Yeah sry I was unclear.. All I want for now is to root my phone. Kingroot didn't work so I was going to try this method, but I'm kinda scared to brick it. For the firmware I found, I didn't have to enter my imei number..but it does match my version so it should work if something happens.
[Depreciated][GUIDE] how to root US LG G Stylo on 5.1.1 and unbrick :) updated on 9/2
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Yeah sry I was unclear.. All I want for now is to root my phone. Kingroot didn't work so I was going to try this method, but I'm kinda scared to brick it. For the firmware I found, I didn't have to enter my imei number..but it does match my version so it should work if something happens.
NP. Clarity isn't always where I start, either! Well, since you DO want to be careful, find the link which requires your IMEI, which should give you a little more confidence. You can be pretty sure of getting the LATEST ROM that way, with the latest OTA updates (which you certainly won't get after rooting). Just to let you know, I used the OP's instructions and files on my T-Mobile LG LEON, not the STYLO, so perhaps the fact that it works for more than one LG model means it's not a quirky method. It worked nicely. I think on one of my re-roots AFTER my flash of the latest ROM that I may have had to run some of the commands TWICE before they "took," but that was minor. Good luck.
Ok thanks for the response, so I did try this. I managed to get as far as the send command part, where I'm supposed to enter ( ls tmp ) but after that I get nothing. Not quite sure what I'm doing wrong.
One thing is that if I try to use the port marked as diag1..I only get fails when I push the files. So I use the other..which was port 27 for me.
Anyways, if I try to skip the ls tmp part and just type in the final command I simply get another #
Any ideas ?
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You've GOT to use the port marked as DIAG1. Not sure what the other port is linked to, but it shouldn't work. If you like, post your entire command line input and output, starting with the PORTS command, and I'll take a look, as will others, I'm sure.
Here's what I get with com28, I didn't go any further in the commands because it all failed.
When I use USB deview to look at my devices , COM27 appears as LGE mobile USB modem and COM28 as LGE mobile USB serial port. I'm not sure what to make of this info.
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Here's what I get with com28, I didn't go any further in the commands because it all failed.
When I use USB deview to look at my devices , COM27 appears as LGE mobile USB modem and COM28 as LGE mobile USB serial port. I'm not sure what to make of this info.
Show the output of PORTS command, please. You HAVE enabled DEVELOPER OPTIONS and Enabled OEM unlock, have you not?
Sry for being such a noob..but ports command ? I thought all I had to do was run ports.bat to see which port to use. After you mentioned OEM unlock I checked, and I did enable it before trying the procedure. I didn't go through any procedure to unlock bootloader or anything though..hope I didn't miss that part.
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Sorry. I MEANT Ports.bat. But I was confused by your command line output. Didn't see ports.bat output, but DID see you used adb devices -- WHY? but guess that shouldn't matter, but it wasn't in the OP's instructions. This was just dumb "cook booking it" for me on this phone. I was hoping you'd either added something from another "recipe" or skipped a line from the OP's instructions. If you've followed them to the "T" (and looks like you DID) then it SHOULD have worked, but clearly didn't. As I think I said, I had to REPEAT one or two steps before mine ran properly, and may have rebooted to download mode before trying again, but all ran as expected in the end, with the appropriate output. I'm sorry. I'm not sure what else to suggest. Someone else jump in and help here, please?
Alright thanks for the help It looks like it has something to do with my phone not connecting properly once in download mode..
It looks like it has something to do with my phone not connecting properly once in download mode..Alright thanks for the help
You DID install the LG drivers, no? That's the only thing I can think of at this point.
One last thing, a long shot: try SETTING the PORT via Control Panel to SOMETHING else. Anything not already in use and not already tried. Maybe...don't give up. But I am. Not my phone...LOL!
Yeah I might give it a try, also .. Maybe I have too much LG stuff installed ( LG flash tool, LG up , LG mobile support, LG air drive. Might clean up some of those lol
So I managed to get the green COM39 to light up in download mode using the method that @konsolen proposed on page 18 of this thread. Though I did it using LG bridge. Although I did make SOME progress, it still doesn't work. Here is what I get when I push files..
