I bought my V10 last June and for the first time since my HTC EVO decided that I wouldn't root my phone. I have now come to the conclusion that I need root and after logging in to XDA (after almost a 1 year absence) I see that there's apparently no root for this phone.
Obviously I'm on Verizon - what are my choices for an alternative phone that is in the same class as the V10 but can be rooted? Or is a root solution for the V10 closer at hand?
Albine is almost there. Temporary root has been achieved. It should not be much longer for total root!
goatman101 said:
Albine is almost there. Temporary root has been achieved. It should not be much longer for total root!
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Where do u see temp root achieved? I still see nothing
buttsak said:
Where do u see temp root achieved? I still see nothing
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Huh? The thread called temp root over adb.
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Huh? The thread called temp root over adb.
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Yeah that was back in December...That was awhile ago man and most people can't get it to work. The only progress I've seen on root was a bunch of drama. Kinda disappointing really
I'm still hoping for a V10 root... but it looks like the V20 is rooted:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/ls997vs995h910-dirtysanta-bootloader-t3519410
What is a good choice for a V10 replacement? I really want a rooted phone.
AlbertCamus69 said:
I'm still hoping for a V10 root... but it looks like the V20 is rooted:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/ls997vs995h910-dirtysanta-bootloader-t3519410
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Wonder if we could use a similar method. All we really need to do is replace Verizons bootloader with a debug one like that and we'll be golden.
brucejg said:
What is a good choice for a V10 replacement? I really want a rooted phone.
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Get a pixel
Haxcid said:
Get a pixel
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Is the Verizon version locked down?
OnePlus 3t
Have you looked at this phone?
I have seen of temp root it works it doesn't work etc...
Partial root only...
Does not survive reboot etc...
But...is it enough root to use debloater to stop ota
Currently debloater does not have proper permissions or something
Does...
Temp root + debloater = no ota
Possibly or no chance
Thanks
AMCJUNGLE said:
Have you looked at this phone?
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2 things that would make me hesitate. Battery can't be replaced and storage memory can't be expanded.
Same with the Pixel.
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Is the Verizon version locked down?
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Yes if it upgrades to 7.1.1 which they do in the store... Buy it from Google
If I had twrp port it might be easy to root.. Doesn't seem to exist.. I asked for it already on another thread, but no email.. I'm going to reach out to friend on hangouts and see if he feel like making one. He doesn't have this device so I'm not sure if he's interested.. The theory is this simple.. " fastboot boot twrp.img." once booted into twrp, we can flash twrp. Had to do it for my g4 and it works.. Also, I've seen twrp on locked bootloaders so that shouldn't be an issue.. No one's mention anything about that method though..
I think this died. Not complaining but it's been quite a few months since it was announced root was coming.
Good thing I'm rooted on 5.1.1 still. Would love to see root for Marshmallow (or greater) though.
I think Verizon and their hardware vendors should be aware that I will not buy a product or service if I can't have a rooted phone.
Looks like a Google phone next go around, much I don't want to go that route.
Sorry LG; Sorry Samsung. You won't be selling me anything.
Feel my wrath and consumer power
I believe the LG V20 is rooted (or at least unlocked)...
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How do take a screen shot on android without root?
You can't. The only way is through the ADK.
Google it.
I think the user above means SDK instead of ADK
Rooting is super easy a monkey can do it.
It shouldn't take you more than 1 minute to do it start to finish.
After you have rooted, download ShootMe from the Market.
dublued said:
After you have rooted, download ShootMe from the Market.
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or drocap2.. i use ShootMe myself though
dublued said:
I think the user above means SDK instead of ADK
Rooting is super easy a monkey can do it.
It shouldn't take you more than 1 minute to do it start to finish.
After you have rooted, download ShootMe from the Market.
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gah this is what i get for not paying attention to my auto correct! thank you.
Hmmm...thats odd, I was thinking that ShootMe worked without root. Well, at least it did for my EVO. Might be worth a try.
