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How to root the LG tribute 5

(Warning im not responsible for anything that could happen to your phone. If you choose to follow these instructions do so at your own risk)
To Root the lg tribute 5. You need to use kingroot. This is the easiest way to root it
1) go to your setting.
Then scroll to about phone
click on software information.
Then you will see build number and tap on it 8 times
until you unlock developer options
Then go back to the beginning of setting, you will see Developer options
Click on it and then enable USB Debugging then hit ok
2) After that download KingRoot from the link below and install it
Link: http://www.kingroot.net/wap
3) After its installed run the application and follow what it says.
( phone might reboot so dont worry, if it does reboot just go back into the application and keep going)
4) After it finish, reboot the phone and you should be successfully rooted
XDA:DevDB Information
How to root the Lg tribute 5 , ROM for all devices (see above for details)
Contributors
Migue9088
ROM OS Version: 5.1.x Lollipop
Version Information
Status: Testing
Created 2016-03-05
Last Updated 2016-03-06

malware taken over phone
My phone has been infected by malware badly. Cant find a fix. Need help bad. Got the boost mobile tribute 5

loverti79 said:
My phone has been infected by malware badly. Cant find a fix. Need help bad. Got the boost mobile tribute 5
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Sorry for my late reply but have u tried hard resetting it?

Thanks it worked! BTW do you know how to unlock this device ? I got boost mobile(Tribute 5) with sprint card.

dreamtocode said:
Thanks it worked! BTW do you know how to unlock this device ? I got boost mobile(Tribute 5) with sprint card.
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No Unfortunately, but I'm not sure but this might be a "CDMA" phone. Here is a Web-site that you might like to read about this topic "http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2476565,00.asp" but really I don't know how to unlock it. Hope this helps

Unfortunately that isn't accurate. You will only be partially rooted. You cannot access the bootloader to install a custom ROM.

xanscorp said:
Unfortunately that isn't accurate. You will only be partially rooted. You cannot access the bootloader to install a custom ROM.
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But will this allow me to give root access to apps? and it will stick upon reboot, right?

Should... Don't know about permanent. Seen mixed replies about it.

dreamtocode said:
Thanks it worked! BTW do you know how to unlock this device ? I got boost mobile(Tribute 5) with sprint card.
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Did you ever find a way to use the LGLS675ABB on a different carrier?
I have 3 new pre-paid phones unopened and need to use them with TMO.

xanscorp said:
Unfortunately that isn't accurate. You will only be partially rooted. You cannot access the bootloader to install a custom ROM.
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Locked Bootloader and no custom recoveries but I don't see how its not full root? I have the xposed framework flashed and superSU as my root manager.
Migue9088 said:
No Unfortunately, but I'm not sure but this might be a "CDMA" phone. Here is a Web-site that you might like to read about this topic "http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2476565,00.asp" but really I don't know how to unlock it. Hope this helps
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From what I have seen I would say that the LG LS675 (Tribute 5) is both GSM and CDMA.
andrep182 said:
But will this allow me to give root access to apps? and it will stick upon reboot, right?
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Yes, The root process is persistent

How it isn't a full root.
RolandStoner said:
Locked Bootloader and no custom recoveries but I don't see how its not full root
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The inability to flash a custom recovery so one could make a full nandroid backup or flash a different ROM is what defines it as not a full root. Rooting (a full root) gives full access to all aspects of the device. Without the ability to make a backup, if Google decides to half-ass an update that causes glitches, there's no way to flash a backup, because a full one cannot be made.
I'm still trying to find out how it was claimed someone managed to unlock it... or if anyone have the VZ4 firmware in a dz file format...haven't found anything yet, except for the poster who's post was removed for attempting to profit off the forums.

xanscorp said:
The inability to flash a custom recovery so one could make a full nandroid backup or flash a different ROM is what defines it as not a full root. Rooting (a full root) gives full access to all aspects of the device. Without the ability to make a backup, if Google decides to half-ass an update that causes glitches, there's no way to flash a backup, because a full one cannot be made.
I'm still trying to find out how it was claimed someone managed to unlock it... or if anyone have the VZ4 firmware in a dz file format...haven't found anything yet, except for the poster who's post was removed for attempting to profit off the forums.
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you can get vz4 and vz5 here: http://opensource.lge.com/osSch/list?types=ALL&search=ls675

RolandStoner said:
you can get vz4 and vz5 here: http://opensource.lge.com/osSch/list?types=ALL&search=ls675
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Downloading it now to see if it's a .dz file in a .zip download, or just a .zip which won't work as the default recovery considers almost everything to be unsigned.