UNLK : FAIL
OPEN: FAIL
Where is says WRTE it worked ..I got back :WRTE with the file size and all.
CLSE: WRTE
So once I get to the send command and I type ls tmp is does nothing.. just another # doing it more than once doesn't do anything. Anyone has any ideas ?
UNLK : FAIL
OPEN: FAIL
Where is says WRTE it worked ..I got back :WRTE with the file size and all.
CLSE: WRTE
So once I get to the send command and I type ls tmp is does nothing.. just another # doing it more than once doesn't do anything. Anyone has any ideas ?
tried this method.. but where you have: " C:\Users\juan\Desktop\LG_Root>Push_File.exe \\.\COM11 busybox /tmp/busybox
Author : blog.lvu.kr
File : busybox
Path : /tmp/busybox
UNLK : FAIL
OPEN : OPEN
TOT FileSize : 1048328
i have : "C:\Users\juan\Desktop\LG_Root>Push_File.exe \\.\COM11 busybox /tmp/busybox
Author : blog.lvu.kr
File : busybox
Path : /tmp/busybox
UNLK : FAIL
OPEN : FAIL
TOT FileSize : 1048328" can you help?
Author : blog.lvu.kr
File : busybox
Path : /tmp/busybox
UNLK : FAIL
OPEN : OPEN
TOT FileSize : 1048328
i have : "C:\Users\juan\Desktop\LG_Root>Push_File.exe \\.\COM11 busybox /tmp/busybox
Author : blog.lvu.kr
File : busybox
Path : /tmp/busybox
UNLK : FAIL
OPEN : FAIL
TOT FileSize : 1048328" can you help?
Game Theory's one-click-root on post 46 worked great for me on LGMS631 Stylo 5.1.1 (MS63110j). Follow the instructions carefully. This was after Kingroot failed on the phone too.
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It did... but....
The One-click method here is still the easiest method of rooting LG Leon by far. (5.1.1) (ms345)(MS34510F_00). Just did it again today and it worked beautifully. Not sure why others some are saying you need to flash back to previous firmware (another thread.)
Hope this helps some lost souls.:fingers-crossed:
---------- Post added at 08:48 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:41 AM ----------
It did... but....
The One-click method here is still the easiest method of rooting LG Leon by far. (5.1.1) (ms345)(MS34510F_00). Just did it again today and it worked beautifully. Not sure why others some are saying you need to flash back to previous firmware (another thread.)
Hope this helps some lost souls.:fingers-crossed:
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Could this be used on the VM LG Tribute HD (LS676V3) running 6.0.1 root and bootloader access are air tight! temp root is close with dirty cow but still no joyIt has come to my attention that this will not work on latest OTA so please only use this if you have the mentioned android number...and I moved on to a LG G3
Attention if you try this and end up with a brick or your device transforms and tries to destroy you; it's not my fault you did this not me. So just read all of this thread not just the O.P to get out of a bind if you reply with "the thread is too long i wont read it please help" don't expect anything short of "there's a search bar use it"
Attention If you bricked via trying to root with the 5.0.2 method on 5.1.1 then just run what is below and you will have a fully working and rooted Stylo
Hello there I and Unjustified Dev have figured out how to root this puppy with the help of a video on YouTube so please read carefully and copy carefully ! (Thanks @Newyork! for helping me clean up my OP)
- Make sure you have a Windows PC
- Download the LG Drivers from here:
- Reboot your device into download mode (press and hold volume up and connect to a power source at the same time)
- Download this folder and unzip it to your desktop:
- Run ports.bat from within the extracted folder, to find your correct port (use the one with: LGVZANDNETDIAG1)
- In the LG_Root folder hold shift and right click and choose open command windows here
- Type
Code:Push_File.exe \\.\COM11 busybox /tmp/busybox
(Make sure your COM port number is correct, it varies)
it will then give you a message for example:
- Now type
(same deal as before)Code:Push_File.exe \\.\COM11 lg_root.sh /tmp/lg_root.sh- Now type
Code:Push_File.exe \\.\COM11 UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip /tmp/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip- Now type
Code:Send_Command.exe \\.\COM11- Now type the following
which will result in:Code:ls tmp
#ls tmp
FAIL- type again
And you will get the followingCode:ls tmp
UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip
busybox
lg_root.sh- Now type
Code:sh /tmp/lg_root.sh dummy 1 /tmp/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip /tmp/busybox
which should give you:
- Type
and press enter and let your device rebootCode:LEAVE- Don't brick your device now that you have root
edit: works on all known US Variants don't know about the Canadian or European ones (and cricket apparently)....