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Hmmm...thats odd, I was thinking that ShootMe worked without root. Well, at least it did for my EVO. Might be worth a try.
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This used to work on non rooted phones. What happened? EVO on sprint.
It requires root access to work...prior to the OTA update there was an exploit that allowed it to work on non rooted phones but HTC blocked it
Working great on my Evo. For Evo owners: READ! It requires root. Always has. HTC hole allowed it to work before OTA.
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-bw-picme-local-zmxE.aspx
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Requires root ^^^^
I am not one of the uber l33t [email protected] types that rooted my phone so that I can dig into the inner workings of the operating system. I rooted my phone exactly for reasons like this.
If you're like me and hate not being able to install a program that you want to use.... Root your phone. It's really really really easy (really). If I did it, ANYONE can do it.
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I am not one of the uber l33t [email protected] types that rooted my phone so that I can dig into the inner workings of the operating system. I rooted my phone exactly for reasons like this.
If you're like me and hate not being able to install a program that you want to use.... Root your phone. It's really really really easy (really). If I did it, ANYONE can do it.
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and very easy to unroot.. don't ask "do i unroot," its in the stickied thread of Vibrant General
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Hmmm...thats odd, I was thinking that ShootMe worked without root. Well, at least it did for my EVO. Might be worth a try.
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Didn't work with no root on my vibrant, had to root to use it. But it does work on the slide with no root.
How do I root the Samsung Galaxy Light SGH T399?
I've followed the guides to root the GS4 but I don't want to brick this GL. Any pointers?
Thank you.
I don't have to have a recovery image just yet but root would be nice.
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I don't have to have a recovery image just yet but root would be nice.
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Don't do it. My friend tried to do it and now it stuck on the Samsung greeting Screen. I wonder if you guys could give me the backup recovery image and stock ROM for this phone so I could try to fix it?
Thanks.
Baddude8 said:
Don't do it. My friend tried to do it and now it stuck on the Samsung greeting Screen. I wonder if you guys could give me the backup recovery image and stock ROM for this phone so I could try to fix it?
Thanks.
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Did you try to flash a new recovery with Odin? I was told to only try an adb sideload root for now.
I can't even do that as I can't find the stock recovery image. Were you successful with your adb sideload root?
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Did you try to flash a new recovery with Odin? I was told to only try an adb sideload root for now.
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I can't even do that as I can't find the stock recovery image. Were you successful with your adb sideload root?
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Search play store for SRT Apscanner and please tell me if any bugs say vulnerable
You can try the Chainfire SuperSU
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Don't do it. My friend tried to do it and now it stuck on the Samsung greeting Screen.
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What rooting method did your friend try that didn't work?
Is there any update regarding the root?
Bump... I need root too!
SloppyFloppy said:
How do I root the Samsung Galaxy Light SGH T399?
I've followed the guides to root the GS4 but I don't want to brick this GL. Any pointers?
Thank you.
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I'm hoping someone figures this out, too
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I'm hoping someone figures this out, too
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+1! Mine will arrive today.
+1 on wanting root for this new Galaxy Light. I just got mine yesterday.
I absolutely love the phone, especially considering the off-contract price. I liked my old LG Motion, but this blows it away.
I've been refreshing this thread for days hoping that we'd have root, and maybe start to see some custom ROMs, etc.
I will continue to do so. :fingers-crossed:
I too received this phone. It's a great phone for the money, can't go wrong for $150. It's like an S3 but with a low-res screen. What the S3 mini should have been.
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I too received this phone. It's a great phone for the money, can't go wrong for $150. It's like an S3 but with a low-res screen. What the S3 mini should have been.
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Yep. So far it looks like it was great purchase. Virtually the same form factor and screen res as my old Glacier, which suited me perfectly - don't want to carry anything larger, but with faster processor, more memory & LTE (while still retaining Wi-Fi calling), with none of the Glacier's hardware glitches. I can even still use the Glacier belt clips that I modded for car mounts!