I downloaded it it's the kernel and Android in tar.gz format

As did I. The only issue is how to compile it into .dz format for flashing via the LG UP program.

glen5678 said:
Did you ever find a way to use the LGLS675ABB on a different carrier?
I have 3 new pre-paid phones unopened and need to use them with TMO.
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I got mine unlocked. I'm using with cricket but getting only 3g speeds. Followed this tutorial
http://lgtribute.com/lg-tribute-5-ls675-gsm-unlock-for-att-t-mobile-and-other-gsm-carriers
the method is same as sprint g3

wroxtar said:
I got mine unlocked. I'm using with cricket but getting only 3g speeds. Followed this tutorial
http://lgtribute.com/lg-tribute-5-ls675-gsm-unlock-for-att-t-mobile-and-other-gsm-carriers
the method is same as sprint g3
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Bypassing Activation did not work.
It tries 5 times then stays on a "Self Service" black screen...
This is a Boost Pre-Paid device; not sure if that makes a difference...?

LG Tribute 5 Boost (Unlocked)
glen5678 said:
Bypassing Activation did not work.
It tries 5 times then stays on a "Self Service" black screen...
This is a Boost Pre-Paid device; not sure if that makes a difference...?
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Nevermind. I finally got it to unlock.
But I'm using TMO and, like you, can only get a 3G connection with 3M/2M speeds...
Anyone know how to resolve this?

glen5678 said:
Nevermind. I finally got it to unlock.
But I'm using TMO and, like you, can only get a 3G connection with 3M/2M speeds...
Anyone know how to resolve this?
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It has something to do with unlocking LTE band, similar to this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/cro...m-updating-t2871269/post55321005#post55321005
However, it seems complicated

Does Tribute 5 have its own thread? I'm rooted, debloated. Disabled one process lg update but it doesn't seem to significantly improve battery life. Something drains the battery. I also have Treasure with tracfone. It has much better battery life. Are there any other processes i can safely uninstall?

[Root] Boot / Root / Recovery

Thanks to some questions and awnsers I was able to create the
rooted boot.img for our HTC Bolt devices.
This was tested on the HTC Bolt Software 1.17.651.11 Android N 7
How To: (downloads at bottom of page)
Connect Device to computer
Insure that usb debugging is on as well as OEM unlock is checked.
The device must be Boot-loader unlocked to do this!
place both the patched_boot.img and the magisk_cache.img in the same directory your fastboot files are setup at ( c:/android/sdk/fastboot or wherever you have it)
Boot the phone into Download mode. ( Power + VOL down)
Open up terminal on the computer and run both these commands:
fastboot devices
fastboot flash boot patched_boot.img
fastboot flash cache magisk_cache.img
followed by fastboot reboot
you'll need to head over to :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-10/development/root-magisk-autoroot-magisk-phhs-t3507505
Grab the manager.apk and the super user apk to complete the setup.
Give these guys a thanks also for getting this going, gonna build a rom with debloat next and see if the twrp will flash it with this boot.img behind it.
shall see
Thanks to:
@OMJ Everything!
@topjohnwu magisk
@Captain_Throwback -twrp,root
@Chainfire - root
Downloads
Patched boot.img (For Magisk) - https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=601296195406528674
Cache img (For Magisk) - https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=601296195406528673
***********DevDigitel Custom Images************
Secure Boot Img: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=457095661767122602
Unsecure Boot Img: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120693359
Flashable ZIPS:
SuperSU:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=673368273298916495
Radio Fix Zip/FP Scanner Fix : https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=673368273298916521
Device will bootloop once, and when done will install su. Please be patient

Nice!

suprised that it went so smoothly, su being systemless is a little buggy here and there with Android N, but otherwise i was able to navigate the internals, remove the bloat, make some build prop edits and theyve stuck. so far so good.

