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Possible Bl Unlock?

So my memory may be fuzzy here, but this just occurred to me this morning. I remember back when the device came out, I saw some apk for some Asian variant of the phone , and the APK would unlock the bootloader, and people had a few different copies of it. The only issue was it needed root for some library it depended on to be installed. Since we have root, does anyone have the apk/remember the post about it? I'd gladly try it.

polaric said:
So my memory may be fuzzy here, but this just occurred to me this morning. I remember back when the device came out, I saw some apk for some Asian variant of the phone , and the APK would unlock the bootloader, and people had a few different copies of it. The only issue was it needed root for some library it depended on to be installed. Since we have root, does anyone have the apk/remember the post about it? I'd gladly try it.
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I doubt it would work for Verizon because it probably was made for devices to unlock bootloaders that are not signed with a key.

musicfreak190 said:
I doubt it would work for Verizon because it probably was made for devices to unlock bootloaders that are not signed with a key.
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Again if my memory is serving me, it appeared to work for a T-MO (Yes I'm aware their BL is already unlocked) user who had root via CF-AutoRoot before we did. Whether or not it would work for verizon is unknown, but its worth a try if someone can dig out the thread. I've been searching for about 30 mins now and cant find it, it was on XDA.

I just actually found it, here was the thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...sung-factory-bootloader-unlocker-apk-t3086609
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It looks like when xposed works for us, we might actually be able to use the apk. It seems as of now, the CID is blocking it from working. But xprivacy as the ability to temporarily mask the CID, without requiring bootloader modification, which might allow the apk to work.

Good detective work! That would be really game changing.

Root method yet for VS987?

Hey guys, I just received a complimentary LG G5 (VS987) last week from Verizon as a means of making up for the Marshmallow update continually destroying my LG G3 and its replacements Anyway, it's a great phone, but I've been disappointed so far to find that there's no root method at the moment. At least not one I can find easily. Do you guys know if there's a method hidden away out there or if a particular developer is working on it right now?

I really hope one comes out soon and this doesn't become another crap phone but so far no. I just upgraded to this phone assuming a root would come soon but marshmallow phones on Verizon are death! Can't wait for CyanogenModbut right now you'll have to wait.

I just got the LG G5 Verizon variant as well on Friday. Was a little reluctant because of possibly not being able to root and unlock boot loader. Subscribing to this thread because I hope there will be support for this soon. Kinda hoping there would be a solution like Safestrap was for the galaxy s5, and then installing an LG version of the Samsung_bootloader_unlocker.

Abramelin said:
I just got the LG G5 Verizon variant as well on Friday. Was a little reluctant because of possibly not being able to root and unlock boot loader. Subscribing to this thread because I hope there will be support for this soon. Kinda hoping there would be a solution like Safestrap was for the galaxy s5, and then installing an LG version of the Samsung_bootloader_unlocker.
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There is hope! With the quadrooter exploits being discovered we may have root soon :3

Nathamio said:
There is hope! With the quadrooter exploits being discovered we may have root soon :3
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I don't see that at all, since the issue of a locked bootloader remains an obstacle on the G5.

Temp rooting is the solution for that, once we can get temp rooted we can find workarounds to enable unlocking.

Temp rooting has been possible for a many a moon on the G5, but that hasn't enabled anyone to unlock the bootloader

Maybe not yet. But it is plausible that a temp root would grant access to boot loader. If the G5 becomes popular enough LG might do it for us. I heard they've done it for Europe variants but said they don't plan for any other. It might be 3-5 years from now but who knows really. I'm sure someone clever enough will figure out a work around eventually. I work with Arch Linux so I'm not used to being controlled like this. If it weren't for me getting this phone for free, I would definitely have gotten one I *could* root and all.

jpradley said:
Temp rooting has been possible for a many a moon on the G5, but that hasn't enabled anyone to unlock the bootloader
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Can you post that link?

What about this option?
I'm a new user, so I can't post the link, but did a Google search for VS987 custom rom and came up with this: search4roots.com/how-to-easily-root-lg-g5-vs987-marshmallow-6-0-1/

Barook said:
I'm a new user, so I can't post the link, but did a Google search for VS987 custom rom and came up with this: search4roots.com/how-to-easily-root-lg-g5-vs987-marshmallow-6-0-1/
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Spam site

andyroidking said:
Spam site
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This is how you get the viruses.

Hi. My Nexus dumped, I got a G5. Where's the temp root? I will see what I can do for your boot loader. Few questions about the G series I need answered:
Flashing tools used on other variants
Leaked signing tools?
LG G series boot loader format
Encryption on this boot loader
Get me temp root and answer these questions and ill push the locked image here to work on.

LupineDream said:
Hi. My Nexus dumped, I got a G5. Where's the temp root? I will see what I can do for your boot loader. Few questions about the G series I need answered:
Flashing tools used on other variants
Leaked signing tools?
LG G series boot loader format
Encryption on this boot loader
Get me temp root and answer these questions and ill push the locked image here to work on.
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You ever get the info you needed? I've heard of people gaining temp root with the 987 but I've never seen the published method or any real evidence of it.

So I'm assuming this is not legit?
http://www.androidinfotech.com/2016/06/root-lg-g5-verizon-vs987-601-marshmallow.html?m=1

LupineDream said:
Hi. My Nexus dumped, I got a G5. Where's the temp root? I will see what I can do for your boot loader. Few questions about the G series I need answered:
Flashing tools used on other variants
Leaked signing tools?
LG G series boot loader format
Encryption on this boot loader
Get me temp root and answer these questions and ill push the locked image here to work on.
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Artimis said:
So I'm assuming this is not legit?
http://www.androidinfotech.com/2016/06/root-lg-g5-verizon-vs987-601-marshmallow.html?m=1
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Have you tried it? I assume if there is root, it'd be placed on XDA dev for sure.

donjo19 said:
Have you tried it? I assume if there is root, it'd be placed on XDA dev for sure.
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No, I don't have a G5 yet. I plan on ordering one in 8 days when my contract is eligible for renewal but I've never owned a phone I couldn't root and don't know how I feel about it. Unfortunately, that seems to be the case with pretty much all VZW phones now.
The ones that can be rooted, I'll need to make other sacrifices on like non-removable storage, non-replaceable battery, no IR blaster, etc. Makes me really appreciate my G3

Artimis said:
No, I don't have a G5 yet. I plan on ordering one in 8 days when my contract is eligible for renewal but I've never owned a phone I couldn't root and don't know how I feel about it. Unfortunately, that seems to be the case with pretty much all VZW phones now.
The ones that can be rooted, I'll need to make other sacrifices on like non-removable storage, non-replaceable battery, no IR blaster, etc. Makes me really appreciate my G3
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The G3 is still by far my favorite Android phone. If I could go back to it, I would in a heartbeat. I eventually had mine brick. But this phone has been nothing but a disappointment...mainly for lack of root.

None of the files from that site seem to be infested with a virus, however their instructions are not very clear on how to use it all. Unless I am just not reading it correctly.

Wow, this is sad news indeed. I too have loved my G3, but this is due in large part to me having root. I was considering upgrading to the G5 simply because I expect to see deep discounts on Black Friday, but no root means no thank you. I will have to find another "root" to the future.

Root bounty for H918 10p/q

How about starting a bounty for root on H918 10p/q? Maybe if we can draw enough interest in this more developers would be willing to contribute to finding a root method? Thoughts?

that would be great if someone had the talent, T-mobile has it pretty locked down from what I read.

would love that as well.. I got excited when I saw the H910 was rooted up to 10q..
What is the current bounty at ?

If you are going to start a bounty thread, it will need to be about a grand. I figure it will take about 3 bricks to get it right.
I can now open and write to a protected block device (sde) using the LAF protocol. The problem is that you have to send the WHOLE block device, and it is excruciatingly slow. If it fails, you have a 9008 brick:
Code:
aboot -> /dev/block/sde6
boot -> /dev/block/sde1
recovery -> /dev/block/sde2
So, you image /dev/block/sde of a rooted device, and then write it back to the device you want to root. sde isn't very big, so that helps, but even so, it is SLOW I am talking days to READ, and writing is about 4 times slower. If it fails, and your phone loses power (it doesn't charge in download mode), you have a brick that only LG can fix because you have lost aboot. To get into download mode, you need 3 things: xbl, aboot, and laf. xbl and laf are on other block devices, but that doesn't matter if you lose aboot.
Because it is so slow, I don't even know if it works. I aborted and luckily my phone was still recognized by LG UP, so I flashed before my phone lost power.
Bottom line, I don't take money for my TIME on a hobby, but I am not about to brick my phones -- and like I said, I *KNOW* several bricks would happen in order to get it right.
-- Brian

a bit sketchy to try to root h918 10p and q because of anti rollback, i'm still on 10k and i could root back on 10j but i perfer not to, because custom rom's disable the second screen plus i heard it's a bit buggy, stock firmware isn't all that bad but if you truly are looking to get root on it you will need about a grand yeah cuz you will need to brick around 3-2-4 phones.

i know for me, i just prefer root so I can use XPOSED and also some root style apps that allow me to delete or disable stock apps that i do not use..

Does being on 10q block only root? Is it still possible to flash TWRP and Lineage just with no root? Could you manually set something like V4A from TWRP with adb root shell so it doesn't need su in the user space?

retro486 said:
Does being on 10q block only root? Is it still possible to flash TWRP and Lineage just with no root? Could you manually set something like V4A from TWRP with adb root shell so it doesn't need su in the user space?
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The dirty cow exploit no longer works after 10j firmware and since you can't roll back from 10q, no TWRP.

Huh, I wasn't aware TWRP required exploits... I thought it was just the recovery partition flash...

retro486 said:
Huh, I wasn't aware TWRP required exploits... I thought it was just the recovery partition flash...
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The whole point of dirty cow was to get TWRP on the phone. After that it could be rooted. It took an exploit to get TWRP on the phone.
Sorry for the bad news, but that's how it worked.

retro486 said:
Huh, I wasn't aware TWRP required exploits... I thought it was just the recovery partition flash...
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The fastboot commands are missing. That's why you can't just send TWRP. If the fastboot commands was there, then you can send TWRP and root later.
Sent from my LG V20 using XDA Labs

The fact they went out of their way to remove fastboot commands blows my mind.

Wait till they figure out that an end user doesn't need download mode for anything. All carriers doing encrypted OTA updates like AT&T does. Then remove adb access, and viola.....
The V20 will be my last LG phone.

Yeah I think I'm going to get a dedicated hifi player, I'm tired of all these steep compromises to try and get an all-in-one device. The older Note 4's were great, just a bit slow and I hate the rear-firing speaker but honestly I might just go back to that or bite the bullet and go OnePlus. Oh well!

bigcletus said:
How about starting a bounty for root on H918 10p/q? Maybe if we can draw enough interest in this more developers would be willing to contribute to finding a root method? Thoughts?
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I'm thinking about selling the T-mobile H918 (at a loss) to buy the ATT H910 or H996 (I forget which) so I can unlock both the sim card and the bootloader and attain root on the T-mobile LG V20. That would add up to a significant "bounty" if an exploit is actually possible. Somebody smarter than me would have to tell us if that can be done?
I would DEFINITELY pay someone to root my H918 that's already on "q." The LG v20 is much better than the Nexus devices I'm used too. Removable battery already lasts 3 times as long as a normal battery even without buying oversize batteries!

@bjveee If you are going to get another V20, get the unlocked US996. The bootloader can officially be unlocked, and you have full fastboot.
Right now, (now being the key word), the H910 can be rooted, but only because AT&T hasn't incremented the ARB version *yet*. Since they just released v10r and ARB still wasn't incremented, I am guessing they won't bother until Oreo (if we even get it) is released. In order to increment ARB, they have to compile ALL of the firmware with the new ARB version, and then send that OTA. Since the only way to get their updates is to have someone factory reset their phone, and then dump the latest update, I think AT&T is under the delusion that their phone is more secure than they think.....
-- Brian

I don't know if this is any easier, and it doesn't solve the problem for people who already are on p/q, but for us folks on the older firmware, it would be great if there was a way to upgrade the bootloader and radio without triggering the increment. That way we could always roll back to the older official firmware.

The bootloader IS what increments ARB, and if you have even ONE piece of firmware get loaded with a greater ARB, then it gets incremented. So, you can run the H918 10q modem with 10j bootloader. And if you try, you will then be stuck running the entire 10q bootstack.
There is no way around ARB. I am not one that will usually say something is impossible, but this is impossible.
-- Brian

retro486 said:
Yeah I think I'm going to get a dedicated hifi player, I'm tired of all these steep compromises to try and get an all-in-one device. The older Note 4's were great, just a bit slow and I hate the rear-firing speaker but honestly I might just go back to that or bite the bullet and go OnePlus. Oh well!
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The new Razar phone is pretty sick.
Sent from my LG V20 using XDA Labs

runningnak3d said:
The bootloader IS what increments ARB, and if you have even ONE piece of firmware get loaded with a greater ARB, then it gets incremented. So, you can run the H918 10q modem with 10j bootloader. And if you try, you will then be stuck running the entire 10q bootstack.
There is no way around ARB. I am not one that will usually say something is impossible, but this is impossible.
-- Brian
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So you are telling me with every confidence there will not be any future exploit to get around ARB. The only reasonable course of action is to buy the US version of the unlocked H966 and do it quickly!
~Bruce
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So you are telling me with every confidence there will not be any future exploit to get around ARB. The only reasonable course of action is to buy the US version of the unlocked H966 and do it quickly!
~Bruce
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US996....

Unlock bootloader and flash twrp with Spflashtool

Hi guys i want to share with you this methode to unlock bootloader on Oreo for Nokia 3 go to this thread and requests the files from @bigrammy
This is the thread link : https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...-t3708129/post76293046?nocache=1#post76293046
Don't forget to hit thank's to him and me 12 thanks is not enough ??

This methode work with So Flashtool ?

I'm going to make SPflashTool working. I have some issue

Riadh300 said:
Hi guys i want to share with you this methode to unlock bootloader on Oreo for Nokia 3 go to this thread and requests the files from @bigrammy
This is the thread link : https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...-t3708129/post76293046?nocache=1#post76293046
Don't forget to hit thank's to him and me 12 thanks is not enough ?
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Thanks for your enthusiasm but my method does not Unlock the bootloader so you should change your thread title.
As I told you I will open a thread when the method is fully tested by a few advanced user's who are testing it now and you will be given full credit for all your help.
I do not want to risk anyone bricking their phones due to rushing. Many none advanced users bricked their sony c4 phones by Not following my instructions so I need this to be 100% clear and fully tested I hope you understand.

I understand you @bigrammy by flashing twrp bootloader will automatically unlocked !

Riadh300 said:
I understand you @bigrammy by flashing twrp bootloader will automatically unlocked !
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If the bootloader was unlocked fully you would be able to use fastboot to flash the device but we cannot so the bootloader is still locked to all intense purposes.
The secure boot chain does appear to be broken so we can use SPFlashTool to flash and boot our TWRP recovery but the secure boot chain may still be working if you have never unlocked the bootloader before like on Android 7.x. This means TWRP may Not boot up for everyone. Like I said it needs to be fully tested.

bigrammy said:
If the bootloader was unlocked fully you would be able to use fastboot to flash the device but we cannot so the bootloader is still locked to all intense purposes.
The secure boot chain does appear to be broken so we can use SPFlashTool to flash and boot our TWRP recovery but the secure boot chain may still be working if you have never unlocked the bootloader before like on Android 7.x. This means TWRP may Not boot up for everyone. Like I said it needs to be fully tested.
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Thanks for this informations ! ?

