature mismatch. So until BL unlock happens, we won't be able to use any of the recompiled things, including TWRP. Even something as simple as temporary root with a locked BL would already be a huge step forward!

So all hands on deck in order to find an exploit ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sands207:
10-4 :good:

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Call me crazy but I might try this https://www.extremetech.com/computi...encryption-and-security-put-it-in-the-freezer
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrk190:
I feel that, I'm going to pull AOSP when I get the chance, need to set my desktop back up. It's been sitting in the corner but was going to do from dev at some point. I've honestly got enough devices to give it a shot. I'll fork what you've got on GitHub later on.

Currently trying to port full android 7.1.1 to the LG G watch, just for the heck of it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sands207:
Right on :) Repo sync finished over night while I was working so after I sleep a couple hours, I'll resume where I left of in the process. I've thought alot about it but I just want to clarify even if we cant do anything really yet, I'm just trying to have things prepared ahead of time for us to try since in previous experiences in development we unlocked the bootloader on the LG Volt... but then there was a lapse in time while the initial twrp was built and bumped and we had our first roms built and we faced ALOT of bugs but managed to bring cyanogenmod among others to the volt just like we will to this phone but the process could have been simplified. Anyway, where I live no one even knows I exist so it's nice to compare notes with others that love this stuff as much as I do

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Has anyone been successful with frp bypass? http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/0...t-protection-can-be-bypassed-in-mere-minutes/ our device is a k6
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smithbobbyjoe:
Thanks Sands207 for your work thus far! and to the others that are busy on it too. I picked up this one on BF for $20 and its a very pretty set indeed. I tested it on Ring Plus for a week or so before realizing that gatesjunior debloater doesn't work on this phone. LG Backup launched itself and "stole" all my data to the cloud and I have no way of stopping it. So, until they get the debloater tool working on the latest google security updates, or we get root on this pretty girl, she's offline and idle. Who gets to decide which Disable buttons are greyed out anyway? I'd love to see a tool someday that enables ALL those greyed out Disable buttons to come back live. I really like the Disable option, as if it turns out to break something, I can easily decide to Enable it and things are fixed right away. That coupled with the debloater tool working, and I would never really need root anymore, honestly. I've started experimenting with Xposed and Xprivacy, but its a bit of a learning curve. I find its way too many settings to manage at this point, but maybe I'll get there- still trying it on...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rockinmusicgv:
I'm interested in using this on T-Mobile. It looks like someone is selling an unlocking service on ebay, without root how is the phone unlocked?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zswielder:
I'm glad you exist here with us :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bibikalka:
I think they can unlock the cell provider option for you (GSM/CDMA), but probably not the Android bootloader. For example, see here how the cell provider was unlocked :

http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f922/lg-ls676-apn-unlock-done-done-best-gcpro-key-2156947/

If we could unlock the bootloader, we should be able to also take care of the provider unlock.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bibikalka:
With some luck, we can leverage the help of Dirty Cow community :

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=70045504&postcount=373

Let's see if any useful suggestions emerge! ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rockinmusicgv:
I guess part of my question is *how*. Obviously they're using *something* to unlock the phone, what is that something. How does that work? I know that is completely unrelated to achieving root on a this device but I'm still a little curious.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sands207:
i found the source code and v8 is available http://opensource.lge.com/osSch/list?types=ALL&search=lgls676 I'll attempt to build it but i cannot make any promises, building lg source can be difficult
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Squee777:
Oh! You know where to look apparently. Lol. Thanks for all the effort you put into helping out! I wish you luck with building! I will be ecstatic when this finally happens!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sands207:
no problem ? i would expect to build it this weekend. Thank you for your help as well ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] majored:
You guys rock I love this site sent from my lgls676
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] discoweasel:
I'm interested in helping everyone and myself. I have two that are, unfortunately on ZV8. I've got one, still in package and unopened that may be the one to use. I'll check it out when I find the time.

Thanks for all the work.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JackNice:
I just registered because I want to help if you need it. I have this phone, but not much experience rooting phones. In fact I have none. But I've jailbroken a few iphones and somehow managed to not brick my 3DS so I guess I'm familiar with the process?

Need someone to test it or whatever, I can help with that, I just dont want to brick my phone if at all possible lol.

Its about time to get this phone rooted.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sands207:
If the phone is your daily driver sorry I won't be able to "help" unless you have something to contribute.

and jailbreaking is irrelevant when it comes to this device.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JackNice:
Disregard everything I said. I am a fool.

Good luck tho lol.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sands207:
Ha ?! Totally not what I'm saying. Im saying if your phone is your only daily driver, why risk it!? There are others here with multiple copies of the phone. You are not a fool and definitely appreciate your offer to help. IF we can get things working, I'd be glad to have you try a stable method ok? No ship of fools here matey! ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sands207:
Just a follow up. At the moment im downloading the android source code and preparing to build. This has already taken alot of my time and this repo sync will be awhile ? im going to grab the proper keychain and hopefully be able to build the Zv8 source code and i also downloaded zv3 as well. I recently did a major upgrade to my build machine so the building process shouldn't take too long. I'll report back either way
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sands207:
After a few botched attempts im finally building the zv8 source, im starting with Android itself which is slowly building and then build the kernel! ☺️ im trying super hard here, i hope it works out!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sands207:
here is a screenshot
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Squee777:
I'll be free after 8am. So if you have anything to test I probably can.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] discoweasel:
I'm game as well with a zv8.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sands207:
I'm having trouble get past make errors at the end of the buids, which takes literally hours each time., im going to post the log when i get home both here an on stack. overflow. I get almost through the build and it fails. I usually build for samsung devices without issue but every time i try to build this source code it mucks up. I will say this though, i can confirm that the fastboot and adb binaries are included as i personally double checked. Does anyone know if there has been any unofficial update to the LG laf tool?

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I also suggest closing this thread and opening a new development thread.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] discoweasel:
Bad news?

I'm not sure. I do know that 2/3 devices have updated to zv9. I haven't turned the other one on, so I don't know what it shipped with.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frederickrl:
zv9 source is out

I just checked on the site and the zv9 source has been made available.

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In case you decide to ever attempt the zv9 source and succeed(It has been made available on the same site) i'd be willing to risk my device, I just have it laying in my drawer. I have zv9 btw
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mixmax_dp:
Hi, I haven't been around this thread for a good year.. but it's good to see continued and coordinated effort.

Still have Tribute HD on zv3 firmware and willing to test if needed - were there any developments with temp root/custom fw? What's current status on building from sources, if I may ask?

If there's possibility to have custom-built zv8/9 with Android security updates AND still retaining possibility for GSM unlock via HiddenMenu.apk - I'd be the first in line to flash it :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] discoweasel:
Ditto.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uwapalwa:
no your wrong, many peple have used them and actually left good feedback
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] htc-8925:
I literally just read every. single. page of this thread. I am VERY looking forward to being able to root this 676!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxmotos:
I subumited this to get a twrp img

https://basketbuild.com/filedl/devs?dev=androidlover5842&dl=androidlover5842/k6b/recovery_k6b-240418.img

not sure if anyone can do anything with it
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] discoweasel:
Fantastic. I'm still sitting on a few I'd like to get rid of.

I'll test on them any time.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxmotos:
Same here the only thing I've been able to do is getting to work on GSM out of the box with domesic carriers but I need to tweak out the firmware even more. Wish we had damn root.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] discoweasel:
Agreed.

These I have are ones that I've used and being that I'm going to give them away to put to use, I won't allocate too much of my time to them beyond background processes while I work on more pressing matters.

One of those things, as it were.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rick.wardenburg:
When I had this device I had already built TWRP for this back in November I think it was but if there's no root it's useless.

LG is A+ for patching any kind of exploits in there source....this phone was my 1st LG and made it my last, I'm back with Samsung...a whole lot friendlier!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theverybestneo:
Here Here!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Squee777:
Still baffles me why lg locked this phone down like fort Knox... Like seriously it's very excessive for a budget phone. It's almost like they went out of their way to lock this phone down.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KEWLIOSUCKA:
Yeah I'm completely confused as well. It seems a lot of budget phones are locked down to a degree. Perhaps they feel like if they keep it locked down, nobody can make the phone more "usable" for a wide variety of people, meaning they won't buy a more expensive phone?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jrhotrod:
Samsung friendly with root users? ? Yeah - no.

But this will my my last LG for sure. Their flagships are okay, but the insufferable bootloop issues and unfriendliness toward developers are not exactly a pull factor.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rick.wardenburg:
I don't think any brand is ok with root users lol but Samsung @ least never locks down everything like the boot/ bootloader an whatever else if you do gotta Samsung with a locked bootloader it's the carrier doing that, as far as I know the Sprint, boost, virgin network don't bother with locking anything up as far as I know
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Horuhe T:
New to XDA

How's the rooting process coming along. I tried kingroot, kingoroot, framaroot, and towelroot none of those worked so I went to Google for answers most websites pointed me here. I'll stick around hope you guys can crack this phone soon. I'm tired of touch controls and all keymappers require root. :fingers-crossed:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fido14dido:
Has anyone tried the pixel method yet?

https://xdaforums.com/pixel-xl/how-to/how-to-unlock-bootloader-verizon-pixel-t3796030
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haku23:
Lg tribute hd (status 9008)

Hi guys.

Has anyone encountered such a heavy brick, the phone is in a state (Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008)? Broken downloader, there is no recovery, maybe someone knows the options for resurrecting the phone xd.

Maybe someone has a partition.xml or programmer patch and rawprogram0.xml and patch0.xml for qfil?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superbajex:
Rooting SM-N915G

Has anyone had any success rooting the SM-915G with Android 6.0.1. I have tried Kingroot, I have tried Odin and everything else i could think of. Everytime I use Odin to flash, I get a flash write failure error. Stuck on this for days and am getting pretty tired of it. Any ideas?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aitalioua:
LG Tribute HD (ls676)

dead boot after flash plez help
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sands207:
i finally wiped laf using spark. if i nuke lafback will i brick? i have access to fastboot now and oem unlock enabled in dev settings, what are the key combinations for fastboot? i can try and build us twrp can anyone help me on this?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mixmax_dp:
Hey, I accidentally updated my Tribute HD and lost easy sim unlock via service menu/Lab Network method, so congrats on your progress.

I'm not skilled enough for compiling TWRP/dealing with fastboot myself but can help with tests if needed :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xebbmw:
you are right, this would be the next step to build a twrp image and flash it on the recovery partition. i also thought at the same thing for another lg phone (k371) but i cannot enter fastboot as adb reboot bootloader command only restarts the phone.

would be interesting to hear from you how did you wiped laf partition. i read that entering fatsboot should be done using volume down key pressing simultaneously power key, release power for 1 second and then press power again. but i am not sure it works, i did not try it on my ls676.

i will look into building twrp image, what is exactly is required for a specific phone.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sands207:
Download twrp builder from the play store and tell them i sent you! we need a vz3 recovery image and ability to edit the twrp image. I THINK i still have the stock recovery but i was forced up to vz5 and then cracked the screen on my LG so i cant enable oem unlock to use fastboot after the work i did to mine. im willing to donate my to the cause ive been trying over 3 years to root this phone.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xebbmw:
My LS676 got updated somehow to software version zv9. I had to unclock it a second time (via USB) in order to be able to use it as it got locked after upgrade. Now I do not connect it to wifi anymore as it has an Android download update in progess and I do not know how to prevent the software update.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mixmax_dp:
Would you mind explaining how you've unlocked it after update? :confused:

THANKS!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrsurge:
On Windows every time I double click on Chrome I get a pop-up ad for Google search, does anyone know how to make that go away?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sands207:
Did they ever respond???
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xebbmw:
I did the unlocking with gsmzambia. But there are guys on ebay that offer the same service. There is Octopus software that does the unlock.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xebbmw:
[MENTION=6085001]Sands207[/MENTION]: I just found the following thread https://xdaforums.com/sprint-lg-g5/how-to/guide-adb-root-rw-dm-verity-off-sprint-t3523496 and you have asked a question in this thread.

I am wondering if you have the zip file provided by [MENTION=7479791]Honestly Annoying[/MENTION] in the first post from this thread. I am looking into this DirtySanta method.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sands207:
I'll check my files and get back to you shortly.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sands207:
I was not able to find the zip file, i may have deleted it as i was ruling out methods
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xebbmw:
Thanks, I figured out that in fact the files are available in GitHub here.

I am looking to try DirtySanta on another phone and try to get root access to the phone using the method described in the thread. There is the SALT tool that could help us dig more into LG phones.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sands207:
i wiped LAF and LAFBAK partitions on my phone using FWUL and SALT, still couldn't access fastboot. Please post back if you have success.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xebbmw:
My idea was to use the DirtySanta method and get root access on the system. Then I thought it should be possible to push Magisk via adb to the system in order to root the phone. But still I think fastboot is required. Magisk might patch the boot image (downloaded by SALT) but in order to write it to the system, still fastboot is needed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sands207:
I agree 100 %
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pau9mi:
did yall ever get it to work, My LG tribute isnt working right anymore, app wont even run so i figure id root and put a ram on it, but its been awhile since ive done this...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wesgreen:
Rooting not possible afaik.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thejokerlives:
What service code?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bibikalka:
Well, this one is a pretty classic procedure, if you google "unlock lg x style", you will actually see offers out there to do a provider unlock. Phones have been unlocked like this for eons, even before Android came to the scene. You'd have to find a forum where those people hang out, so they can explain how it all works.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rockinmusicgv:
Right, but I guess I'm wondering how the unlocking providers do what they do. Obviously, a code is generated by some program that relates to an device id, but it seems like there is a lot more involved. That is kinda what I'm wondering about.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zswielder:
There are multiple software and hardware tools available out there. I've come across a few myself when I researched years ago, but I didn't go into it because I didn't want to buy hardware. Here is one of such forums where you can find some info. Try asking questions there. Maybe they can help you.

http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sands207:
I think they are using either shadowbox and dreambox and octoplus, bootloader v 2.0 with smart clip for sd cards. Basically you install their software when you pay it helps you to set up this *magic* SD card, press #3545#* or something like that in the dialer, it will prompt for a code. Either meid, msl or diag code I think? and then with the combo of the SD card and DIAG mode with the software they claim you can disable frp, unlock bootloader etc. It be closed source and expensive they claim to be the first to unlock our bootloader.

Edit: forgot link http://octopusbox.com

https://www.boot-loader.com/eng