Hi everyone,
I'm proud to say that I just bought my first android phone, and it is the ATT LG Optimus G.
I'm used to jail breaking iPhones, but I have a few questions about rooting and unlocking the Optimus G. My Optimus G was recently updated from att, but I don't know what was changed on the device. It asked me to update and I put it off, and then later on it applied the update all by itself. So, now I'm wondering if I can root and unlock my phone using the methods mentioned here.
How can I tell if my phone can still be rooted and unlocked? What firmware number or boot numbers should I be looking for on my phone?
Any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks,
Rhem.
First welcome to android! If I was you and since you never done this before. I would use the device until my return policy is up, or at least til 30 days have past. That way if you have any issues with the device prior to that it a simple return/exchange for you.
If you still want to adventure on then here is the thread you need. Please read up BEFORE attempting this. That way you know what you are doing know what to except if something goes wrong.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2006946
Also not being rude but remember to post in the right sections. To make the mods job a lil easier
Also there is unlocking the boot loader to flash ROMs and such. That can be found in the development section.
BUT IF I WAS YOU. I would wait til I know I have a problem free device before I jump in to messing with my phone.....
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903tex said:
First welcome to android! If I was you and since you never done this before. I would use the device until my return policy is up, or at least til 30 days have past. That way if you have any issues with the device prior to that it a simple return/exchange for you.
If you still want to adventure on then here is the thread you need. Please read up BEFORE attempting this. That way you know what you are doing know what to except if something goes wrong.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2006946
Also not being rude but remember to post in the right sections. To make the mods job a lil easier
Also there is unlocking the boot loader to flash ROMs and such. That can be found in the development section.
BUT IF I WAS YOU. I would wait til I know I have a problem free device before I jump in to messing with my phone.....
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Wonderful advice bro,
And to help out a little more, the developers put an app in the play store called freegee to only unlock after rooted or you can use the aforementioned thread to unlock using your computer after you root
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I need a link that I can download the pg05img.zip file that my thunderbolt had before the new ruu update. I think it was .6 or .0023 or something . My phone ran so much smoother with it. Also I was running the perfect storm v1.3 and had a kernel from ziggy .(1.7) that I cannot find now from his website. I have been looking forever and finally I thought id ask you freaks. Jk . Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks
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Oh and don't tell me I should have searched because I did. I typed it in Google and searched on here. Didn't find any specific info due to the fact I didn't wanna lose root. I spent literally 6 hours rooting the bad boy the old fashion way adb drivers .
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There's a radio thread in the development section. Has all the radios. Can't help you with the kernel.
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You can't tell me which one I download? What do I do ask there?
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So tell me what I paid 4 dollars 4 if I can't even post what I need help with in the correct thread. and you know what I'm talking about you could have just given me the link
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You didn't search too hard did you. It's in the development section and it's title says RADIO on it. You will have to read pass the first post to know which one came with the phone. No, I won't be providing you with a link, just go to the development section. As for the stock kernel try flashing the debloated stock rom.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045081
In here somewhere, shouldn't be too long to figure out.
As far as the kernel you'll have to ask or pm the dev since they don't have it explicitly posted.
Ok well I flashed the .6 LTE and cdma but when I check the software on my phone it says I have the .9 I am so confused
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That is because you are comparing all the wrong numbers. From Adrynalyne himself...
1.12.606.6= release software. This is what you started with.
1.12.605.9= leaked software, but same radios as .6.
1.13.605.7= leaked software, latest, new CDMA and LTE radio. These are what people flashed in the RUU thread or Das BAMF.
Thes numbers are software release numbers. Not radio numbers. The baseband number, I believe, is the radio number. So, if you flashed this file, you have the new RUU with the old radio.
If you downloaded this file from the OP of the Radio thread, then you have the stock radio.
Lastly (for now), we have the 1.12.605.6 CDMA/LTE radio combo.
http://www.multiupload.com/V2ED7Y5EU2
MD5 - A740031D09FC97D1B48FBEDFE73FDD24
To read is your best bet. I have been a "lurker" on these boards for some time. I read and read some more until I understand. Believe me, it is not fun reading through a couple hundred pages for just one thread, but you would be surprised what you would learn by doing so.
And to be quite honest, asking questions such as this only serves to solidify the reason for the responses you get from the more senior members. If you have to ask questions like this, you had no business rooting or loading a new radio in the first place.