Anyway. Sorry I'm babbling off topic.
It could be a while to root or custom rom.
Hopefully, it won't be like my Exhibit I, no custom rom except for Area 51.
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Yep. So far it looks like it was great purchase. Virtually the same form factor and screen res as my old Glacier, which suited me perfectly - don't want to carry anything larger, but with faster processor, more memory & LTE (while still retaining Wi-Fi calling), with none of the Glacier's hardware glitches. I can even still use the Glacier belt clips that I modded for car mounts!
Anyway. Sorry I'm babbling off topic.
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+1, i need root!!!
Have you all tried Framaroot or Motochopper?
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can someone verify this supports bluetooth 4.0 le? i chatted samsung and said they have it but most sites list it as bluetooth 3.0
+1 for the root! Please help us guys!
Now that this phone is officially released, has anyone found a way to root it? I have the sprint version which is the ls992 and I want to root it. I saw a one click tool online but it's not in XDA so I don't think it's reliable. Thanks for any help
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By the way, in case any of you were wondering, I'm coming from the LG g3 (ls990). I like the smaller screen, the fingerprint reader is very responsive, I dislike the moved volume buttons, dislike the audio jack being moved to the top although it DOES sound better, actually a good bit clearer. It feels really good in my hand but does get hotter than the LG g3. The material on the back has a good grippy feel almost, it's not particularly slick which is a good thing. I could hardly use my g3 with the stock back because of how slick it was. The cameras are PHENOMENAL. All of the picture modes provided are outstanding and not just gimmicks in my opinion.
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JCase claims to have a root method already but refuses to release it... even with his rep I doubt his claims.
If the bootloader is unlockable, it should be relatively easy to do.
I also have the Sprint version. The only thing that's keeping me from getting it rooted so far is the inability to get it into Fastboot to flash a custom recovery.
I've documented my findings so far here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-lg-g5/how-to/bootloader-unlock-root-ive-t3350356
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I also have the Sprint version. The only thing that's keeping me from getting it rooted so far is the inability to get it into Fastboot to flash a custom recovery.
I've documented my findings so far here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-lg-g5/how-to/bootloader-unlock-root-ive-t3350356
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So the Sprint version has BL locked?
islandfever said:
So the Sprint version has BL locked?
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It appears so. I can't even get into fastboot.
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It appears so. I can't even get into fastboot.
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Well bad news from Tmobile - I currently have the sprint ls990 LG G3 and decided to make the move to tmobile for the G5 because I was sick of locked bootloaders. The tmobile g5 does indeed have an unlockable bootloader however, LG seems to be using a custom bootloader on the G5 that wont flash anything that isnt verified. Tmobile's G5 already has a TWRP build and noone can flash it because of dm-verity. Essentially the tmobile appears to have an unlocked bootloader but lg has changed the bootloader so that it cant flash anything. That's the current status and I should add that I have not been able to try anything for myself because my phone hasnt arrived yet. But if that is the case on T-Mobile, then it's going to be even harder on Verizon, AT&T and Sprint.
its locked but there's an unlock switch in the developers' options.
I came from lg g3 as well. Massive improvement and loving it so far.I have it thru verizon. Hoping for root soon that's all I really care about.
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ROOT????
Well, Made the jump for my lg g3, which loved, but this phone is quite a bit more awesome... Now all we need is root... Where are all the big hitters like @jcase, @autoprime, @Shelnutt2, @thecubed (IOMonster)??? I know one of these masterminds can get'r done...
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Well, Made the jump for my lg g3, which loved, but this phone is quite a bit more awesome... Now all we need is root... Where are all the big hitters like @jcase, @autoprime, @Shelnutt2, @thecubed (IOMonster)??? I know one of these masterminds can get'r done...
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Not with a locked bootloader unless an exploit is found. It looks like the same uphill climb as with the SD820 S7/S7E now.
