Welp here I am once again guys making an announcement that rctd (or rct for short) is still on the v60 and checking our devices for root access and presumably slowing our devices down/killing our batteries with that stupid little service that only LG does to their phones. Creating this thread as a baseline and possible guide on stopping their root checker once again on our v60's.
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I think that I don't have much to write here. At a time when more and more smartphones android get an update to 2.2. LG ignores our phone - LG GT540 "Optimus".
But there is a chance that this petition will change anything Let's show for lg how many of us are. Signatures are free, so sign up today! Share also petition with family and friends.
Link to the petition:
Update LG GT540 to Froyo Petition
Help us - users of LG GT540!
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Action on facebook is fast approaching and I thought it worthwhile to attain the details to the end.
So...
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We would like to suggest a path for the future development of the LG Optimus GT540 smartphone.
Recent developments on the Android platform have made the 2.1 version of the OS outdated and might render that version obsolete in near future. Most of the current products sold by your competitors are running Android 2.2 and some are already getting updates to the new 2.3 version of OS software.
Optimus GT540 hardware specifications is impressive and should be able to run newer OS version and be more competitive overall. Sadly, the hardware is extremely limited by current software, preventing us users from utilising the full capbilities of your device. Furthermore, we are unable to make use of many applications available to other Android users, since the 2.2 system version is the minimum requirement for them.
Qualcomm recently announced official support for full Flash for MSM 7x27 processor, which the LG GT540 Optimus features, however full Flash requires Android version 2.2 or higher to run. This is one of the many reasons to upgrade our LG to Froyo.
Such update might also generate higher sales of LG smartphones. If people would know that a phone of this brand will have the proper manufacturer's support, updates to new versions of software etc, it is more likely that when finally upgrading to newer device these people will choose LG product again.
We believe that making your product competitive and extending your user base would serve LG's interest as well. As you know the Android platform is rapidly growing and updates are the key to that success.
We hope you will understand our concern and demand.
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Time of action:
23.07.2011 r. (Saturday)
hour: 18:00, time UTC +0:00 (in London 6:00pm, in Warsaw 19:00 etc.)
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http://facebook.com/LGUK?refid=0
lg profile until 23.07.2011, 15:00, time UTC+ 0:00.
In 2014-2015 it was the ZTE Zinger that was the $10 phone
Well the Zinger is dead but long live the new Zinger: the ZTE Paragon aka Z753G
http://www.zteusa.com/zte-paragon
It's the new $5 / $10 phone
Direct descendant of the ZTE Zinger / Whirl2 / Prelude2 / Salem
same dual-core cpu, same OS (kitkat)
(uses the exact same battery) Correction: very similar battery but slightly more narrow, not same fit
can start and run without a battery exactly like the zinger
But the paragon has improved 1GB of ram instead of old 512MB
also the screen is improved to bare minimum acceptable for 2016, 800x480 on 4 inches, vs the Zinger 3.5 inch 320x480
The Paragon is GSM, but there is also a CDMA model, the Zephyr Z752C:
http://www.zteusa.com/zte-zephyr
The Zinger was impossible to root - the old model Whirl2 with 4.3 could get partial root via ADB shell only. I suspect the Paragon and Zephyr will turn out the same.
ps. looks like the Sonata2 Z755 is directly related as well, same exact phone but with better glass and stereo speaker output? http://www.zteusa.com/zte-sonata-2
Does anyone know if this phone can be unlocked?
So no root for this phone? Too bad. Looks like a good phone for $10.
Based on our experience with the Zinger Z667T and Z667G, not only will this phone be unrootable, it will have write protected partitions.
Unless it turns out like the ZMAX where they missed something but I kinda doubt it.
_ck_ said:
Based on our experience with the Zinger Z667T and Z667G, not only will this phone be unrootable, it will have write protected partitions.
Unless it turns out like the ZMAX where they missed something but I kinda doubt it.
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Do you know why ZTE locked it down so hard? Is there a benefit for them to do that? Isn't locked bootloader make the phone harder to sell?
Handsome Jack said:
Do you know why ZTE locked it down so hard? Is there a benefit for them to do that? Isn't locked bootloader make the phone harder to sell?
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it probably allows them to sell themselves to phone carriers
When they can show the entire Z667 series has never been rooted or bootloader unlocked, they get the big leagues like T-Mobile and AT&T to show up and buy them for low-end sales of $10 phones
until the Z667 series, ZTE phones were pretty easy to root, the Concord became a little harder before it but even that fell eventually
Kinda surprised the zmax got rooted and bootloader unlocked, I thought it was a later generation but maybe not
Also remember after kitkat 4.4.4 many makes of phones have become very hard to root and bootloader unlocks a pipe dream
I got this phone for my 3 yr old kid because it was $5 - but I cannot figure out a way to even move apps to the SD card! It makes it pretty unusable. I've gone thru a few links about transferring apps using adb but that doesn't seem to work with this phone. Any thoughts about things I could try? Thanks
It may be possible to one-day root this device using the same technique that CrashXXL came up with for Motorola devices that have locked bootloaders. It's not simple but it is not that hard either once someone figures out what files need to be replaced and how to slide in supersu and busybox.
Basically he tricks the device to purposely brick by sending it commands under fastboot mode using pyserial.
That throws the device into qualcomm qload mode which is a very native way to flash to the rom that they use at the factory, etc. Qload drivers for windows x86/x64 are available.
Then he flashes very select parts over the rom with root/supersu in place using that qload mode.
That technique bypasses the write lock the bootloader does and also bypasses signature restrictions (however it does not allow for bypassing efuse and rom downgrades that are monitored by the bootloader)
Once you have root, even without write, you can then use xposed and gravitybox, etc. to make the rom do a lot of tricks normally found on cyanogenmod, etc.
For those that know what they are doing and know how to extract the existing rom using qualcom tools, you can look here to see what he does with the droid maxx/mini: http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-ultra/general/droid-mini-maxx-ultra-root-pogress-100-t3071609
his pyserial and batch files are in here: https://yadi.sk/d/p458Cy0XineRC/Python
qload drivers are here: https://yadi.sk/d/p458Cy0XineRC/QDLoad9008 Drivers
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It may be possible to one-day root this device using the same technique that CrashXXL came up with for Motorola devices that have locked bootloaders. It's not simple but it is not that hard either once someone figures out what files need to be replaced and how to slide in supersu and busybox.
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Looks interesting but definitely beyond my skill set. Thanks for the ideas.
Anything at all on being able to permanently root the ZTE Paragon? (Z753G) Phone has half-decent hardware specs except for the crappy storage (1gb). Sorry for resurrecting an (almost) dead thread, but didn't find anything else on the forums about it and was wondering if anyone came up with a solution.....
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Anything at all on being able to permanently root the ZTE Paragon? (Z753G) Phone has half-decent hardware specs except for the crappy storage (1gb). Sorry for resurrecting an (almost) dead thread, but didn't find anything else on the forums about it and was wondering if anyone came up with a solution.....
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Did you ever get your Paragon rooted?
Unfortunately, no. I gave up and spent a few dollars more and found a good buy on a Verizon Prepaid Moto E (2nd gen). Verizon locked their prepaid version of the Moto E down so I haven't been able to find a way to tinker with it (yet!), but it's still a great phone. My ZTE Is currently collecting dust now, and occasionally gets used for something like streaming Pandora, but that's about it nowadays.... It's a shame, really.
I am in need of a new phone and I am looking for suggestions for something that should be easily rootable?
Any device that using Android 5.0 and below and you just need Kingroot to root it easily.
I am no expert on Android but considering Android 5 came out in 2014 and we are now on Android 7 is it realistic to expect to find a new phone running Android 5?
Can you think of any?
Usually cheap chinese phones that are available on the market like Lenovo, Leagoo or etc. and some retailers still selling old Android models mostly from KitKat and Lollipop ones.
So unlikely for any phone that most people would be looking for. Also Kingroot is full of spyware/adware and hardly a good route to be considering in any case.
If not preferring Kingroot, you might want to find some devices that are using Snapdragon chipset, which are pretty easy to install most of custom roms. recoveries and etc. but requires a little bit higher than average android usage skills. Any device is using Android Marshmallow and above would require to use TWRP or similar custom recoveries to root the device, that's the only way to do it.
It sounds reasonable but my current Experia Z3 rooting attempt fell at the first hurdle because the bootloader unlocking option says 'NO'!
So the detail of the process is critical and general simplified methods are often far from it. Hence being very clear on the rooting method is more important than the phone spec.
I wasnt expecting simple answers here just methods of narrowing down the choices, so all information is helpful.
But it does seem I have to start from the exact phone and try to work backwards to find out rootability as I have no experience to draw on.
Anyone rooted a phone recently?
Well rooting Samsung phones with odin(flashing twrp from odin) is the simplest way in todays date.
I've read that the Nvidia Shield and the Nintendo Switch both use the TegraX1 chip, and that the bootrom exploit potentially applies to both. I was just wondering, because I was looking around this forum and noticed some devices being locked down over time.
The shield tablet uses the k1 chip not the x1 the shield tv uses the x1 but not the same stepping as the switch which got the newest stepping the Google nexus c had a x1 as does an acer chrome book but none of the above devices needed the boot hack the switch does.
And what would you do with the exploit ?? Shield is very open source and unlockable on its own. And btw, that exploit works on a specific batch of x1 chips, not on k1 if I understood correctly...
That's why I was asking, I wasn't too familiar with the things.
@fpozar Basically even if the things is unlockable on its own, an exploit like that could potentially circumvent any protections you have in place after unlocking.
But it seems like a moot point.
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That's why I was asking, I wasn't too familiar with the things.
@fpozar Basically even if the things is unlockable on its own, an exploit like that could potentially circumvent any protections you have in place after unlocking.
But it seems like a moot point.
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I don't think that's exactly how the things work, even if you did lock your bootloader the most you could do with the exploit would be a data wipe, because since data is software encrypted it can't be read. So your personal stuff is safe from being stolen
The xploit goes back *at least* until tegra 4, ouya console is vulnerable to it, so are all the unpatched nvidia socs older than Nintendo switch
Hi. Im looking for someone to root my LG Stylo 5. I've heard its easy but I've watched some videos and read some instructions and they all vary. I don't want it to be an additional app if that makes sense.