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Hi Ive been doing a ton of research on unlocking the thrill, seems like the only way is to buy an unlock code? Are there any other methods available yet?
***MOD EDIT: you better use MarketPlace forum for seles. Thanks in advance.
magnum_touchpro said:
Hi Ive been doing a ton of research on unlocking the thrill, seems like the only way is to buy an unlock code? Are there any other methods available yet?
***MOD EDIT: you better use MarketPlace forum for seles. Thanks in advance.
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Unfortunately att has a policy for unlocking their phones. If you give them a call they can give you the details. Other than that though you're gonna have to pay.
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Att should unlock it, since they are not the exclusive carrier, that's what I was told when I called about the Pantech crossover, its exclusive and can't be until December.
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You can also unlock your phone by rooting and flashing the cwm recovery
josuelopezv said:
You can also unlock your phone by rooting and flashing the cwm recovery
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How? My phone has both those things?
kleeman7 said:
Att should unlock it, since they are not the exclusive carrier, that's what I was told when I called about the Pantech crossover, its exclusive and can't be until December.
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ill cross my fingers and try this.
josuelopezv said:
You can also unlock your phone by rooting and flashing the cwm recovery
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im rooted and have flashed cwm already and still asks for sim unlock code.
tried to call att, gave them imei and they said they didnt have one for it. damn that sucks =/
ill try another rep maybe ill get lucky..
tried another rep, she said they cant unlock til February 4th 2012..
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You can also unlock your phone by rooting and flashing the cwm recovery
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This, and carrier unlocking are two different things. Carrier unlocking requires a code.
magnum_touchpro said:
tried to call att, gave them imei and they said they didnt have one for it. damn that sucks =/
ill try another rep maybe ill get lucky..
tried another rep, she said they cant unlock til February 4th 2012..
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Yea while the Thrill may have a couple Identical Twin sister phones out there, ATT is going to say they have exclusive rights the P925 Thrill 4G all day.
CallMeAria said:
This, and carrier unlocking are two different things. Carrier unlocking requires a code.
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Not exactly when you install CWM you can do a G-Free and a Radio OFF to unlock the radio baseband so whenever you flash a rom some of them run this commands
josuelopezv said:
Not exactly when you install CWM you can do a G-Free and a Radio OFF to unlock the radio baseband so whenever you flash a rom some of them run this commands
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I've only seen this on HTC phones, can you verify it working on anything else?
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socomdark said:
I've only seen this on HTC phones, can you verify it working on anything else?
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For my last phone a tmo G2 I did the gfree method for my new phone the LG Thrill I just flashed several ROMS (thriller, seek, some optimus 3d roms) and I don't remember in which one the phone actually got unlocked. think it was in one I did with the KDZ flash
I found the below information on the Android Central website. Provides step by step instructions on how to unlock the bootloader and also the tools needed to accomplish the task. I take no credit for the information, I just wanted to pass it along to everyone else that may be interested. Peace.
http://www.androidcentral.com/how-unlock-nexus-4-bootloader
fastboot oem unlock
install super user
TADA you have root.
I'm surprised someone wrote an article on how to do this :\
This is not a locked down Verizon galaxy S3
Bootloader is unlockable via android-sdk fastboot
You boot a unsecure boot.img allowing mounting as root in adb
Push SU binaries and SuperSU (or superuser) apk over
tada reboot.
noobdeagle said:
fastboot oem unlock
install super user
TADA you have root.
I'm surprised someone wrote an article on how to do this :\
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I complete agree with your post. However, there are a lot of people new to the Nexus (like myself) that may not know how to perform this task. Any step by step instructions (no matter how easy) are welcome. Peace bro.
If you're nervous about first-time unlocking and rooting, I'm positive there will be an all-in-one toolkit released shortly after the phone arrives. I'd always recommend learning how things actually work, but the toolkits are a great solution for people who aren't tinkerers and are only going to do it once.
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If you're nervous about first-time unlocking and rooting, I'm positive there will be an all-in-one toolkit released shortly after the phone arrives. I'd always recommend learning how things actually work, but the toolkits are a great solution for people who aren't tinkerers and are only going to do it once.
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I have reached my maximum for thanks today. But I think this response deserved a thumbs up. Thank you. :good:
formicae said:
If you're nervous about first-time unlocking and rooting, I'm positive there will be an all-in-one toolkit released shortly after the phone arrives. I'd always recommend learning how things actually work, but the toolkits are a great solution for people who aren't tinkerers and are only going to do it once.
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Please please please, if you're trying to give someone helpful advice don't refer them to a toolkit. Have you seen how many post were in the galaxy nexus forums from people using that toolkit and when something went wrong they had absolutely no idea how to fix it.
If you'd really like to learn how to root this device please do it the right way and take the time to learn so when something goes wrong you have the know how to fix it, and also it really isn't difficult.
If you really feel the need to use a toolkit do so after you've learned the basics. Not trying to be a ****, so please don't take this post that way.
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Awesome. The only smartphones I've own have been Samsung so I know nothing about boot loader. As long as I'm pointed in the right direction I can figure it out.
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Rob4828 said:
Awesome. The only smartphones I've own have been Samsung so I know nothing about boot loader. As long as I'm pointed in the right direction I can figure it out.
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If you ever need help or have any questions feel free to pm me! I'm always down to help fellow users.
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So, if we unlock it, do we still receive OTA from Google ?
Sorry, but coming from an O2X, I have no idea how OTA works :S
Is it even safe to unlock a bootloader? Sorry, first time unlocking a bootloader in anything, and my first Nexus device as well..
Yes to both of the post above me.
In terms of warranty is there a fast way to lock the bootloader again ?
noobdeagle said:
fastboot oem unlock
install super user
TADA you have root.
I'm surprised someone wrote an article on how to do this :\
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The more people know that rooting is a simple process, at least on a Nexus, the better off the Android scene becomes, as people untap the full power of their devices.
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In terms of warranty is there a fast way to lock the bootloader again ?
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Does bootloader unlocking even void the warranty on Nexus devices?
Simple scripts and toolkits are fine as long as you know what they're doing and why.
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Ajfink said:
Does bootloader unlocking even void the warranty on Nexus devices?
Simple scripts and toolkits are fine as long as you know what they're doing and why.
Sent from my bootloader-locked MB865.
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Only takes 3 words to lock it again lol
So no, unlocking on a nexus does nothing to warranty
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kevinnol said:
In terms of warranty is there a fast way to lock the bootloader again ?
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Yes. Instead of Fastboot oem unlock...Fastboot oem lock.
Simple
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thos25 said:
Yes. Instead of Fastboot oem unlock...Fastboot oem lock.
Simple
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lol, think he was being sarcastic.
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noobdeagle said:
fastboot oem unlock
install super user
TADA you have root.
I'm surprised someone wrote an article on how to do this :\
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I'm not sure if I just misunderstood this or what, but I want to clarify this a bit.
"Fastboot oem unlock" unlocks the bootloader. Correct.
Now, when you say "install super user", it looked like you were saying it like a command prompt.
Just to clarify for some people who don't know...That isn't a cmd prompt. You will have to boot into a custom recovery, then flash the su.zip.
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I am waiting for it's launch in India. My first Nexus device. Lets see how it performs.
Sorry, but there seems to be a new post every other day about people borking their Sprint phones because they flash a Rom from the "HTC One" forum.
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:
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ROMS from the international forums WILL mess up your phone and you will be lucky to fix it after that! I get you want the shiny new 4.2.2 but those ROMS will not --I repeat-- WILL NOT WORK ON THE SPRINT HTC ONE.
Sure, they used to, but once they moved onto 4.2.2 they will not flash.
I feel this should be sticky in every thread on the Sprint HTC One forum.
People are still doing this?
eXplicit815 said:
People are still doing this?
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You wouldn't believe it.
Sure we would
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Would this be helpful to anyone? It's kind of on/off topic... A direct link to HTC's copy of the HTC One update for Europe?
And by a direct link, I mean an HTC URL?
I mean, the proof is in the pudding...by which I mean the constant stream of "bricked plz help" threads.
So all of these stupid people that aren't reading prior to flashing and you think they are going to magically read this? I really hope this prevents a few but I doubt it.
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Konfuzion said:
So all of these stupid people that aren't reading prior to flashing and you think they are going to magically read this? I really hope this prevents a few but I doubt it.
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this should be posted on the m7 forums too
Konfuzion said:
So all of these stupid people that aren't reading prior to flashing and you think they are going to magically read this? I really hope this prevents a few but I doubt it.
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......Hmm... I see your point, sir.
Touche.
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Aldo101t said:
this should be posted on the m7 forums too
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Thats the only place it needs to be posted. Not trying to be negative, I am grateful the OP is trying to help.
Konfuzion said:
Thats the only place it needs to be posted. Not trying to be negative, I am grateful the OP is trying to help.
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well, that's right, i don't know if the devs over there warn about this or not, or people just don't READ, don't know
Aldo101t said:
well, that's right, i don't know if the devs over there warn about this or not, or people just don't READ, don't know
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Combination of both. Some devs say not to flash if your on sprint, some dont.
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Combination of both. Some devs say not to flash if your on sprint, some dont.
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From what I've seen all the major ROM's say in some fashion or another that it won't work for Sprint so it's mostly people just not reading. Maybe they could make the font about it possibly destroying phones if you are on Sprint bigger...and flashing...surrounded by naked women. Then maybe people will see it.