So for now no root, no development
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Well, Made the jump for my lg g3, which loved, but this phone is quite a bit more awesome... Now all we need is root... Where are all the big hitters like @jcase, @autoprime, @Shelnutt2, @thecubed (IOMonster)??? I know one of these masterminds can get'r done...
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May see something at a talk later this year
Omg, if anyone can get this thing rooted, I'll throw 50 bucks your way. This is the only thing keeping my from buying this device 0.0
ill throw 100$ your way right now to get this phone rooted @jcase
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ill throw 100$ your way right now to get this phone rooted @jcase
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Me too.
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This would be the best phone, but no root or aosp/cm just kills it. So useless. Way too many new phones that are for "noobs" only. No unlock, no root, no use. Makes me so mad at these oem's
Locklear308 said:
This would be the best phone, but no root or aosp/cm just kills it. So useless. Way too many new phones that are for "noobs" only. No unlock, no root, no use. Makes me so mad at these oem's
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It saves them a lot of time and money. Any noob able to root and unlock could accidentally flash the complete wrong system and recovery resulting in a pretty hard brick and if they allow rooting and unlocking then they would be kind of obligated to help them fix it. Even if they said it voided the warranty then they would still get tons of calls complaining.
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It saves them a lot of time and money. Any noob able to root and unlock could accidentally flash the complete wrong system and recovery resulting in a pretty hard brick and if they allow rooting and unlocking then they would be kind of obligated to help them fix it. Even if they said it voided the warranty then they would still get tons of calls complaining.
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That just doesn't make any sense though, if I buy a laptop, and or a desktop, and I install Linux and then it blows up, they're just going to tell me LOL sorry too bad. Same thing should go for phones. But if something unrelated to the software messes up, I would expect them to cover it no matter what, just like on my laptop, while I am not running the original OS software that came with it, they honor the warranty for the headphone jack breaking. Because that has absolutely nothing to do with it. The point is, if I buy something it is mine, I should have an absolute one-hundred-percent administrator privileges on any device that I can purchase. If not I need to get an extremely heavy discount for not truly owning the device.
But this is getting off topic, the whole point is that we really need to get the G5 rooted, because it honestly would be the best Android device out there if it was rooted.
Imagine this thing in running cm13, it will be perfect. Good camera, type c, replaceable battery so that way it doesn't have a finite life span, micro SD for super music users like myself. And upgrade modules , it's the future.
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That just doesn't make any sense though, if I buy a laptop, and or a desktop, and I install Linux and then it blows up, they're just going to tell me LOL sorry too bad. Same thing should go for phones. But if something unrelated to the software messes up, I would expect them to cover it no matter what, just like on my laptop, while I am not running the original OS software that came with it, they honor the warranty for the headphone jack breaking. Because that has absolutely nothing to do with it. The point is, if I buy something it is mine, I should have an absolute one-hundred-percent administrator privileges on any device that I can purchase. If not I need to get an extremely heavy discount for not truly owning the device.
But this is getting off topic, the whole point is that we really need to get the G5 rooted, because it honestly would be the best Android device out there if it was rooted.
Imagine this thing in running cm13, it will be perfect. Good camera, type c, replaceable battery so that way it doesn't have a finite life span, micro SD for super music users like myself. And upgrade modules , it's the future.
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I think it mostly has to do with them not wanting the end user to be able to modify the device to get around things like paid hotspots and such. Carriers like sprint that have unlimited data but a paid by the GB hotspot plan potentially lose lots of money off of users getting it free with root. Also you probably have an ISP that rents you a cable modem. Those things are locked down and while you can buy your own - their locked down one, if modified can potentially increase speeds or bypass a meter. I think that ISPs (including cell carriers) like complete control so they can grab every penny and make it difficult to escape their grasps. Once again these are just my assumptions so I could be horribly wrong.
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Is it possible to root stock nougat that I updated from LG bridge with Magisk13.3? Im just discovering Magisk and obviously I dont want to get ahead of myself but I really need root at the moment. any ideas?
