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Droid X Root - I will volunteer

I'm putting this out there...regardless of the propsed "will brick itself if rooted" thing floating around...I will personally test any root method, regardless of risk.

Breakthecycle2 said:
I'm putting this out there...regardless of the propsed "will brick itself if rooted" thing floating around...I will personally test any root method, regardless of risk.
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That is good to know! I think the whole self-destruction thing is blown out of proportion...but I could be wrong.

I'm with you. Anything I can do to help.
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drewden123 said:
That is good to know! I think the whole self-destruction thing is blown out of proportion...but I could be wrong.
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I agree, but you never know I guess. Anyway, I'm not worried about something happening to my phone..lol.

Breakthecycle2 said:
I agree, but you never know I guess. Anyway, I'm not worried about something happening to my phone..lol.
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Lol good. It's good to know we have brave devs willing to take on the challenge..not just ranting about how dumb they think the bootloader issue is or how angry they are with it. I would be as voluntary as you if I had the money to risk bricking and replacing my droid x.

drewden123 said:
Lol good. It's good to know we have brave devs willing to take on the challenge..not just ranting about how dumb they think the bootloader issue is or how angry they are with it. I would be as voluntary as you if I had the money to risk bricking and replacing my droid x.
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It's all good man..I don't think anyone expects anyone to risk bricking their phone if they can't replace it.

Even if you did brick it, just take it back to Big Red. They will replace it without question within 30 days and just call it DOA. More than half of the people at the stores don't care.... Trust me on this one.
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Aciddrag0n said:
Even if you did brick it, just take it back to Big Red. They will replace it without question within 30 days and just call it DOA. More than half of the people at the stores don't care.... Trust me on this one.
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Also good to know! Thanks!

Efuse will not brick your phone
Motorola says eFuse will not brick your phone, if an alternate unsighed bootloader is loaded, the phone will reboot into recovery until a signed bootloader is loaded.
engadget.com/2010/07/16/motorola-responds-to-droid-x-bootloader-controversy-says-efuse/

throwing my name in the hat
I plan on picking up the x this weekend...and more than likely sending it back in 30 days either way. I also have insurance that covers just about anything, so i'm not too worried about them turning me away. Feel free to shoot me a PM or i'll follow this thread if anyone wants to test it out!
Good luck dev's!

Well since installing a custom rom will only send you back to recovery, why not root (when possible of course) and install a custom recovery? Might help get past some of the issue...idk just trying to help.
My phone will be here monday, and we better have custom roms by then or else lol

Meh, you guys realize how many phones Milestone users bricked trying to hack it right? It's not so much there's a self destruct thing as there is that the modding you do could potentially screw up the phone because you ARE messing with a bootloader and trying to get it to sign properly...
It's a tricky thing. As a Milestone user watching this board I have to say.... welcome to our world. It's one thing to say that the DROID and Incredible got hacked and what not, but this is something Milestone fans have been struggling with for like 9 months or so. It's not easy and we still haven't killed it yet. Don't come on here with too much faith as this is pretty much the same encryption scheme. I welcome the help, and perhaps one of you guys will figure it out as it is now a joint battle... but don't be surprised if it doesn't work out because none of us are holding that much hope.
The kexec vulnerability has the best chance and it's not by cracking the bootloader.

What is he kexec vulnerability? And also do you think there would any way we can bruteforce the encryption by doing some sort of a [email protected] type of ordeal?
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evulhotdog said:
What is he kexec vulnerability? And also do you think there would any way we can bruteforce the encryption by doing some sort of a [email protected] type of ordeal?
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Check out www.and-developers.com/motorola_milestone

Why cant someone get the original rom just like the Droid? That way it makes it impossible to brick.
I will offer up mine to testing. If in 30 days I will tell them it just died. After that I will spend the insurance and tell them I dropped in a pool I was surveying.

I as well would risk the recovery menu for testing. its worth it

Stock ROM+HOW-TOs+Root+Mods[All-In-One]

This thread will be updated once Note4 is available. This thread will contain all guides and mods pertaining to Note4. Plus,it will have Stock ROMs and will have the root guide.

