I've had this phone since launch with the hopes of rooting and being able to use other roms etc. but I've not attempted any of the guides posted on the g7 as almost all of them either exclude the verizon model or dont specifically detail the necessary changes to the guides for the verizon model. And yet other guides state the verizon model can indeed be unlocked and rooted however broken download links and multiple issues noted by users riddle the posts. Point in the right direction? Is there a clear step by step guide on going from a stock us verizon lg g7 to having an unlocked bootloader with root access? Or is this still impossible on this model?
The issue with Verizon model is that the fastboot is disabled by default, AFAIK. So try crossflashing another location's firmware or simply ULM (Unlocked). After that you will be able to get to fastboot but, again rooting phones isn't as easy as it used to be before. If you want I can write a dummy guide that explains every step of the procedure but I think most guides are mediocre and you can use them to unlock your phone/root if you have previous experience with newer devices. So try this first : https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g7-thinq/how-to/cross-flash-oreo-pie-firmwares-lg-g7-g7-t3915303 to cross flash your phone. Then follow the guide here : https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g7-thinq/how-to/howto-unlock-bootloader-root-g7s-t-mo-t4077105 . Feel free to ask me questions. Beware that you will lose all data so do your backup first. I can NOT help you if you brick your device, since I haven't bricked mine yet, but supposedly crossflash method should save your device in that case. Also make sure that your phone is unlocked by Verizon before attempting any of this since you may lose network connectivity. Cheers.
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Thank you for your explanation on root for the Verizon model. Can I root my T-MOBILE LG-G7 without erasing everything? I have about 6 GB of photos and videos on my internal memory I wish to recover!
marstonpear said:
The issue with Verizon model is that the fastboot is disabled by default, AFAIK. So try crossflashing another location's firmware or simply ULM (Unlocked). After that you will be able to get to fastboot but, again rooting phones isn't as easy as it used to be before. If you want I can write a dummy guide that explains every step of the procedure but I think most guides are mediocre and you can use them to unlock your phone/root if you have previous experience with newer devices. So try this first : https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g7-thinq/how-to/cross-flash-oreo-pie-firmwares-lg-g7-g7-t3915303 to cross flash your phone. Then follow the guide here : https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g7-thinq/how-to/howto-unlock-bootloader-root-g7s-t-mo-t4077105 . Feel free to ask me questions. Beware that you will lose all data so do your backup first. I can NOT help you if you brick your device, since I haven't bricked mine yet, but supposedly crossflash method should save your device in that case. Also make sure that your phone is unlocked by Verizon before attempting any of this since you may lose network connectivity. Cheers.
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It gives an error download fail:firehose fail......
As said befor... Wooting will wipe everyting. Just make a backup... Upload it to Google drive or somting
Artaid said:
Thank you for your explanation on root for the Verizon model. Can I root my T-MOBILE LG-G7 without erasing everything? I have about 6 GB of photos and videos on my internal memory I wish to recover!
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So you got the Edge S and want GApps? Basically you unlock your bootloader, root with Magisk, then install MagiskGApps.
DISCLAIMER: UNLOCKING YOUR BOOTLOADER MAY VOID YOUR WARRANTY, AND DOING ALL THESE THINGS IN THIS GUIDE MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE/BRICKING YOUR PHONE. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING YOU DO TO YOUR PHONE. PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK.
1. Unlock the bootloader: that should be doable with their global bootloader unlock website here.
2. Download Lenovo Motoroa Smart Assistant (Rescue and Smart Assistant), and follow its instructions to "rescue" your device. It will lead you to boot into bootloader mode and download the firmware. Find the firmware file via the LMSA's downloads (should have a "show folder" button). You'll need the boot.img file for Magisk.
3. Download Magisk, then follow its instructions. You'll have to copy the boot.img to your device, then use Magisk to patch the boot file, then copy the modified one to your PC.
4. You'll need fastboot. If you don't have it already, you can download the Android SDK platform tools here. Then go into the folder, Shift+Right Click the folder, then "Open Command Prompt" or "Open PowerShell," you should have something close to one of those two. Copy your Magisk modified .img file to that folder, then you'll want to input:
fastboot flash boot [modified .img file]
Once that completes, you should see in large text, "Start" on your phone next to the power button. Press the power button, and it should boot, and you should have root now.
5. Download MagiskGApps to your phone, open Magisk on your phone, click the button that looks like a puzzle piece at the bottom of the screen, "Modules." Click "Install from storage," locate the MagiskGApps file, and install it. After that it will ask you to restart your phone, do that, then you'll just have to be patient as it takes time once its restarted to load everything. You also may need to update some or all of the apps, then you should be able to use the notification to finish setting up the phone with Google Setup.
