[GUIDE] Full ADB Root, System RW, and DM-VERITY Off for Sprint LG G5! [ZV4]

thjubeck

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I got as far as patching the kernel. When I attempt to run adb it does not find my device after enabling developer mode. So I can't run "adb root" & "adb disable-verity". Can't access myfiles app get the message "cannot read files. File manager will be closed. Please check media storage enable settings and try again".


Patiently waiting for User Build and bootloader unlock.

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Also "camera is unavailable due to no storage"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49338664&postcount=7
This may possibly be a solution going to try in a few
 

k4m4kz1

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I got as far as patching the kernel. When I attempt to run adb it does not find my device after enabling developer mode. So I can't run "adb root" & "adb disable-verity". Can't access myfiles app get the message "cannot read files. File manager will be closed. Please check media storage enable settings and try again".
That happened when I flashed. Had to change usb mode to File Transfer for adb to see it. Also after I typed adb root had to re-enable File Transfer mode.
 

SilverZero

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right on, i can't find it possibly because it never existed but i tjought there was a thread that said you could go from v5 to v6 then to a lesser fw but oh well.
I feel like you're right, but it might have been deleted when a forum member was removed if he was the OP. Maybe it was misinformation.
 

yken

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I tested h850 method 4 times on g5850tr. I have root but i dont have internal storage. Whatever i do no storage. There is something wrong in santa img for our phones. Not just a permission problem. Common problem for all of us.
 
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SilverZero

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so if I do this, can I install another ROM? Can I get to remove all the bloatware?
This is not a bootloader unlock, so even if other ROMs existed, no. Some apps may be freezable (see autoprime's comments for ADB commands).

Hello guys. Is there any chance to rollback to zv4 from zv6?
Or maybe you know the way to add APN on zv6 to make 3g works?
Again, I'm pretty sure nothing past ZV4 will work, and you can't roll back to ZV4 from anything higher.
 

SilverZero

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Has anybody experienced any storage access issues for internal or external SD using this method on an LS992, or is this phone working as it should in all respects?
 

majedalanni

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Update here
Guy our hope in you rooting G5 ... Whatever you've done is so appreciated.... Please continue get things got us ....thanks a lot

Now let me ask you somthing I'm trying to install apk in my Honda Civic .. problem is no developer menu as it ask for somthing called passcord and there is an app white list block and signature check for the those white listed app... Only thing I could get is run debug on browser and can get files to show in the browser but not all folder... Kernel is 3.1.10+ is 4.2.2.2... Can you think in anything we can root this thing? Also it has Android auto
 

johnnypneumo

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Hmmm... I haven't heard of anyone having adb problems. I would make sure adb drivers are installed correctly and that you have not only Developer Mode enabled but USB Debugging enabled.

As far as the storage issue goes, it seems that because the /data and /sdcard partitions are not encrypted as userdebug, it has difficulty reading and writing to them. There is probably a way to get around this, but I am stuck until I get my H850 bottom :/ Sorry about that, hopefully bootloader unlock is soon!
I am having the same adb issues. Everything else worked fine up until I tried the adb root commands. Unable to find device, tried uninstalling + reinstalling adb, tried 2 different computers. Also put phone into dev and usb debug and mtp. No dice. Any ideas? Would love to get this working. I am on LS992 ZV3 and am more than willing to try the hotspot commands when I get to that point.

Thanks in advance. I'll have some btc coming your way if you can get this working. :good: