SM-J727T1 - Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers

Any root for this device yet, or being worked on?

Versatil2010 said:
Any root for this device yet, or being worked on?
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Any luck?

I don't think there's hope for this device, we might as well look for another phone.

Versatil2010 said:
I don't think there's hope for this device, we might as well look for another phone.
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if i unlock it would i b able to use a one of the root methods that work on the other versions?

eikr718 said:
if i unlock it would i b able to use a one of the root methods that work on the other versions?
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Possibly

Unless someone can find an eng.boot.IMG, nothing can be done. That is an engineering kernel and they are used to allow rooting and general root access for ENGineers. They are very hard to find and with this phone its dead. I was working on it and my contact fell off the radar who was supposed to get one for me for this device. I never got the phone since that didn't work out. I had the old j7, the J700T, t mobile.I got the nexus 6 which is another 2 year phone, but can do way more development wise.

fullofhell said:
Unless someone can find an eng.boot.IMG, nothing can be done. That is an engineering kernel and they are used to allow rooting and general root access for ENGineers. They are very hard to find and with this phone its dead. I was working on it and my contact fell off the radar who was supposed to get one for me for this device. I never got the phone since that didn't work out. I had the old j7, the J700T, t mobile.I got the nexus 6 which is another 2 year phone, but can do way more development wise.
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I'm frankly just moving on to another phone asap. No point on waiting anymore.

I attained root, here is my guide.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-j7/how-to/root-guide-samsung-galaxy-j7-prime-t4010939

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djrbliss releases AT&T S4 bootloader vuln.

I was wondering now that djrbliss has released the vulnerability for AT&T SGS4 do we have to wait for devs to do something with it? For Loki tools it seems as if you have to have a recovery already made. Will a current one work?
https://github.com/djrbliss/loki
this seems more like a user made htc dev, not what true s-off "bootloader unlocked" would be. non the less it should work fine. this probably wont touch the write enabled protection on the device. the only issues i see is until we are truly unlocked we will always have that "samsung custom" on out bootscreens.
spyz88 said:
I was wondering now that djrbliss has released the vulnerability for AT&T SGS4 do we have to wait for devs to do something with it? For Loki tools it seems as if you have to have a recovery already made. Will a current one work?
https://github.com/djrbliss/loki
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He released his source code and such so we need to have someone compile it into a .bat or .exe so we can flash a custom recovery/rom
its linux only, and devs need to use/make teh loki_patch.
someone could make a windows/android app to interface with loki_flash for end users though...
shabbypenguin said:
its linux only, and devs need to use/make teh loki_patch.
someone could make a windows/android app to interface with loki_flash for end users though...
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well i cant use it as i don't use linux lol.
Everyone - if you don't know what to do with those files without asking, don't try it yourself. There's already one in process in the development thread, and there will be cleaner and simpler ones out within just a few hours, I'm sure - with complete instructions.
Until you can nandroid the phone, this is not something to screw around with
fix-this! said:
well i cant use it as i don't use linux lol.
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well if you dont use linux you cant make kernels or recoveries
luckily the loki_flash utility that is used to actually put the patched img onto the device works on android so it doenst matter what kind of computer you have
alacrify said:
Everyone - if you don't know what to do with those files without asking, don't try it yourself. There's already one in process in the development thread, and there will be cleaner and simpler ones out within just a few hours, I'm sure - with complete instructions.
Until you can nandroid the phone, this is not something to screw around with
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A mod should put that up as a temp announcement in these forums. Seriously. Can't wait for the noobs to start crying in the Q&A area.... haha.
just means soon we will have bootloader unlocked.... patience
lorijuan1024 said:
just means soon we will have bootloader unlocked.... patience
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i thought that's what this tool did. maybe this is why adam is still working on a bootloader unlock thats permanent. this should tide us over though.
Bjray said:
A mod should put that up as a temp announcement in these forums. Seriously. Can't wait for the noobs to start crying in the Q&A area.... haha.
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Exactly, I have one phone booting to recovery now, no issues. YET! better know what you are doing, or you will have a serious paperweight.
I re-booted out of successful, so will see.
Update: nand backup was successful. Good start for us, just need the perm fix, but for now, it rocks, it was so nice to see the recovery screen. SWEET
TheAxman said:
Exactly, I have one phone booting to recovery now, no issues. YET! better know what you are doing, or you will have a serious paperweight.
I re-booted out of successful, so will see.
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im not going to try the method yet, at least for a few days. i also see alot of soft bricked devices tonight.
fix-this! said:
i thought that's what this tool did. maybe this is why adam is still working on a bootloader unlock thats permanent. this should tide us over though.
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what i meant was a tool that us people that aren't good with the programming language can use.
fix-this! said:
im not going to try the method yet, at least for a few days. i also see alot of soft bricked devices tonight.
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Agreed, but I do have a jtag box here in hand, and there is no fix for that either, I might have one phone down soon..:
Incoming update from Samsung in 3....2....1.....
I flashed what shabbypenguin provided in his recovery thread and now have a working recovery on my ATT i337!!! :laugh::good::highfive::fingers-crossed:
Thanks to djrbliss for his awesome work!
mr_blanket said:
Incoming update from Samsung in 3....2....1.....
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simple solution is to not take the OTA. but yes, i see one coming to.
fix-this! said:
simple solution is to not take the OTA. but yes, i see one coming to.
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Yes, everyone needs to keep the OTA .apk's frozen from now on. Or use a custom rom that doesn't have them.
mattdm said:
Yes, everyone needs to keep the OTA .apk's frozen from now on. Or use a custom rom that doesn't have them.
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hopefully adam can get us a more permanent solution. but props to dan for his tool.
Couldn't be happier after I get home from watching the hangover I get to unlock this bad boy
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 2