Thanks to Motorola for making it easy to unlock their bootloaders
Thanks to the whole Magisk team for making an easy, awesome root (and more!)
Thanks to Wacko1805 (and team?) for making MagiskGApps. This is really awesome.
unlock the BL and get root is will make some apps fingerprint and face ID fail?
kimker said:
unlock the BL and get root is will make some apps fingerprint and face ID fail?
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Magisk has a "Magisk Hide" which will allow it to pass SafetyNet, and most things which check on device security will think the device is secure. But unlocking BL and rooting does make the device less secure, and therefore incurs its own risks apart from bricking or damaging the device.
HopelesRomantc91 said:
Magisk has a "Magisk Hide" which will allow it to pass SafetyNet, and most things which check on device security will think the device is secure. But unlocking BL and rooting does make the device less secure, and therefore incurs its own risks apart from bricking or damaging the device.
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yes, i knew the unlock and root will take risk.. but not sure is Payment business apps using fingerprint will work normal.
kimker said:
yes, i knew the unlock and root will take risk.. but not sure is Payment business apps using fingerprint will work normal.
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Google Pay works. But according to the Motorola website you should be able to relock the bootloader if yours doesn't work. But there's never any guarantee. If you need your device secure, recommend don't unlock bl or root, or wait to see if there's a root option without bootloader unlock that can be easily undone.
HopelesRomantc91 said:
Google Pay works. But according to the Motorola website you should be able to relock the bootloader if yours doesn't work. But there's never any guarantee. If you need your device secure, recommend don't unlock bl or root, or wait to see if there's a root option without bootloader unlock that can be easily undone.
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I saw that someone’s edge s had unlocked the BL and Flash G100 firmware and everything worked normally, and then tried to lock the BL again, but it was unsuccessful and the system could not start. The flashing tool does not recognize the machine.
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I saw that someone’s edge s had unlocked the BL and Flash G100 firmware and everything worked normally, and then tried to lock the BL again, but it was unsuccessful and the system could not start. The flashing tool does not recognize the machine.
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That's not good. Hopefully they can restore it back somehow. With this guide to unlock and flash gapps why would you need to flash G100 though? This seems to be itright now without one of rom developer's releases to get root & apps. For me this is all i would look for. Titanium backup on it and restore.. done until PE rom comes out.
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I saw that someone’s edge s had unlocked the BL and Flash G100 firmware and everything worked normally, and then tried to lock the BL again, but it was unsuccessful and the system could not start. The flashing tool does not recognize the machine.
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I would think yes, if you flash different firmware, locking the BL would likely cause problems. It's very difficult to do anything w/o unlocked bootloader, except sometimes rooting is doable. That's pretty much the behavior I expect. If they come to this subforum, we might be able to help.
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I would think yes, if you flash different firmware, locking the BL would likely cause problems. It's very difficult to do anything w/o unlocked bootloader, except sometimes rooting is doable. That's pretty much the behavior I expect. If they come to this subforum, we might be able to help.
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thank you. They did not ask for help. It seems that the lock BL is a self-verification switch, and then performs a verification system integrity.
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I would think yes, if you flash different firmware, locking the BL would likely cause problems. It's very difficult to do anything w/o unlocked bootloader, except sometimes rooting is doable. That's pretty much the behavior I expect. If they come to this subforum, we might be able to help.
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I'm curious,If you unlock and flash other firmware and then flash back to the original firmware, can it be locked again?
Mine doesn't let me unlock its BL. I've got unlock code from moto and did a factory reset with SIM card in slot 1. After enabling developer mode and debugging the switch still is greyed out. So no chance to unlock it.
Has anyone got an idea what to try now?
Moto support answered yesterday to my request but also no solution since I told them that it doesn't work
Device is not branded. I got it from Amazon so no provider branding.
If this won't be able to be unlocked and rooted I'll have to return it and switch to a Google Pixel.
kischde said:
Mine doesn't let me unlock its BL. I've got unlock code from moto and did a factory reset with SIM card in slot 1. After enabling developer mode and debugging the switch still is greyed out. So no chance to unlock it.
Has anyone got an idea what to try now?
Moto support answered yesterday to my request but also no solution since I told them that it doesn't work
Device is not branded. I got it from Amazon so no provider branding.
If this won't be able to be unlocked and rooted I'll have to return it and switch to a Google Pixel.
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I had the same issue, you need to factory reset WITH your sim card in the phone, this will let you open the OEM unlock slide thing in the dev mode.
