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[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Arif.Hameed:
[MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] is there any hope for ARB1?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
It isn't out because it was a while ago that I helped someone that knew what they were doing -- they knew the basics of what needed to be done, and knew the tools needed.

For me to type something up, I need to go through the process myself -- and as you can see I already made a mistake that bricked a phone.

Not with this aboot -- it is ARB0 and as far as I know, all US997s are ARB0. This is the same problem that the Sprint V20 has. All unlockable models are ARB0 and the eng. aboot is ARB0.

-- Brian
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ashley david:
So that means they have unlocked the bootloader successfully right and have they come up with any roms to the device which they unlocked?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
Phone has been delivered. :)
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
I revived the dead phone, if anyone was curious. The pins to force EDL are the same as on the LG V30.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ashley david:
How did you revive the phone.could you give details and steps thank you
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
It's not really the kind of thing I am comfortable describing here - it involves opening up the phone and bridging two contacts - and it has nothing to do with rooting. It's strictly applicable to the kind of brick this phone had. Virtually all other brick types can be solved without opening the phone, using existing public methods.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ashley david:
I know but the g6 don't even have the firehose file to flash
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
There is a firehose available for owners of certain phone repair 'boxes'. Octopus has a Firehose image.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ashley david:
So you fixed your device with 'box' right?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
Yes.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] badmaan:
[MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] where did you found the eng aboot?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
Runningnak3d was referring to the V20 eng aboot. There is no eng aboot for the G6.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] HuEx:
I understand what u say .. But as a documented thread to Guide

Like the G3 https://xdaforums.com/sprint-lg-g3/general/guide-fix-hard-brick-recovery-guide-t3132359

So iF u Plz Make a Guide to unbrick the G6 when there is no power no Dload mode no fast Boot "Completely Dead" or " Black Screen oF Death "

Thanks ✌
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
I am not a thread-on-demand service. Buy an Octopus box, grab the firehose from their site, bridge the V30 force EDL pins (if your device isn’t booting into EDL on its own) and flash the Octopus encrypted firehose. That’s all you’re getting from me. I am not going to write a long post that is only usable by owners of an expensive repair box, and there is no leaked non-Octopus firehose image, so......
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
Going to go off topic here, but it is my thread so....

If you sniffed the USB traffic while the box was sending the firehose, you could take the capture and filter just traffic being sent to the phone, then strip out the USB headers, and you would have the decrypted firehose.

On topic, I have the phone and I will get back at this tomorrow.

-- Brian
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
That’s a great idea. I might do that at some point, whenever I have some time.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
If I had the money, I would buy a box and do that for every firehose. They don't get them legally .. they have inside people that give them the hose and then encrypt them. All the box does is handle the decryption. Obviously boxes that have jtag support do a little more, but for standard firehose use, they are just dongles.

-- Brian
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
Agreed. The box people are scum.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Philz69:
Did you actually end up getting permanent root on the H873? I know you got Xrosser's phone to temp root, and you were talking about a method that required changing the IMEI, but i'd would be awesome to know you got it working :)

I will get my H873 to temp root this week. If you need to test anything from there it will be a pleasure!
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
Yes. Perm root was achieved. Unfortunately it was so long ago, and it took so long for someone to donate the files required to do it .. I have to do it all over again, but it is coming.

-- Brian
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zryxeon:
Hallelujah!

Dude, you're AMAZING!

Can't wait to boot H870DS to get rid of the ****ing terrible LG UX and their terrible update policy, if this will be your next project, you'll make my year :)
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] denshigomi:
FYI, the AS993 is not a Sprint phone. The Sprint LG G6 is the LS993, and to the best of my knowledge all LS993 phones have at least ARB01.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
Every LS993 is ARB00.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] denshigomi:
Model number: LG-LS993

Hardware version: Rev.1.0

Android version: 7.0

Android security patch level: March 1, 2017

Kernel version: 3.18.31

Built number: NRD90U

Software version: LS993ZV4

Security software version: MDF v3.0 Release 1

lucye:/ $ cat /sys/bus/platform/devices/lge-qfprom/antirollback

1

Does having a "1" in the antirollback file mean ARB 0?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
Use the getprop method, but yes you are ARB0.

Also, there is no difference between the AS993 and LS993. The former is Boost mobile which is owned by Sprint.

-- Brian
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] denshigomi:
getprop method returns a blank line.

