Here is a little something to think about. Why does LG supply us the source code for the P760, P765, P768, and P769 variants of our phone but doesnt allow us to unlock the bootloader to apply changes we want to the kernel and the android build itself? Are they supplying the code just to taunt us and say hey we are open source but really arent? Ask LG why they are supplying open source code for our phone and not being open source by unlocking the bootloader. Hope you all have a great weekend!
??? What about drivers for components? Are they open source? Are they all LG's property? Think about that! BTW,this is the second phone I own with TI chip and (permanently - p769) locked bootloader (the first was Motorola Milestone - never unlocked).
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On this thread someone mentioned a bootloader unlock method originating from the Russian forum 4pda.ru. From my understanding it's basically a modified U-boot and X-loader.This method has so far been ported to the Optimus Black. Thread Here. All we need now is for someone to give our U-boot and X-loader the same modifications as the modified L7 ones has and it should work with no problem. As a matter of fact this should work with any Optimus that uses U-boot.
Files:
L9BootloaderHack.rar: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38595867&postcount=5&nocache=1&z=9775460686068982
L9disassm.rar: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38615382&postcount=14
Original thread in Russian: http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=436618&st=0#entry20079444
We need the original L7 U-boot and X-loader. Can anyone with the phone gives us a dump of them?
good intentions. but....
L7 and L9 have diferent CPU. L7 is a Qualcomm MSM7227A Snapdragon and the L9 is a TextasInstruments OMAP4433,
L7 does not implement a u-loader and a x-loader , it implement an unencripted aboot loader, besides L9 have encripted x and u loaders.
The boot.img and the recovery.img of the L7 can be "patched" to bypass the bootloader because the aboot is un-encripted, for this reason this can be done with loki tool but L9 is very very difficult, i mean near of impossible to patch because the algorith of encritation have a very large and very very secret key (CertPK), only knowed for LG.
puntoazul said:
good intentions. but....
L7 and L9 have diferent CPU. L7 is a Qualcomm MSM7227A Snapdragon and the L9 is a TextasInstruments OMAP4433,
L7 does not implement a u-loader and a x-loader , it implement an unencripted aboot loader, besides L9 have encripted x and u loaders.
The boot.img and the recovery.img of the L7 can be "patched" to bypass the bootloader because the aboot is un-encripted, for this reason this can be done with loki tool but L9 is very very difficul, i mean near of impossible to patch because the algorith of encritation have a very large and very very secret key (CertPK), only knowed for LG.
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That's awful. Why us? It's not like it's a flagship phone or anything. ****ing LG
Hello nice people from XDA
Just here to say that I emailed LG Open Source Support about the lack of a KK kernel for the P712 (the L7 II variant for Argentina and Uruguay) and, believe it or not, they answered saying that they uploaded the requested source files!
You can find them here
So, if anyone wants to build something for this phone, you can go to LG's website and download the sources, and of course, share it if you want to when it's donde.
I'm going to build something myself as soon as I have some spare time, so if someone is interested, consider that you'll have to sit tight if you decide to wait
So, can anybody port either of these ROMs or both for the InFocus M330? I really want Lollipop in this device.
This device has a MediaTek MT6592 32-bit SoC.
InLife UI (The official ROM) for the device can be found over here: http://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6eY1SgN2PqcVmlFTzJfMl9VQTg/view for copying stuff.
Bump! I still want it, please
Without the kernel source and knowing if the bootloader can be unlocked there is nothing that can be done
How could I extract the kernel? And I can't unlock this device's bootloader because it won't get detected in fastboot.
NutVolt said:
How could I extract the kernel? And I can't unlock this device's bootloader because it won't get detected in fastboot.
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You need the GPL law required source code for the kernel but if you can't unlock the bootloader that won't do you any good anyway
zelendel said:
You need the GPL law required source code for the kernel but if you can't unlock the bootloader that won't do you any good anyway
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I really regret buying this device.
Hello! (Warning: n00b)
I just rooted my LG K7 with Kingroot, and was disappointed to not find a custom rom for it. I was just wondering, can stock android be used without any modifications, just compiled and flashed to a phone? I couldn't find anything on this.
Thanks all
Nope. LG would have to release the source code and a developer would have to take interest in it to compile AOSP and merge the drivers and such from the LG source code. Chances of that happening are almost nil. The G4/G5 etc are much more popular and they don't even have decent versions of stock android and some variants don't have anything beyond stock LG based mods.
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Nope. LG would have to release the source code and a developer would have to take interest in it to compile AOSP and merge the drivers and such from the LG source code. Chances of that happening are almost nil. The G4/G5 etc are much more popular and they don't even have decent versions of stock android and some variants don't have anything beyond stock LG based mods.
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That sucks. Thanks for the info!
While the bootloader of many g5 devices is not allowed to be unlocked (no official way) LG releases the source code for the kernel of those devices.
Is that even useful?
How can we even compile and use a custom kernel while we are allowed to flash one?
Sent from my sh!tty LG-H860 that is beyond crap