[Q] Root Failure (All Methods Attempted) FIXED :D

Heres the issue. I am no noob at this whatsoever and have tried EVERYTHING. I have used every program I could find to attempt root and none can seem to gain root access. The install SuperUser or SuperSU and every time root fails even if said app is installed. Please help Im doing a talk on August 20th that I NEED this device for. All help appreciated. Thanks!
Im slightly confused as your sig says rooted stock
But anyway I recently got myself a Razr HD and I used http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2241788 to root and unlock bootloader
My device was 4.1.2 and I did not want to downgrade but this one worked :victory:
More info needed. Is your bootloader unlocked? If not, which firmware are you on?
killrhythm09 said:
More info needed. Is your bootloader unlocked? If not, which firmware are you on?
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Nothings been modified. Plus I hope you know that to unlock the bootloader it requires root
dr_strangetrick said:
Im slightly confused as your sig says rooted stock
But anyway I recently got myself a Razr HD and I used http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2241788 to root and unlock bootloader
My device was 4.1.2 and I did not want to downgrade but this one worked :victory:
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Thank you, I think I may have worked out my issue! I was using 1.2 of that program. I think thats why. Let me give this a go
Tried again with this guy and still got failure. I always get this:
[*]This May Take A Few Minutes
[-]Failure
Ok well what do you know. 3rd times the charm eh? I tried a third time this time after reflashing stock firmware, antennas, etc... Thanks!
Well done and welcome to the club
dr_strangetrick said:
Well done and welcome to the club
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Thanks haha xD Coming from a Galaxy Nexus GSM Dev Edition, this is oddly restraining. There seem to be only a few ROMs available for this device.
Quality is better than quantity