Went ahead and tried to use flashify and flash the twrp image from other post. Flashed and was able to make a backup to sd only. I didn't flash or try to restore it yet but I did have to relock and restore 3x with the stock ruu after removing too much system and trying to flash xposed

thanks for this! was able to get root on mine as well.
any idea how to get S-OFF? looks like Sunshine isn't compatible with Magisk, probably should have done that first

S off
urbster1 said:
thanks for this! was able to get root on mine as well.
any idea how to get S-OFF? looks like Sunshine isn't compatible with Magisk, probably should have done that first
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Not sure.. Probably gonna be some time with Android N.
I was able to change carrier types in Ui.
Got vzw 1x 3g 4G icons
Hot-spot mod
And a few other things working.
No radios to flash.. No kernels and I don't dev kernels.
So I don't need s-off really.. It's more so just having to re-lock
To go back to stock.

I just ordered a Bolt, can't wait to play

Screen shots

OMJ said:
I just ordered a Bolt, can't wait to play
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Yey can't wait! It didn't want to be the only one working
On it!

Just curious about how you went about unlocking the bootloader? Tried using the HTC dev service but they don't seem to support the Bolt yet. Also, haven't had too much experience with the bootloader since I've mostly been on Samsung Verizon devices. lol...

zombie673 said:
Just curious about how you went about unlocking the bootloader? Tried using the HTC dev service but they don't seem to support the Bolt yet. Also, haven't had too much experience with the bootloader since I've mostly been on Samsung Verizon devices. lol...
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it is supported, just choose "All other supported models" and follow the instructions
Restored boot and tried Sunshine but it failed. Hopefully S-OFF will come soon.

zombie673 said:
Just curious about how you went about unlocking the bootloader? Tried using the HTC dev service but they don't seem to support the Bolt yet. Also, haven't had too much experience with the bootloader since I've mostly been on Samsung Verizon devices. lol...
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Use the other supported devices section at bottom.
Just follow the steps on htc dev.
Save the unlock.bin file HTC will email you. You need it Every time you need to lock/unlock. Without s-off (removing the 2nd lock that protects the radios)
* the phone has to be re-locked to be restored with the stock htc software "ruu's"
Htc ruu is a 1 click style restore program...similar to odin that Will run on the PC and restore phone to stock.
It also comes in a update.zip format that can be flashed with the stock Signed recovery only via sd card slot.
Twrp is currently working on bolt / but has limitations because Its not 100%

More screenshots
Random stuff that can be unlocked hidden in the phone.

urbster1 said:
it is supported, just choose "All other supported models" and follow the instructions
Restored boot and tried Sunshine but it failed. Hopefully S-OFF will come soon.
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@jcase has said Sunshine will support the Bolt but Android 7.0 must be supported 1st...

OMJ said:
@jcase has said Sunshine will support the Bolt but Android 7.0 must be supported 1st...
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We are working on 7.0 support, we will have to build a device profile and test after 7.0 works. Probably just need to dump some data off a bolt, but may need to buy/borrow one.

jcase said:
We are working on 7.0 support, we will have to build a device profile and test after 7.0 works. Probably just need to dump some data off a bolt, but may need to buy/borrow one.
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@jcase let me know if you need any more partitions, or anything else dumped... Worse case I can send you mine.

Full root with Su support in other thread
This will no longer be maintained. Links will still stay good for those wishing to use this. Please go to the magisk forum page for related questions to his root tools.
Thank you for the support!

Team DevDigitel said:
Full root with Su support in other thread
This will no longer be maintained. Links will still stay good for those wishing to use this. Please go to the magisk forum page for related questions to his root tools.
Thank you for the support!
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I actually just switched to this method after s-off, due to safetynet failing after detecting a unlocked bootloader...magisk can hide the detection

I've done some research on safety net. What instances are people needing to pass the safety net check? Google api isn't stopping any of my processes or apps. Even banking etc. Is this directed towards things like android pay?

Team DevDigitel said:
I've done some research on safety net. What instances are people needing to pass the safety net check? Google api isn't stopping any of my processes or apps. Even banking etc. Is this directed towards things like android pay?
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yep...AP is my only goal
there's a kernel patch to bypass detection but I don't know squat about kernel modding

Trying To Root Pixel 2

Ok I have the bootloader unlocked.
I was hoping then I could do the following
ADB Debugging on
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot boot twrp-3.1.1-1-fastboot-sailfish.img
But its not booting it. Pixel TWRP Image
So my question is can i modify the image to make the pixel 2 boot it?
Please advise?
Can I root without using TWRP?
Thanks,

bluh5d said:
Ok I have the bootloader unlocked.
I was hoping then I could do the following
ADB Debugging on
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot boot twrp-3.1.1-1-fastboot-sailfish.img
But its not booting it. Pixel TWRP Image
So my question is can i modify the image to make the pixel 2 boot it?
Please advise?
Can I root without using TWRP?
Thanks,
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What makes you believe that TWRP for the original Pixel will work on the Pixel 2? Likely you'll have to wait for a recovery for the Pixel 2.

l7777 said:
What makes you believe that TWRP for the original Pixel will work on the Pixel 2? Likely you'll have to wait for a recovery for the Pixel 2.
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Yeah I understand that. I was just hoping that since they are so similar it would work. Especially since I am not going to install it on my recovery just boot it to root and suhide.
I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something or something I could change in the image to make it boot on a 2 .
Thanks though for your thoughts!

bluh5d said:
Yeah I understand that. I was just hoping that since they are so similar it would work. Especially since I am not going to install it on my recovery just boot it to root and suhide.
I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something or something I could change in the image to make it boot on a 2 .
Thanks though for your thoughts!
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The similarities are only on the surface my friend. When dealing with computers, similar and close is rarely good enough. You need exact.

bluh5d said:
Ok I have the bootloader unlocked.
I was hoping then I could do the following
ADB Debugging on
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot boot twrp-3.1.1-1-fastboot-sailfish.img
But its not booting it. Pixel TWRP Image
So my question is can i modify the image to make the pixel 2 boot it?
Please advise?
Can I root without using TWRP?
Thanks,
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The MSM in them is totally different. Plus panel config, clock plan, power grid etc. Your original recovery kernel will not boot on Pixel2, so this is completely expected.

evilwombat said:
The MSM in them is totally different. Plus panel config, clock plan, power grid etc. Your original recovery kernel will not boot on Pixel2, so this is completely expected.
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Can I root with latest supersu without recovery ?

Someone's bound to hose up their phone. Wondering where factory images are?

Born<ICs said:
Someone's bound to hose up their phone. Wondering where factory images are?
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Yes. I agree. Might be me right. I wasn't planning on flashing recovery though just booting it.

If you are feeling adventurous (as it seems you already are!) you might try the twrp-3-1-pixel-bootable-mod.img located here: https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120753892 ? I used the instructions at https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/how-to/guide-how-to-systemlessly-root-pixel-xl-t3660324 to root the 2016 Pixel (not xl) and if I upgrade to Pixel 2 might try that. You might just try fastbooting the twrp img referenced there and then flashing the supersu referenced there without the other modifications GroovinChip did. Again you are taking a risk trying this on "dissimilar" hardware.

If your bootloader is unlocked and you want root.
Try installing Chain fire's Supersu from the play store or install the apk.
I do not have my P2 yet to try.
Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk

me_droid said:
If you are feeling adventurous (as it seems you already are!) you might try the twrp-3-1-pixel-bootable-mod.img located here: https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120753892 ? I used the instructions at https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/how-to/guide-how-to-systemlessly-root-pixel-xl-t3660324 to root the 2016 Pixel (not xl) and if I upgrade to Pixel 2 might try that. You might just try fastbooting the twrp img referenced there and then flashing the supersu referenced there without the other modifications GroovinChip did. Again you are taking a risk trying this on "dissimilar" hardware.
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I think this may be a waste of time because it was modded to work on Oreo. They have already released a version that works on Oreo 3-1-1 that I already tried it wouldnt boot it. I will probably just wait even though i want to play. So i guess I can just say yep I have a pixel 2 with the bootloader unlocked and thats about it.

