Does anyone know if it's safe to use Xposed framework with the lollipop stock OTA?
Of course I'm rooted... #duh
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RBarnett09 said:
Does anyone know if it's safe to use Xposed framework with the lollipop stock OTA?
Of course I'm rooted... #duh
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Got a custom recovery and a nandroid yet? Once those are in place, everything is an experiment that could go any way. Some modules are not compatible or functional with KitKat or Lollipop.
I wouldn't apply Xposed changes to any ROM--including stock--without having a recent backup ready to restore.
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Got a custom recovery and a nandroid yet? Once those are in place, everything is an experiment that could go any way. Some modules are not compatible or functional with KitKat or Lollipop.
I wouldn't apply Xposed changes to any ROM--including stock--without having a recent backup ready to restore.
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I somewhat have a custom recovery. I flashed some version of TWRP (whatever was included) via AutoRec for VS985 that can be found in Google Play Store but it freezes when trying to backup.
I just wondered if anyone here has tried using it with the stock lollipop software yet.
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RBarnett09 said:
I somewhat have a custom recovery. I flashed some version of TWRP (whatever was included) via AutoRec for VS985 that can be found in Google Play Store but it freezes when trying to backup.
I just wondered if anyone here has tried using it with the stock lollipop software yet.
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I am not familiar with AutoRec, but I get what it does. The key thing with our device is that the recovery must be "bumped" in order to work; other variants of the G3 do not need this. If a recovery cannot make a backup and restore it, it is pretty useless and you are kinda SOL if your experiment produces a SystemUI failure loop.
Follow the instructions found here to install the bumped recovery...
Then update your recovery to the latest version of TWRP via these instructions.
The OEM 10B stock ROM lasted about half a day on my device. I then moved to Jasmine to play around with stock. You might try that or SkyDragon if you want to experiment with Xposed on stock-based ROMs; the lastest versions are based on 23C Lollipop.
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I am not familiar with AutoRec, but I get what it does. The key thing with our device is that the recovery must be "bumped" in order to work; other variants of the G3 do not need this. If a recovery cannot make a backup and restore it, it is pretty useless and you are kinda SOL if your experiment produces a SystemUI failure loop.
Follow the instructions found here to install the bumped recovery...
Then update your recovery to the latest version of TWRP via these instructions.
The OEM 10B stock ROM lasted about half a day on my device. I then moved to Jasmine to play around with stock. You might try that or SkyDragon if you want to experiment with Xposed on stock-based ROMs; the lastest versions are based on 23C Lollipop.
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From reading comments regarding the lollipop update, I am seeing that Bump will not work with it?
I was entirely unrooted before I took the 23C OTA and then I rooted with the 1 click method, then installed TWRP recovery via AutoRec.
People talk about reverting from Lollipop (12C) back to 12B, Bumping, and then flashing a Lollipop based ROM.
RBarnett09 said:
From reading comments regarding the lollipop update, I am seeing that Bump will not work with it?
I was entirely unrooted before I took the 23C OTA and then I rooted with the 1 click method, then installed TWRP recovery via AutoRec.
People talk about reverting from Lollipop (12C) back to 12B, Bumping, and then flashing a Lollipop based ROM.
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I think that you are confusing "bump" with "Stump." Stump is an exploit to get root that only works with earlier version of stock; bump is a means of hacking the recovery to work around the bootloader, which is still technically locked on the VZW variant. Your recovery still needs to be bumped to work.
Rule #4 of Android hackery: Never accept an OTA.
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I think that you are confusing "bump" with "Stump." Stump is an exploit to get root that only works with earlier version of stock; bump is a means of hacking the recovery to work around the bootloader, which is still technically locked on the VZW variant. Your recovery still needs to be bumped to work.
Rule #4 of Android hackery: Never accept an OTA.
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No, I'm not confused. Stump is totally irrelevant... out of sight, out of mind.
Reading through the Bump post, they are saying Bump doesn't work with the Lollipop update. So with that being said, I cannot flash a Bumped version of recovery using Flashify while I'm on the stock/rooted OTA according to what is said there.
Refer to page 52.
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RBarnett09 said:
No, I'm not confused. Stump is totally irrelevant... out of sight, out of mind.
Reading through the Bump post, they are saying Bump doesn't work with the Lollipop update. So with that being said, I cannot flash a Bumped version of recovery using Flashify while I'm on the stock/rooted OTA according to what is said there.
Refer to page 52.
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It can be done, you need to use the DD method and flash the 12b boot, 12b aboot and the latest bumped TWRP. I can not find the thread at the moment, but it can be done on 23C
RBarnett09 said:
I somewhat have a custom recovery. I flashed some version of TWRP (whatever was included) via AutoRec for VS985 that can be found in Google Play Store but it freezes when trying to backup.
I just wondered if anyone here has tried using it with the stock lollipop software yet.
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Hello
You can always refer to the main thread so the OP will be noticed of some errors.
What exactly freezes ? If you refer to the xposed installer, it backs up and then reboots the phone to recovery mode and installs the flashable.
Easiest solution is to flash a bare bones version of Jasmine 7.0.
The author of JasmineROM has created .IMG files that are 99.9% stock 5.0.1 that are compatible with a Bumped TWRP. You can be basically stock with a stable recovery if you follow his instructions
Xposed on Lollipop has LG G3 specific issues.
It WILL crash if you don't freeze the Quick Circle app and LG Weather app. Read about it here (bottom of post #2)
Even though you're on Stock 5.0 it's doable, but Xposed is Alpha for Lollipop so you really shouldn't do it unless you have a reliable recovery.
RBarnett09 said:
I somewhat have a custom recovery. I flashed some version of TWRP (whatever was included) via AutoRec for VS985 that can be found in Google Play Store but it freezes when trying to backup.
I just wondered if anyone here has tried using it with the stock lollipop software yet.
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Google "vs985 twrp 2.8.7.0 xda" and follow the links to download the recovery image. Then download flashify from the play store and flash your new recovery image using that. Are you using a custom ROM or stock Android lollipop?
I finally figured out how to root my phone on 24B and I've been using the Alpha xposed framework with little to no issues.
Related
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/257
Found that it was updated, and I want to know if it's safe to flash.
Does it need to be Bump'd or something?
Interested as well
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Ariac Konrel said:
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/257
Found that it was updated, and I want to know if it's safe to flash.
Does it need to be Bump'd or something?
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I would wait till there is more info on this release, it may need to be bumped first, plus I would like to know what changes were made before I go flashing.
Take a peek here: http://www.invisiblek.org/twrp/ and http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/orig-development/recovery-twrp-touch-recovery-2-8-2-0-t2966014
And I just realized I put this in the wrong place, my bad.
Sigh...right here guys...can we close this thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...recovery-twrp-touch-recovery-2-8-2-0-t2966014
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If you are on a verizon LG G3, due to the way its locked, twrp and everything else has to be bump'd to work. Read the OP. If its not posted here, I wouldn't flash it
Ariac Konrel said:
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/257
Found that it was updated, and I want to know if it's safe to flash.
Does it need to be Bump'd or something?
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I downloaded it and flashed it thru flashify without any problems working great
Ariac Konrel said:
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/257
Found that it was updated, and I want to know if it's safe to flash.
Does it need to be Bump'd or something?
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Here is the bumped version.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=57338272
TheKnux said:
Here is the bumped version.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=57338272
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Installed and working so far for me!
Verizon LG G3 bumped Jasmine ROM 4.0
Moved to General, unless you are the developer it doesn't belong in Development.
Why don't some of you just use twrp manager app? This installs roms recoveries and app zips. It's easy. And yes the newest TWRP is there ready to download and flash.
Bumped 2.8.5 is up in the original android development section.
I'm a veteran of the HTC phones (and at least used to Samsung devices), but my friend wants his G3 to have a custom ROM on it. So I start looking around threads, and I didn't find any straightforward instructions on someone starting out.
Do I need to be S-Off or unlock a bootloader or anything like that? Or do I just grab the custom recovery and ROM, adb the recovery, and install the ROM? Everything I see just says to install the ROM from TWRP and go, but that's not very helpful unfortunately. He's on the latest LP ROM and firmware from Verizon, and I did at least see that this won't be a problem (unlike other devices where newer firmware can sometimes cause unlock issues. I'm probably going to install the Jasmine ROM on his phone to keep it relatively stock for him.
I'll take directions or even just a link if somebody has one handy. Thanks ahead of time for the help
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I'm a veteran of the HTC phones (and at least used to Samsung devices), but my friend wants his G3 to have a custom ROM on it. So I start looking around threads, and I didn't find any straightforward instructions on someone starting out.
Do I need to be S-Off or unlock a bootloader or anything like that? Or do I just grab the custom recovery and ROM, adb the recovery, and install the ROM? Everything I see just says to install the ROM from TWRP and go, but that's not very helpful unfortunately. He's on the latest LP ROM and firmware from Verizon, and I did at least see that this won't be a problem (unlike other devices where newer firmware can sometimes cause unlock issues. I'm probably going to install the Jasmine ROM on his phone to keep it relatively stock for him.
I'll take directions or even just a link if somebody has one handy. Thanks ahead of time for the help
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Best/easiest option,
Downgrade to 12b using kdz
Root w/new root method
Flash twrp (adb, flashify, or dd)
Flash jasmine L Rom base
Flash jasmine L small upgrade builds if available
Profit!
Most links can be found in op 2 of my Reference sticky in the Verizon general forum.
bweN diorD said:
Best/easiest option,
Downgrade to 12b using kdz
Root w/new root method
Flash twrp (adb, flashify, or dd)
Flash jasmine L Rom base
Flash jasmine L small upgrade builds if available
Profit!
Most links can be found in op 2 of my Reference sticky in the Verizon general forum.
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Thanks, somehow missed that thread. Glad to see its relatively straightforward with LG, considering it's not my phone and I haven't had an LG to work on (until I get the G4 ).
sorry to bug but can i install trwp from the trwp manger
phoenixaldana01 said:
sorry to bug but can i install trwp from the trwp manger
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yes
So all all of them are bumb in that app just don't want to brick my device. And what is the bet one to use I ready put the bumb twrp on already just want to update it
phoenixaldana01 said:
So all all of them are bumb in that app just don't want to brick my device. And what is the bet one to use I ready put the bumb twrp on already just want to update it
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personally i dont use any of those flashing apps. just go to original dev forum and grab the flashy zip of the latest version and flash in twrp. its that easy and done.
I know this has probably been asked a few times but I can't follow along for whatever reason.
I'm wanting to root my Verizon LG G3 on Lollipop 5.0.1 [Release VS98523C]
I have never rooted this phone before. It is entirely stock.
How can I do this or can it be done?
RBarnett09 said:
I know this has probably been asked a few times but I can't follow along for whatever reason.
I'm wanting to root my Verizon LG G3 on Lollipop 5.0.1 [Release VS98523C]
I have never rooted this phone before. It is entirely stock.
How can I do this or can it be done?
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I'm pretty sure the one click root will work on LP
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/guide-root-lg-firmwares-kitkat-lollipop-t3056951
You can also get vs985 autorec from the play store to quick flash twrp on there
Edde3d said:
I'm pretty sure the one click root will work on LP
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/guide-root-lg-firmwares-kitkat-lollipop-t3056951
You can also get vs985 autorec from the play store to quick flash twrp on there
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Thank you, man.
I'm also concerned about unrooting as well, so if I rooted this way and then wanted to unroot in the future, I'm concerned about trying to figure out how to go about that as well.
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RBarnett09 said:
Thank you, man.
I'm also concerned about unrooting as well, so if I rooted this way and then wanted to unroot in the future, I'm concerned about trying to figure out how to go about that as well.
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There are unroot tools in the play store as well and also some other guides here in the general section i believe.
Edde3d said:
There are unroot tools in the play store as well and also some other guides here in the general section i believe.
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Somehow I managed to overlook where it says you can just unroot in within SuperSU. Lol.
Thanks again, man.
Now if I can just manage to find an updated version of TWRP for this phone that I can flash via AutoRec.
Once you are rooted TWRP manager from the Play Store will do all that for you also.
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Wont find LG serial port
Every way i have tried it will not find the lg serial port
RBarnett09 said:
Thank you, man.
I'm also concerned about unrooting as well, so if I rooted this way and then wanted to unroot in the future, I'm concerned about trying to figure out how to go about that as well.
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The issue though with unrooting is it just removes root, but does not put the G3 back into stock condition. If you look under settings->About Phone->Software info, you'll see it shows it as "Modified" which means no OTAs will be accepted more than likely. The only way to go back to pure stock is to flash via KDZ or TOT images, which wipes your phone. That's the only way to get back to pure stock where it won't show modified as the status.
To learn more about the G3, I would suggest going to the following post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/help/help-thread-lg-g3-question-t2947298
From reading through that post, I learned everything I needed to about the LG G3 when I was considering switching to it and knew that I would be able to flash ROMs, root, etc. It is what sold me on getting the phone.