[Q] Rooting Photon Q LOST and CONFUSED

Hi, I am new to this and decided I need to root my Photon so I can use it as a WIFI hotspot for my Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Tablet. I have read so much I am totally lost and confused. I have tried pdanet foxfi(which did work with my laptop but that is now unusable) and such but I can only browse web on my tablet and nothing else. Every app says check internet conection or wifi connection. I need to be able to use apps that require wifi such as team viewer. Please help. I don't know the first thing about this.
I have sprint (regrettably stuck for 2 years now) but love my photon. If someone can post a link with like 1 2 3 type steps it would be fantastic. I know zilch and the more I read the less I know like minus zilch lol. I find using my tablet is so much easier too read that I would rather use it if I can for internet stuff versus my phone.
Thank you.
Is your device rooted and the bootloader unlocked?
Have you considered CyanogenMod or another custom ROM? Tethering works out of the box on most of those.
When I was on the stock ROM (before CM was on the device...) I used a wifi tether app from the Play Store, but you did have to be rooted to use it.
Mehuman2 said:
If someone can post a link with like 1 2 3 type steps it would be fantastic.
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The link in my signature might help you.
arrrghhh said:
Is your device rooted and the bootloader unlocked?
Have you considered CyanogenMod or another custom ROM? Tethering works out of the box on most of those.
When I was on the stock ROM (before CM was on the device...) I used a wifi tether app from the Play Store, but you did have to be rooted to use it.
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Haven't considered anything yet, am just learning bout this. Phone is standard, no unlocking or anything. I am just leaning terms also. I don't know how to unlock or root. So neither are done. Have no idea about ROMs yet. As I said, am just starting so forgive me for being ignorant of these things at this time.
Mehuman2 said:
Haven't considered anything yet, am just learning bout this. Phone is standard, no unlocking or anything. I am just leaning terms also. I don't know how to unlock or root. So neither are done. Have no idea about ROMs yet. As I said, am just starting so forgive me for being ignorant of these things at this time.
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No worries.
I think there's still a way to root without unlocking - but here's the jist.
Unlocking allows you to do anything - custom recovery, custom ROM, whatever you please. Rooting only allows apps on your device root access - so you still have stock recovery, stock ROM.
arrrghhh said:
Is your device rooted and the bootloader unlocked?
Have you considered CyanogenMod or another custom ROM? Tethering works out of the box on most of those.
When I was on the stock ROM (before CM was on the device...) I used a wifi tether app from the Play Store, but you did have to be rooted to use it.
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Solust said:
The link in my signature might help you.
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Thank you. Am going to look at link now.
arrrghhh said:
No worries.
I think there's still a way to root without unlocking - but here's the jist.
Unlocking allows you to do anything - custom recovery, custom ROM, whatever you please. Rooting only allows apps on your device root access - so you still have stock recovery, stock ROM.
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Thank you. I see the difference now. I wouldn't mind both then. I just hope I don't brick it. I believe that means I don't want to make it into a paperweight.
Mehuman2 said:
Thank you. I see the difference now. I wouldn't mind both then. I just hope I don't brick it. I believe that means I don't want to make it into a paperweight.
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lol, yes. Unlocking is pretty simple, just make sure you are getting the code correct - has to match exactly!
The only downside is the official warranty is voided - but if you have insurance with your provider, they should still honor it. Just the manufacturer warranty is voided.
arrrghhh said:
lol, yes. Unlocking is pretty simple, just make sure you are getting the code correct - has to match exactly!
The only downside is the official warranty is voided - but if you have insurance with your provider, they should still honor it. Just the manufacturer warranty is voided.
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I get off work in a few hours and after some sleep will go try that link up above. Desktop running xp. Have never connected photon to PC yet. Hopefully will go smoothly.
You should be fine running XP. The instructions from Windows 7 should be the same and if not they should be similar enough that you know what to do. I put the disclaimer in there because I don't like saying "this is how you do this" without having tested it first hand.
I installed the drivers and SDK now onto the rest hopefully tomorrow as I didn't want to start with only a few minutes left before I had to come to work.
Sent from my XT897
Solust said:
You should be fine running XP. The instructions from Windows 7 should be the same and if not they should be similar enough that you know what to do. I put the disclaimer in there because I don't like saying "this is how you do this" without having tested it first hand.
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I have the files downloaded and installed. My says there is a problem with my device. I am trying to go to explorer so I can copy files to my desktop so I don't lose them but I can't get it to show up in my list of drives.
I have to work til 6pm or so therefore I won't be able to try anything til I get home. I remember the last Motorola I had also (Droid 3), I could never "sync" to my pc as my pc wouldn't recognize it to let me view files. Can anyone tell me what I am missing? I will reconnect my phone tonite and get the exact messages that the pc are telling me when I connect my phone. Thank you
Still can't get PC to recognize phone.
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Mehuman2 said:
Still can't get PC to recognize phone.
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Different cable? Different port? Different PC?
Are you sure the drivers are installed? Does the PC make a sound when you plug it in, indicating that it recognized *something* being plugged in?
How does it show up in device manager?
Please give us as much detail as you possibly can. What you've tried, etc.
Also, if you have debugging on turn it off, or if it's off, turn it on.
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Marshall London root?