Looking forward to buying the Note 4 and use this thread as well

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Looking forward to buying the Note 4 and use this thread as well
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Me too

subscribe to this :good:

Looking forward to be using this forum.
very sad to see so many people talking s**t about the note 4.
It might not be a huge difference from note 3 but is definitely a big upgrade from my note 2.
I think everyone expect to have extreme changes in the devices every year and that is not possible anymore.
I think now the upgrade should be every 2 years.
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@mannyvinny good to see you in this section! Let's start working on this device an few weeks.
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Pafcholini said:
@mannyvinny good to see you in this section! Let's start working on this device an few weeks.
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How about I join too
Well obviously some time till I get the device, but till then I can try and help you guys with some things
And @mannyvinny nice thought of having everything in one place.
I'll try to contribute some mods in themes and apps section after the system dump is out and if I get some time

KNIGHT97 said:
How about I join too
Well obviously some time till I get the device, but till then I can try and help you guys with some things
And @mannyvinny nice thought of having everything in one place.
I'll try to contribute some mods in themes and apps section after the system dump is out and if I get some time
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Everyone is welcome. Will be buying Note4 ASAP once it get launched.

mannyvinny said:
Everyone is welcome. Will be buying Note4 ASAP once it get launched.
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Though I'm gonna be a bit late due to my last year if school, count me in for any help or other things you find me worthy of
Fired from my RPG with auto targeting

I'd love the phone, but I'd miss having an unlocked bootloader.

LegoFarmer said:
I'd love the phone, but I'd miss having an unlocked bootloader.
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Someone told me that if you get the TMO version it won't have a locked bootloader, and can be usedon ATT. I'm not sure if this is true, but considering going that route.

ewingr said:
Someone told me that if you get the TMO version it won't have a locked bootloader, and can be usedon ATT. I'm not sure if this is true, but considering going that route.
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Verizon :/ I really am getting tired of it from them tbh. I buy the phone, why should they lock the bootloader. (Yes, I know there are reasons, but still) they are not leasing the phone to me, You buy the device and use it on their network.I am paying for a service. That's just how I look at it.

LegoFarmer said:
Verizon :/ I really am getting tired of it from them tbh. I buy the phone, why should they lock the bootloader. (Yes, I know there are reasons, but still) they are not leasing the phone to me, You buy the device and use it on their network.I am paying for a service. That's just how I look at it.
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I sure understand that thought. But I also understand the carriers not wanting to warranty phones that we hose trying to mess with them.
It's probably too much effort to position themselves to offer an unlock code for the bootloader, which would cost 'loss of warranty'. If they don't have to warranty them, then why should they care?

ewingr said:
I sure understand that thought. But I also understand the carriers not wanting to warranty phones that we hose trying to mess with them.
It's probably too much effort to position themselves to offer an unlock code for the bootloader, which would cost 'loss of warranty'. If they don't have to warranty them, then why should they care?
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probably because so many people lie when they call for warranty service, saying they dont know why their phone suddenly "stopped" working..
Now, what could be done, is to sell an unlocked phone/boot loader, NO WARRANTY AT ALL, and see how many folks buy that model...
Not many I bet..

guys
noob question
how straightforward to root flash samsung notes please?

I hope Skipsoft Android toolkit will be updated and work with note 4 ^^

Did anyone try towelroot yet?
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RiNo808 said:
Did anyone try towelroot yet?
Sent from my Note3 Rocking DynamicKat or my G3
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The vulnerability of towelroot was patched on all kernels deployed after 6th June.
It has very less chances of working.
Fired from my RPG with auto targeting

daproject said:
Looking forward to be using this forum.
very sad to see so many people talking s**t about the note 4.
It might not be a huge difference from note 3 but is definitely a big upgrade from my note 2.
I think everyone expect to have extreme changes in the devices every year and that is not possible anymore.
I think now the upgrade should be every 2 years.
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im upgrading from my note 1

how long did it take for you to get your unlock code?

i'm going on 3 days now with nothing and getting very impatient because i really can't use the phone without root as i use some apps extensively each day that require it.
so how long did it take for your unlock code to arrive?
also, is it possible to load other roms using the mi flash tool without root? i wasn't sure about that since i've only ever loaded other roms with twrp

almost instantly for me. Got the code via text literally 3 mins after I applied online. I'm located in the US btw. Not that would matter. Or would it?

Mine came unlocked but I got my unlock text 1.5 days later

3 days,
i did post in the official xiaomi forum asking for faster service. not sure if that helped

mlkemac said:
3 days,
i did post in the official xiaomi forum asking for faster service. not sure if that helped
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Did you post in the unlock request forum even though it tells you that you need to wait 6 days or more? I'm considering doing that cause I really want to start using this phone daily.

knives of ice said:
Did you post in the unlock request forum even though it tells you that you need to wait 6 days or more? I'm considering doing that cause I really want to start using this phone daily.
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Yes in the complaint section. I was polite and asked it to be urgent.

Took 5 days for me

What was the reason you guys used? I filled out the form basically saying I want to root and have full control of my device. Was that good enough or nah? I heard they handing out rejections left and right.