Then once its done you can fastboot and unlock the bootloader.
I did so, maybe I explained not so well. SIM was inserted and then I did factory reset by starting it from settings. After restart it's still the same - switch / unlock slider greyed out.
kischde said:
I did so, maybe I explained not so well. SIM was inserted and then I did factory reset by starting it from settings. After restart it's still the same - switch / unlock slider greyed out.
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On my OG Pixel XL, I had to wait 7 days for the slider to become normal. By the time I got around to do it on the Edge S it was about the same time.... could be related
Now as you said that I remember that thingy with another device. Maybe a Xiaomi I think... With that I had to wait several days until the unlock code was delivered.
But there was a message, too, when trying to get it sooner, which said you needed to wait some more time.
Not sure if it's the the same for Moto devices? Then again, when thinking that you experienced the same with a Pixel, too...
Did anyone else make such an experience with his/her g100?
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Now as you said that I remember that thingy with another device. Maybe a Xiaomi I think... With that I had to wait several days until the unlock code was delivered.
But there was a message, too, when trying to get it sooner, which said you needed to wait some more time.
Not sure if it's the the same for Moto devices? Then again, when thinking that you experienced the same with a Pixel, too...
Did anyone else make such an experience with his/her g100?
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Make sure your on the latest OTA, Lenovo made a mistake on previous versions with the OEM Unlocking function not being enabled. They fixed it in latest ota.
RSA tool said the file I uploaded yesterday is the latest one available (and it's exactly the same as the installed version).
The device was released just a few days ago in Europe. Perhaps they fixed the unlock switch in other regions and still need to fix it in Europe..
Will wait until weekend if they come up with a solution. If not I'm afraid I have to return the device as I need it personally AND professionally, too - I'm field agent, so.... :/
HopelesRomantc91 said:
I would think yes, if you flash different firmware, locking the BL would likely cause problems. It's very difficult to do anything w/o unlocked bootloader, except sometimes rooting is doable. That's pretty much the behavior I expect. If they come to this subforum, we might be able to help.
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The poor guy whose phone turned bricks went to the after-sales department of moto, and the answer was that he needed to replace the phone motherboard. .
kimker said:
The poor guy whose phone turned bricks went to the after-sales department of moto, and the answer was that he needed to replace the phone motherboard. .
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Ouch...
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I'm curious,If you unlock and flash other firmware and then flash back to the original firmware, can it be locked again?
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I would assume so, but I don't really know why anyone would want to relock.
Okay, so the only threads I've found about unlocking the bootloader and flashing a custom recovery/rooting involves going to the website and requesting a bootloader unlock token code, which obviously notifies TMOUS and OnePlus that I've unlocked my bootloader and voided my warranty. On the 7 Pro, if you were SIM unlocked, you could use MSM Tool and flash an international Oxygen OS and once you did that you could enter the developer tools menu and toggle OEM Unlock, then reboot into fastboot and fastboot oem unlock, without the need for a token code, thus preserving your warranty. (If you needed warranty service you only needed to MSM flash the original stock TMOUS Oxygen OS, which could be done no matter the state of the phone so long as you had a working USB-C/charging port and could boot into edl mode)
Is there a particular reason this does not work with the OnePlus 9? I was under the impression that OnePlus had no intentions of fixing this "work around" because they were displeased at TMOUS for insisting on the extra step of the token code and were just fine with honoring the warranty so long as the device was flashed back to stock, they even avoided a hardware trigger/counter like other OEMs do to try to catch people unlocking their bootloader and flashing back to stock. So it feels really strange that they wouldn't leave some method for us to unlock the bootloader without voiding the warranty.
Did you look?
Convert T-Mobile OnePlus 9 to Global (or other) firmware
** USE THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK. ** READ THROUGH THE STEPS BEFORE ATTEMPTING. IF AT ANY POINT WHILE READING THESE STEPS YOU GET CONFUSED, YOU PROBABLY SHOULDN'T ATTEMPT THIS. ** BACKUP YOUR FILES AND APP DATA AS THIS WILL WIPE YOUR PHONE. ** BACKUP...
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Did you look?
Convert T-Mobile OnePlus 9 to Global (or other) firmware
** USE THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK. ** READ THROUGH THE STEPS BEFORE ATTEMPTING. IF AT ANY POINT WHILE READING THESE STEPS YOU GET CONFUSED, YOU PROBABLY SHOULDN'T ATTEMPT THIS. ** BACKUP YOUR FILES AND APP DATA AS THIS WILL WIPE YOUR PHONE. ** BACKUP...