Good luck
Whatever I am not going to spend hours on here reading about a phone. I actually have a life and it is not spent on my phone . Thanks for the help. Maybe if you would explain the answer to the question I was asking I would understand. Instead of posting someone else's written material on here for me which I obviously read before . But whatever I flashed the wrong .zip file anyway and lost root thanks freaks
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Whatever I am not going to spend hours on here reading about a phone. I actually have a life and it is not spent on my phone . Thanks for the help. Maybe if you would explain the answer to the question I was asking I would understand. Instead of posting someone else's written material on here for me which I obviously read before . But whatever I flashed the wrong .zip file anyway and lost root thanks freaks
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If you don't want to spend the time and learn about your phone then you don't need root
We won't spoon feed you here, you have to do somethings by yourself
Besides rooting the phone again is easy, as long as u didn't use a semi one click root
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i have spend time to learn about this phone. I am just not familiar with the lingo. bro i have been from verizon (og droid) to at&t (aria) sprint (evo) and now back to Verizon only after having the samsung phone until the tbolt was out. I rooted every single one of those phones !!! i bricked the og droid and learned alot from that. havent bricked since. so don't tell me i don't spend time on here. you and alot of people on here spend more time complaining when you could be explaining. you would have saved a step in your last post had you just put the answer to my question. i build powerlines off helicopter skids for a living i don't have all day to spend on here "learning" the lingo. i just wanted simple help without you freaks getting your panties all bunched up because i apparently don't know what i am talking about. so if you cannot help me do not post back.
i am new to this website, as i have been finding all my information on google because i was afraid this would happen.
i rooted this phone having to install adb drivers on windows 7. do i just use shell command or whatever its called and push the files to the phone and make sure the md5sum is the same? all i was wanting to do was just go back before the leaked software. i was running the perfect storm 1.3 and ziggy mecha bfs kernel i think it was 1.7 but it was superfast. i live in los angeles and where i live i have full 4g all the time. now i lose 4g go to 3g then have to mess with it to get it back to 4g. that was until i lost root. so back to my question do i just push the files to the phone. i will have to fire up that old laptop again the only reason i used that one was because there wasnt a root guide for a mac back when the tb was released. is it easier on a mac fresh or on windows with the adb drivers and sdk already installed?
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Whatever I am not going to spend hours on here reading about a phone. I actually have a life and it is not spent on my phone .
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Do yourself a favor just get an iPhone and leave us geeks to our hours of reading and flashing since we have no lives.
I wouldn't have said that had you freaks have just got to the point and answered my question instead of complaining. I thought one of the reasons for this forum was to help people like me, but I guess not.
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No one's gonna help you with that attitude. You keep calling everyone "freaks." Yah, that's gonna get you far.
I never said you didnt have a life
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Stop being a ****, your questions were already answered.
Wow! Lol Hope you found what you needed.
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In the time it took you to insult everyone that can help you, you could have found the answer you were looking for. Just because there are people on here that have a vast knowledge about this and many other phones doesnt mean they have no life like someone who gets offended and calls the people that can help them "freaks". Next time you need assistance you might want to change your tact. Just my opinion.
Note has been an epic phone for the past couple of days. Absolutely love it. I am just wondering if I should root it. Never rooted before as this is my first android phone. I think it would be kinda of fun to mess around with roms and stuff. I am just worried that I will brick my phone and lose the awesomeness. Can someone help?
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There are no custom rom's yet, but if you want to read, overclock, remove crapware, backup your apps effectively, block ads, and void your warranty, then by all means.
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i would solely because I'm just curious as to how fast my phone can feel without the crapware from att and possibly some ocing and uving. I'm fearful of the counter though, but I might just do it this weekend once I'm done with midterms.
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Does it really make that much of a difference if you delete a few programs?
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Does it really make that much of a difference if you delete a few At&t crap programs?
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FTFY
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Willanhanyard said:
Note has been an epic phone for the past couple of days. Absolutely love it. I am just wondering if I should root it. Never rooted before as this is my first android phone. I think it would be kinda of fun to mess around with roms and stuff. I am just worried that I will brick my phone and lose the awesomeness. Can someone help?
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This is what I always tell people when they ask should the ROOT and ROM. I can't tell you weather you should or shouldn't. You need to make that choice yourself and know that no one is responsible for what you do to your phone.
But if you decided to ROOT and ROM your phone the first thing on your to do list is.....READ. Read everything. Read how to ROOT and how to ROM. Read about the tools and programs you are going to use. Watch youtube videos and tutorials. And when you're done with that......RE-READ and RE-WATCH all of it!
I can't stress how important it is that you understand what you are doing. If you don't get what you're doing you will end up on the forums begging for help to fix it.
I read up on Rooting and Roms for a few weeks before I tried to do it myself. I also asked questions in a respectful manner not expecting an answer RIGHT THEN. I also hit the THANKS button, that goes a long way!
So in a nutshell....EDUCATE yourself and have respect for the community when you ask questions.
Alex
a thousand points to mortem very true and valid advice. no truer advice could be spoken about android mods and roms. My personal favorite is when people try to use international roms on things like the skyrocket.
Once you get the itch, you will do it eventually
But good advice above! And while you are researching, a flash counter workaround root method will likely be found.
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a thousand points to mortem very true and valid advice. no truer advice could be spoken about android mods and roms. My personal favorite is when people try to use international roms on things like the skyrocket.
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agreed.....people don't read, they just want and don't bother checking into things. And then they get all mad when they jack up their device.
heh there were atleast 40 bricked epic touch 4g's bricked when the isgs2 ics roms leaked lol people just wouldnt listen.
