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[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] mingkee:
There's an option to block OTA update in Developer Settings.

I can wait for TWRP flashable update, or I will try to make my own. Root can be added in TWRP.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] UniX1rm:
Yes and no if came in with the latest update it might be blocked. Just like the G6 . I could be wrong. If you got one that hasn't been patched you can do TWRP and root easily
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Srikar_NBK:
I have tried 2 LG phones(v20 and G6) in the last 8 months and I didn't like either of them. Although the hardware is good, the software is horrible and becomes a janky laggy mess after a few weeks. In this regard, my L6 is even worse than the V20 in that it has become laggy sooner. I have decided to get rid of the G6 and maybe get a One Plus 5 when it releases. LG software seems to be like Touchwiz from 2 years ago, when it didn't have any optimization what so ever.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Saythis:
See mine runs insanely smooth. I haven't had any lag issues or heat.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] nima0003:
Me neither
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] mhill1986:
Ditto. I keep responding to these because it would be a shame if people were put off by the random reports of lag. Most users I've seen say the G6 is one of the smoothest Android phones they've used. It is definitely smoother than Samsung flagships, and I love Samsung.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] kaebi101:
Unlock developer options and put on force gpu rendering. Thats

what i did to get rid of the lag
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] digitalb0y:
Wow, this really does seem to make things snappier so far on my device! I wasn't really seeing any noticeable lag, but animation effects are really speedy now. Thanks!

Anybody know what the trade-off is here? Battery life? Why isn't it set this way by default?
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] zathus:
Some apps don't play well with it on. That's about it. Couldn't tell you which ones but as far as I can tell from things I've read that's about the only downside
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] digitalb0y:
Well, I've had it on since this was posted and haven't had a single issue. Thanks guys!
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] scallawag:
I have the unlocked US997...Fastboot works fine except for unlocking the boot loader. Any help would be great! Some examples of what fast boot returns follows.

adb reboot bootloader works fine and fastboot reboot works fine.

Johns-iMac:~ me$ fastboot oem lock

...

(bootloader)	Device already : locked!

OKAY [ 0.013s]

finished. total time: 0.013s

me$ fastboot oem unlock

...

FAILED (remote: unknown command)

finished. total time: 0.010s

Any Ideas? I don't see a forum for the

us997 yet.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] mjdavis871:
Aren't you supposed to check the allow OEM unlock in developers settings before unlocking? I believe that's what you are supposed to do with the TMO version.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] scallawag:
Thank You... Yes you are and I did that and checked the the usb debugging.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] mjdavis871:
Oh, sounds like TMO let's you unlock but hoses us on fastboot.[emoji17]
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] thorpe24:
does not work for lgus997 unlocked version.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Barsky:
Same for the G5. Fastboot only does bootloader unlock/lock and fastboot reboot. all the stuff that would make life easier has been removed :eek::eek:
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] jeffsga88:
Most likely the USA unlocked version would go through official unlock from lg website if they allow it. Check to see if the following command works on your phone from adv:

fastboot oem device-id

If it gives you an id # then it will probably be through lg website when they decide to allow unlocking (if they decide to...). If it gets added it will be at the following website:

https://developer.lge.com/resource/mobile/RetrieveBootloader.dev
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Char_G:
Have you tried fastboot flashing unlock? That's the unlock command for the Nexus 6p and Pixels, maybe it would work on your G6.

https://xdaforums.com/nexus-6p/general/fastboot-unlocking-command-t3233722
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] xui_uj:
Does is network unlock the phone ?

DOES IS NETWORK UNLOCK THE PHONE ?

I am a newbie here
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] mfinlay04:
I'd try a different port and/or cable to see if that's the issue. Run ADB Devices and make sure your phone is recognized.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] theansible:
Using command prompt, I typed "adb reboot bootloader". It booted into the bootloader.

Then typed "fastboot oem unlock". It just sits there forever.

Is t-mobile preventing this? I really want to get G6 rooted and get all T-MOBILE CRAP off this phone!!! It's a nice piece of hardware..

Is there no solution yet?

Can anyone help me PLEASE?
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] richardsaltsman@gmail.com:
Does this help at all? https://www.xda-developers.com/dirtysanta-exploit-unlocks-the-bootloader-of-the-lg-v20-h990/
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] mingkee:
It's patched
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] johndc7:
That the bootloader on this phone is already unlocked so that doesn't really have to much to do with the problem at all.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] mingkee:
However, the essential fastboot commands are gone. It's no way to root.