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EDIT: SORRY!! I didn't notice you were linking to a specific reply, not the thread itself. Apparently it's possible to do exactly what I'm asking, now.
I sure did. Though I'm not sure *you* did. That literally says in the very beginning of the process that it requires an UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER. What I'm asking for is whether or not it's possible to switch to a global OOS *first* so that I can unlock the bootloader without requesting the token code and voiding my warranty, as could be done with the OP7 Pro.
Rooting question.
I just purchased a new Pixel 4a and wish to root it. It came with android 11.
I'm following the excellent guide in this section to do so and have some questions because I'm afraid of bricking it like my last phone.
1. I purchased the phone from BestBuy as 'unlocked'. Yet step '8' (it's misnumbered) says to 'Unlock the bootloader'. But this phone was purchased unlocked. Do I still need to unlock the bootloader a second time? Won't that do something bad?
Thank you.
The "unlocked" that best buy mentions is that it is unlocked so you can use any "carrier" - that is not the same "lock" that the tutorial is talking about.
The "unlock" mentioned in the tutorial is the "bootloader" which needs to be unlocked to flash new images.
Thank you. I had mistakenly assumed they were both about the bootloader.
Thank you for clarifying.
I'm looking to purchase this tablet, but want to be sure I can root it before doing so.
The one I'm looking at has the MediaTek Kompanio 1300T processor
I just want to be sure i can remove any factory installed apps, and can install magisk (or similar for tablet) and adblock.
i don't necessarily care about a custom ROM, but lineageOS or AOSP would be a good option, if available.
Thanks
JustinChase said:
I'm looking to purchase this tablet, but want to be sure I can root it before doing so.
The one I'm looking at has the MediaTek Kompanio 1300T processor
I just want to be sure i can remove any factory installed apps, and can install magisk (or similar for tablet) and adblock.
i don't necessarily care about a custom ROM, but lineageOS or AOSP would be a good option, if available.
Thanks
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The second response on the FAQ for this model has some good information about rooting. The process should be the same if you have the Official global version.
TB132FU - FAQ and How to's
Read carefully: This is a dedicated post for general questions only. If you need technical support about flashing or restoring your device, please use the general topic for TB132FU. Please search for your question below before asking. NEW: How...
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The second response on the FAQ for this model has some good information about rooting. The process should be the same if you have the Official global version.
TB132FU - FAQ and How to's
Read carefully: This is a dedicated post for general questions only. If you need technical support about flashing or restoring your device, please use the general topic for TB132FU. Please search for your question below before asking. NEW: How...
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Thank you, that was very helpful. I ordered one from Lenovo directly.
Hello,
My is arrived today how about rooting and instruction for it ?
Turns out, it wasn't possible. I returned mine for this reason
jacobobbo said:
Hello,
My is arrived today how about rooting and instruction for it ?
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Don't worry about OEM unlocking
Just go ahead and go to bootloader and enter
Code:
fastboot flashing unlock
and you're greeted with a bootloader unlock warning
mingkee said:
Don't worry about OEM unlocking
Just go ahead and go to bootloader and enter
Code:
fastboot flashing unlock
and you're greeted with a bootloader unlock warning
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Not in my case. Without the ability to toggle OEM unlocking in settings, all efforts to unlock via fastboot (and everything else I tried) were unsuccessful.
i gave up and returned it.
Hopefully @jacobobbo has better luck than I did.
JustinChase said:
Not in my case. Without the ability to toggle OEM unlocking in settings, all efforts to unlock via fastboot (and everything else I tried) were unsuccessful.
i gave up and returned it.
Hopefully @jacobobbo has better luck than I did.
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I'd use P11 Pro OG if you want to root it because I did it on mine to fix cable content stuttering problem
I don't care L1/L3 because I don't play Netflix on it
JustinChase said:
Not in my case. Without the ability to toggle OEM unlocking in settings, all efforts to unlock via fastboot (and everything else I tried) were unsuccessful.
i gave up and returned it.
Hopefully @jacobobbo has better luck than I did.
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Are you sure ? I don't wanna brick my device
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Are you sure ? I don't wanna brick my device
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Yes, I tried several times. Nothing happened. It just doesn't unlock the bootloader.
There is another thread I've posted to about this with more stories from others.
I don't think there is much risk of bricking your device, but it is just unlikely to get rooted.
But, maybe you find something I did not and you will be successful.
I really liked the tablet, but refuse to be crippled by a manufacturer that pretends to be protecting me from ... I'm not sure what.
I rooted mine and it was a mistake.
I do not really gain anything out of it and now I cannot update my device anymore.
Do not do it.