Unless your a Dev or know what your doing I wouldn't flash non sprint things... I know the partition labels and boot.IMG stuff so I have gotten things to work but not for a noobie
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I have never seen so many people flashing the wrong roms as I have seen with the HTC One...If people would read then they wouldn't have these issues but we all know they won't read this either. You bought a Sprint HTC ONE, why would you not come to the SPRINT HTC ONE Development section to find a rom???
Sooo.....I flashed this rom called "NOTFORSPRINT" and now I'm stuck. Help me NAO!
hockeyfamily737 said:
Sooo.....I flashed this rom called "NOTFORSPRINT" and now I'm stuck. Help me NAO!
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Go to apple.com, download latest iOS and RUU back to that. You should be golden.
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hockeyfamily737 said:
Sooo.....I flashed this rom called "NOTFORSPRINT" and now I'm stuck. Help me NAO!
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Give me you phone NAO you noob
hockeyfamily737 said:
Sooo.....I flashed this rom called "NOTFORSPRINT" and now I'm stuck. Help me NAO!
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the.emilio said:
Go to apple.com, download latest iOS and RUU back to that. You should be golden.
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No no no... You don't want to do that! First. Go to Apple.com, that part is right, but you have to download their Symbian Factory ROM. Then put your phone into DFU mode open ChevronWP7, and while holding shift select the .ipsw file you just downloaded and you'll be up and running with the latest version of WebOS in no time!!
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felacio said:
No no no... You don't want to do that! First. Go to Apple.com, that part is right, but you have to download their Symbian Factory ROM. Then put your phone into DFU mode open ChevronWP7, and while holding shift select the .ipsw file you just downloaded and you'll be up and running with the latest version of WebOS in no time!!
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That's right. My bad. I was thinking this was the Verizon version. Derp moment.
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Really curious to see if we have any Devs working on the AT&T S5 yet? If so, when do you all think we can expect to start seeing some stuff in the development threads? Obviously BL needs unlocking, if possible. Do we know of anyone working on this?
Thanks Guys!!!
Pure+ said:
Really curious to see if we have any Devs working on the AT&T S5 yet? If so, when do you all think we can expect to start seeing some stuff in the development threads?
Thanks Guys!!!
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Wow, you haven't read this forum much before posting, have you.
No root yet = no development yet.
CZ Eddie said:
Wow, you haven't read this forum much before posting, have you.
No root yet = no development yet.
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I am aware there is no root. If your insinuating that there is some other thread on the subject, I am fairly certain there is not. If you mean something different entirely then would you please elaborate?
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My S5 is coming in today. Locked boot loader means no development ever except for maybe some safe strap stuff much later down the road which is just rehash of stock roms. No AOSP or CM.
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I personally don't really care about roms, as I like the new Touchwiz and don't want to lose some of its nice features. I would like to have root, though. Hopefully someone finds a way for that to happen soon.
Edited OP to clarify on some confusion about exactly what I was asking.
karmuh said:
I personally don't really care about roms, as I like the new Touchwiz and don't want to lose some of its nice features. I would like to have root, though. Hopefully someone finds a way for that to happen soon.
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Yes indeed. I just want some debloat and maybe a cusom kernel for minor performance tweaks.
karmuh said:
I personally don't really care about roms, as I like the new Touchwiz and don't want to lose some of its nice features. I would like to have root, though. Hopefully someone finds a way for that to happen soon.
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Get chainfire the stock recovery for the phone and it will have root.
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djkinetic said:
Get chainfire the stock recovery for the phone and it will have root.
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Can you please elaborate?
djkinetic said:
Get chainfire the stock recovery for the phone and it will have root.
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Not available for ATT version of the phone, I hope it will sometime soon, not having root sucks.
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Pure+ said:
Can you please elaborate?
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Chainfire needs to the stock recovery to build root for the device, basically auto root by chainfire modifies stock recovery temporarily, flashes su then flashes back stock firmware through odin.
djkinetic said:
Chainfire needs to the stock recovery to build root for the device, basically auto root by chainfire modifies stock recovery temporarily, flashes su then flashes back stock firmware through odin.
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How does one do that? I'll do it now. I just need instruction.
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Pure+ said:
How does one do that? I'll do it now. I just need instruction.
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You can't pull recovery without root on your device, the only thing we ATT users can do is wait for Samsung to post the firmware which they havent, SM-G900A is the ATT model number, Tmo and Sprint are already up so they already have root.
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Pure+ said:
How does one do that? I'll do it now. I just need instruction.
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http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
keep refreshing and hope it gets posted soon lol.
hmm
Keep in mind guys that if the ATT BL is locked chances are CF Root will fail to flash or boot even if CF builds one for ATT...also if this happens knox warranty is tripped leaving you without warranty coverage and no root...likely a new KK exploit will have to be found...hope I'm wrong about the BL as I'd like to get rid of bloat before handing the phone off to GF..