This can't come quickly enough - I always take my Ad Blocker for granted until it's not there anymore :'(

The_Fuzz22 said:
This can't come quickly enough - I always take my Ad Blocker for granted until it's not there anymore :'(
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Yeah, I take having root completely for granted. I guess I've never bought a phone right at the moment of release before. If I didn't really need a new phone, I suppose I would have waited. Anyway, I figured out that you can block ads, without root, with apps that run all your traffic through a vpn (that's really only running locally on the phone). The best options after much research seem to me to be Netguard and AdGuard (though I haven't tried them yet). They both also include a firewall (Netguard is primarly a firewall), which I want.
https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard/blob/master/ADBLOCKING.md
https://adguard.com/en/adguard-android/overview.html
DNS66 also seems to be higly regarded, but it doesn't include a firewall. There are other firewall only apps, which work with the VPN method, but you can only run one VPN on Android at a time, so if you want both functions, without root, you need an app that does both.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-dns66-source-host-ad-blocker-root-t3487497
Anyway, that's my plan until root comes along. Then I will go back to AdAway and AFWall+.

There is no kernel source released for the Pixel 2/XL yet. It is based on the 4.4 kernel, this should make development very smooth.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2/development/psa-fastboot-booting-bad-image-confuse-t3692932

Xiaomi M11 Ultra, Cannot restore. TWRP?

Ok here we go. I bought this new. I did a deleted Magisk which I should of not done. Somehow the root is screwed up. I am trying to get in the phone to restore it to like I bought it. There was an issue when I bought it with Magisk. Something about it needed to be an app. Anyway, When I do a reboot I have a choice of Reboot, Recovery, Soft Reboot , Bootloader. I want to flash a rom again and fix the Magisk so it has no errors. I have read and tried the different way to do this. I installed TWRP but cannot get it to come up on a boot because there is no home button on my phone. Any suggestions?

You can start from scratch and install the official ROM that's supposed to be on your phone via miflash
Then you can start fresh on ROM of your choice and clean install of twrp and magisk etc

Dash Riprock said:
Ok here we go. I bought this new. I did a deleted Magisk which I should of not done. Somehow the root is screwed up. I am trying to get in the phone to restore it to like I bought it. There was an issue when I bought it with Magisk. Something about it needed to be an app. Anyway, When I do a reboot I have a choice of Reboot, Recovery, Soft Reboot , Bootloader. I want to flash a rom again and fix the Magisk so it has no errors. I have read and tried the different way to do this. I installed TWRP but cannot get it to come up on a boot because there is no home button on my phone. Any suggestions?
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U shouldn't do what u dont really know from beginning
Way to fix your problem: download miflash and fastboot rom file to flash it to stock rom (any region u want because of unlocked bootloader)

hungragezone said:
U shouldn't do what u dont really know from beginning
Way to fix your problem: download miflash and fastboot rom file to flash it to stock rom (any region u want because of unlocked bootloader)
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I was wanting to unroot the phone and it was supposed to unroot it when you uninstall Magisk. There already was an issue with Magisk from the start wanting it to be an app instead of a system app. Things went down from there. I have fastboot, recovery on it now. Just want to be able to download some apps that won't install because of root detection. Now I have a corrupted root thanks to Magisk.

speedtripler said:
You can start from scratch and install the official ROM that's supposed to be on your phone via miflash
Then you can start fresh on ROM of your choice and clean install of twrp and magisk etc
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I cannot find Hermes on the site. M11 Ultra is my phone. Redmi Note 2 .

speedtripler said:
You can start from scratch and install the official ROM that's supposed to be on your phone via miflash
Then you can start fresh on ROM of your choice and clean install of twrp and magisk etc
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If I could find my Rom that would be nice.