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65It has come to my attention that this will not work on latest OTA so please only use this if you have the mentioned android number...and I moved on to a LG G3
Attention if you try this and end up with a brick or your device transforms and tries to destroy you; it's not my fault you did this not me. So just read all of this thread not just the O.P to get out of a bind if you reply with "the thread is too long i wont read it please help" don't expect anything short of "there's a search bar use it"
Attention If you bricked via trying to root with the 5.0.2 method on 5.1.1 then just run what is below and you will have a fully working and rooted Stylo
Hello there I and Unjustified Dev have figured out how to root this puppy with the help of a video on YouTube so please read carefully and copy carefully ! (Thanks @Newyork! for helping me clean up my OP)
- Make sure you have a Windows PC
- Download the LG Drivers from here:
- Reboot your device into download mode (press and hold volume up and connect to a power source at the same time)
- Download this folder and unzip it to your desktop:
- Run ports.bat from within the extracted folder, to find your correct port (use the one with: LGVZANDNETDIAG1)
- In the LG_Root folder hold shift and right click and choose open command windows here
- Type
Code:
Push_File.exe \\.\COM11 busybox /tmp/busybox
(Make sure your COM port number is correct, it varies)
it will then give you a message for example:
- Now type
(same deal as before)Code:
Push_File.exe \\.\COM11 lg_root.sh /tmp/lg_root.sh - Now type
Code:
Push_File.exe \\.\COM11 UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip /tmp/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip - Now type
Code:
Send_Command.exe \\.\COM11 - Now type the following
which will result in:Code:
ls tmp
#ls tmp
FAIL - type again
And you will get the followingCode:ls tmp
UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip
busybox
lg_root.sh - Now type
Code:
sh /tmp/lg_root.sh dummy 1 /tmp/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip /tmp/busybox
which should give you:
- Type
and press enter and let your device rebootCode:
LEAVE - Don't brick your device now that you have root
edit: works on all known US Variants don't know about the Canadian or European ones (and cricket apparently)....7Will do, thanks for the heads up, much appreciated.
Here is One Click LP 5.1.1 Root
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i was just talking about this with @Unjustified Dev over Hangouts and seems the same process for T-Mobile / Metro as well so will be cool if that Title is edited for T-Mobile and Metro as well....
P.S. ill be testing process as soon i KDZ my stylo (Tmo) and proceed with TWRP (Custom Recovery) for T-mobile/Metro so you can edit OP with those steps and have a Universal Thread for all Stylos4
0k I CAN confirm that ROOT and TWRP (Custom Recovery) for T-MOBILE is a GO and pretty sure same for METRO :fingers-crossed: :good: :highfive: (Thanks @Unjustified Dev)
PS. i flash latest KDZ v10i and procced with Root after that i Enable OEM Unlock to flash the Custom Recovery (TWRP 2.8.7.0) with FLashify........
PSS. Because i had a Backup i Restored and got everything back again and no need to reinstall everything again
EDIT 1 - Seems like if we TMO/METRO user want to access Custom Recovery the OEM Unlock must be check all the time @Unjustified Dev is this always this way or there us a way around? cuz when is Uncheck gives:
"Secure Boot error"
" Error Code 1003 "4Worked on my boost mobile stylo. Thanks to the devs who figured this out. :good: :good: :good:
