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[Android General] $UbconciousNavig@tor:
Now if I can just figure out why root only works for certain apps like I downloaded a reboot to recovery app and it says I need and then some Root Checker App Store saying I haven't I don't is that have to do with the DM Verity option cuz I would rather be able to have Superuser throughout I don't really care about the whole verity thing

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Hey man I just want to thank you again for taking the time to help a greenhorn like me I was also wondering why root only works for certain apps is that because of the DM Verity option and if it is you know how I can just have root throughout I don't really care about getting the over-the-air updates and what not I just want awesome root access throughout and if you know anywhere where a greenhorn like me could start and you know in the learning process that would be awesome and I appreciate everything I probably should have stuck with coding in high school I probably be a whiz by now
[Android General] tecknight:
You need to run Magisk Manager. The icon should be on your Android desktop. Once you run it, Magisk should secure root. After that when an application requests root, Magisk will pop up asking if you want to grant root access to the app. icon looks like this:

[IMG="Magisk Mgr icon"]https://apprecs.org/gp/images/app-icons/300/05/com.topjohnwu.magisk.jpg[/IMG]

If you can't find the icon, download and install the app from here:

https://github.com/topjohnwu/MagiskManager/releases/download/v5.7.0/MagiskManager-v5.7.0.apk
[Android General] $UbconciousNavig@tor:
Downloadzip patch boot image or direct download
[Android General] tecknight:
When you launch Magisk Manager, you should see a dialog like this:

If you followed the Root your Aristo 2 from stock instructions correctly, you will have green check boxes at the top, Magisk is already installed.

If you don't have the green check marks, click install, then install again, then Direct Install (Recommended). Once the install is complete, any apps you have that request root access, will cause this dialog to pop up:

When it pops up, select GRANT, and your app will have root access.

If you already had the green check marks and did not have to install Magisk directly, touch the 3 horizontal lines in the upper left corner. You will see this:

Now select Superuser. You will see something like this:

Any apps that have requested root access should be listed. You can turn on root access for any of these apps by dragging the switch to the right
[Android General] TheDerekHarper:
Thanks for the tutorial, honestly it did allow me to reinstall the same update/software on the phone successfully. Unfortunately my issue appears to be phone specific (even after a successful reset and attempting again it simply won't accept the connection to the tmobile network after an unlock was made) and there appears to be nothing else I can do. I've exhausted all resources.
[Android General] tecknight:
There is a T-Mobile specific Aristo 2 that just got released.

I think T-Mobile is calling it the Aristo 2 Plus, but the hardware is identical.

Model number is X212TAL

You might try flashing that image to your phone
[Android General] tecknight:
Install a specific .KDZ image to your LG phone using LGUP

TAT TecKnight's Aristo 2 Tutorials series

Install a specific .KDZ image to your LG phone using LGUP

Requirements:

An LG phone

A PC running Windows with an internet connection

A USB cable.

Note: This procedure will restore all of your partitions to stock for the firmware image you select. This means you will lose your rooted boot image (and root), TWRP and Magisk. This procedure will even work when your phone is not able to boot properly. As long as the bootloader is loading (ie: something is displaying on the screen when you power it up), LGUP should be able to image your phone. However, LGUP does not restore the flashing or oem lock state. If your phone was unlocked, it will stay that way.

1. If you don't already have LGUP installed on your PC, complete this procedure:

Install LGUP Dual Mode(Dev/User) on your Windows PC​

2. If you don't already have a .KDZ file that you want to image your phone with, go here:

https://lg-firmwares.com/lg-lmx210ma-firmwares/firmwares/​

and download one.

3. Power OFF your Phone.

4. Connect one end of the USB cable to your PC.

5. Press and hold Volume + on the phone. Connect the other end of USB cable to your phone while still pressing Volume +.

6. Download Mode should appear on the phone, and then change to Firmware Update.

7. Launch LGUP. It should detect your phone. You should see a screen resembling this:

8. In the lower section, to the right of File Path, click on the ..., then browse to and select your .kdz file. Your screen should now resemble this:

9. Make sure REFURBISH is selected, then click Start to flash your phone.

Please hit the Thanks button at the bottom of this post if you appreciate my work.

_________

Change Log:

7/5/2018 Moved actual LGUP installation to a separate tutorial. This tutorial now refers to that tutorial if LGUP is not already installed on PC.