Dash Riprock said:
If I could find my Rom that would be nice.
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You don't sound like you have put in much effort tbh
You should read more and watch some of those video tutorials before doing things that break your phone

The phone is not bricked. I cannot find the firmware for this phone. Weird. I have looked a a lot of firmware and cannot find one for this phone. it says M11 Ultra and Redmi Note 2 (hermes) the Android OS is 10 but the hermes I see are 5.0. Too old os. I do watch the videos. When I got this phone it already was not right with the rooting it came with. I did not want rooting because I cannot download certain apps I use. I went through the steps to delete root through deleting Magisk but from there it went to ****. The phone works. But there is corrupted root and fastboot keeps tapping out when I boot to it. Also Magisk was updated to 23.1 at the start and there was a conflict with that. Had I known this phone was rooted I would of never bought it. Also not sure if bootloader is open. My PC sees it just fine communicating with the phone through a program I have not figure out. What I have tried does not work. I don't need an ass chewing here. I just asked for some help. Thanks

speedtripler said:
You don't sound like you have put in much effort tbh
You should read more and watch some of those video tutorials before doing things that break your phone
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Yes I have put effort for a week now. I assume I need the fastboot rom to get this. I cannot get TWRP to even come up on the phone. Fastboot always does.

speedtripler said:
You don't sound like you have put in much effort tbh
You should read more and watch some of those video tutorials before doing things that break your phone
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I also want to add there is no where in the developer options that I can turn on the OEM. What I watch on the videos is NOT on the phone I have. I do have debug on the computer sees the phone. thats it.

Dash Riprock said:
The phone is not bricked. I cannot find the firmware for this phone. Weird. I have looked a a lot of firmware and cannot find one for this phone. it says M11 Ultra and Redmi Note 2 (hermes) the Android OS is 10 but the hermes I see are 5.0. Too old os. I do watch the videos. When I got this phone it already was not right with the rooting it came with. I did not want rooting because I cannot download certain apps I use. I went through the steps to delete root through deleting Magisk but from there it went to ****. The phone works. But there is corrupted root and fastboot keeps tapping out when I boot to it. Also Magisk was updated to 23.1 at the start and there was a conflict with that. Had I known this phone was rooted I would of never bought it. Also not sure if bootloader is open. My PC sees it just fine communicating with the phone through a program I have not figure out. What I have tried does not work. I don't need an ass chewing here. I just asked for some help. Thanks
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Fake phone. It Isn't a real Mi11 Ultra. Just some sh1tty phone try to fake 11U
And im sure that u will not be able to fix this phone here. Just throw it away

Dash Riprock said:
Yes I have put effort for a week now. I assume I need the fastboot rom to get this. I cannot get TWRP to even come up on the phone. Fastboot always does.
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Check and make sure "USB Debugging" is on under Developer Options. Once this done, from the command prompt, execute "adb reboot recovery". This will take you to recovery (TWRP in your case).

Dash Riprock said:
I also want to add there is no where in the developer options that I can turn on the OEM. What I watch on the videos is NOT on the phone I have. I do have debug on the computer sees the phone. thats it.
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When you get to Setting, in the search bar type "OEM" and it will list "OEM Unlocking" in the search result. Clicking on this should help you get to OEM Unlocking option.

Dash Riprock said:
The phone is not bricked. I cannot find the firmware for this phone. Weird. I have looked a a lot of firmware and cannot find one for this phone. it says M11 Ultra and Redmi Note 2 (hermes) the Android OS is 10 but the hermes I see are 5.0. Too old os. I do watch the videos. When I got this phone it already was not right with the rooting it came with. I did not want rooting because I cannot download certain apps I use. I went through the steps to delete root through deleting Magisk but from there it went to ****. The phone works. But there is corrupted root and fastboot keeps tapping out when I boot to it. Also Magisk was updated to 23.1 at the start and there was a conflict with that. Had I known this phone was rooted I would of never bought it. Also not sure if bootloader is open. My PC sees it just fine communicating with the phone through a program I have not figure out. What I have tried does not work. I don't need an ass chewing here. I just asked for some help. Thanks
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How much did you pay for it?
It cannot be a Redmi note 2 and a mi 11 ultra at the same time....
It sounds like the other said, a fake phone