Hey guys,
I really don't know where to ask this since this phone doesn't have a forum or anything - at least that I know of. If there is one I am glad if you can point me to it.
So, is there any way to root this device? I only bought it as a second phone for listening to music but I'd really like to root it, so, do you know anyhting?
Paraxes said:
Hey guys,
I really don't know where to ask this since this phone doesn't have a forum or anything - at least that I know of. If there is one I am glad if you can point me to it.
So, is there any way to root this device? I only bought it as a second phone for listening to music but I'd really like to root it, so, do you know anyhting?
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I dont have this phone, but maybe try those one-click root software
Iv got one too and i need too root this phone..
IF anyone working on smth for the marshall please let us know
:angel:
Try King Root latest version. Not Kingoroot, but King Root.
KingoRoot, King Root not working. Anything else?
Thanks for reporting. Hoping for a root option before pulling the trigger...
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not any news on this? i would love to root this phone and have a custom firmware. mine is full of bugs thats make it useless as a phone and camera, the only good thing about mine is the sound!
Me too want to root this phone, anyone know? Kingoroot & King Root cant root. After failed to root, it popup to ask them for help. It's around 150+ people already interested to root this phone.
This was essential for me. I have given up on purchasing this device. Based on monitoring the support page, it also seems the manufacturer is slow to develop updates. This device is starting to look like a manufacturer's experiment. I hope they do create an updated device and open to the US market...
Edit: Typo
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Is there already an option for rooting because there has been a software update but KingRoot doesn't work
If I were you, I'd try to flash root binaries via the recovery menu. Keep in mind, that I don't have that phone. If that fails, you can wait for the custom recovery and you can try to install binaries from there. Keep me updated.
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eKeith said:
This was essential for me. I have given up on purchasing this device. Based on monitoring the support page, it also seems the manufacturer is slow to develop updates. This device is starting to look like a manufacturer's experiment. I hope they do create an updated device and open to the US market...
Edit: Typo
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Yes it is extremely slow development on this phone, since i did get it at the release there have been like 4-5 updates and none major update just some bugfixes that actually made the phone worse.
The support at MP is good fast answers but their not that good at helping you, they basically just copy&paste a standard Q&A.
My phone does stop vibrate occasionally, notification led is only functional sometimes, random reboots, Led flash is unusable on taking photos it does blend the lens so photos get almost black and some minor bugs, did contact support about this and they was not able to do anything due to that this is a gift from them. I had to pay for a shipping and repair myself.
I was hoping for root and custom rom, but as it seems that it will never happen i have an nice looking paperweight.
VaktBleppe said:
Yes it is extremely slow development on this phone, since i did get it at the release there have been like 4-5 updates and none major update just some bugfixes that actually made the phone worse.
I was hoping for root and custom rom, but as it seems that it will never happen i have an nice looking paperweight.
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A custom rom might be a stretch due to the unique nature of the device, closed source code for the DAC, among other things. I have had trouble finding source code for this device, using code from similar devices tend to run into kernel panic issues.
I am working on a way to have flashable system images and a custom recovery on this device... and also a way to return the device completely to stock. The good news is that once you have binaries, you can use Fastboot to restore partitions. I have been able to re-flash experimental recovery builds with the original without any issue. No need to unlock or root.
And yes, root is possible. Kingoroot worked for me and I was able to successfully remove Kingo for SuperSU using the built in root swap tool in SuperSU.
I plan on starting a new thread for everything that I have for the Marshall London when I have everything working. Root, recovery, flashable ZIPs and stock images.
It may not be a device that is widely used but it definitely has a niche. I use it exclusively as an MP3 player because of its amazing sound. I also will be using it as a travel phone when I go to Europe. Shame the phone didn't find a larger market or even make it to North America because it's a very unique phone.
dooyet said:
Iv got one too and i need too root this phone..
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serfaxa said:
KingoRoot, King Root not working. Anything else?
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eKeith said:
Thanks for reporting. Hoping for a root option before pulling the trigger...
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VaktBleppe said:
not any news on this? i would love to root this phone and have a custom firmware.
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deddo86 said:
Me too want to root this phone, anyone know?
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DanielPrime said:
Is there already an option for rooting because there has been a software update but KingRoot doesn't work
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You now have root and a working recovery for the Marshall London.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/general/kb-1501-marshall-london-megathread-info-t3621059/

Can't Unlock Bootloader for AT&T LG Phoenix 3 (M150)

