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[GUIDE] New Root Method for LG Devices FORUMS

By Unjusti ed Dev, Recognized Developer on 9th March 2015, 03:57 AM
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Code:

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I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,

thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.

Original Guide

Prerequisites
1.) Download LG Root
2.) Download LG Drivers

3.) A micro USB cable connected to your PC

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3.) A micro USB cable connected to your PC

4.) Your device must be unencrypted
5.) Before you ask a question, make sure you looked at the pictures in the
guide.

1.) Download and unzip the LG_Root.zip in your preferred location

I chose the Desktop for my location

CLICK TO HIDE CONTENT

2.) Enable ADB debugging on your device

Go to Settings > About Phone > Software Information and tap build
number until you are presented with "You are now a developer"
Exit back to Settings main screen
In Developer Options enable USB Debugging (Some devices require
enabling PTP for debugging to work)

3.) In the root of LG_Root folder start a command prompt

Instructions may vary based on Window's version

Inside of LG_Root folder hold shift and right click a blank space you
should see "Open command window here"

CLICK TO HIDE CONTENT

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4.) Now that we have a command prompt running in the root of the
folder let's get started. (Commands are copy+paste unless speci ed)

Let's make sure our device is connected

Code:
adb.exe devices

CLICK TO HIDE CONTENT

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5.) Great! My device is connected let's continue, we need to get the les
onto the device used for this root method.

In the same command prompt let's execute another command

Code:
&& adb.exe push lg_root.sh /data/local/tmp && adb.exe push UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip /data/local/tmp

CLICK TO HIDE CONTENT

6.) Well that was easy , let's continue (Now that we have the les on our
device we want to put our device is download mode)

(Note this method may vary from device to device)

Power o your device
When the device is powered o , hold volume up and insert a USB
cable connected to the PC
Wait for the drivers to install

7.) We're almost done (you've managed to get in download mode)

CLICK TO HIDE CONTENT

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8.) Let's nd which COM port our device is connected to

Double click ports.bat (This will give us the COM port in which our
device is connected we are looking for the Diag port)

You may exit this command prompt when you have your COM port
number, keep the other command prompt open

CLICK TO HIDE CONTENT

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9.) Let's Begin! (Keep the device in Download mode)

Let's run Send_Command.exe (It couldn't connect? Make sure you

COM port number is correct it varies)
Code:
Send_Command.exe \\.\COM4

CLICK TO SHOW CONTENT

10.) Final Step!!!!!! (We must run the root script)

Code:
sh /data/local/tmp/lg_root.sh dummy 1 /data/local/tmp/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip /data/local/tmp/busybox

CLICK TO SHOW CONTENT

11.) We're done

You may pull the battery to get the device out of Download mode

Credit
All credit goes to @jgkim nd a post and thank this guy for posting the
method.
Thank @high247 for ports.bat

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