It's dead already
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] nolimit78:
I went poking around and went ahead and tried it. The bootloader itself gives instructions on how to unlock the bootloader.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] FCORivers:
Yeah, funny how no other fastboot commands work.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Barsky:
Same thing with the G5 tmo. but, they rooted that one. Don't know the current state, but last I knew that exploit got patched in December and don't know if it ever got cracked again :\
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] benznord:
I have lg g6 tmobile after update ota cellephone network locked I'm in algeria carrier
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] richardsaltsman@gmail.com:
Has anyone unlocked their bootloader? I know this was an issue a couple weeks ago. I have unlocked my bootloader. I used Android One Toolbox
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Barsky:
Why did you need an app to do this? The T-Mobile bootloader is unlockable by loading the bootloader and typing the command that it shows. It gives you the instructions.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] jagjot2704:
Is the UK version's of LG g6 bootloader unlockable?
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] anon1ski:
What? I thought the whole issue on the G6 is that we CANT unlock the bootloader? hmmmm?
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] KOLIOSIS:
THIS: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=71659670&postcount=92

If you want the full backstory,start from post #1
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Barsky:
the long and short of it is the TMO version can be bootloader unlocked. But, they striped out all the fastboot commands, of course including the most important "fastboot flash *" This leaves us with a mostly useless unlocked bootloader.

Work-arounds to this situation on the TMO g5 , for gaining root, were primarily (or completely?) blocked in a december 2016 update.

We are SOL. But, tbh, having learned to live without xPosed since nougat and now being able to disable any app I want (LG Package Disabler) and have proper non-root adblocking (Blokada) I am getting used to the situation.

This is not to say that the situation doesn't piss me off. :) Just sayin I have been forced to adapt and can live with it
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] KOLIOSIS:
THX for the LG Package Disabler mention,it's the first time I've heard of it.

This changes my future plans on newer LG devices,or, pick this one up again,but,in a Dual SIM variant from overseas.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] laoh:
Are you referring to "Package Disabler for LGMobile" by PackageManagers? I thought about installing it but the some of the negative reviews are scaring me (i.e., can't enable service again).
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Barsky:
I am not aware of problems. I haven't had any. You have to be careful and knowledgeable about what you are disabling, as the app gives you access to systems apps.

But if there is something else to be concerned with, please let me know.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] johndc7:
I use it on my phone and I haven't had any problems at all yet. I've had it for like 3 months
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] rogerssnpy:
This may be a quicker and easier way I do NOT own a T-Mobile found it browsing

https://www.stupdroid.com/2017/04/root-twrp-lg-g6-h872.html
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] UniX1rm:
Yeah most likely a website.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] rogerssnpy:
Its a website but shows steps 2 easily unlock etc if works is another story lol seems interesting enough that had 2 post here if it does work its a simple few steps
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] megamanfre:
This is annoying. Every time I try to unlock the bootloader on my H87211g I can get into the fastboot mode with a welcome screen, but I get the USB error noise, and when I check for devices, it doesnt list any. However, when I list devices before 'adb reboot bootloader' it finds my device without a problem. I wanna root!!!! lol
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] kikidark:
Hello guys im new in the forum and i was looking for a way to root this device and saw the newest method to root it , so i was preparing everything to do it but got stuck in the very first requisite to do this have the bootloader unlocked , so i tried following step by step the process in this post but i can't unlock it , i get stuck after doing the command "fastboot oem unlock" the console gets stuck with the message "waiting for device" and nothing happens in the phone , if anyone knows how to do this please tell me , i want to root it , thank you very much.

PS. OEM unlock is ON , tried in 2 pcs and 2 different cables(same result).
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] rabican:
Same here, I think the problem is the instructions were written for either Marshmallow or Nougat and we're running Oreo (8.0). If anyone had advise on unlocking the boot loader I'd be interested. I'll make a donation to the cause; pm me. Android Auto doesn't work in my new MDX; the transfer type request notification keeps popping up regardless if I remember the selection, which is causing a connection issue :(. I'm hoping a new ROM will fix the issue.

Thanks in advance!
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] kinfolk248:
I got it to work.

If I am indeed unlocked, whats the 'best' root method? I am build number NRD90U and software version H87210q
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Steve60901:
idk whats up with mine lol. I hit the oem unlock, it asks for my pin (which is correct, when you input a wrong one it says its wrong) but the switch wont stay enabled lol. it goes right back to the off setting and the bootloader remains locked lol... fastboot commands for unlocking are not allowed adb actually says so, and so does the fastboot screen the phone goes to lol. All i want is to be able to browse the root of my internal storage haha nothing big lol.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] LoneTempest:
It took me a few tries, but this bootloader unlock method finally worked on my H872 with Oreo 8.0.

I'm not sure what made it go through finally, but I had to close CMD about 3 times when it froze and then it finally worked
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sady94:
new development

I have two questions

1) is boot loader still unlock able on oreo june security update?

2) if yes then (i know fastboot flash twrp.img is not working) can we boot recovery using command fastboot boot recovery twrp.img ?

if we can run this command then by booting twrp temporarily we can flash any rom and can root it.

I was using the same method to flash roms on sky vega.

Waiting for positive response from fellow members.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
This is what you need to root your T-mobile LG G6.

https://xdaforums.com/tmobile-g6/how-to/root-h872-to-including-11g-t3775518
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] AL-DEv:
when im type fastboot oem unlock

stuck with waiting for device
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
You have to run fastboot with admin privs.

-- Brian
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] rcky844:
Try this:

Windows:

Run command prompt with admin --> fastboot oem unlock

Linux:

sudo fastboot oem unlock
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] lionpalm101:
Does this work on the 8.0.0 20g or I have to downgrade? If I have to downgrade, what version should I downgrade to and how?
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] gabbymunozruiz:
Hey i have a LG G6 as993 and it stays in "Waiting for Device" on command dos I desperate to unlock and root my phone, and u guys XDA r best around :O))) it only reboots and help commans work... Please HELP what should i do???
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] MediumDuty:
Half way through the terminal said something like 'waiting for device' I left everything connected and installed as in the video may be wize to do or check this first.... I hate windoze :)
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] UniX1rm:
I hear you. I actually like but not love the display size to be honest. It it's an improvement from the v20. Sarcastically, I had my Galaxy S7 edge case fit temporarily on the G6 so it is the same size as the S7 edge that people loved with less bezels. I love the flat screen, safer for screen protectors and tempered glass. Would have been awesome.if it was OLED or AMOLED but I'd take it still.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] HtcOnekid:
Yeah I'll deal with it until the s8+ start the preorder I feel like the s8 would feel the same small so I am going with the bigger screen.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] imstill@g:
Exactly, Nexus/Pixel yearly, coupled with JOD... GOOD TO GO.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] JoaoVr:
Another "knox" system, probably the annouced LG Pay sysyem would not work with "Knox tripped"... Koreans they are look a like...
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] UniX1rm:
yeah, def, JOD i dropped the pixel for OnePlus 3T
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Unjustified Dev:
I'm trying to do TWRP. Who can help me?
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] KOLIOSIS:
I'm @ work ATM,but,I'd be willing to test some builds later this evening,approximately 10 hrs from now...... :good:
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Unjustified Dev:
I'll be home approximately around the same time. I'm going to need some device info. The rest I can get from a reference Qualcomm tree. Has LG released the kernel source?
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] KOLIOSIS:
IDK regarding the kernel source.

I'm no dev by any stretch,but,I'm available for testing builds if needed.

As for device info,I'll provide whatever you need to the best of my abilities,either P.M. me,or,post here on what you're looking for........
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] The Apostle:
Bless you, sir!
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] MicroMod777:
I can try to help. Post here what you need in case others can find the info first.

If you can get this twrp working we need to really hook you up big time with a nice donation coffee or energy drink fund!

---------- Post added at 12:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:48 AM ----------

In the dirtycow method it gives you run commands as:

$ run-as su

I wonder if we can somehow push and set permissions for su in that environment. Btw, I haven't tested anything. Just brainstorming.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Unjustified Dev:
You all have fastboot flash right ? I can just make something temporary to boot and then we can dump the boot and figure out the rest. If you have fastboot boot it's even better.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] MicroMod777:
We might. I remember seeing a huge list of flash commands when I did my oem unlock. How can we know for sure without trying to actually flash something?
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] codygs83:
Has anyone tried this on Verizon yet? I know they're always beotches about locking down their bootloader.

Mine is still on preorder from Verizon and itd be sweet to hack it up.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] justinswidebody:
If he makes a twrp image , you can go into fastboot and type "fastboot boot " then drag the twrp .IMG into the CMD window and hit enter and it would boot twrp without it being an actual recovery partition.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] UniX1rm:
Hey, I can test as needed as well. Let me know what you need.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Unjustified Dev:
Can someone dump the build.prop adb pull /system/build.prop
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] UniX1rm:
Hey, I made a bounty like thread in the general discussion forum. If you want to thank the dev, pledge something to motivate them.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] MicroMod777:
We might be in luck guys as in making it very easy to get root once we have TWRP.

I tested the command: fastboot boot and it wanted an image to flash. So I guess flashing works in bootloader mode I assume.

On my G4 it was the same simple process.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] The Apostle:
Excellent!
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tiffany84:
That is a very, very good sign!!
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] MicroMod777:
LG G6 Block List
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Unjustified Dev:
adb shell cat /proc/partitions

Here's the hopefully fastboot boot capable test recovery https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=673368273298942813

it's a repack of axon 7 twrp with g6 kernel built from source. If it boots please dump and upload the recovery image

adb shell dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/recovery of=/sdcard/recovery.img
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] chortya:
I would like to test it by I can't get into the bootloader on my korean device. Are there any workarounds?
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] MicroMod777:
Wow, sweet. I'm barily going into work right now so can't test till tonight. West coast time in Calli.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] MicroMod777:
Was able to test. Get error.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Unjustified Dev:
Darn so you will have to flash it, but that's fine you can still dump boot partition if the recovery boots. Please please please make sure to keep your system read only as I don't know how many bugs are in this repack.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] MicroMod777:
If I flash it, is there a chance I won't be able to boot back to normal?
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Unjustified Dev:
If you flash it and it boots and you swipe allow modification there's no way to go back to stock without disabling verity which SuperSU will do automatically. But ota updates will be a no go. I'm sure LG will release a way to restore back to stock though.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] MicroMod777:
Nope, can't flash.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] MicroMod777:
I can try dirtycow method tonight.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] UniX1rm:
Same thing here, tried booting and flashing from two different computers same thing!
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] MicroMod777:
You try dirtycow method?
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] UniX1rm:
I have not tried the dirty cow method, just regular fastboot boot recovery.img and fastboot flash recovery.img
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] MicroMod777:
Ok tried dirtycow for arm64 devices found here:

https://build.nethunter.com/android-tools/dirtycow/arm64/

..and could not get past:

adb logcat -s recowvery

From the commands found here:

https://github.com/jcadduono/android_external_dirtycow/blob/android-6.0/README.md

It just get stuck. I had this same problems on my LG X 8 Pad that had a Feb 2017 security patch. We had to kdz to a previous kdz to run dirtycow.

The G6 has a March 2017 security patch so dirtycow might be blocked now.

If [MENTION=5672995]jcadduono[/MENTION] jcadduono can confirm this for us as he did the V20 dirtycow exploit.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tiffany84:
If I'm not mistaken, the dirtycow exploit was patched in December.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] MicroMod777:
Your probably right as I haven't keep up on it.

Anybody know of any other exploits?
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] messi2050:
since i can't find the g6 kernel source or an avaiable kdz i couldn't compile a specific build for the g6 but i advice you to give the v20 twrp port [t-mobile variant] a try

https://build.nethunter.com/test-builds/twrp/lge/twrp-3.0.2-1-h918.img

i believe that dirtycow exploit was already patched on this device.

notice: make sure that you already enabled [oem unlock] in the developer options and your bootloader was unlocked using [ fastboot oem unlock ]
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] UniX1rm:
I tried to flash it regular method, gave the same error of the remote failed unknown command! Very weird!
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] messi2050:
I'm afraid that lg may have used a new way to check the signature of the flashed images so their bootloader only allow to flash signed images by lg. there is another possibility that the bootloader is not really unlocked and it just report unlocked status.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] UniX1rm:
That kind of really sucks for such thing.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] HtcOnekid:
I am not mistaken I believe we went through the same thing on the LG g5 thinking it was unlock but it really wasn't.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] messi2050:
Yea i see

https://xdaforums.com/tmobile-lg-g5/how-to/guide-root-twrp-lg-g5-using-t3580264/post71618388

Same to be the same case here.

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I see that a prerooted firmware is possible on g5 https://xdaforums.com/tmobile-lg-g5/how-to/step-step-guides-rooting-t-mobile-lg-g5-t3388272

I hope the same case applies to the g6 too..
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Unjustified Dev:
My port is suspicious? Did you notice the G600K kernel source is available? I compiled using the lucye tmo perf defconfig. Also the issue is not related to signing as the bootloader is unlocked. The issue is the lack of fastboot commands. It's the same way on devices like the Alcatel idol 3. They can opt out of the commands or fastboot all together. For the Axon 7 there was a separate partition that held the commands called fbop fastboot would read that partition and allow commands such as flash to work. That's why it says remote unknown command because aboot doesn't support it.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Unjustified Dev:
Right now the next best way is to try and trigger edl mode.

https://xdaforums.com/android/software-hacking/guide-how-to-reboot-to-edl-fastboot-t3394292
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] messi2050:
no didn't mean your port at all if you read my words carefully you will know that i was talking about the bootloader ;) sorry for the confliction.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] KOLIOSIS:
I'm certain all hear have the best of intentions & nothing negative was intended on your part,but,as your statement read,that's how it sounded/appered to me as well,as if you suspected something less than aboveboard of his work/efforts.

Again,I'm sure that wasn't what you meant,but,it came across that way.................... ;)
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] messi2050:
just edited my post to clear that :)