speedtripler said:
How much did you pay for it?
It cannot be a Redmi note 2 and a mi 11 ultra at the same time....
It sounds like the other said, a fake phone
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Paid around $100 When I go to the settings it says device model M11 Ultra, BUT when I go to Regulatory Information it says Model Redmi Note 2 IC: hermes . Here is the link of the phone I bought. Again I cannot find the for sure Firmware for this. Not sure it is the right firmware. https://www.ebay.com/itm/144199997051?hash=item2192fd567b:g:MagAAOSwakdhP9I7

archer797 said:
When you get to Setting, in the search bar type "OEM" and it will list "OEM Unlocking" in the search result. Clicking on this should help you get to OEM Unlocking option.
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Did that. Nothing. Blank screen no results.

hungragezone said:
Fake phone. It Isn't a real Mi11 Ultra. Just some sh1tty phone try to fake 11U
And im sure that u will not be able to fix this phone here. Just throw it away
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This is the phone. Check it out. Thanks https://www.ebay.com/itm/144199997051?hash=item2192fd567b:g:MagAAOSwakdhP9I7

Dash Riprock said:
This is the phone. Check it out. Thanks https://www.ebay.com/itm/144199997051?hash=item2192fd567b:g:MagAAOSwakdhP9I7
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The phone works fine but its rooted and I don't want root. This all started because I followed what it said about removing root. Just do it through Magisk. That did NOT work. From there corrupt root. As for phone It works. But I cannot use my banking and investment apps on a rooted phone. That is the problem.

Dash Riprock said:
This is the phone. Check it out. Thanks https://www.ebay.com/itm/144199997051?hash=item2192fd567b:g:MagAAOSwakdhP9I7
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fake phone
confirmed
/btw: M11 not Mi 11 rofl

MTK6595, not much hope of resolving this without getting hold of seller and finding out the ROM producer and probably flashing again on a formatted system ( there are so many but a search on a browser may help). Flashing MTK systems are not hard, just need the correct ROM and leave it unrooted using SP flash tools. There are plenty of rooting bids for mtk's, so may be you can unroot too using the guides from a browser search. Unless you can return as an item not as described for a refund.

Moto One 5G Ace Rooted with TWRP using stock Firmware

First of all, I am not a dev and this write up contains steps used by various devs to achieve fulll root. For some, these steps have worked out well. But, not for me. I had issues with some of the steps not fully working as they should, so I did some research until I could piece together something that worked for me. Here's what I did and managed to get fully rooted using the boot.img from the stock firmware after doing all the steps from this link Articul8Madness's Rooting Guide and couldn't get full root access even after using the steps from this link Articul8Madness's Guide for R/W Access. As I have said, these steps worked for most people. I wasn't one of them.
I followed the steps up to the step where the boot.img is modded by Magisk. This is where I omitted using the modded boot.img and used the original boot.img from the stock firmware and I then ran the flashfile script as mentioned in the steps. After everything was applied I then, rebooted the phone, started setup, disabled System Updates, and I then proceeded to install TWRP using the steps from this link https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KZ0xhstQ9V_7TYt3xs7P5XdroYX61CEA after opening Minimal ADB and Fastboot applying these scripts
adb reboot fastboot
then apply this
fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.5.2_10-kiev.img
I then rebooted into recovery and installed TWRP to all available partitions. I then installed Magisk, enabled Systemless Hosts in settings, and rebooted. Afterwards, I used the steps here Munjeni's RW in Super Partition Tool to get RW in super partitions after downloading and using superrepack. I had omitted the ./superrepack /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/super system_a in order to have it applied to all available partitions. Everything worked out great. I then rebooted, updated Magisk, installed Root Checker and Root Explorer with Superuser root access. I then installed Adaway from https://github.com/AdAway/AdAway and clicking on the Get It On AdAway image. Anything that requires root access here on out, can now be installed. As for the SafetyNet issue, I have not had any problem with it at all even though the check had failed. All is now working well and I sincerely hope that this guide will help others as it have helped me. I may have done this write up but, all credits goes to the true devs.
Time for devs to start making custom Roms now that TWRP can be installed.