Requested mine an hour ago. Nothing yet.

Requested mine yesterday. Still none.

charlieb620 said:
What was the reason you guys used? I filled out the form basically saying I want to root and have full control of my device. Was that good enough or nah? I heard they handing out rejections left and right.
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I know this is something new to a lot of us,(yours truly included) giving a reason why we wish to unlock.
Good/bad,or indifferent,it's their way & as long as the request sounds as if you know what you're doing/willing to take responsibility for whatever happens post-unlock,my guess is that's all they want to hear,to combat potential "My phone won't work/stuck/bootloops" warranty claims.
I told them as much,accepting responsibility for my phone & that I wish to use an aftermarket/developer ROM.
Turns out,I didn't need to ask,mine was already unlocked,but,I got the OK in about 3-4 days.

finally got my unlock after posting in complaints as suggested and then giving them more information - after doing that i got it a few hours later.
already unlocked, rooted, xposed - man this phone is so so awesome once you get that done.

I got mine very quick I just wrote I like the mi mix as my reason of unlocking bootloader.

jim380 said:
almost instantly for me. Got the code via text literally 3 mins after I applied online. I'm located in the US btw. Not that would matter. Or would it?
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What reason did you mention?

Thugsin313 said:
What reason did you mention?
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I needed the bootloader unlocked as I was working on developing an Android application for one of my projects in graduate school at the moment. this was my main reason to request a bootloader unlock. Your situation may vary.

2 days

knives of ice said:
finally got my unlock after posting in complaints as suggested and then giving them more information - after doing that i got it a few hours later.
already unlocked, rooted, xposed - man this phone is so so awesome once you get that done.
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Couldn't agree more. TWRP/Root/Xposed take the Mi Mix to the next level
Cheers
J
Sent from my MIX using XDA Labs

got phone 12/19/16 pm
Got my phone in the EST evening of 12/19/16 and made by request for unlocking...
12/20/16 16H00 EST still awaiting word.
Going to post tomorrow morning if I don't receive by tonight.

LormaD said:
Got my phone in the EST evening of 12/19/16 and made by request for unlocking...
12/20/16 16H00 EST still awaiting word.
Going to post tomorrow morning if I don't receive by tonight.
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Took me about three days for a response.
Best
J
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AAAAaaargh... still waiting
Aeskulapio said:
Took me about three days for a response.
Best
J
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This process, in itself, is frustrating. Inefficient. And puts into the question the service and organization methodology of Xiaomi.
48hours have come and gone, and earlier this morning was replied about there 10 day procedure. Yeah, ok. 10 days to wait. Hmmm

Need to unlock your SIM T-Mobile users? Here's how!

FINAL EDIT: As many have noticed this thread is/has been very dead. First off, I tried to have someone on the mods to get this account of mine shutdown. That did not work as you can tell, but when that did not work I decided to just ignore this whole thing all together Second, this operation was not a man job as I was simply a middle man for a woman who wanted to help people but needed a hand. I was simply taking the info and spreading it to her. As popularity grew in the thread more and more requests came in and queue times were going to take longer and longer to fulfil. At some point I decided to give her access to my account because I was getting busy at my job and had no way to constantly upload new information to her so we could continue. This would give her a way to look into my messages and gather some info when she had her own time. I have no knowledge of what happened since, except for a few replies I would see that she made with my account. I would imagine over time she finally stopped or got caught since this thread and my messages are finally dying off. I do apologize if you were not helped but thankfully someone at some point during this period offered help in their own way too. So, THANK YOU GUYS for all the patience you gave, and I hope you guys enjoy the root or unlocked bootloader that you got because of this post.

I got mine this way too and there was no pressure for any kind of payment or anything.
It's not like that.

slayerh4x said:
I got mine this way too and there was no pressure for any kind of payment or anything.
It's not like that.
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That's my favorite part about all of this! She doesn't try to pressure you into any donations or payment! It's fantastic honestly. Now I have to wait either for the token, or for the msm tool to be cracked for tmo conversion.

True hero right? hahah
I love to watch how people come together for things like this.
We need more of that in the world... Just taking a little of your time to make someone else happy.
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That's my favorite part about all of this! She doesn't try to pressure you into any donations or payment! It's fantastic honestly. Now I have to wait either for the token, or for the msm tool to be cracked for tmo conversion.
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She is wonder I didn't need mine unlock but she was willing to do if needed ?

