[LG V30 Questions & Answers] ChazzMatt:
This has all been discussed thoroughly since early September (even before release of the LG V30) in this thread:

LG V30: Unlock bootloader and Root

That thread currently has 30 pages. I'm just pointing out you are starting a duplicate thread to discuss the same thing...

On the first page of that thread, in

post #7 (September 3)

and

post #9 (September 4)

, I posted in depth reasons (based on the 2017 LG G6) why there would probably be no dev work on the carrier-branded LG V30 models, and why no one should buy carrier variants if they cared about root, ROMs, TWRP, kernels. And I gave recommendation of exactly what to buy ("open market" North America US998 and Europe H930) if you cared about XDA dev work. September 3 and 4 was WEEKS before even the South Korean models were released, and over a month before the U.S. carrier models were released. My point is everyone who researched knew beforehand what to expect. ;)

And in that thread, after the U.S. carrier models were released, people confirmed exactly what we said back in early September. Almost all the carrier-branded models have locked down bootloaders, and while the T-mobile H932 bootloader can be unlocked it really does no good. (If you don't know why, keep reading.)

Someone else later started a

T-mobile LG V30 H932-specific root thread

, based on the idea that the T-mobile variant at least starts with the advantage of having easily "unlocked" bootloader. (Skip the first few posts, as the OP initially didn't specify he wished to ONLY discuss the T-mobile variant; he later clarified that.)

Of course, we all know that having "bootloader unlock" does no good with the 2017 LG flagship carrier-branded models, since even 7 months after released the 2017 "bootloader unlocked"

T-mobile LG G6 still doesn't have root or recovery (23 page root pledge thread abandoned as a lost cause).

Yet, there's

two pages of XDA development on the "open market" LG G6 models (North America US997 and Europe H870

.

WHY? Because starting with the 2017 LG G6, LG has removed almost all the ADB fastboot commands on the carrier-branded flagship models -- so that even if you unlock the bootloader (on the other carrier branded models) with an exploit similar to "Dirty Santa", then you probably still can't do anything. You either need root first to get recovery or you need recovery first to get root. Can't have one without the other. So, even if this LG V30 T-mobile H932 group DOES get root/recovery on the T-mobile H932, then what? Well, yes the T-mobile H932 gets dev work -- but then you would still need to crack the bootloader of all the OTHER carrier-branded models to implement that method.

I wish them luck, but we know the hurdles the face. But you are welcome to go discuss ideas there. There's 5 pages of discussion in that thread.

T-mobile LG V30 H932: Progress Towards Root/TWRP/ROMs (not achieved yet)

So, there's two threads already going about this topic. :p Anything you wish to discuss can probably be addressed in either of those two threads.

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Which is why the "open market" LG phones that are placed on the

LG Developer Bootloader Unlock List

is really the only guaranteed option. You get bootloader unlock with full ADB flash commands.

Note the "open market" LG V20 is clearly on that list. :p These models do NOT require any exploits or attack vectors.

In the past, if you found bootloader unlock exploit like "Dirty Santa" -- BOOM -- you could then get root and TWRP recovery even on the carrier branded models because the ADB commands were there. Now, starting in 2017, it seems the ADB flash commands are only present on the "open market" models.

But, there's plenty of

XDA development on the "open market" LG G6 models (North America US997 and Europe H870

, and there will be even more for the "open market" LG V30 models, once they are placed on the LG Developer Bootloader Unlock list. (Took six weeks after release for the LG G6 US997.

Released May 12

and

placed on LG Developer Bootloader Unlock List on June 30

). That's why I'm waiting for the LG V30 US998.

These North America US998 and the Europe H930 are GUARANTEED to have dev work.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1357369-REG/lg_lgus998_ausasv_lg_v30_us998_64gb.html?email=