yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tinyshy:
Good luck you two. we'll be patiently awaiting the results as a whole community I'm sure. many of us have done nothing to deserve it and for that, I thank you, for working patiently with this Group of users. :fingers-crossed:
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] HuEx:
Thsnks for every Single One who helps to make this happen to a device two years old ..

Special Thank For [MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION]
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] mademoisellemercredi:
I wish I had known that this development was going. Then I would have bought LG G6. I guess I'll also get G6 with quad DAC if the root will be a success.

Ahh. I bought LG Q7+ without knowing it cannot be rooted. It seems obtaining root is getting harder nowadays.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] badmaan:
Quad DAC thing is hardware related.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] jayp1177:
The H870DS does have the Quad-DAC. However, the ported Qualcomm MusicFX APK can get great sound out of all G6 models, even without root access. On the stock ROM, it does tend to have some bugs with playback. You do have to use music applications with built in EQ settings (Google Play Music, Spotify, some others), but it's still very usable without root.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] mademoisellemercredi:
I want to use Viper4Android(VIPER-DDC), Xposed apps, and Key mapping, so ROOT is essential for me. I've been surviving with my Sony Xperia A or ZR, but then now I really need to upgrade my phone. My phone is too slow for the new apps. Sigh.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] JEANRIVERA:
Did it ever worked?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] sbkjuggalo:
Yes eagerly awaiting for the boost Mobiles root.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Slopeslosh:
Also eagerly awaiting runningnak3d's next post. I've got a Boost Mobile LG-LS993 (LS993ZVE) and I won't rest until I've either bricked it, rooted it, or returned it.

For what it's worth, I'm an seasoned software engineer with a great deal of linux experience (though only a little direct android experience), and I would be more than happy to contribute to the effort in any way I can.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] MahmudS:
What about LG G6+ models? I have US997U version, and as I understand, firmware looks identical to US997 model.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] spiderio:
I will waiting for H870DS

I have the device waiting to root or bricked
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Arif.Hameed:
Brought Korean G6 G600S due to higher storage and quad DAC. Updated it to Oreo 8.0 20d released on 4 May 2018. Korean firmware versions and release dates are different from other varients. Now another update 20g dated 25 Jun 2018 is available. Please look at my current ARB version and guide me whether I should update or not? I would like to try your root method in future and don't wana lose that opportunity.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] cheeze.keyk:
Just update it. It doesn't matter if youre ARB 0 or not. :good:
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Arif.Hameed:
Won't it affect the ability to root?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] strubedo:
Any root for H873 yet?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] nchc:
Just refresh 5 more times and it will appear
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] BenG7:
Hi

I am considering buyong a H870DS, I can see some unlocked phone on the internet - does that actually mean the bootloader is unlocked?

Thanks
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] nchc:
No. Carrier or phone network unlocked only at this point in time.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] FishingForShawk:
[MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION]

I have an old unlocked US997 which has it's screen destroyed. If you're still in need, I should be able to help
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
Hey. Sorry guys. Been massively busy at work and home so I haven't had a chance to get in touch with one of the guys to test the procedure.

Things are letting up, so I hope I can get with one of them over the weekend.

I would just post it, but I know for a fact (history from the H918 root) that it wouldn't end well.

Again, just to reiterate, this works .. just need to get the instructions as clear as possible.

Again, sorry for the delay, but RL comes first.

-- Brian
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] sbkjuggalo:
I can't speak for everyone here but I'm sure I'm not out of line to say thank you for this. May not realize it but something even this small to some can make a person's day. So sincerely good sir thank you for all the spare time to have spent to do this
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] NocturnalSergal:
Great work, hoping everything comes together and we can finally unlock the true potential of this amazing phone. If this comes together i might have to chip some money your way for your time and effort on a phone you dont even own.

Anyways one quick question any reason why a rom from a diffrent model of this phone wouldnt work once we get it wide open? AKA vs988 running a rom made for hd780 or something along those lines.

<3
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] wolfy:
Brian, thanks for your efforts. This is really going to make a difference in the way I use my phone. Background YouTube, Titanium Backup, Carstream are apps I absolutely hate to lose...
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] sbkjuggalo:
Sad day. My phone with quit working. I can't get it to appear at all. Anyway I guess if it can be used for anything I will donate to help with any growth in development for the phone. Just let me know. Is I can get it running I'd keep it to play with.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] i4iex:
Hi, i have an H870 Latinoamerica model and his bootloader is locked (can't unlock because LG is blocking for this model).

How can root this model ? Any steps or guide exactly? or i must experiment?

Thanks!!
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Arif.Hameed:
Wait until a working root method for all models becomes available.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 9bestenbier:
Hi everyone.

