Rooting method for L3II,L5,L5II,L7,L7II,L9,L9II
Credits:
Masterkey exploit tool has been released by Saurik on his website http://cydiaimpactor.com all thanks to him.
Code:
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.
Requirements:
- Computer
- USB Cable
Procedure:
- Install latest LG Driver installed (available on LG website).
- Enable Developer Options on you Android device.
- Connect your device to the computer throught the USB cable.
- Download Cydia Impactor from http://www.cydiaimpactor.com .
- Extract the zip and run impactor.exe (with administrator right if you are on vista or later).
- Click on start.
- Wait some seconds
- Reboot
- Go to PlayStore and install SuperSu or get APK from ApkMirror
Tested Working on:
L5 E610 V20A 4.1.2
L5 E610 V20D 4.1.2
L7 P700 V20D 4.1.2
L7 P708 V20A 4.1.2
L9 P760 V10C 4.0.3
L9 P760 V10D 4.0.3
L9 P760 V20B 4.1.2
L9 P760 V20C 4.1.2
L9 P760 V20I 4.1.2
L9 P760 V20E 4.1.2
L9 P760 V20H 4.1.2
L9 P769 V20H 4.1.2
L5 II E460 V10I 4.1.2
L9 II D605 V10 A 4.1.2
Not Working on:
L5 E610 V20G or later
L7 P705G V20H or later
L7II P716 V10D or later
L9 P760 v20L or later
L9 P760 V20P
L5 E610 V20J
Recents updates:
Like some users reported LG fixed both masterkey exploit used by impactor to get root, so if you are running a recent firmware or you took an OTA this method may not work, impactor will return "SIGNATURE BUGS UNAVAILABLE"
Alternatives:
Look at Framaroot or TowelRoot
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