Riadh300 said:
I understand you @bigrammy by flashing twrp bootloader will automatically unlocked !
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Actually, spflashtool bypasses the bootloader in this instance, so the bootloader is untouched and you still flash twrp
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bigrammy said:
I do not want to risk anyone bricking their phones due to rushing. Many none advanced users bricked their sony c4 phones by Not following my instructions so I need this to be 100% clear and fully tested I hope you understand.
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Not to be pessimistic, but you do realise that even with all your precautions,people will still not read properly and will still brick their phones, no matter how many precautions you take. Even if you had an app that requires you to click one button to do everything,there are still people who will do it wrong. That said I think I know of one or 2 people in this Nokia 3 forum who were able to recover their phones using spflashtool AFTER the phone couldn't even be detected by their pc, even OST flashing was not possible .
Another thing is, all the Nokia 3 is last year's phone, I wonder how many experienced users will be buying the phone now, and experienced people are probably not the best way to get something 100% tested, because they know the right steps to take.
I think you should make your method public after you hear from SkaboXD

redweaver said:
Another thing is, all the Nokia 3 is last year's phone, I wonder how many experienced users will be buying the phone now, and experienced people are probably not the best way to get something 100% tested, because they know the right steps to take.
I think you should make your method public after you hear from SkaboXD
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Sorry I replied to your PM before seeing this.
True there is no accounting for people but I don't want to get bogged down by noob's. If you and maybe SkaboXD would like to open a thread and manage it using the method then that would be fine by me as long as credit is give to Riadh300 the original tester and who informed me SPFlashTool still worked and myself of course.
Please read my PM about the bootloader condition as I recommend only previously unlocked devices try this for now until tested by Advanced user able to recover the device should anything go wrong (EFuse Blown).

bigrammy said:
Sorry I replied to your PM before seeing this.
True there is no accounting for people but I don't want to get bogged down by noob's. If you and maybe SkaboXD would like to open a thread and manage it using the method then that would be fine by me as long as credit is give to Riadh300 the original tester and who informed me SPFlashTool still worked and myself of course.
Please read my PM about the bootloader condition as I recommend only previously unlocked devices try this for now until tested by Advanced user able to recover the device should anything go wrong (EFuse Blown).
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Alright I understand your point now. One thing I wonder though is: would someone on nougat who has never unlocked bootloader be able to flash ost?
Just checked my phone, oem unlocking was set to off so you're right, your method doesn't actually affect the bootloader.
I actually don't mind posting your method and giving you guys the credit, I just thought that you would want to be the one to do so.
Anyway I'll wait to hear @SkaboXD thoughts before I decide on whether to put up the post

redweaver said:
Alright I understand your point now. One thing I wonder though is: would someone on nougat who has never unlocked bootloader be able to flash ost?
Just checked my phone, oem unlocking was set to off so you're right, your method doesn't actually affect the bootloader.
I actually don't mind posting your method and giving you guys the credit, I just thought that you would want to be the one to do so.
Anyway I'll wait to hear @SkaboXD thoughts before I decide on whether to put up the post
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Before on 7.0 I flashed a TWRP I was working on via SPFlashTool bootloader locked and ended up in a never ending recovery bootloop which none advanced users may find difficult to get out of now this may of been because I screwed up the TWRP or more likely because the bootloader was Locked.
I did not try any other TWRP's until I was bootloader Unlocked and I have not had the recovery bootloop since.
Not sure about OST as SPFlashTool is by far the best tool for MediaTek devices and recovery of said devices remember the SoC manufacturer knows best and I only ever see problems when the OEM's try to move away from it like Sony did.
Happy for you to take the lead I am too busy in other threads to worry about it

bigrammy said:
Before on 7.0 I flashed a TWRP I was working on via SPFlashTool bootloader locked and ended up in a never ending recovery bootloop which none advanced users may find difficult to get out of now this may of been because I screwed up the TWRP or more likely because the bootloader was Locked.
I did not try any other TWRP's until I was bootloader Unlocked and I have not had the recovery bootloop since.
Not sure about OST as SPFlashTool is by far the best tool for MediaTek devices and recovery of said devices remember the SoC manufacturer knows best and I only ever see problems when the OEM's try to move away from it like Sony did.
Happy for you to take the lead I am too busy in other threads to worry about it
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So how did you get your phone back anyway?