6/30/2018 Created initial procedure.
[Android General] B__B:
http://pkg02.lime.gdms.lge.com/dn/d...2AYDDB5FBU4Q/X210MA20c_00_MPCS_US_OP_1122.kdz oreo update
[Android General] guytalluto:
Has anyone flashed this yet?
[Android General] gael97:
As soon as I get home from work.
[Android General] Knight Rider WoT:
hello, i have the newer kernel-twrp installed. the touch interface in twrp is flawless. however when i boot into android it doesent work at all
[Android General] guytalluto:
Oreo rom

Have you tried flashing yet?
[Android General] gael97:
Does it matter if it's metro or T-Mobile?
[Android General] guytalluto:
pretty certain it does as the updater will check and compare the ROM with the phone signature.
[Android General] gael97:
I'm downloading the T-Mobile one as we speak
[Android General] guytalluto:
OREO

let us know if it the real deal please
[Android General] gael97:
It's real.
[Android General] gael97:
Here's another picture
[Android General] Carlosalvarez:
Need Help Please

I tried the to install the pre rooted rom method. All went smoothly until the reboot. I am now stuck at the set up wizard with the touch unresponsive. I rebooted into the TWRP. but touch is unresponsive as well. Before the rom install the touch was fine. My question is, is there any way to return to stock . I tried the lgup with no luck. Please tell me this is fixable. Thnx
[Android General] jmanc3:
Fix a brick

Here's what I did to get it back to stock.

1. Download LGUP from here https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410963190603845019 (or anywhere you can get it)

2. Unzip it.

3. Right click the SetDev file and run it as administrator.

4. Run LGUPD

5. Download the stock firmware file from here that you want https://lg-firmwares.com/lg-lmx210ma-firmwares/#tab=firmwares

These are for MetroPCS so I don't know if they would work for anything else but the one I chose was (X210MA20c_00_MPCS_US_OP_1122.kdz) as it's the newest version available. But I haven't been able to put TWRP or root on it (as of 12/24/2018) because it runs Oreo instead of Nougat so you might be more interested in (X210MA10l_00_MPCS_US_OP_1003.kdz)

6. In LGUP, for the process, select REFURBISH and then click on BIN FILE and click the ... button and select the .kdz file you downloaded previously.

7. Finally, Power off the phone.

8. Connect the USB side of the charging cable to your computer.

9. Connect the charging cable to your phone. (This should put it into download mode were you should see a progress bar at 0%)

10. Just click start on LGUP and it should flash it and be done.
[Android General] tecknight:
It's fixable. I'm working on an Oreo ROM right now which could fix your phone as well as update it to Oreo.

Meanwhile, flash the TWRP with the 10L kernel. That should allow your TWRP to work. That TWRP image is in the Flash a rom tutorial.

By the way, has anyone flashed Oreo yet and it you have, can you still flash from fastboot ?
[Android General] Carlosalvarez:
Thank you, I will try. I forgot to mention I am on Tmobile network. Also that I am new to all of this. Ive always been into iphones jb. This is my first experience with android. Question, How can I reflash Twrp? My laptop does not recognize my phone now, when I plug in the Usb cable. And i'm assuming that all settings are back to default. As far as OEM unlocking, usb debugging, etc., when I flashed the TecsAristo2pv2 firmware? So would powershell still work?
[Android General] tecknight:
Patched boot image for Oreo

Here is a Magisk patched Oreo boot image

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410963190603881883

FYI: this is useless by itself, since you can't flash partitions from fastboot in Oreo.

It is integrated into my ROM, however.
[Android General] tecknight:
Oreo Rooted ROM

Good news everyone !!!

I was able to whip up an Oreo rooted ROM much more quickly that I thought.

I'm uploading it now.

It flashes the v20c firmware along with a patched boot image and I had no problems whatsoever.

I am now running Oreo 8.1 and I'm still rooted.

I will post it once it is uploaded.
[Android General] tecknight:
Oreo Rooted ROM

OK, here's the Oreo rooted ROM V2:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410963190603881939

Flash with TWRP.

Prerequisite: Target must be a cv1 device (Aristo 2, Aristo 2 plus, K8) and have TWRP installed.

I would appreciate any feedback on this image.

FYI: There is one issue with the Oreo boot image that I am still trying to figure out a solution for.

They changed the way they enforce force encryption.

The solution that ensured a non-encrypted /data partition with Nougat does not work with Oreo.

As a result, installing Oreo (at present) forces /data to be encrypted.

This is true if you install using LGUP or TWRP.

It's not a huge deal, the biggest downside is that you can't backup your /data partition with TWRP.

One other thing.

Despite having OEM and flashing unlocked, I am not able to flash an image to recovery using fastboot. This may be true for boot as well.

If so, then the only way to root Oreo would be to install a rooted ROM such as this.

For this reason, I would avoid using LGUP or OTA to upgrade to Oreo if you want to root your phone.

If someone has upgraded to Oreo and is not rooted, please let us know if you are able to flash partitions via fastboot.
[Android General] tecknight:
Rooted Oreo ROM update

Good news !!

I was able to remove forced encryption on the rooted Oreo ROM and I added a few other things like boot animation.

I now automatically clear the cache and dalvik cache when flashing.

Download Tec's rooted Oreo ROM V3:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410963190603882482​
[Android General] B__B:
Will this wipe my phone and does it have hotspot bypass installed
[Android General] jmanc3:
I upgraded to Oreo with LGUP and can confirm that you CAN'T flash partitions via fastboot. I'll probably end up downgrading to the nougat version, flash twrp, and re-upgrade with the new ROM you made.
[Android General] tecknight:
Thanks for the confirmation. That's what I was suspecting.

The only path to root then starts with a Nougat image. ie: v10x

Basically, you enable OEM unlock under Developer options and then flashing unlock via fastboot, then flash TWRP to recovery.

As long as you have a working TWRP, you have a path to rooted firmware via flashing a ROM.

FYI: Wait for the V3 ROM, it has MANY improvements over V2

Currently 77% uploaded
[Android General] tecknight:
No it will not wipe your phone. It is rooted and has Magisk installed.

Also Root Explorer and Material Terminal and a Reboot app.

I have not heard of hotspot bypass, but I suppose you could install it
[Android General] B__B:
Ok thanks as for hot spot I've already added bypass in current firmware
[Android General] tecknight:
V3 finally uploaded.

Get it here:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=78513212&postcount=199
[Android General] tecknight:
Future use
[Android General] tecknight:
What you need to know about LG's Oreo firmware for the Aristo 2 and variants

TAT TecKnight's Aristo 2 Tutorials series

What you need to know about LG's Oreo firmware for the Aristo 2 and variants

If you update to stock v20c (Oreo firmware) using LGUP, OTA update or LG Bridge you will be unable to root your phone from Oreo. The Oreo firmware does still have the OEM unlock option under Developer options. You can also boot into bootloader mode and execute the fastboot flashing unlock command.

HOWEVER, fastboot will not flash any partitions under the Oreo firmware.

This begs the question, How can I update to Oreo and still have root ?

There is really only one way to do it. Use TWRP to flash a rooted Oreo image.

If you are already running stock Oreo, you will have to downgrade to Nougat based firmware (I recommend 10K or earlier), then flash TWRP from fastboot, then use TWRP to flash a rooted Oreo ROM.

Here is my tutorial for flashing my rooted Oreo ROM:

Install a custom pre-rooted ROM to your LG Aristo 2 or Aristo 2 plus using TWRP

Thanks to @jmanc3 for confirming that he was also unable to flash from fastboot under Oreo firmware
[Android General] tecknight:
Good news for Aristo 2 plus owners !!!

Good news for Aristo 2 plus owners !!!

The powers that be at LG and/or T-Mobile have decided to start releasing .kdz firmware files for your phone !!

So far there are 2 .kdz files available. 1 Nougat and 1 Oreo image.

Files are here:

https://lg-firmwares.com/lg-lmx212ta-firmwares/#tab=firmwares​

This will make it a LOT easier to recover your phone from issues and will also mean more images/ROMs should be released for your phone.

I know that is true as I am currently working on an Aristo 2 plus rooted Oreo ROM for your phone.

I am looking for 1 or 2 people with Aristo 2 plus devices to test.

PM me if interested
[Android General] Abskurity:
[MENTION=2651082]tecknight[/MENTION] im having an issue on your Aristo 2 Oreo rom v3. Whenever i attempt to hide magisk manager it succeeds in creating a copy of it but does not hide the original manager/apk. So in turn there ends up being 2 magisk managers 1 i can uninstall (assuming this is the clone) and the other i cannot(assuming this is the default system app). Im unsure if this is a mistake on your behalf by installing magisk manager as a system app, or its a magisk itself issue. What ends up happening is anything that will detect root(banking apps,PoGo) end up being able to see magisk is installed because of the duplicate and fail/crash at launch of the app.

To clarify: when hiding magisk manager, a random package name is created and thus bypasses root detection and the other default manager is uninstalled. So some part of something here isnt working.
[Android General] tecknight:
I have not seen that before, although I can see how you could end up with 2 Magisk Managers installed, Just install my ROM onto a system that already has Magisk Manager installed under /data/app and you would end up with 2.

Just do this:

Launch Root Explorer, browse to /system/app, find the Magisk Manager folder and delete it.

Then reboot and you should have only 1 Magisk Manager App (A Normal app).

Try it at that point.

If it works OK at that point, you are set.

If not, then uninstall the existing Magisk Manager, reboot and then install a fresh Magisk Manager and you should be working fine.

Thanks for the info. I will change the install to look for Magisk Manager in /data/app during the install. If it finds it there, I will ask the user where they want to install it.
[Android General] jareddlikewhoaa:
I believe something with the latest Magisk Manager apks has changed and causes this because I've had this happen as of late, quite a few times on multiple devices (I play Pokemon Go). I'm in the same predicament right now, I believe how I solved was a fresh install of the rom, then flashing the Magisk Uninstaller zip and rebooting back to recovery and flash the latest Magisk zip and reboot. It's still possible it could make two Magisk Managers again. (I had trouble with apps still detecting the first one even after I deleted it from System/app but if I run the uninstaller first then go and delete the second one, root won't be detected.)
[Android General] tecknight:
That's strange. I haven't had a single problem with Magisk Manager installed as a system or user app. I do play a couple of games that detect root and they haven't detected anything in months. I am working on some interactivity during the install, but it's gonna require some major changes.

Which phone do you have ? I will make you an installer that doesn't install Magisk Manager at all.

Update. I'm uploading new ROM versions for the Aristo 2 and Aristo 2 plus.

I will follow these with versions that don't include Magisk Manager, other than the stub that automatically shows up when you have a patched boot image.
[Android General] tecknight:
2 new Oreo ROM releases

Totally new rooted Oreo ROM for Aristo 2 plus (T-Mobile)

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410963190603886447​

Aristo 2 rooted Oreo ROM V4 (MetroPCS):

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410963190603886446​

Aristo 2 rooted Oreo ROM V4 (MetroPCS) w/o Magisk Manager:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410963190603886521​

Flashing instructions are here:

Install a custom pre-rooted ROM to your LG Aristo 2 or Aristo 2 plus using TWRP
[Android General] jareddlikewhoaa:
Is there anything special about the 2 Plus rom? and if so will it flash on the 2?

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I'm not completely sure about it all but I have been using Magisk and Pokemon Go for some time now on about 3 different devices and have regularly upgraded and updated Magisk on them all and never used to have the problem before. I didn't start getting it until around when 17.1 came out but I have a feeling it's not Magisk itself but the Manager app. I just have been manually deleting the other apk but it does still cause some issues on prerooted roms. I had Pokemon Go working for a day on oreo but today it can't authenticate again due to Safetynet. -_- Definitely going to try the new one. & some games may still pass the checks but of course Pokemon Go has one of, if not the most thorough root checks implemented.
[Android General] tecknight:
The Aristo 2 plus ROM starts with the Aristo 2 plus firmware, which is a T-Mobile phone. As such it has T-Mobile images, T-Mobile animations and T-Mobile software. However, you can flash the Aristo 2 plus ROM to an Aristo 2 or you can flash the Aristo 2 ROM to an Aristo 2 plus, the hardware is identical. Note that cross flashing models like this actually changes your phone into the model you flash into.
[Android General] jareddlikewhoaa:
delete
[Android General] NonStickAtom785:
How long should it take for the rom to boot up after flash? I only ask because I flashed your newest Oreov4 with MM and I waited about 20 min but it never booted. I'm going to try the other versions like the Oreov4 w/o MM.

Edit:

The rom isn't going into the boot animation that you have. It stays on the LG Life's Good until I remove the battery. I think maybe the reason is because I am trying to upgrade from the V10f firmware. Also I noticed that the boot animation is being placed in a folder that no longer exists on my phone. I deleted everything in the OP Folders with no mercy because none of it was good. I'm going to download a flashable boot animation and see if it will correct the error.
[Android General] tecknight:
That's interesting. I would be careful with your OP partition, some of it goes to base functionality of your phone.

I wouldn't just delete it.

Also the OP folder is not included in the .kdz firmware, so if you hose it, you will have to try to find someone to make a copy for you

I have a clean copy of the OP partition for an Aristo 2 plus, but not for an Aristo 2.

Oh, it boots up right away, at least it does if you have an /OP/MPCS_US/poweron folder
[Android General] NonStickAtom785:
I found one that worked. I don't thing the OP partition has anything to do with any of the phones functionality. It's safe to remove because the stock boot animation is located in /media. I'm working on the de-bloat now. I would seriously suggest that you remove a a lot of the Non-sense stock bs and replace them with light alternative apps.
[Android General] tecknight:
I have been looking at it. It has SIM options, telephony options, APN settings.

I have already removed the bloatware from my OP, but there are system files in there that control things like which SIMS are accepted, which features are enabled like the default network, whether wifi calling is enabled, etc.

and you are not really freeing up any space, cuz the OP partition can't be used for general storage.

You can use it to store bootanimation, however.

the media folder contains the fallback or failsafe bootanimation if the primary bootanimation is not available.
[Android General] NonStickAtom785:
Yah that's what I did. I don't have an issue however with anything that you say might happen. I've been able to use everything as is without it.
[Android General] tecknight:
Disabling encryption was much more difficult with Oreo too. I had to make several changes to the system partition. Under Nougat, I only had to change the boot image..
[Android General] dominoeflux:
First i want to give a shoot out to tecknight....thanks for the support on this devices. I have the rooted V4 installed and working wonderfully the only issue I'm having is that the hot spot is not working is there any alternatives until this is fixed?
[Android General] maqsur:
I also have been stuck on LG logo after flashing v2 (Oreo) for my Aristo 2 plus, but doesn't go anywhere. TWRP works fine, no issues with partitions, etc.

Is simply flashing a new boot animation the way to get this to boot?

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Thanks Tecknight for all the efforts and guides, very thorough. Just haven't been able to see root at all on my A2P (Tmobile), whether on Nougat or Oreo.
[Android General] tecknight:
No, the bootanimation should not prevent the system from booting.

1. please download this file:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410963190603894684

2. save the file to your phone

3. Try to boot to android (unsuccessfully)

4. boot to twrp, select Install, then browse to disrec.zip and install it.

5. Once it has run, post the output and upload the file:

/external_sd/dr/drfulllog.tar.gz or /storage/xxxxxxxx/dr/drfulllog.tar.gz

6. Post the results back here.

Thanks
[Android General] tecknight:
Could you describe the issues you are having with the hotspot ?
[Android General] NonStickAtom785:
Should I do the same Tec with the one's that aren't working for me?
[Android General] tecknight:
Yes, please !!
[Android General] NonStickAtom785:
Okay the results will be up in 7 minuites approx. I gotta back up my custom system .img first. Should I backup and wipe my data?

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Okay so something weird I should tell you about. I flashed all of them after wiping my system. And for some reason there all booting up no problem. I think that maybe since my system.img and firmware is fitted with Oreo it's not giving any error. Also it might be from the TWRP Version! I just thought about that! I updated TWRP and everything started up fine! Do you think it has to do with TWRP 3.2.1.0? Get back to me quickly, please!
[Android General] maqsur:
I've attached the file that was created.
[Android General] maqsur:
My TWRP version is 3.2.3-0 (with Oreo kernel) that Tech had put in the flashing tutorial.
[Android General] dominoeflux:
When i turn the hot spot on it lingers like it's on but freezes it doesn't actually activate....when i back out of it to go back and see if it fixed it self it's off like i never tried to turn it on at all....when i tried turning it on again i left it to see if it would fix itself without touching it hoping that it would eventually turn on but it remained like it was frozen for several minutes and the hotspot never activates it just turns back off without activating