So, I've been at this for hours, and I've tried several different approaches, but none have worked. I've tried one-click-root programs. I've tried manually with adb tools and the like. I've tried several commands that have worked to unlock the bootloader for other phones. I have allow OEM unlock and enable USB debugging checked.
I've come to believe that it's impossible. The phone's new on the market, so there doesn't seem to be much information about it specifically around and no LG-phone-related information has helped me. Fastboot seems to do nothing. I'm at a brick wall, so here I am, asking for help. If anyone knows some way I might go about rooting this phone, inform me.
My Android version is 6.0.1. If you need any more information, please let me know.
Same problem
Has ANYONE been able to root a phoenix 3 m150. I just bought one and am extremely disappointed I can't root it.
cantrootlgm150 said:
So, I've been at this for hours, and I've tried several different approaches, but none have worked. I've tried one-click-root programs. I've tried manually with adb tools and the like. I've tried several commands that have worked to unlock the bootloader for other phones. I have allow OEM unlock and enable USB debugging checked.
I've come to believe that it's impossible. The phone's new on the market, so there doesn't seem to be much information about it specifically around and no LG-phone-related information has helped me. Fastboot seems to do nothing. I'm at a brick wall, so here I am, asking for help. If anyone knows some way I might go about rooting this phone, inform me.
My Android version is 6.0.1. If you need any more information, please let me know.
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Have you tried the universal rooting apps and universal rooting programs for PC?
Mdmcaraudio said:
Has ANYONE been able to root a phoenix 3 m150. I just bought one and am extremely disappointed I can't root it.
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I DO NOT PROVIDE HELP IN PM, KEEP IT IN THE THREADS WHERE EVERYONE CAN SHARE
Didn't work
Droidriven said:
Have you tried the universal rooting apps and universal rooting programs for PC?
I just tried Kingo Root, and it fails almost instantly.
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I just tried Kingo Root, and it fails almost instantly.
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I'll rephrase myself.
Have you tried them ALL? If not then get busy trying more, you don't need to come here until you have tried absolutely every app and PC program.
And you aren't using the "quotes" correctly when you reply.
DO NOT CONTACT ME VIA PM TO RECEIVE HELP, YOU WILL BE IGNORED. KEEP IT IN THE THREADS WHERE EVERYONE CAN SHARE
Anyone figure this out yet?
LG m150
Yes, I have the same device and i really want to root this phone any ideas
Me too
LG m150
I just don't understand why it is taking so long, I talked to the manufacturer and they say that the bootloader is very capable to be unlocked within a few minutes but they can not tell you how. Which leaves me to the question what the hold up.
Has anyone had any luck with this ive been trying for awhile now im on nougat 7.0
dmc67 said:
Has anyone had any luck with this ive been trying for awhile now im on nougat 7.0
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I can't even update mine to nougat. I'm in Brasil, and my brother brought me back one from canada.
When I try to update from LG connect, the log tells me it has a imei fail check.
DocGorin said:
I can't even update mine to nougat. I'm in Brasil, and my brother brought me back one from canada.
When I try to update from LG connect, the log tells me it has a imei fail check.
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Had to manually install my 7.0 with at&t
Had anyone tried to bump it? The at&t lg g3 was only rootable by bump. No other method would work for it, it would just brick it. I would assume,since hi other methods work, then this would probably be the solution.
I'm new to this rooting stuff but what's bump mean?
oneder? said:
Had anyone tried to bump it? The at&t lg g3 was only rootable by bump. No other method would work for it, it would just brick it. I would assume,since hi other methods work, then this would probably be the solution.
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oneder? said:
Had anyone tried to bump it? The at&t lg g3 was only rootable by bump. No other method would work for it, it would just brick it. I would assume,since hi other methods work, then this would probably be the solution.
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I had an AT&T G3 and rooted it with the developer PC Suite from the LG site. With no problems.
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Has no one had any luck whatsoever with this device? I have looked and tried everything possible that I know of, without using a PC only because I don't have access to one right now. :crying:
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I had temp root but....
Mdmcaraudio said:
Has ANYONE been able to root a phoenix 3 m150. I just bought one and am extremely disappointed I can't root it.
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I got temp root before it updated to 7.0 now I can't even get temp root
KingoRoot needs Bootloader
The LG Developers website lists a few devices and the steps but no support for Pheonix 3. Might still be worth going through the G6 motions I have an extra (m150) I'll try it tonight see where I get.
still no luck anyone ?
This has been extremely frustrating for me as well. Is it even possible to unlock the bootloader and root an LG Pheonix 3 (M150) v 7.0 without using a pc? Unfortunately my laptop fried so I'm currently without a pc to work with and the library computers have restrictions on using this kind of software on their computers. I'm starting to think that it's impossible to unlock the bootloader with no recovery mode and no pc to root this phone. At least not yet anyways. Does anyone know the solution to accomplishing this on this phone without a pc. If so, then you would be considered a god on this forum. That's how annoying this is. I want this phone rooted
I'd like to know how to unlock bootloader and root the m150 WITH or without a PC.

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