Going to buy a G3 here within the next two months. What root and recovery method works the best? What roms and accessories would you recommend? I like to be prepared.
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Going to buy a G3 here within the next two months. What root and recovery method works the best? What roms and accessories would you recommend? I like to be prepared.
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Hi and welcome to the Verizon G3 section!
In the generic G3 sections (non-Verizon specific), search for the one-click root. There's a GUI version to run under Windows.
In the Play Store, search for:
Code:
autorec TWRP
to install TWRP. If necessary, then flash the latest TWRP (currently 2.8.7.0) from it's thread the thread for it in the generic G3 non-original Development section. Flash the new TWRP from the old one installed by the Play Store app.
ROM? I'd say start with JasmineROM 7.0, first without, then with the additional modification zips so you can most appreciate @hsbadr 's work. Note that the base JasmineROM 7.0 ROM is just stock rooted, not debloated nor modified in any other way other than a downgraded aboot.img (bootloader) so that you can still go from custom recovery to booting the ROM.
From there, if you want to try CM12.1 on it, you'll have to play around to see what you like best. Most of the time I end up going back to BlissPop but sometimes FlexOS or Validius, and sometimes others. I mostly miss the stock OEM ROM for the camera, which is much better under stock than under AOSP/CM.
Good luck and have fun!
Thank you for the information Can't wait to get mine!!!!
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Are there any firmware restrictions? Such as unrootable versions or for flashing twrp?
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No, they're all rootable and can use TWRP with.
Some other root methods like the "Stump" app won't work under official Lollipop. From what I know what I detailed in my post above should work no matter what official ROM your G3 comes with for both root and TWRP.
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No, they're all rootable and can use TWRP with.
Some other root methods like the "Stump" app won't work under official Lollipop. From what I know what I detailed in my post above should work no matter what official ROM your G3 comes with for both root and TWRP.
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This is great news! I hated the s4 for having no root for lollipop.
I will be getting my G3 Monday. <3 Swappa and some of the sellers. 3 day priority shipping? Yes please.
Its time for an upgrade and I am eyeing the G3. Its currently $.99 on upgrade, and the price is playing a big part in my decision as money is tight right now and my older S3 is falling apart.
The thing that draws me to this phone is its unlocked bootloader. I have tried to research on my own, and what I have found is that you can get a custom recovery and ROM on a G3 from most stock OOB configs.
However, I cant find any super recent talk of it. That doesnt mean there isnt, it just means I havent found it on this forum or elsewhere and my Search-Fu is probably weak.. I believe I read that the G3 was recently updated OTA to lolipop, and my question is does the CURRENT, brand new G3 from verizon still have the capability to install custom roms? I am no smartphone expert, ive rooted and custom rom'd an old tablet and I am confident in my technical skills, and I just want to make sure that the phone (which i probably will go pick up from the VZW store tomorrow) is still viable because if its not, ill probably get a different phone. I will go deeper into research mode once I know for sure, I am worried though that the bootloader has been locked as this happened to the S3 later in its life after the Kitkat upgrade.
TLDR is a new G3 from verizon still ROM'able and such?
Thank you for your help, this is a pretty awesome site/forum and I hate to bother you all with noobish questions!
Carmelized_FUNTIME said:
Its time for an upgrade and I am eyeing the G3. Its currently $.99 on upgrade, and the price is playing a big part in my decision as money is tight right now and my older S3 is falling apart.
The thing that draws me to this phone is its unlocked bootloader. I have tried to research on my own, and what I have found is that you can get a custom recovery and ROM on a G3 from most stock OOB configs.
However, I cant find any super recent talk of it. That doesnt mean there isnt, it just means I havent found it on this forum or elsewhere and my Search-Fu is probably weak.. I believe I read that the G3 was recently updated OTA to lolipop, and my question is does the CURRENT, brand new G3 from verizon still have the capability to install custom roms? I am no smartphone expert, ive rooted and custom rom'd an old tablet and I am confident in my technical skills, and I just want to make sure that the phone (which i probably will go pick up from the VZW store tomorrow) is still viable because if its not, ill probably get a different phone. I will go deeper into research mode once I know for sure, I am worried though that the bootloader has been locked as this happened to the S3 later in its life after the Kitkat upgrade.
TLDR is a new G3 from verizon still ROM'able and such?
Thank you for your help, this is a pretty awesome site/forum and I hate to bother you all with noobish questions!
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I have a Verizon g3 but mine didn't come with the boot loader unlocked! And also it's a great phone, the only downside is the battery life with the new lollipop update but if you root it, you can fix that problem
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salvabigboy said:
I have a Verizon g3 but mine didn't come with the boot loader unlocked! And also it's a great phone, the only downside is the battery life with the new lollipop update but if you root it, you can fix that problem
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O really? So you are unable to install a recovery and ROMS?
Forgive my ignorance, I might be misusing the terminology.
Carmelized_FUNTIME said:
O really? So you are unable to install a recovery and ROMS?
Forgive my ignorance, I might be misusing the terminology.
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That's correct. I rooted my phone but I was unsuccesful on unlocking the boot loader and now I updated my phone so I lost root. Although I heard about an app called autorec in the play store that will install the custom recovery for you. There is a Verizon g3 variant too
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Carmelized_FUNTIME said:
O really? So you are unable to install a recovery and ROMS?
Forgive my ignorance, I might be misusing the terminology.
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Plan on kdz'ing or tot'ing back to the stock firmware (10B), and then root, unlock, and install TWRP (custom recovery), and you'll be good to go to install custom roms! All OOB firmwares from Verizon can be kdz'ed or tot'ed back to the stock firmware, so yes that's a HUGE plus.
ohlin5 said:
Plan on kdz'ing or tot'ing back to the stock firmware (10B), and then root, unlock, and install TWRP (custom recovery), and you'll be good to go to install custom roms! All OOB firmwares from Verizon can be kdz'ed or tot'ed back to the stock firmware, so yes that's a HUGE plus.
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So just to clarify you are saying is that all G3's regardless of stock firmware, even the latest VZW version G3, can be rooted, unlocked and custom rom installed, it just make take a little extra work on some of them?
Carmelized_FUNTIME said:
Its time for an upgrade and I am eyeing the G3. Its currently $.99 on upgrade, and the price is playing a big part in my decision as money is tight right now and my older S3 is falling apart.
The thing that draws me to this phone is its unlocked bootloader. I have tried to research on my own, and what I have found is that you can get a custom recovery and ROM on a G3 from most stock OOB configs.
However, I cant find any super recent talk of it. That doesnt mean there isnt, it just means I havent found it on this forum or elsewhere and my Search-Fu is probably weak.. I believe I read that the G3 was recently updated OTA to lolipop, and my question is does the CURRENT, brand new G3 from verizon still have the capability to install custom roms? I am no smartphone expert, ive rooted and custom rom'd an old tablet and I am confident in my technical skills, and I just want to make sure that the phone (which i probably will go pick up from the VZW store tomorrow) is still viable because if its not, ill probably get a different phone. I will go deeper into research mode once I know for sure, I am worried though that the bootloader has been locked as this happened to the S3 later in its life after the Kitkat upgrade.
TLDR is a new G3 from verizon still ROM'able and such?
Thank you for your help, this is a pretty awesome site/forum and I hate to bother you all with noobish questions!
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If the phone ships with the latest 24B update you can root with my script but TWRP will not work yet.
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NBreunig3 said:
If the phone ships with the latest 24B update you can root with my script but TWRP will not work yet.
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Whats your root script? And have you tried autorec for recovery?
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salvabigboy said:
Whats your root script? And have you tried autorec for recovery?
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My root script will root 24B. Autorec works with 23C and only 23C. So 24B = Root only but 23C = Root + TWRP. Check out my toolkit which will do all of this for you. bit.ly/VZWG3Toolkit
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NBreunig3 said:
My root script will root 24B. Autorec works with 23C and only 23C. So 24B = Root only but 23C = Root + TWRP. Check out my toolkit which will do all of this for you. bit.ly/VZWG3Toolkit
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Thanks! I'll check it out. I really don't want a new Rom anyway. Just interested in the battery saving apps
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Carmelized_FUNTIME said:
So just to clarify you are saying is that all G3's regardless of stock firmware, even the latest VZW version G3, can be rooted, unlocked and custom rom installed, it just make take a little extra work on some of them?