redweaver said:
Alright I understand your point now. One thing I wonder though is: would someone on nougat who has never unlocked bootloader be able to flash ost?
Just checked my phone, oem unlocking was set to off so you're right, your method doesn't actually affect the bootloader.
I actually don't mind posting your method and giving you guys the credit, I just thought that you would want to be the one to do so.
Anyway I'll wait to hear @SkaboXD thoughts before I decide on whether to put up the post
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I will lock bootloader and try this method of rooting. I think that is this the best method because it doesn't affect bootloader so you can have OTA updates. Just what is the root manager, SuperSU or Magisk?
I think that we could make a thread when this mehod is tested on both Nougat and Oreo with locked bootloader. As far as i read, Oreo is tested so only Nougat remains to test.

redweaver said:
So how did you get your phone back anyway?
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:laugh: Sorry mate this is what I mean. I simply don't have the time to sit answering every single question as there is no short answers
I hope you understand.

SkaboXD said:
I will lock bootloader and try this method of rooting. I think that is this the best method because it doesn't affect bootloader so you can have OTA updates. Just what is the root manager, SuperSU or Magisk?
I think that we could make a thread when this mehod is tested on both Nougat and Oreo with locked bootloader. As far as i read, Oreo is tested so only Nougat remains to test.
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OK, one thing though, before flashing the recovery you might want to do a backup of the stock recovery if you don't already have one. That's what I did, so after I got root, flashed back my stock recovery. Magisk is the root manager ,
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:laugh: Sorry mate this is what I mean. I simply don't have the time to sit answering every single question as there is no short answers
I hope you understand.
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oh you mean you went through hoops to get your phone back? I thought you would say you got a stock recovery somewhere and flashed using spflashtool or used the ost method. I didn't actually expect you to outline the steps you used. BTW, first time I flashed twrp AFTER unlocking bootloader, I got stuck in a recovery bootloop too. I had to flash my phone with OST then retry the process again.
One other thing, I think OST is actually a propriety software that is supposed to work for lots of phones, at least I know that users of other non mediatek Nokia phones also use it to recover their phones (with the corresponding stock images of course)

SkaboXD said:
I will lock bootloader and try this method of rooting. I think that is this the best method because it doesn't affect bootloader so you can have OTA updates. Just what is the root manager, SuperSU or Magisk?
I think that we could make a thread when this mehod is tested on both Nougat and Oreo with locked bootloader. As far as i read, Oreo is tested so only Nougat remains to test.
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Magisk hide allows you get OTA's see the Magisk thread and yes it will work on any android version.
@redweaver
I am glad you got out of the loop but your clearly a more advanced user hence why I ask you to test. :good:
The OST is very convoluted for use on MediaTek devices and is very unnecessary it also requires unnecessary FIH software to be installed on the phone to work properly.
They likely choose this method to work across different SoC's but it's not what MediaTek use SPFlashTool is MediaTeks own software.
EDIT: Sorry lost internet for a while then.
I continue: Good news is I do not think they will be able to remove SPFlashTool use as it's binary on device which lives on a none volatile area ram chip or radio chip and is loaded at the factory so I doubt it can be updated via a OTA. :fingers-crossed:
Sony actually replaced this and this is the only device I have been unable to recover and even Sony were replacing the boards of bricked devices but if they had left the Mediatek binary in there it would not of been a issue as SPFlashTool would of been able to recover them. :good:

guys, old thread, i know, different device, i know, but ive been in the dark and this is what most resembles my issue.
any hints would be appreciated, read all 2 pages, can you believe it? im a very average xda enthusiast.
worries out of the way, my sincere thanks beforehand follow.
issue
carrier doesnt get in the way
oem doesnt get in the way
oem unlock toggle, check, adb debugging, you and i know the drill, no driver/cable issues
cannot for the life of me unlock bootloader, this one would take the newer command, however i tried them all ive come accross to no avail
output encourages me to unlock first, howwever not a clue is given as to how to accomplish it. this isnt the flash a file type of unlocking, either, at least not oem provided. going nuts.
go ahead and feel free to issue "advanced" directions (meaning, like your voicemail, instead of "for voicemail configurations press 8" and just "configurations 8"
spreatrum, not mtk
x120c
came with oreo go, treble enabled per getprop
i dont know what else, please

Is it worth rooting / flashing the Mate 9?

