[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Astr4y4L:
UPDATE:

LINKS UPDATED

THIS METHOD IS ONLY WORKING ON SOME DEVICES

THIS IS THE LEGACY METHOD.

IF YOU WANT TO DO IT YOUR SELF TYPE OF THING...

IF YOU WANT ME TO DO IT FOR YOU AND BE GUARANTEED

WORKING ALL ZONE3 DEVICES

YOU VISIT MY SITE AND DONATE FOR MY TIME.

I NO LONGER SUPPORT THE OLD SOMETIMES IT WORKS LEGACY METHOD LISTED HERE

AND NO LONGER HOST THE LEGACY (FREE) KIT TO DO IT YOUR SELF

SINCE SOME FOLKS LIKE TO GET RUDE TO DEVELOPERS ON THESE THREADS

IF YOU WANT TO ROOT YOUR ZONE3 READ UP ON XDA LEARN TO CODE AND REMEMBER GOOGLE IS YOUR FRIEND.

STOP BEING RUDE TO DEVS ON XDA OR YOU MAY NEVER GET WHAT YOU WANT.

BE INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT ON YOUR OWN AS WE HAVE OR BE NICE. RUDENESS GETS YOU NO-WHERE IN LIFE

THANKS

Astr4y4L

Welcome To Zone 3 Root Method ! This is confirmed and 100% solid.

Once You Have Root Access you will be able to do lots of Kool things, But you can also Brick Your Device Very Easily Too !!!

NOTE:* ( BE VERY CARFUL MODIFYING ANY OF THE .PROP FILES THERE ARE DISCRIPTERS IN THEM THAT LGUP USES TO IDENTIFY YOUR DEVICE... IF YOU CHANGE THOSE AND THEN MESS UP ANYTHING ELSE BAD ENOUGH YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RECOVER YOUR DEVICE...YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! )

Myself and others Have worked very hard to bring you this comprehensive root package...

My Root Package And my Method Are absolutly free to download and will remain so. We Are Very Limited in Hardware and Cash for further Development...

But... I Will Keep My Work Publicly Available for all for free as long as i can.

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IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT YOUR DEVICES WARRANTY, LEAVE NOW !!!

IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT ROOT OR A.D.B. MEANS.... LEAVE NOW, YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO BUY A DIFFERENT PHONE.

DO NOT BLAME ME OR XDA IF YOU PERFORM THIS MODIFICATION AND END UP WITH A PAPERWEIGHT...I KNOW HOW BAD THAT SUCKS...I HAVE A DRAWER FULL OF THEM FROM DEVELOPING THIS ROOT-METHOD.

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DO NOT ASK QUESTIONS HERE THEY WILL NOT BE ANSWERED...

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR NEED HELP POST IN THE THREAD HERE:

https://xdaforums.com/general/general/lgvs425pp-optimus-zone-3-stock-t3515462

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Ok Lets Begin !!!

WHAT YOU NEED :

1: A WINDOWS P.C WITH WORKING ADB.

2: PP2 SOFTWARE VERSION AND LGUP ALONG WITH LGUP COMMON DLL DOWNLOADED FROM HERE:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1Sfod4HWfk2MUwxNk1oeXJCZEE?usp=sharing

3: MY ROOT PACKAGE AND INSTRUCTIONS {ZONE3_ROOT.ZIP} DOWNLOAD FROM MY DEVELOPMENT SERVER HERE:

link updated

https://yadi.sk/d/OWWUDrxQ3PwRUW

4: PATIENCE :)

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Ok so what you need to do is go get all those files I mentioned first.

Then setup your adb and get that working, Next you want to setup LGuP

For your device. if you have problems there is a nice tool to automagically get lgup working called "UpperCut" by an xda member @autoprime

so you can get that here:

https://xdaforums.com/lg-g5/development/uppercut-lgup-loader-g5-variants-t3511295

once youve set that up unzip Zone3_Root.zip to desktop open admin command prompt "windows-key + x" I believe and change directory to unzipped Zone3_Root

Now open Zone3_Root on your desktop there is a rich-text document that I have prepared with exact instructions for rooting, it's called { README }

open that.

now you must downgrade your device software to pp2 version{VS425PP2}

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NOTE:** If your device has pp5 software version you have an extra step, you must flash to pp8 or pp7... let it get to the red verizon screen and soon as it go's to android optimizing apps pull battery re-enter download mode and then flash pp2

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Ok so that went well but now right after flashing pp2 you will have bootloops. It will bootloop for a few minutes then eventually it will boot to verizons red screen.

( This is because of the modem firmware )

after it finishes booting you must connect to wifi and finish or skip through the Setup wizard, once you've done that and you are looking at the home screen go to settings and enable developers options, enable usb debugging turn off anything about verifying sources there and in Settings-->Security

Next make sure your device is recognized by ADB

now Go back to that README from the Zone3_Root.zip

follow instructions precicely and your all set with root. we flash the correct firmware for the modem partitions to the correct places.

we use the folder labled ( mrw ) to replace king root with @Chainfire SuperSU.

and then you can enjoy stable root access without bootloops and now you can go find other ways to break your phone !

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SPECIAL THANKS TO @Motojunki01 For advice file-hosting and donating a brand new Zone3 for this project

Thanks to @Chainfire for SuperSU

Thanks to all who have spent countless hours fooling with lg up and Blindly flashing the krazy krap I've come up with in the effort to fix the bootloops and such.

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DONATE TO ME !!

IF YOUR FEELING GOOD ABOUT BEING ABLE TO ROOT ZONE 3 AND HAVE BENEFITED FROM MY WORK, BEEN ABLE TO USE ROOT APPS LIKE TITANIUM BACKUP NOW AND WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENT ON THIS DEVICE,

WE ARE ACCEPTING DONATIONS VIA PAYPAL AND IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER DEVICE YOU SPECIFICALLY WANT CRACKED OR YOU WANT TO DONATE A ZONE3 FOR THE ZONE3_FRANKIN_ROM PROJECT "WORKING ON CUSTOM ROM" YOU WILL HAVE TO PM ME FOR AN ADDRESS TO SEND DEVICE-DONATIONS .

I want to thank xda for giveing us this place to pass information too...

THANKS XDA :)

Astr4y4L