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That's correct. And whether or not you want a custom ROM, I would still root AND unlock, that way you can install TWRP, take nandroid backups, etc. and thereby make it easier on yourself if you ever jacked up the phone doing something with root. I figure if you're gonna go to the trouble of rooting, might as well unlock too. Just my 2 cents
hello, I tried using your method but it tells me " cannot stat "busyboy" no such file or directory" and I tried using the other method you said to use incase that happened and I tried both the root.bat and send command option but still no success! please tell me what to do! I'm on 5.0.1 24B
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NBreunig3 said:
My root script will root 24B. Autorec works with 23C and only 23C. So 24B = Root only but 23C = Root + TWRP. Check out my toolkit which will do all of this for you. bit.ly/VZWG3Toolkit
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hi, I tried your method but it did not work and I got the message "cannot stat "busybox" no file or directory" and then I looked at the forum andsed the other method it said to use incase that happened and used both the root.bat and send command option but it still didn't work! I really need help!! I'm on 5.0.1 24b
Carmelized_FUNTIME said:
So just to clarify you are saying is that all G3's regardless of stock firmware, even the latest VZW version G3, can be rooted, unlocked and custom rom installed, it just make take a little extra work on some of them?
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Technically, it's not unlocked. There is an exploit that allows you to flash custom ROMs and kernels as if the bootloader was unlocked. On the surface, yes. You could say it's unlocked, but it it were truly unlocked, you could flash TWRP without having to be rooted. But you can't replace the recovery correctly without being rooted first. Hence, it's an exploit that skirts around the locked bootloader. It's still locked, but an exploit allows you to flash TWRP after you are rooted.
Here's what I know:
The first thing you must do is root the phone. You can root 24B as stated earlier by an earlier post.
Once rooted, you can flash TWRP but only if you are not on 24B. If you are on the latest OTA (24b), you can still flash TWRP, but it requires some extra steps. However, there is an app for this that you can install and run and it will prep your phone for TWRP and then install TWRP. It's basically a one-click TWRP install. You can get it in the Google Play store at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=b007.autorecvs985. Saves a lot of headaches.
So, I can one-click root my phone. Then install the LG G3 AutoRec-LP app to flash TWRP for me and I'm done!
You're bootloader is not unlocked, but TWRP is a "bumped" version. Bumping is the term they use for taking advantage of the exploit. But, you can't just flash any ROM out there for the G3. ROMs are specific to the model of the phone you have. For instance, you cannot take a D855 version (UK version of G3 I believe) of a ROM and flash it on your VS985 version. You'll brick it. ROMs have to also be "bumped" in order to work and be flashed, hence that is why the ROMs are specific to each model of the G3.
So if the AT&T version of the g3 has a ROM but the Verizon doesn't have that particular ROM, it's because the dev hasn't bumped their ROM for VS985. So, you can only flash those ROMs that are bumped for VS985.
But, the bumped version of TWRP and the ROMs act the same as if you had an unlocked bootloader, but it's an exploit that could be patched in the future. For whatever reason, LG and Verzion have not done that. Not sure why. But, caution on blindly taking any future OTAs. I would wait until you hear whether you can either revert back to a previous version to exploit and still root and bump on that previous version or not. Otherwise, you will be SOL.
As for unlocking the bootloader, that has only been allowed for overseas variants of the G3, but there is one issue that many might now like. When you truly unlock the bootloader with LG's unlocking tool, DRM is removed (which many would love), but then that means, some movie streaming services you use might not work any more because of the DRM removal. So, my feeling right now is, bumping is the best way to go.
Here's LG's description of what happens when you unlock it officially using their tool (mind you, as I stated, this is only for overseas variants of the G3):
http://developer.lge.com/resource/mobile/RetrieveBootloader.dev?categoryTypeCode=ANRS
salvabigboy said:
hello, I tried using your method but it tells me " cannot stat "busyboy" no such file or directory" and I tried using the other method you said to use incase that happened and I tried both the root.bat and send command option but still no success! please tell me what to do! I'm on 5.0.1 24B
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hi, I tried your method but it did not work and I got the message "cannot stat "busybox" no file or directory" and then I looked at the forum andsed the other method it said to use incase that happened and used both the root.bat and send command option but it still didn't work! I really need help!! I'm on 5.0.1 24b
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Download the root separately
NBreunig3 said:
Download the root separately
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How do I do that!? Sorry but it's like my second time ever rooting
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salvabigboy said:
How do I do that!? Sorry but it's like my second time ever rooting
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/guide-root-method-lg-devices-t3129197