Just wanted to know if there would be a way to unlock my H870? I live in South Africa and it said my variant doesn't support unlocking, but I can at least enter fastboot and use commands. Hope there's a way for me to unlock because I'd like to install AOSP.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Deadman26:
Check ur model number correctly.. And proceed as far as i know h870 has a official method to unlock bootloader
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 9bestenbier:
It's definitely the H870. The reason I can't unlock is because of my region.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Deadman26:
Cross region firmwares xan be flashed provided ur using the correct model number built kdz s ... So research a bit more u can possibly unlock the bootloadet
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 9bestenbier:
Okay I'm busy downloading the H870 EU KDZ. I'll flash it later. Will I lose my data if I flash?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] cheeze.keyk:
No. But if you restore factory it will.

But its recommended to restore factory to avoid issues.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 9bestenbier:
But will I be able to unlock if I flash the EU KDZ? Because I've been looking around threads and some people said it's impossible to unlock. I think I'll give it a shot though.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] CAlbertSM:
It's not possible even by flashing the KDZ of other regions, the LG Devs page request Device Id and IMEI, these are bounded to the hardware not to the software, so it will still state that you are a non EU H870.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 9bestenbier:
This is what I also thought. I hope there would be an unofficial way cause I do not want to stay on the stock ROM.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
I have quite a few G6es that I would be willing to sacrifice in an effort to get this conversion/root thing out to the public. Ready and willing, if [MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] needs someone. I have access to both a Mac and a PC, and that PC can be booted into Linux if needed. I'm competent enough that if you were to just dump steps on me and ask me if it worked, I'd be able to intelligently respond.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 9bestenbier:
I hope there's a way for our G6's to be unlocked. LG's skin slows down this phone so a custom ROM would be perfect.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
Acquired a US997 (bootloader unlockable) G6 today, in addition to my healthy supply of Sprint G6es in the event that it makes things easier for [MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] if he opts to use me as the guinea pig.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
Would you be willing to loan me a Sprint G6? I can send it back to you rooted...

That would make this SO much easier since I could go through the process and document it as I am doing it.

I have tried working with a couple of people and let's just say that doesn't work out well ;)

If not, I am about ready to buy one off eBay just so I can put this project to bed. I am sure you guys would like it finished as well.. lol

-- Brian
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Blissey:
I hope your project success !! Honestly if i know g6 have this all **** thing i avoid to buy this phone ! Lagginess, wrost front camera and battery life without development this phone is wrost than ever ! Lets see if project will success i really love to donate some money for you !! My Device Dual Sim Indian Variant :( thanks for your hardwork
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 9bestenbier:
True. LG's skin makes this phone lag and rhe front camera is atrocious. Luckily I tried out some GCAM ports which makes a huge difference. I have the H870, but can't root due to my region. If this project is a success I'm instantly installing a custom ROM.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
I absolutely would. PM me your mailing address. If you send it in the next few hours, I can ship it out today.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
Got the PM from Runningnak3d. Going to ship him a phone in a half hour or so. Yay, I'm helping!
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Blissey:
Good Work Guys ?✌
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
Phone has been shipped! Soon, soon RunningNak3d will have it.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] dj sweet darkness:
hell yeah!

[MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] yeah im in i have a lg-h873!
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] badmaan:
Oof?.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 9bestenbier:
Looks like we'll hopefully be able to root and install custom ROMS?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] nchc:
Just be content with root. Custom roms maybe a whole different ball game requiring special recovery and tweaks rom developers need to include.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 9bestenbier:
I have the H870 which has lots of custom ROMS. The reason I can't unlock is because of my region. But from what I've read is that my H870 has the exact same hardware of the European model.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Deadman26:
Watch rhis forum for some magic... Dont rule out anything ... Too early to dismiss or include anything... But def exciting
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] ProjrctABLE:
[MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] I would like to root my lg-h873 if you could forward that info to me please :cowboy:
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Coxis:
So assuming this root method works... How much more difficult / lengthy would it be to adapt the rooting method to the H870 model?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] nchc:
?If it was ready for public release it would be available already. It will be released when/if Brian thinks it's ready. Think of the hundreds of G6's which could unintentionally be permanently bricked if everything wasn't correct. Patience...unless you want to brick your G6
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
The Sprint G6 that [MENTION=9149864]engMTW[/MENTION] is loaning me should be here today which means I will be able to get started tomorrow. Since I have already solved HOW to do it, and just need to make sure that the steps are in the right order and as easy as possible to understand, it shouldn't take me long to get something written up. I will also be scripting as much as possible so all you have to do is type:

./step1.sh

* Do some manual stuff then...

./step2.sh

etc...

Bottom line, this is REAL close finally :)

-- Brian
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] badmaan:
Thanks for your REAL efforts bro. ?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Blissey:
Hope Your Method Will be work for LG-870DS too so we can enjoy Root and Custom roms otherwise time to sell and good bye G6 ✌peace
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 9bestenbier:
Hello Brian

Would this method work with the H870 as well?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
Dunno. It will be a matter of trying it, but it may require a donor H870 that has an unlock.bin -- not sure yet. The good news is that it either works or doesn't. It isn't going to brick your phone to try.

-- Brian
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 9bestenbier:
Hopefully it works. I'm even willing to risk bricking because I don't see myself sticking to LG's skin for too long.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
LG's skin is indeed gross. About as bad as it gets on Android phones sold in the west. Probably the only skin worse is MIUI.

Phone has been delivered, by the way :D
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 9bestenbier:
Yeah it's awful. I can't believe a phone with a Snapdragon 821 can stutter this much. Even Subway Surfers stutters a lot which is unacceptable. If there's a way to unlock the bootloader I'll instantly get rid of LG's heavy skin.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
It's a ridiculous skin in so many ways. It's full of the dumbest **** imaginable, like powering on the phone no matter what if a charger is connected while the phone is off. Even if you power the phone off after plugging in the charger, it powers back on. Not every regional variant of the G6 does this and the 'skin' controls it - flashing Lineage kills it.

It also has lots of straight up grammatical and spelling errors throughout the interface. Go to Settings - General - Regulatory and Safety, you can learn about how "A radio interference is possible while using this wireless equipment". I expect better English from no name Chinese OEMs. LG is a massive company! They can do better than this!

But, yeah, in addition to being of poor taste and chock full of weird design decisions, the skin is super heavy. Some variants are worse than others - LS993 runs way worse than H873 due to the always-running Sprint bloat. But none run as well as they should.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 9bestenbier:
Yeah I was annoyed when I switched off my phone to charge it only to see it turn on and boot into the system. I absolutely love this phone, but LG's skin ruins it for me. I bought it like a week ago and it's already lagging meanwhile my midrange Huawei P8 Lite 2017 runs rock solid on a custom ROM that I've been running as a daily driver for like 5 months now. If I knew I'd have trouble unlocking this phone's bootloader I wouldn't have opted for this phone, but since I have it now and have experienced LG's UI I won't rest until I find a way to get rid of it!
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
We should have things fairly easy once we have bootloader unlock. The Sprint model (LS993) is the same phone as AS993, the C-Spire variant. It is not the same phone as H873 - it has a different radio - yet it takes a cross flash to H873 just fine. The only reason an unrooted LS993 won't flash to US997 is because of a partition size difference. I have a feeling that we will be able to use roms built for US997 just fine, so long as don't care about CDMA support. And if CDMA support is needed, the AS993 modem should take care of that.

We'll see.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Blissey:
Yeah i'm agree with everyone LG Ui even wrost than Xiaomi MemeUI i mean miui :( :p
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 9bestenbier:
I have the H870, but because I live in South Africa I can't unlock. Hopefully Brian's method would work with my variant as well.

Also, none of our cellular networks use CDMA as far as I remember so it shouldn't be an issue.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
Worst case scenario, the H870 and other non-US/Canada/Mexico models will need an unlockable H870 donor phone. Not a huge issue.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 9bestenbier:
So it'll need a donor phone which hasn't been unlocked yet?

But if this is doable it'll be amazing. I just want AOSP and a sound mod like Viper and Ainur Sauron then I'll be happy. I'm not too happy with the phone's sound output. Hopefully I'll tweak everything the way I want when the bootloader gets unlocked.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
No, just any donor H870 phone that has an unlock.bin. An unlockable one with the unlock.bin
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 9bestenbier:
Oh I see. But I thought the unlock.bin is device specific since it uses it's IMEI and Device I.D?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
The unlock mechanism that runningnak3d developed defeats that.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 9bestenbier:
That's great! So once he's done all he needs is to ask someone who unlocked their H870 to send them the unlock.bin file then I'll be able to root?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
It's a little bit more complicated than that. Just hang back and wait for the release for the US models and we'll see what, if anything, is needed for the H870 and associated variants.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 9bestenbier:
Okay I'll just follow this thread for any updates on what needs to be done.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] badmaan:
[MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] sorry for disturbing. Any news?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
Stay tuned to this: https://xdaforums.com/lg-g6/how-to/root-howto-as993-wip-t3908213

It says AS993 because that is the model I was sent to do the writeup on. Once I get it up, it will have to start being tested on other models.