Not yet.
pimpsalot69 said:
Is it possible to root stock nougat that I updated from LG bridge with Magisk13.3? Im just discovering Magisk and obviously I dont want to get ahead of myself but I really need root at the moment. any ideas?
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No. Does not appear so.
Only if u were already rooted/unlocked/ with TWRP and flashed the Update.zip stock rom already posted. Then u can flash Magisk and root works fine.
Upgrading via OTA or LG Official restore tool (Bridge) re-locks down everything as its reflashing it to pure stock.
I would assume that current means/exploits have not worked on this new version.
The V10 is largely abandoned...(cause V20 been out a while now and soon to the come the V30.
Far as I can tell, only 1 maybe 2 people working on this phone in their spare time....soo....Don't hold your breath.
If a rooted device is very important to you, other than waiting, one could buy a used V10 (or V20) that hasn't been updated off Swappa for pretty cheap. Or, sometimes folks sell already modded/rooted devices. (thats how i got both my V10's).
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No. Does not appear so.
Only if u were already rooted/unlocked/ with TWRP and flashed the Update.zip stock rom already posted. Then u can flash Magisk and root works fine.
Upgrading via OTA or LG Official restore tool (Bridge) re-locks down everything as its reflashing it to pure stock.
I would assume that current means/exploits have not worked on this new version.
The V10 is largely abandoned...(cause V20 been out a while now and soon to the come the V30.
Far as I can tell, only 1 maybe 2 people working on this phone in their spare time....soo....Don't hold your breath.
If a rooted device is very important to you, other than waiting, one could buy a used V10 (or V20) that hasn't been updated off Swappa for pretty cheap. Or, sometimes folks sell already modded/rooted devices. (thats how i got both my V10's).
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That's disappointing. I love this phone but don't feel the need to upgrade to v20. Maybe the v30 when it comes out. Thanks for taking the time to respond to me. I've never seen a phone abandoned so quickly ?? now I'm thinking I should go back to Samsung maybe note 8
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That's disappointing. I love this phone but don't feel the need to upgrade to v20. Maybe the v30 when it comes out. Thanks for taking the time to respond to me. I've never seen a phone abandoned so quickly now I'm thinking I should go back to Samsung maybe note 8
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yeah this phone died real quick.i only like lg phones for the hi-fi dac's and sd card.thats it! ui, reliability,display(light bleed, burn in crappy lcd in general) ,battery life,optimization is absolute trash.literally my note 4 with note 7 software can do more than any lg phone aside from audio or camera.dont bother with the v20, some people also having bootlooping on those.lg is unreliable
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yeah this phone died real quick.i only like lg phones for the hi-fi dac's and sd card.thats it! ui, reliability,display(light bleed, burn in crappy lcd in general) ,battery life,optimization is absolute trash.literally my note 4 with note 7 software can do more than any lg phone aside from audio or camera.dont bother with the v20, some people also having bootlooping on those.lg is unreliable
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yea this makes me sad, but I guess its time to move on, its been fun
I lost my v20 (T-Mobile rooted) about a month ago, so i went ahead and purchased another v20 hoping I could root it again but got the latest firmware which is locked up just like G6. I returned it.
So I'm just curious. What percentage of you guys would buy an unrootable phone and what percentage would not.
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I lost my v20 (T-Mobile rooted) about a month ago, so i went ahead and purchased another v20 hoping I could root it again but got the latest firmware which is locked up just like G6. I returned it.
So I'm just curious. What percentage of you guys would buy an unrootable phone and what percentage would not.
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I have never cared about root and thus never rooted my phones, so yeah I don't really care if a phone is rootable or not
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I don't find root really all that necessary anymore and haven't bothered since I've had the V20. So not worried about it at the moment with the V30.
like a few around here I'm getting the V30 (most likely) for the hardware, and I'll need root for V4A. so yeah, no root, no purchase. period. I'll keep my htc10 or something.