Your first link doesn't work for me. The Adaway link works. FYI.

RETIEF said:
Your first link doesn't work for me. The Adaway link works. FYI.
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WOW!!! I see what I did wrong. All links are now working.

Hi there. As i understand Windows PC is required for this unlocking? Any idea on Linux emulated on Chrome OS?

eurovive said:
Hi there. As i understand Windows PC is required for this unlocking? Any idea on Linux emulated on Chrome OS?
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Sorry, but you will have to ask one of the Devs in the links that I've provided in the OP. Perhaps they are more suited to help with that.

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Hi there. As i understand Windows PC is required for this unlocking? Any idea on Linux emulated on Chrome OS?
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Linux will work fine. All the commands required are done thru a terminal session. Use a text editor to get the long unlock code from the phone.
Good luck.

Ok about terminal. I used cmd , but bootloader cannot be unlocked official way nor at&t unlockable coz i don't live in usa.I will try 3rd party helpers.

iceman19631 said:
First of all, I am not a dev...
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You did a fantastic job. This worked perfectly. Some notes:
1) You must install the Motorola device driver in Windows. Doesn't work with leftover drivers that seem to communicate just fine with the phone.
2) You have to unlock the bootloader via Motorola's website if it is locked. Key step not communicated: when you enter in the code to unlock at the computer with a fastboot command the phone will ask you to confirm that you want it unlocked. If you don't look at your phone and answer the question it will time out.
3) When you boot into TWRP it will ask for a password if you have a screen lock set. The password is your screen lock. No big deal.
4) Once you are in TWRP install the Magisk Zip file and let it do its magic.
5) Enjoy a fully unlocked stock firmware. It's awesome.
Thanks again.

egalambos said:
You did a fantastic job. This worked perfectly. Some notes:
1) You must install the Motorola device driver in Windows. Doesn't work with leftover drivers that seem to communicate just fine with the phone.
2) You have to unlock the bootloader via Motorola's website if it is locked. Key step not communicated: when you enter in the code to unlock at the computer with a fastboot command the phone will ask you to confirm that you want it unlocked. If you don't look at your phone and answer the question it will time out.
3) When you boot into TWRP it will ask for a password if you have a screen lock set. The password is your screen lock. No big deal.
4) Once you are in TWRP install the Magisk Zip file and let it do its magic.
5) Enjoy a fully unlocked stock firmware. It's awesome.
Thanks again.
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You're very welcome. And thanks for the added info, I forgot to add that in the steps. Thanks again.

iceman19631 said:
You're very welcome. And thanks for the added info, I forgot to add that in the steps. Thanks again.
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Any plans for an update to 3.6.0 for Android 11??

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Any plans for an update to 3.6.0 for Android 11??
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Sorry for the late reply. I really haven't decided yet if I'll update to Android 11. I would imagine it'll be rooted in the same manner. If I could get ahold of the US version, I may give it a shot.

iceman19631 said:
Sorry for the late reply. I really haven't decided yet if I'll update to Android 11. I would imagine it'll be rooted in the same manner. If I could get ahold of the US version, I may give it a shot.
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I've update to android 11 and am continuing to use your version of twrp but it's off a little bit in terms of the partitions it loads. Seems to work otherwise.

egalambos said:
I've update to android 11 and am continuing to use your version of twrp but it's off a little bit in terms of the partitions it loads. Seems to work otherwise.
egalambos said:
I've update to android 11 and am continuing to use your version of twrp but it's off a little bit in terms of the partitions it loads. Seems to work otherwise.
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I don't have an answer for that at this time since I'm still on 10. That'd be too much like a blind man in a desert looking for shade and telling another which way to go.

Greetings, I have a few questions. re the Moto G 5G (One 5G Ace)
I've not found a TWRP for this phone yet which were you using?
In other phones it was important to backup the IMEI (EFS ) and 'persistent' partitions. Do we not do that with this phone as well?
Thx in advance

Sorry for the late reply. I used this version of TWRP twrp-3.5.2_10-kiev.img. As far as the IMEI (EFS) question, it wasn't required when using this root process. However, you can back those up if you like.