Awesome, good to know. Sorry for my ignorance.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Hi Ladies:
*#546368#*997#

Change the (997) to whatever model G6 you have, ie 870

then SVC Menu, Version Info

Anti-Rollback version is listed 2nd last

mine

APPSBL(LK) : 0, SBL1 : 0, TZ : 0, RPM : 0
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] robnitro:
Doesn't work on sprint ls993

*#546368#*993#, nothing. My g5 992 was the same. That's why sprint sucks they lock down the phone hard
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
Can't wait to test this method out on a spare G6. Hyped!
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 9bestenbier:
Same here. I already disabled almost everything in LG's skin including that Smart Doctor app and the phone has been smooth and lag free. Can't wait to to test this and flash a custom ROM with a custom Kernel and Viper cause my phone feels empty without it.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
Rest assured, I have checked both oldest and newest Sprint firmware and they are all ARB0 :)
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] renguer0:
Hey people, what about "arb_unknown" phones? My H870DS shows this on SALT in download mode and I wonder if I can unlock it soon or not.

Forget it, *#546368#*870# shows APPSBL(LK) : 0, SBL1 : 0, TZ : 0, RPM : 0

I hope that we can unlock our phones soon. Thanks again to [MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] and everyone that helping with this motion.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] badmaan:
[MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] any news?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
Still working on this, [MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION]?

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Still working on this, [MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION]?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] badmaan:
[MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] ?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Blissey:
Maybe he busy :good:
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
It is Spring break for my son's middle school so I decided to take a few days vacation.

I will be back Monday, and back on this.

-- Brian
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ashley david:
Take your time buddy we can wait:o
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
Totally cool. Take your time. :)
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] HkQc:
Stop asking ETA please, I'm stunned that he even replied having basically to explain that...he had a life too? :D
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
This isn't really related to root, but a general tip for anyone waiting for root in the hopes of running a rom that makes the phone less bloaty:

If you disable LG Smart Cleaning with the https://www.xda-developers.com/uninstall-carrier-oem-bloatware-without-root-access/ method along with a bunch of other LG junk, the phone performs like it should. LG has a bunch of garbage that is constantly running, dragging the phone down. Smart Cleaning is one of them. Smart Cleaning kills essential system services in an effort to show the user that little ram is in use. Instead of ram being used, the phone has to reload fresh things that should be cached, available on tap. So let's fix that.

Grab App Inspector off Google Play to get the two Package IDs used for Smart Cleaning/Smart Doctor. Disable them.

Do the same for Quick Memo. Quick Memo runs all the time, even if you aren't using it. It's a worthless, garbage app that was barely translated from Korean to English. Nuke it.

LG Mobile Switch runs on each boot to nag you to run it. It doesn't appear to use much in terms of resources, but why keep it unless you are going to use it? Nuke it.

Quick Help is running all the time and is of little use. Disable the two packages associated with it.

As a matter of taste, disable Calendar, Clock, LG's Messages app, LG Health, Tasks, and File Manager. Replace them all with the Google versions of those apps. I also remove LG Contacts/Phone (same app) and use the Google Dialer (available at https://xdaforums.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=31214). LG's dialer is weird, it has a non-removable 'widget' on the screen with your current call status.

Because LG is awful, the LG apps on your phone are ancient versions of those apps. They have released newer apps for the G7/V40 but have not released those versions as updates for older phones. The newer version apps will run on your phone and are in every way better than the versions you have. They break nothing, just add new functionality and, in most cases, a newer design.

Go to ApkMirror and grab the highest version number of the following apps:

LG Camera (7.0.168 at time of posting)

LG Music (7.0.28)

LG HD Audio Recorder (7.0.10)

LG FM Radio (7.10.8)

LG Gallery (7.10.43)

Each APK will just install as a normal update for those apps.

To save some space, go into Music and delete the LG song FLAC file. You can't delete it outside of that app. In the Gallery, you can get rid of the Dolby Vision demo video.

Done.

The performance difference is really profound. Even things that always lagged every single time they were done, like going into Settings - Apps & Notifications - App Info - Show System and scrolling the list run smooth now. The difference is immediately obvious. And immediately reversible by running the command the re-enables the bloat.

EDIT: If you don't want to remove LG's phone app, update it to the newest version by getting LG Contacts 7.0.25.10 from APKMirror.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 9bestenbier:
This, in conjunction with changing the screen's resolution to 1080p also significantly improves battery life.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Arak0n:
Hm.. the camera and gallery app from apkmirror just give me "error parsing the file".