I won't buy a phone I don't own, and that means root. From Day 1.
Root for me is mandatory I have never owned a phone I couldn't root or that had a locked boot-loader.
I want a V30, but nope, gotta wait till the US998 AND a full bootloader unlock is released.
These phones are far too expensive,for me to NOT to have full control.
If I want a locked device, at $800, I'll buy a iPhone 8+ with better software,battery life, processor, ram management etc.
Google and Qualcomm are crazy with this new locked down policy
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I lost my v20 (T-Mobile rooted) about a month ago, so i went ahead and purchased another v20 hoping I could root it again but got the latest firmware which is locked up just like G6. I returned it.
So I'm just curious. What percentage of you guys would buy an unrootable phone and what percentage would not.
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I have never cared about root and thus never rooted my phones, so yeah I don't really care if a phone is rootable or not
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I don't find root really all that necessary anymore and haven't bothered since I've had the V20. So not worried about it at the moment with the V30.
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I think the real question is, why the hell is anyone on here, who don't root or custom rom? and the first 2 posts you get, are both them lol.....
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I think the real question is, why the hell is anyone on here, who don't root or custom rom? and the first 2 posts you get, are both them lol.....
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Why do you (not you specifically but the collective that seems to be here at XDA) all whine about cellphone cameras not turning out photos you like when you should all be rooting your phones and writing new noise reduction and sharpening algorithms instead of complaining about something you all clearly don't understand properly?
I come here to get general information on phones and new program ports. My contribution back is to maybe try to explain what the heck is going on with cellphones' cameras since for a board all high and mighty on getting the most of their phones but don't seem to understand the underpinnings of something they all want to complain about and probably don't have the ability to change if they really wanted to. Yes, I understand rooting, how it's done and why it's done. I've been with Android since the G1 days. At some point though, it has gotten to the point where I don't really see a need for myself to root my device anymore. My V20 worked. My V30 so far seems to work.
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I think the real question is, why the hell is anyone on here, who don't root or custom rom? and the first 2 posts you get, are both them lol.....
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Well it's a thread about v30 which I have been following for a while. The question was asked if we care for rooting or not which means he was expecting answers from both sides, and being on xda doesn't require love for rooting. So these are my reasons to be here cheers
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So v30 bootloader will not be able to be unlocked?
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So v30 bootloader will not be able to be unlocked?
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Not on the carrier version.
Wtf that's messed up
Couldn't care less
Just bought the Verizon V30. My plan is to wait until the unlocked version is released and the developers have a chance to get the bootloader unlocked, create custom ROMS, etc., and then (maybe) sell the V30 and get an unlocked version.
This is my first unrooted phone since my first HTC. The only thing that I really miss is the ability to create nandroid backups. I thought that I would miss the ad blocker more than I do, but since most of my apps are ad free it hasn't been that big of a deal.
I say "maybe" to getting an unlocked phone is that I don't want to give up WiFi calling, and so far having an unrooted phone is nowhere near as frustrating as I thought it would be. I also thought that having a silver phone instead of a black phone would be annoying, but it actually looks great.
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I want a V30, but nope, gotta wait till the US998 AND a full bootloader unlock is released.
These phones are far too expensive,for me to NOT to have full control.
If I want a locked device, at $800, I'll buy a iPhone 8+ with better software,battery life, processor, ram management etc.
Google and Qualcomm are crazy with this new locked down policy
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Agree 100%, everyone Android I have owned has been rooted, and running a custom ROM. I have had a few iPhone's over the years and they were stock not JB, and it's actually not a bad phone stock, with the Ad Blocking apps, etc... But iOS is too locked down for me.
After using a non-rooted phone for a year, my answer is a strong HELL-NO! I will never own an unrooted phone again. I plan to get a V30, but I will wait until the bootloader is unlocked and I can root it with Magisk. Locked bootloaders are for iOS users.