-- Brian
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] jthein1989:
Thank You so much for your work on this.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] BenG7:
Er.... H870 can already be boot loader unlocked /rooted /rom flashed (there is an official lineage for it that i'm running on the H870 I'm currently replying you with)
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 9bestenbier:
Not all H870's can be unlocked. That only applies to the EU H870. Those from other regions can't be unlocked officially.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] soad26:
I hope there is also hope for my G600L :( the only reason I want to root is to fix the image retention via kppd. Cflumen kinda sucks ;/

Btw is it possible for me to rollback? (See attachment/pic)
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ashley david:
Yes you can roll back to nougat
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Arif.Hameed:
Sign this petition for G6 bootloader unlock

http://chng.it/CqsbbQdCfY
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Fish02:
I just found a setting 'OEM unlock' on my LG H870DS! WHAT is going on?!
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
You're being sarcastic right?

It doesn't do anything the OEM or carrier doesn't want it to do. It doesn't unlock the bootloader -- unless the OEM or Carrier wants to let you unlock the bootloader.

That (mostly useless) button has been on every Android since 2015. Since Lollipop and maybe even KitKat. And you just now noticed it? ;)

There are a few OEMs that let you unlock the bootloader, like LG on some "open market" variants. But even with this button, you STILL need official bootloader unlock code from LG.

Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zryxeon:
Sorry mate, they're just adding insult to injury
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 587.saboor:
any update?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] cc546:
Still holding on to H870DS for the Quad DAC but I can't use it as anything other than a PMP without root. It's so freaking slow.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] cheeze.keyk:
still WIP. :o
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Arif.Hameed:
If you would like to contribute toward buying a donor US997 for a bootloader unlock, please donate at

https://paypal.me/pools/c/8g7RJbviL5

Or

https://www.gofundme.com/lg-us997
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] mohammadstr:
Hi all is there news about root and unlocking ? Im on H870S
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vekter:
So this method is dead in the water, I take it?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] ashad41:
How to root lgm l600l
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] sayefchamp:
[MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] i can help....

I have a h873
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] sayefchamp:
How do i check my arb version???

Can anyone tell me broadly???
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Muadh09:
*#546368#*---#

SVC then version info.

If it shows 0 anti rollback is not enabled.

--- put your version number in the dashes. eg *#546368#*870#
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] sayefchamp:
Mine is what???
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Muadh09:
Anti roll back is not enabled. You can downgrade you phone
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] joltdick:
Any progress on this for LS993? Looks like I have this phone but it's flsshed to H873 20c
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tung Trab:
Not that way. You can only downgrade to a firmware with the same ARB version, in his case the ARB version of the firmware he wants to downgrade is must be 0.

---------- Post added at 05:49 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:47 AM ----------

You can downgrade only to the firmware that have the same version of ARB, that is 0. If not you will have a hard brick that can't be fixed.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] wassname:
Anyone still looking for root, check out this thread https://xdaforums.com/lg-g6/how-to/root-howto-as993-wip-t3908213/post80908533#post80908533

I managed to to use arpruss's disowned CVE-2019-2215 code (don't blame them) to root a G6. Details in the above link. May not work on phones with the latest security updates or the wrong kernels.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] rcky844:
I unlocked my LG G6 H870DS, I used a code on LG Developer's website
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] rademade:
really? how come? can u tell us in detail..
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] lawong:
tried in lg g6 korean model ,nougat and oreo firmware ,not working ,install fail.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] rcky844:
Wait I think I need the way of unlocking here, as LG blocked the cheat code and I lose my unlock.bin

My ARB is blank so it is probably:

0

Here's some information about my device:

Model: H870DS

Country: HKG

Android Version: P
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] KacluXNN:
great

excellent
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] rcky844:
Not working as well. I think it is the problem of wrong kernels
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ookamee:
What happens with the sw ver: h8722og aka model # LG-H872?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Aleksander160399:
Hello! I apologize in advance, I don’t know English well and therefore I translate the translator through Google. I am ready to sacrifice my phone. Model G600L, I don’t know if it fits. ARB0. Rolled back to android 8. ;)
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Redick 27:
Its arb 0 all korean version are arb0
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] evertking:
Well, looks like I got the wrong model.

Gonna have to pass this down to one of the kiddos.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Destin42:
ROOT ACHIEVED. LG G6 H870DS. Android 8.0 May 2019 Security Patch.

How ever I can't get through the Read-only /system root folder. I've tried several methods but no go. Just remounting as rw doesn't work. Brute forcing seems to really require an Unlocked Bootloader. Which unfortunately is never coming (at least not yet, if ever).

Root installs upon booting(not Permanent on the CVE-2019 exploit). Upon root installation the /system partition is SOMETIMES not read-only but this lasts less than a minute. The moment you try to install busybox it locks up. It's quite annoying haha. Adaway can't install Hosts either. Best I've got is a small battery improvement and random reboots(even with Kernel Panic disabled).

Any Ideas on removing Read-only on /System ???