Edit: Ah, nevermind. I'd have to go to Oreo for them, which I am not willing to do.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Iriroro:
I know we are hijacking this thread, but... Thank you for the instructions how to debloat the phone. It feels somehow more responsive. LG Music app I installed from apkmirror: is it really that bad? I can't seem to find the option where it wouldn't sort my music in an album fron A to Z. I just want to keep it how it should be sorted according to the artist, not by the alphabet. Is this really how LG makes their policy? Release garbage apps but not for their flagshop that is barely 2 years old? That's why I wish for root so badly.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
....What? Nougat is garbage. You should update....
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Arak0n:
My phone also acts as a medical device and is only approved for Nougat.. I really don't want to end up with an unusable device due to oddities with Oreo.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
It's not really viable to stay on an Android version soon to be three major versions out of date on account of that. Can you use a different phone for that medical device? Staying on an old version forever won't work long term.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Arak0n:
Nope. For one, only a handful devices are compatible, most of them being Samsung, second, I can't lug around two cellphones all the time. The device and app will eventually get approval for Oreo, I'll upgrade then.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] lucia758:
Help

How to you change the resolution to 1080p? i am not seeing any screen resolution option in settings
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] cheeze.keyk:
Next time please use the search bar. :good:

https://xdaforums.com/lg-g6/how-to/guide-best-battery-life-t3735720
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 37_:
just sell the G6 and get a brand new Redmi Note 7 Pro， pwns LG in every aspect and has already been rooted :D
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 9bestenbier:
LOL, how does it pawn an LG G6 in every way? It's inferior in pretty much everything(display, build quality, camera despite it being 48mp, etc) except maybe performance (cause of the newer SD675) and the battery life. Other than that, the Redmi Note 7 pro would be a downgrade.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
The SD675 is slower. And the post being quoted is *super* off topic.

The post is just so dumb. The Note 7 Pro global version isn’t even out yet. The CN version costs about $250. I have a ton of brand new G6es and I sure didn’t pay 250 a pop, nor are they worth $250 each.

The G6 is far from perfect but it’s not bad enough that’s one should dump it for a budget Chinese phone. And the budget phone in question isn’t in the same class as the G6.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 9bestenbier:
LOL, I haven't checked the benchmarks yet. I assumed it was faster because the SD 660 edges out the 821 in Multi-Core benchmarks.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
GPU is miles slower, CPU is slightly slower.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 9bestenbier:
Yeah I think the SD 660 has the Adreno 512 which is indeed significantly slower than the one found in the SD 821. Even if the 675 was faster, it would still be a huge downgrade to the Note 7 Pro imo.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 37_:
IMX586 pwns indeed the G6 in very shooting situation or you have never seen a picture taken with IMX586... plus bigger RAM, bigger battery, bigger memory, dual 4G and ability to install magisk and xposed, for me it is superior to G6 in every way. Even though wish you all success with G6 all version root, it was a very nice phone, I waited 2 years for my H870DS to be rooted, but now I'm just not willing to wait any longer.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
Stop crapping up this thread. Thanks!
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tinyshy:
I'm sorry, what? did you just name drop a budget (low side of average anyway) 48mp Sony sensor to sound smart or.. did you have a point? The g6 isn't lacking in a sensor.

it's the software driving it.

try gcam, problem solved.

Your pics look clearer and sharper on a lower definition display too that's hardly a fair comparison.

megapixel count does not equal quality people.

I thought this was long learned by now.

Do wish us luck. Don't tell us why waiting is a waste of our time. if we're still here... there's probably a reason.

No need to bother the patient users or the devs by cluttering this thread further.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Arif.Hameed:
Nothing is impossible dude. We have already found a few loopholes and many more are there. Its just a matter of time. We will defeat LG ✌️
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 9bestenbier:
I'm sorry to say this, but you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. I saw the reviews of the camera quality and it doesn't even come close to most flagships. I downloaded the sample photos from a review and the photos barely looks better than the one's I took from my Huawei P8 Lite(2017) if at all. But you're derailing the thread. You go ahead and enjoy your Xiaomi while we patiently wait for our device to get root.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nglow:
Root

[MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] Will it be completed testing soon?I can try it on my LS993 which is with H873 firmware if you want.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
I am back working on it again. Every time I come across a process that would require you to type / copy / paste a bunch of commands I have to write more code.

I have come up with 3 root procedures prior to this .. and all 3 I have posted polls as to wether it worked, or you ended up with a brick, and those polls have WAY too many bricks in them.

I have already said that this will be the most complicated yet, and I will NOT post something that can very easily brick someone's phone.

Now, with that said, there will still be risks (bad USB cable, bad port, bad .... whatever), but I am trying to make this as safe as possible.

I won't be rushed this time. When I rooted the H918 I was talked into releasing a procedure that was for people that knew what they were doing. That was a mistake .. I won't make it again.

This phone is 3 years old. You can wait another week.