Not that I wouldn't want to do this as I prefer root on any device I have, but as someone who used to work for tmo if she gets caught she could definitely lose her job. I agree with the others you should probably take down the post

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I wouldn't donate... Seems not completely ethical.
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She isnt doing anything against policy, T-Mobile reps have a lot of leeway with regards to the unlock policy, I have gotten 'manager overrides' to unlock for basically every single tmo device I've ever had since the note5. All I've ever had to do was call customer care. Although this time I pm the aforementioned user because I didn't want to wait on hold until I get a rep that would finally understand how to get it done.

mumbai52 said:
She isnt doing anything against policy, T-Mobile reps have a lot of leeway with regards to the unlock policy, I have gotten 'manager overrides' to unlock for basically every single tmo device I've ever had since the note5. All I've ever had to do was call customer care. Although this time I pm the aforementioned user because I didn't want to wait on hold until I get a rep that would finally understand how to get it done.
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I don't care if she unlocks it, but taking a"donation" is not ok.

strictlyphat said:
I don't care if she unlocks it, but taking a"donation" is not ok.
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Yea I get that it's a gray area, but on the other hand better a voluntary 'donation'to an individual than a high payment to some shady unlock site :/

mumbai52 said:
Yea I get that it's a gray area, but on the other hand better a voluntary 'donation'to an individual than a high payment to some shady unlock site :/
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Or simply waiting for the patched MDM tool and convert to international so you can unlock bootloader without needing:
1. TMobile
2. Unlock key

I understand the views behind the idea of donations. It was never mandatory. If you don't wish to, you don't have to. Simple as that. Either way it's someone going out of their way in our community, to help us out. They at least deserve a thanks of any kind.
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ToF_Itachi said:
Hey everyone!
So I did not realize how much attention this would get. SO, in an effort to help out everyone but keep this a little more low key PM me your phone number and last name! All of this info will be sent to the user for the unlock to go through.
This is both to benefit those with the Tmo variant of the device and keep the user responsible a little more safe and secure. If you have questions please feel free to PM me and ask away!
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Thank you. Respect to you for respecting them.
Did you delete the other post that I quoted you on? I tried loading it and it just said "fetching page" forever.

None of my PM's are going through. Would you please message me so I can provide you with the name and number.

Disregard - a T-Mobile rep manually whitelisted my IMEI via Facebook chat, so I was able to SIM-unlock.

ToF_Itachi said:
Hey everyone!
So I did not realize how much attention this would get. SO, in an effort to help out everyone but keep this a little more low key PM me your phone number and last name! All of this info will be sent to the user for the unlock to go through.
This is both to benefit those with the Tmo variant of the device and keep the user responsible a little more safe and secure. If you have questions please feel free to PM me and ask away!
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My pms aren't going through

dre89 said:
Not that I wouldn't want to do this as I prefer root on any device I have, but as someone who used to work for tmo if she gets caught she could definitely lose her job. I agree with the others you should probably take down the post
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Dre is 100% right. My wife is a supervisor in a TMobile call center and the user doing this would 100% lose her job if caught. There is a big difference between getting an override from a supervisor and going into someone's account the way she is. Due to Port out fraud T-Mobile has placed many safeguards on accounts. One of those being pin number/password for the account. Going into someone's account without having it verified through T-Mobile's policy is 100% enough to get her fired no questions asked.
Don't get me wrong I think it's awesome that she's unlocking phones for people but the way she is doing it she would 100% lose her job if her name got out.

So for those who thought the Pm's did not go through... They did lol. I just woke up and updated the info for the person to unlock everyone's devices. Please note it may take some time, who knows how busy a work day could be for them. If it is any help, when I originally requested mine, I did so at 10pm (around then) and it was done the following day around 4pm. So thank you for all of your patience! I will be personally PMing all of you when each one is done.

TheKnux said:
Thank you. Respect to you for respecting them.
Did you delete the other post that I quoted you on? I tried loading it and it just said "fetching page" forever.
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I made sure a mod was contacted so they could get rid of anything with the previous links, or mentions of said individual.

just did mine, literally look an hour.

Yeah let me tell you. She is fast! A few errors for only 2 people that I know of so far. So they are looking into those. A few others did not show up in the system yet. So they are going to check tomorrow and I will keep you guys posted via PM about that.

LG G8 just got root yesterday

Someone in China make all G8, G8s, V50 rooted yesterday, without breaking the phone. Sorry for I don't know how it works.
The guy is the moderator of a forum in China, which is about LG phones since years ago. In the past he always help to unlock, root and make ROMs for LG phones, but now this guy count on this to make money and just sell phones he polished, refusing to tell how.
Anyway, I'm going to buy his phone now, G8 is quite a good phone, I really hope a guide to root can be made soon.