Wow this iB4STiD person has some serious thanks racked up!!! Hey iB4STiD, are you going to be working on stuff for the S5?
chrispyutec said:
Wow this iB4STiD person has some serious thanks racked up!!! Hey iB4STiD, are you going to be working on stuff for the S5?
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You better hope he is. He was one of my favorite S4 developers.
He just released some excellent roms for the M8...and they all rock.
I am all over this, there will be a Vision rom soon!:good::good:
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I am all over this, there will be a Vision rom soon!:good::good:
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There won't be anything if devs cant find a root exploit
hi, how can i root the lg g4 h811 tmobile??
thanks
So far none. Devs are hard at work making the process they used more stable. Patience is the answer for now.
If you would liked to be updated. Pm me and I'll update you when I find stuff out.
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Thanks for the answer!
Read the threads
Devs already have root. They just refuse to release an "At Your Own Risk" method, forgetting many of us know the dangers of bricking.
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blackknightavalon said:
Devs already have root. They just refuse to release an "At Your Own Risk" method, forgetting many of us know the dangers of bricking.
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Where can I read about this stuff? Thanks so much!
bstollyy said:
Where can I read about this stuff? Thanks so much!
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See above comment.
blackknightavalon said:
Devs already have root. They just refuse to release an "At Your Own Risk" method, forgetting many of us know the dangers of bricking.
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...and you know this how?
ShermCraig said:
...and you know this how?
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Easy. Jcase (i beleive that's his name) got root in his AT&T LG g4. He bricked the first one and the second was rooted. He stated he will NOT release the root until it is safer and more stable.
If you read on some of the forums there is a video link. It is also on YouTube.
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UktenaWarrior28 said:
Easy. Jcase (i beleive that's his name) got root in his AT&T LG g4. He bricked the first one and the second was rooted. He stated he will NOT release the root until it is safer and more stable.
If you read on some of the forums there is a video link. It is also on YouTube.
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That's not news - I was referring to the H811 which I don't believe has been successfully rooted yet. Just my opinion, but I've yet to see any evidence to the contrary.
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That's not news - I was referring to the H811 which I don't believe has been successfully rooted yet. Just my opinion, but I've yet to see any evidence to the contrary.
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I beleive that once a major U.S. carrier g4 is rooted then the rest of the US carries will be able to work as well. The model number of the g4 is just to what carrier it belongs to. There is nothing different about the boot loader or any thing else. Since the Euro version has been rooted I believe that they had a different boot loader and TWRP (may have spelt that wrong.) that is was easily exploited. To some of us waiting for this root that one difficult root is a slimmer of hope of obtaining root soon.
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UktenaWarrior28 said:
I beleive that once a major U.S. carrier g4 is rooted then the rest of the US carries will be able to work as well. The model number of the g4 is just to what carrier it belongs to. There is nothing different about the boot loader or any thing else. Since the Euro version has been rooted I believe that they had a different boot loader and TWRP (may have spelt that wrong.) that is was easily exploited. To some of us waiting for this root that one difficult root is a slimmer of hope of obtaining root soon.
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Here's hoping...! :good:
ShermCraig said:
Here's hoping...! :good:
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To hoping.
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ShermCraig said:
Here's hoping...! :good:
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Ran across this the other day...
jeffpd26 said:
Ran across this the other day...
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Again. G4 does not mean the T-Mobile variant. I have NOT seen ANY reference to root for it. Nobody hopes there is one more than I, but as for evidence, there is none.
ShermCraig said:
Again. G4 does not mean the T-Mobile variant. I have NOT seen ANY reference to root for it. Nobody hopes there is one more than I, but as for evidence, there is none.
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Dude how many times do you need to be told. The US variants are the same. Give it a rest. I'm tired of you saying there is no reference. Just sit patiently. Like the rest of us.
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At least the Dev said in the comments:
its universal, works fine on tmobile
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ok, it works on all lg g4 models and firmwares at this time
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I'll give 70% credibility to those words. (still he hasn't demoed another variant like h811) because he doesn't have one maybe.
He knows what he's doing after all. He's a veteran when rooting it's about.
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At least the Dev said in the comments:
I'll give 70% credibility to those words. (still he hasn't demoed another variant like h811) because he doesn't have one maybe.
He knows what he's doing after all. He's a veteran when rooting it's about.
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Thank you.
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GUGUITOMTG4 said:
At least the Dev said in the comments:
I'll give 70% credibility to those words. (still he hasn't demoed another variant like h811) because he doesn't have one maybe.
He knows what he's doing after all. He's a veteran when rooting it's about.
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Can you share a link where that was said? I haven't seen that. Thanks!
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Can you share a link where that was said? I haven't seen that. Thanks!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFZyK5oRZrs