I would wait until you are past 30 days and know you are going to keep the phone or you have no exchanges. after that you will have to go to warranty support so you can flash back to stock. No need to make additonal work before 30 days.
Who know there may even be a super 1 click root by then?
I got the DNA about a month ago but when getting it Verizon did the update for me.. while "showing me the ropes".. even though I easily know more, but anyhow I'm stick with it. But it seems like I have to unlock the bootloader to get the recovery to root to flash Rom. But I'm unsuccessful even getting the bootloader unlocked for this ota for this phone. Is someone working on this or maybe I'm missing the current fourm? Thanks for any direction but I'd like to sometime test ubuntu on this quad core beast .. and get the bloatware off of it!
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The answer is no.
Wrong section. Doesn't belong in development .
Have you read any of the threads in the DNA general or q&a sections?
From my S-Off DNA
For the 1000th time, no, unless you want to send your phone off to be jtagged you cannot unlock/soff/root your phone.
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Send your phone to mobilevideotech.com
My phone updated as soon as I turned it on (my 3rd replacement.....I keep dropping them) and they were able to jtag my phone and s-off. Worth it for anyone who;s been updated for whatever reason.
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The above poster meant MobileTechVideos.com. Josh, the owner, is an original XDA developer.
Sorry for wrong section and yes I have tried to search before but many people saying many things. So thanks for clarifying with the extra info on where to send it too.
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people are smacking their heads because there is no sticky just for this question. that's the reason you have stickies...
I know its in the frequent questions stickie.. but this needs its own ...
for the love of gawd.
I am new to rooting and needless to say I bricked my phone. I looked through all available resources on the internet and came across Mobiletechvideos.com and was very skeptical, called them and finally sent my note 2 from verizon to them. Took about a week and I got my phone back better than new!!! I would like to share these guys for anyone who has run out of options and is stuck with a bricked phone. They were awesome and the real deal. Repairs made were brick repair and root rom Jedi x. Phone and installed rom worked flawless. Thank you Mobile Tech and day forum member for their posts. If I can help one person with this info I am happy.
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I am new to rooting and needless to say I bricked my phone. I looked through all available resources on the internet and came across Mobiletechvideos.com and was very skeptical, called them and finally sent my note 2 from verizon to them. Took about a week and I got my phone back better than new!!! I would like to share these guys for anyone who has run out of options and is stuck with a bricked phone. They were awesome and the real deal. Repairs made were brick repair and root rom Jedi x. Phone and installed rom worked flawless. Thank you Mobile Tech and day forum member for their posts. If I can help one person with this info I am happy.
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are you a shill?
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viper31573 said:
are you a shill?
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Not sure I know what a shill is but I can prove I am a recent customer. Just a very happy one because I got my phone rooted and fixed. Alot more fun than stock.
shill
smitty617 said:
Not sure I know what a shill is but I can prove I am a recent customer. Just a very happy one because I got my phone rooted and fixed. Alot more fun than stock.
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Googled it Definitely not a shill!!! Lol
Must not of checked to hard! I'm new to unlocking and rooting and flashing roms! I bricked my phone and looked online and found that all I had to do is download Oden, stock rom for my carrier/model phone and pit files...Followed directions and my Note 2 was unbricked and back to out of the box stock! And probably saved myself time and money And learned a few things too!!!
Dig deeper next time, there is alot of info on this kinda stuff online. XDA and You tube has it all
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glad you got it fixed
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Must not of checked to hard! I'm new to unlocking and rooting and flashing roms! I bricked my phone and looked online and found that all I had to do is download Oden, stock rom for my carrier/model phone and pit files...Followed directions and my Note 2 was unbricked and back to out of the box stock! And probably saved myself time and money And learned a few things too!!!
Dig deeper next time, there is alot of info on this kinda stuff online. XDA and You tube has it all
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Your etiquette on this forum leaves a little to be desired but I am glad you got it fixed. Look up a personality on youtube cause you won, t find it on xda. Great work!!!
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I wasn't trying to come off rude or cocky! I was just extending my experience to help you or someone else who my not have the time or money to send there phone to one of the many awesome cell phone repair services out there! Cheers
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What everyone is (rudely) trying to say is that you should have used these forums first as you could have easily fixed your phone without shipping it away and paying for service. If you ever have problems again, make a new thread in q&a and people will help you out.
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All kinds of fail going on here.
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Thread is spiraling, unless otherwise convinced, thread closed.
Can I have a step by step process please. My device is rooted but not "unlocked" completely. I was wanting to try and hack it for awhile but haven't gathered enough information yet. I'm sure I'll be helped here. I've been looking into this for awhile now. Still thinking about it. Also what are the positives of hacking it.
ViNDiCTiVex said:
Can I have a step by step process please. My device is rooted but not "unlocked" completely. I was wanting to try and hack it for awhile but haven't gathered enough information yet. I'm sure I'll be helped here. I've been looking into this for awhile now. Still thinking about it. Also what are the positives of hacking it.
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Hi.
Search for philz kernel thread.
Read the third post.
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