-- Brian
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] soad26:
Thank you for your time and work sir. I would just like to know if this will work with korean model g600L with arb0?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] HkQc:
We all know what it means at work when you are asked to release in a hurry for people who are supposed to know what they are doing! :o

Most of the time, the common weak point are THE people who asked to release it quicker who don't know s... ;)
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] CircusMusic:
Looks like I might have to put aside some money for that bounty! Thanks for the hard work [MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] can't wait but like you said what's a couple more months after all this time?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
Can confirm that bricks are bad and are not terribly fun to fix. No one wants bricked people.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Arif.Hameed:
Me too. Everyone should donate for this work because he is trying to root a 3 years old device.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Hi Ladies:
It's 2 years old
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] badmaan:
[MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] I can test, I have a little knowledge about qcom's secure boot and trust chain. I can easily unbrick my device because I have octoplus box. I don't fear about bricks etc. Octoplus has msm8996 ufs lg firehose. I had unbricked my lucye for several times. Cheers :)
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] hyx01:
Hi!

Through CVE-2017-8890

I just shell rooted my h873 at 10d nougat firmware.

I unpacked kernel from boot.img then get symbols of kernel, then disassembled kernel.

Finally I got the right address,.

Then I make an "exp", which has H87310d correct kernel address in,then worked!

I got SHELL ROOT and SELinux permissive.

I tried flash h870's twrp into recovery partition.However, failed to boot, got a warning then reboot.

This is my work. ONLY H87310d firmware will work.

ht?tps://github.com/huangyuxuan01/CVE-2017-8890
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] badmaan:
Confirmed. Its working. I flashed h870 v11k then h873 v10d boot image. Also i flashed twrp but due to AVB its not booting.

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[MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] now we only need engineering aboot i think.

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[MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION]
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 9bestenbier:
Bricked?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] badmaan:
No. If it happens I can unbrick my device too.

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Also, LGE Crash Handler.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] badmaan:
[MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] helb im stuc
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] badmaan:
del
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] badmaan:
[MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] I can give a Octoplus-Medusa box fw to you. All functional except real JTAG and eMMC programming.

BTW you can unbrick the dead G6's at home.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
LOL - awesome find. Seriously -- that was nice.

That just made this a WHOLE lot easier / safer. I just wasted a crap ton of time, but overall this will be much safer. I will get to work on the updated procedure.

-- Brian
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
If you want to loan it to me so I can extract all the firehoses, that would be great. I don't really have time to do it right now, but I will be in touch.

-- Brian
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] badmaan:
I'll sent the details in PM. ;) :fingers-crossed:

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Box FW is sent to Brian guys!
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Arif.Hameed:
Once Brian roots all G6 varients, he should send one of each variant to LG as a gift :laugh:
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] NocturnalSergal:
This thread keeps getting better and better. Seems like the "exploit" hyx01 / badman found (im really bad at fourm crawling while im dead in the mornin) is a really big oversight changing what i assume is one little thing that tells selinux to stick it AND gets shell level root acess?

hyx01 / badman
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] renguer0:
So, finally there is root for our G6? :D
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] jthein1989:
An exploit has been found. We still need to wait for runningnak3d to work out the kinks. So yes, and no.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
Anyone that grabbed the files off of AFH may want to hold off. I think I have found a much easier way that only requires flashing two partitions. I can't test it tonight .. left the phone at work.

-- Brian
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nglow:
[MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] This means that tomorrow we will have root?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] cheeze.keyk:
No ETA please. :good:
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Carlos2200:
I have an LS993 flashed with H87320c rom. Will I be able to use this to root and flash an updated rom or other rom based off of H87320c or above?
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] jthein1989:
I would imagine that as long as you don't overwrite recovery, you can always root from there.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] jthein1989:
He's a father. He's got more important matters.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] JuSkoch:
Yea guys... like he noted, this phone has been out for a long time. Waiting 1-2 more weeks isn't going to kill ya. If ya want it done faster, maybe contact him and donate him some $$$
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Carlos2200:
I've been without a rooted phone a couple of years. A couple of more weeks won't hurt.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
This still in progress? :)
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] nchc:
If you don't have the common courtesy to read the previous few pages, then it'll happen for you as you'll probably have to read instructions etc if Brian releases a root method
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] engMTW:
I've read the thread. You should probably read the thread, realize who I am, and knock off the superior bull****.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] nchc:
The hypocracy of your comment is hilarious, irrespective of if your a developer, admin or owner of xda.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] JEANRIVERA:
He is not none of those but he was one of the device donor itself, he is not asking for an ETA, he is just asking if this still in progress, and to be honest I don't see anything bad in asking about that.