I love this phone and have had it for more than 2 years now, and have no plans of upgrading and will use it until it breaks down. Since I don't expect any updates any more, I was wondering if its worth rooting and flashing an Android 10 ROM (any recommendations?) this phone, especially since I want to use the Google camera that only works with Android 10. But as I read the guides and threads here, it seems rooting is more complicated than other phones.
So, is it worth it?

tukmulin said:
I love this phone and have had it for more than 2 years now, and have no plans of upgrading and will use it until it breaks down. Since I don't expect any updates any more, I was wondering if its worth rooting and flashing an Android 10 ROM (any recommendations?) this phone, especially since I want to use the Google camera that only works with Android 10. But as I read the guides and threads here, it seems rooting is more complicated than other phones.
So, is it worth it?
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To flash a custom ROM you don't need root but unlocked Bootloader.
If you didn't obtain BL code when it was easy and free or cheap, that is now complicated and expensive (although still possible)- look at some other threads where people asked about flashing and it always comes down to the question about unlocking Bootloader

zgfg said:
To flash a custom ROM you don't need root but unlocked Bootloader.
If you didn't obtain BL code when it was easy and free or cheap, that is now complicated and expensive (although still possible)- look at some other threads where people asked about flashing and it always comes down to the question about unlocking Bootloader
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I see. Thank you. Looks like I'm stuck with stock then. Thank you! It doesn't make sense to me to root if I can't flash anyway since I won't be able to get Android 10. The phone has excellent battery life and I have no complaints about speed. Unless there are benefits to just rooting that I don't know about?

tukmulin said:
I see. Thank you. Looks like I'm stuck with stock then. Thank you! It doesn't make sense to me to root if I can't flash anyway since I won't be able to get Android 10. The phone has excellent battery life and I have no complaints about speed. Unless there are benefits to just rooting that I don't know about?
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Did I miss, but you didn't mention the most important fact - what is your EMUI version.
Supposing you are on 9.1 or 9.0 since you are asing about Android Q....
For rooting you must also flash (e.g. Recovery-Ramdisk patched by Magisk to get root, on EMUI 9), so it again comes down to the same problem about obtaining the Bootloader code (locked Bootloader prevents Fastboot from flashing) - to get a picture why is it complicated to obtain the BL code, please read like:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/help/mate-9-reached-dead-t3978105/post80497731
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/help/hi-to-downgrade-firmware-versions-gpu-t3917826
However, you can still do useful modding without TWRP, root, custom ROMs - that is, without the need to unlock Bootloader, see:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/help/modding-removing-bloatware-blocking-ads-t3971297

zgfg said:
Did I miss, but you didn't mention the most important fact - what is your EMUI version.
Supposing you are on 9.1 or 9.0 since you are asing about Android Q....
For rooting you must also flash (e.g. Recovery-Ramdisk patched by Magisk to get root, on EMUI 9), so it again comes down to the same problem about obtaining the Bootloader code (locked Bootloader prevents Fastboot from flashing) - to get a picture why is it complicated to obtain the BL code, please read like:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/help/mate-9-reached-dead-t3978105/post80497731
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/help/hi-to-downgrade-firmware-versions-gpu-t3917826
However, you can still do useful modding without TWRP, root, custom ROMs - that is, without the need to unlock Bootloader, see:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/help/modding-removing-bloatware-blocking-ads-t3971297
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Awesome! Will look them up. Thank you so much! These are invaluable resources.