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Someone in China make all G8, G8s, V50 rooted yesterday, without breaking the phone. Sorry for I don't know how it works.
The guy is the moderator of a forum in China, which is about LG phones since years ago. In the past he always help to unlock, root and make ROMs for LG phones, but now this guy count on this to make money and just sell phones he polished, refusing to tell how.
Anyway, I'm going to buy his phone now, G8 is quite a good phone, I really hope a guide to root can be made soon.
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Please report back when/if you receive the phone.
Edit: And, could you link to the forum that this guy is at?

King Kaer said:
Someone in China make all G8, G8s, V50 rooted yesterday, without breaking the phone. Sorry for I don't know how it works.
The guy is the moderator of a forum in China, which is about LG phones since years ago. In the past he always help to unlock, root and make ROMs for LG phones, but now this guy count on this to make money and just sell phones he polished, refusing to tell how.
Anyway, I'm going to buy his phone now, G8 is quite a good phone, I really hope a guide to root can be made soon.
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Please report back when/if you receive the phone.
Edit: And, could you link to the forum that this guy is at?
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The form is http://www.lgbbs.com/ but seems has no useful threads now. I will show you the phone when I get it.

Are you sure about V50? Cuz on that site I cannot find it...

Inerent said:
Are you sure about V50? Cuz on that site I cannot find it...
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I can confirm this as I saw his moment about the rooted V50. Teardown is required to root V50 and he can change the RAM to 12G and the storage to 1TB, quite crazy!
His main purpose is to sell rooted and modified LG devices.

wilkie0 said:
I can confirm this as I saw his moment about the rooted V50. Teardown is required to root V50 and he can change the RAM to 12G and the storage to 1TB, quite crazy!
His main purpose is to sell rooted and modified LG devices.
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wtf man!?!

KanBorges said:
wtf man!?!
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He changes the ram an storage with heat gun special machine. Your phone must be there. Not interested in this method of root.

Root
hello, for a couple of days looking for the possibility to get root permissions but unfortunately I can't find solutions. I currently own a LG G8s ThinQ (LM-G810EAW). I find only previous root permissions to this smartphone. Thanks a lot for the collaboration

there is no possibility at the moment the bootloader is not yet released by LG
but we have good results with the G8S. In ADB mode there are some instructions what to do to unlock the bootloder

Inerent said:
He changes the ram an storage with heat gun special machine. Your phone must be there. Not interested in this method of root.
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I don't really care much about the RAM or the storage. But how can you achieve root by messing with the phone internally?

Inerent said:
He changes the ram an storage with heat gun special machine. Your phone must be there. Not interested in this method of root.
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Agreed. I'm not interested in root where I have to ship my phone off somewhere or buy phone from someone.
The mint (unrooted) V35 I have (but not using) is because someone on XDA offered to sell me theirs -- so they could buy rooted V35 from China. A few weeks later, they updated me on their progress -- said the rooted phone they received from China not nearly great condition like the one they sold me.
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KanBorges said:
I don't really care much about the RAM or the storage. But how can you achieve root by messing with the phone internally?
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Some low level bypass or something where you mess with the circuitry. It would negate the IP68 rating, taking it apart like that.

I have on root G8,too
I have on root G8,too

JohnLance117 said:
I have on root G8,too
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Where's the proof?

wilkie0 said:
I can confirm this as I saw his moment about the rooted V50. Teardown is required to root V50 and he can change the RAM to 12G and the storage to 1TB, quite crazy!
His main purpose is to sell rooted and modified LG devices.
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It seems he can unlock BL officially and root V50 and G8 even without tearing down the phone. I guess he got some tools or files from LG company.

wilkie0 said:
It seems he can unlock BL officially and root V50 and G8 even without tearing down the phone. I guess he got some tools or files from LG company.
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So make an app or a way to do it, and charge for it. I'll do it.

Shtiff1 said:
So make an app or a way to do it, and charge for it. I'll do it.
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I'm sure the V50 community would have no issue in creating a bounty for whoever unlocks/roots the V50. I'd put money down now!

KanBorges said:
I'm sure the V50 community would have no issue in creating a bounty for whoever unlocks/roots the V50. I'd put money down now!
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I'll do it for the LM-G820UM! ?

V50 here, will donate something like 50 usd

Shtiff1 said:
I'll do it for the LM-G820UM! ?
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Inerent said:
V50 here, will donate something like 50 usd
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I'll do $100 Maybe we can set something up through PayPal or something.

Up! Maybe I'll add 100 also. V50 Korean here.