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[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] The Apostle:
You could also try Adguard. I use it on my kids non rooted devices. Works well enough. https://adguard.com/en/adguard-android/install.html
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] frontlyna:
Is it safe to say that since the OP that made TWRP for the international version or whatever version, got his thread locked, that we are back to square one with getting custom recovery?
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] digitalb0y:
Not as far as I understand. The reason Nima built TWRP for the H870 is because it got an officially supported bootloader unlock from LG (see: https://developer.lge.com/resource/mobile/RetrieveBootloader.dev). Other versions don't have official bootloader unlock support, but I believe there are devs working on getting root on all G6 versions they can, starting with the T-Mo version (H872).
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] frontlyna:
Yep, got an update from nima today stating positive movement. Hopefully soon!
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Wolfster197:
AdGuard

Thanks... I installed It and it works pretty good :good:
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Globespy:
I'll pledge $30 towards this being done in the next 2 weeks before I offload this phone and buy a pixel like I should have done in the first place.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChauncyG:
I've been using the Peregrine Browser and Blokada blocker, both in the XDA Labs app store, and almost nothing gets through.

I tried AdClear blocker but found that Blokada is way more easy on the battery.

This is a great no-root solution that helps the wait until root is accomplished.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Wolfster197:
Will give it a try...

Thanks...I will have to try it... Adguard has been working good for me but it is saying that the trial is almost up...so I will give Blokada try ;)
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] OfficialML:
Any new news ?
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] jamesd1085:
Removed
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] brossovitch:
How's this going?

Doesn't fastboot work like usual?

Or is the video on YouTube fake?
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] johndc7:
Fastboot works but the only commands are lock and unlock. So once you unlock it you can't actually flash anything.

The video on YouTube is probably probably for the h870 that has the fastboot commands working.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] brossovitch:
The video shows the T-Mobile variant (h872). But don't know if he flashed twrp.

From my experience, you need to

adb reboot bootloader

Fastboot oem unlock

Fastboot boot twrp

Then while in temporary twrp, actually flash the image.

Same as g4 & g5. But I haven't tried on one of my G6 handsets yet since there's not an official or proven TWRP yet.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] johndc7:
There is a TWRP for the h870 that works but we can't flash it because of the fastboot commands. The fastboot boot or flash commands don't work on this device.

Do you have a link to the video?
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] brossovitch:
K don't have the link. After work maybe. I'll try and find it again. I think he just unlocked the BL...

Edit: found it... [youtube]EpaW0-8-QKY[/youtube]

I think it just unlocks bootloader. But if "fastboot oem unlock" works I don't see any reason why "fastboot boot twrp.img" wouldn't work like previous models. Whenever there's a working twrp.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] frontlyna:
There is a TWRP image available already, but the issue is with the fastboot commands. Clearly you guys haven't been keeping up with development.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] waylo:
Yeah, there's a lot for you to catch up to because that's been the issue for 3 generations of LG devices at this point.

That video is completely misleading as unlocking the bootloader opens up no real usable other commands. That was the case with the G4 and the G5.

Edit: forgot how my g4 worked, it's 2 generations, the g5 and g6. G4 can/could be rooted with the standard recovery commands and install.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] brossovitch:
The G4 & G5 are the same. You use fastboot to boot the twrp file you have in the fastboot folder. Ive done it on three G4 & one G5..

My G4 is running LineageOS currently.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] waylo:
Should have been more specific. On the t-mobile versions, none of that is possible without a recovery install workaround.

You're on t-mobile though, are those phones the t-mobile version or international?

Edit: I stand corrected. I misremembered the g4 (long time ago for me, not a good experience). This pseudo-unlocked bootloader started with the g5. The h830 definitely does not allow for the standard twrp boot without using a hacked tot file.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] FoneWatcher:
$10 pledge -

Have to unpledge - I returned phone. The voice quality was horrendous as I found out.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] brossovitch:
You're right, I followed Max Lee and his tutorial for the G5. The G4 was simple.

And yes, only T-Mobile versions. I don't touch other carrier phones or know anyone with international phones. Besides I've gotten almost everyone I know to become a T-Mobile subscriber.

Nexus/Pixel devices are another story but those are different all together.

So far, the G6 is the first Android phone I've owned for more than 24hrs without rooting. Except my first phone (Samsuck Behold 2 running 1.5 cupcake) back in the day.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Skipjacks:
ROOT should be an option in the core settings of Android.

Make it hard enough that it can't be done by accident, but it shouldn't be purposely prevented.

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ROOT should be an option in the core settings of Android.

Make it hard enough that it can't be done by accident, but it shouldn't be purposely prevented.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] psych0r3bel:
It's not disabled because manufacturers don't believe we can handle it, it's disabled because it doesn't provide enough tangible benefits for the average consumer who wouldn't visit XDA or care about tweaking the devices, and it's an enormous security risk. We have people here benevolently cracking it for basically free when it's all but disabled, how easy do you think it becomes when you make it a switch.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] treezy26:
What model is the US997?

https://developer.lge.com/resource/mobile/RetrieveBootloader.dev
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] nima0003:
Unlocked us version
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Char_G:
I think I'm going to move on to the S8, I like my G6 but I've had a few random reboots and screen freezes and the possibility of root isn't looking promising. The S8 is locked too but at least Substratum works on it. I may come back in the future if/when there's root available.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] FCORivers:
Yeah, I like my G6 too, but as of now, my Nexus 6 is winning over the G6 except on battery (my Nexus 6 is two years and change old) and fingerprint sensor (old phone), lol. How does substratum work on the S8 without root and not here? Is it because substratum has something to do (same base, based off of) with TW theme application? Also I haven't had any problems yet, knock on wood, but my G6 is a month or so old.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Char_G:
Yeah, I've got a Nexus 6 too, I love it but it's just too big for me to use as a DD (it doesn't fit in my purse :p) I use it on WiFi every day as a mini tab and for GZR ROM testing. As far as Substratum on the G6, I did ask [MENTION=3605033]nicholaschum[/MENTION] about it but the preliminary testing I did wasn't encouraging.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] J0SH1X:
so if i get it correct your bootloader is unlocked and you can flash any img ?

if yes get me a boot.img of your phone or try this version https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120745301
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] nima0003:
For h872? It's unlocked but we can't flash anything
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] FCORivers:
I know you do from the Nexus 6 forums, lol, that's why I replied to you. Mine is getting dust over it right now, turn it on once a week though. It just feel so much better quality than the G6, but to add to my previous reply, the screen is better on the G6 imo. IDK, doesn't feel like I was missing on anything with the N6, I know, processors, ram, SD card, etc, but for what I use my phone, seems I just like to waste money, lol, as the G6 without root is not any better than the aging N6, a phone three years old. Hell, my iPhone 7 doesn't have a native wireless charging method, my N6 still beats the iPhone 7 in every category I've compared them in, again based on my specific usage.

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I just like throwing dirt over iPhones any chance I get. Hate everything on that phone???
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] treezy26:
I also had the N6, well I still do. It's cracked but everything still works as should. Running PN on it actually lol. And from there I went to the 6P which was a decent phone until the BLOD ?. I hate Huawei now but that's another story. And now I'm on the G6. I like it but I do miss Substratum and Adaway. Oh how I miss my themes... hopefully root will come and I can fully enjoy the G6.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Char_G:
I hear you, I've also got the Nexus 5x and I worry each time I flash it if this is when it's going to bootloop. I've had it well over a year now, it's living on borrowed time. I miss Substratum most of all on the G6 :(
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] treezy26:
Yes the G6 is a decent phone. I don't know what all the hate is about but it gets the job done. But I guess that's coming from my non root side lol. Now on the other hand, my root side is going crazy. And as of now I don't see a phone that attracts me at the moment...so the G6 it is until something else is available.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Barsky:
At one point I heard root for the TMO h872 was around the corner. Now I haven't seen anything in a while. Are they still working on this? Has hope been lost? Considering relocking the bootloader and being able to use Android Pay :)
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] FCORivers:
I really don't know ****. I visit this and another couple of threads every day, lol, that's why I didn't unlocked my bootloader. Why if there's no root yet?

Not trying to criticize or complain about the fact that there is no info on xda, they probably working on it, and we don't know where to get informed about it.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Barsky:
Strictly out of phone boredom and wishful thinking. :cowboy:

THere's a google+ site, but I don't recall the name atm .
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] nima0003:
I asked for another update, let's see how it goes ?
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] jamesd1085:
Most of the time nothing will be posted until a safe easy exploit is achieved...most aspects of how to achieve root are kept secret to keep them from being patched before we ever see any of the fruits of the work being done...i love this phone and will keep it regardless of root being achieved...but still have my fingers crossed
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheChuckIII:
I'm not seeing any reason at all to keep the H872 version as nothing is happening for it. If anyone with info knows if TWRP is near please post
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Blackbet:
Hi !

I'm willing to donate $100.00. I really need this working. Need to unlock the full potential of my wi-fi hotspot. My previous phone die, so I got the LG G6. Really in need of a rooted phone. Donation will be given once root is available.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ken C:
Seeing y'all talking makes me want to put my two cents in. Came from a moto x pure that bit the dust a day before this went on sale at t-mo. This isn't a bad phone but just needs root. For example, had this app today I couldn't uninstall which could've been possible with root. This non root garbage made me have to factory reset the phone and start from scratch. I've had the thing a month. Camera is quick in my opinion to adjust to different lighting situations, I'm not getting lag.but don't need more than one email app.

Somebody download sd maid and correct me if I'm wrong if they would, but it seems in that app we can go everywhere we'd be able to get into with root. I'm looking at files of system apps but just can remove the at all. Sorry about the rant just frustrated with this silliness when one half of the world can get root and the other can't. I think it's a carrier/money thing.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] FCORivers:
Yeah, I have SD maid pro and can say that I used it to "delete" some stock apps, but I'm not sure it worked like we think it should, it was just a weird thing that SD maid could delete system apps without root.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ken C:
Interesting because try as I might I wasn't able to delete anything through that. But I did come across something interesting in the device agreement when I updated that said that it was a warranty violation to remove any pre-installed app. On another note I'm finding the only way around some of this stuff not all and without root involves working through adb like greenify for example.

Here's a thought curious what y'all think and also because I don't have the time for it. But maybe there should be a thread that has what can be done and how to accomplish it without root. I've seen a script floating around that'll let us partition the sd card to do an adoptable storage deal for an example.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] FCORivers:
As I tried again, the only thing SD maid does is uninstall any updates to system apps, lol, what I hate most is that you can't even disable apps anymore, just a couple of them.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ducter:
I'm not sure if the op is keeping up with this thread? I did a quick read over and was well past the posted $175. I'll be in for a bit as well but not sure posting here has any benefit.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] UniX1rm:
The thread hasn't been updated some people pulled out. I'll remove the number from the headline.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ken C:
People pulling out are probably dumping the device. I keep posting to these threads to keep them alive, hopefully fire up discussions, and let the developers out there know that some of us haven't given up on the idea.

Side note : I found this app called Icebox that'll freeze apps like tb does without root. Greenify will work also but I was having issues with hibernating some things (fb, Pamela and fb messenger) . But they both involve adb commands to have the root portions work on non - root devices. Icebox gives you instructions but the commands are slightly off. You need to set it as the device owner, but also as an administrator. And has to be done through adb
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Stonkers:
Theres an lg package disabler on the playstore just like the samsung one. Its paid and it definitely works.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Barsky:
Thanks. This helps with my first non-rooted android phone :(
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] knoxjon:
Is there an up-to-date list of what can be de-bloated?
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Stonkers:
If youve ever used the samsung one, it works like that. You buy the app, install it, then it redirects you to the playstore to download a plug-in that asks for device administrator. Ive used it on the lg gpad,the stylo2 plus and stylo2 reg, first stylo and the lg v20 before i was able to root for myself or friends. I should have specified that i dont own a g6, i just ran acroos thus thread, but it hasnt let me down yet. It allows you to disable apps that you cant from the system.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mi|enko:
Thanks for this. I used the Samsung iteration for years and don't normally use an LG as my primary (usually a Samsung or Nexus/Pixel). . . didn't even think to look for an LG iteration of the app. lol
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] waylo:
Don't ADB commands allow you to do the same thing? Albeit without a pretty UI.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] OfficialML:
Is there any new updates for this root & twrp for it ? I wanna root this G6 already
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] dsnow1985:
I would love to see a root method for this device. I think it's better in many ways than Samsung. I have been a fan of Samsung for a long time but went to the G6 and love it!

What is work the carriers having the phones locked down all of a sudden? We spend the money, we should be able to decide what we want to do with them.

Edit: I did find this https://www.androidheadlines.com/2017/07/lg-g6-galaxy-tab-s2-8-0-lte-get-twrp-support.html. I hope it means that there is hope for the US version of the LG G6.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Stonkers:
Ive was going to look into that for a fire hd but then a root method came out.. im sure there is but definitely less convenient. To me its worth the dollar or 2.

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Happy to help
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Andromendous:
Says page not found.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] dsnow1985:
Try here https://www.androidheadlines.com/2017/07/lg-g6-galaxy-tab-s2-8-0-lte-get-twrp-support.html

For some reason it added a period as part of the link.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Andromendous:
Ya... That article doesn't change anything for us....
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ken C:
I posted on another g6 thread the question of starting a thread with work arounds for this non root issue.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] albertoduqe:
I really hope you get root soon guys. I jumped ship early and went for another device with less pedigree but I believe the G6 is a great phone that deserves root. I loved it the time I had it. I am sure it will happen :)
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ken C:
If it makes y'all feel better I posted a link to the LG g6 extended warranty fb add I keep seeing for this device selling on eBay for $400 as an example of what's happening with this device. Ah least in this country.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] brossovitch:
I paid $250 each for my 2 handsets. With 2yr warranty plus LG is giving a set of B&O headphones AND a mobile projector when you register! Can't go wrong.

Sorry for OT!
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] felipondrioxcl:
Here's another bounty.. https://xdaforums.com/lg-g6/help/bounty-thread-lg-h870ds-unlocked-t3648185
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] johndc7:
That's for a dual SIM international
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] christopherrrg:
He's taking pledges from all variants as I've pledged for H873.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] johndc7:
Oh ok
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] asimons81:
Is it safe to assume this is a lost cause now? I haven't been following much, but from what I gather, we still don't have root?

Sucks. It's a nice phone, but I'll be moving on if there's never going to be root.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] christopherrrg:
I think it's a good idea because everyone checks 'LG G6' threads before the carrier variants.

Sorry didn't mean to quote ya.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Globespy:
I'm with you on this. I pledged $35 I believe and the fact that the bounty amount never updated means that the guy who posted this thread has lost interest in updating the reward!

The writing is on the wall.... This phone is a dead stick as far as root/custom ROMs is concerned and I fear that this is the direction Google plans on taking Android.

Keeping it open and having lots of free ideas from great devs was great in the beginning. They had free help from extremely talented individuals, but Android is now a very mature platform and Google knows that it can (and currently is) crushing everyone else - close to 90% of all phones sold globally run Android.

Now they have the market owned they can ensure the phone manufacturers are highly incentivized to produce beautiful phones of high design.

Game over.... They don't need people messing around with Android anymore, that's why the Nexus line died. Sure there's a little market in app development, but most don't need root, this is and has always been a niche market. It's no great loss financially.

Just my 2 cents, but with more and more exposure to cyber attacks and hacks that are so much easier on highly customized ROM's wouldn't you be locking things down if you were Google?
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 3's&7's:
Great points [MENTION=1039465]Globespy[/MENTION] :good:

Could one not make the argument that custom ROM's (root+twrp of course) does not follow the homogeny of the market? Meaning an attack on LG / Samsung / HTC devices, etc. far better hacking investment than assessing Lineage OS holes, etc.?

Essentially does our uniqueness, smaller user population, and the fact that these ROM's really do not come with a ton of extra access points (apps, marketing, etc) actually make our phones less susceptible to both interest in & general # of attacks?

My business focuses on crm development for desktop / notebook browsers and we are just breaking into mobile now; I am not well informed. Thanks for reading!
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ducter:
Perhaps I'm the minority, I believe a rooted phone actually can be a safer phone. More often running a custom, non OEM ROM you will get security updates sooner, as well as far longer vs OEM if they update at all. Root also gives the ability to see exactly what's going on with your phone, high battery usage, high network activity etc where as stock just gives basic information. SuperSU also shows you requested root access by particular apps and you can decide upon granting rights or denying, most malicious apps aren't targeting rooted devices anyways as it's such a small percentage and are targeting weaknesses in the core code itself which goes back to the point of security updates. If Google, and OEMs for that fact wanted to kill root they could very easily, Chainfire recently posted an informative post on that and I tend to agree with him. The dangers in rooting basically fall to the individual. OEM manufacturers aren't concerned with us either as more and more phones are getting locked down, just a matter of time before they all follow suite.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] raver445:
i totally agree with that...it seems that the only phones that can more easily get root is the nexus and pixel phones...
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] phonepersonality:
I don't follow.

This lockdown on the G6 isn't by Google. I'm typing this response on my rooted Pixel.

It's not even really a lockdown explicitly by LG, although an argument can be made for how the phone manufacturers and vendors add an additional roadblock to the rooting process.

There are already LG G6 variants that have been rooted and have custom ROMs.

This fresh hell is of T-Mobile and LGs collaborative making and it's unnecessary bull****.
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] SPARTAN_TECH:
Whats the bounty up to
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] anon1ski:
Pledge 25
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] davenger1:
Im in for $50
[T-Mobile LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] chrisokaly:
the bounty could be 12 million dollars, root isn't happening