[Recovery][H830] Team Win Recovery Project for the LG G5

[MechaMorph]

jcase also said he has no intention on releasing it at this time in a later tweet.

You guys would be smart to leave it be. Bug him and the odds of getting his root method probably goes to zero.

If jcase wants to release it he will so just be patient but don't count on anything.

 

[jcase]

I don't know how to do that stuff. I'd be very thankful if you could share how you did it.

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Find a rom dev or someone familiar with altering ramdisks, its pretty trivial but not something I have time to write out in detail. I'm sitting in a hotel in dubai waiting to leave for airport

 

[joemossjr]

Find a rom dev or someone familiar with altering ramdisks, its pretty trivial but not something I have time to write out in detail. I'm sitting in a hotel in dubai waiting to leave for airport

We don't have a stock aboot to use that's the thing we don't really know where to get it either I've tried to use the dd command and get permission denied we would need root to pull the partitions off of the device. Not asking for it right now tho this thing it's honestly a beast

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We don't have a stock aboot to use that's the thing we don't really know where to get it either I've tried to use the dd command and get permission denied we would need root to pull the partitions off of the device. Not asking for it right now tho this thing it's honestly a beast

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Also we wouldn't be able to flash anything because we have no fastboot commands

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[Josh McGrath]

@jcase is a badass. He helped us achieve root with the bootloader locked z1s. He's legit, does a lot if security research, and I don't know why the NSA hasn't hired him yet. I would. I can vouch for his work

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[joemossjr]

I know he has rooted a few devices I've had he is a legit bad ass

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[wolfgart]

Who is this @jcase ?

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On all variants. Not really, seems like a waste if you guys are unlocked. Get a stock aboot, disable dm-verity, build a twrp, flash twrp.

write commands are disabled on this Fastboot mode

 

[greysonofusa]

Have you tried enabling the allow unlock switch in the settings?

 

[joemossjr]

Have you tried enabling the allow unlock switch in the settings?

First thing I did then unlocked the boot loader

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[Coachmark2]

First thing I did then unlocked the boot loader

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I have two and a half theories:

1. LG and T-Mobile meant to leave the bootloader unlocked but seriously fudged up fastboot by mistake and left it without the ability to flash anything.
2. a. LG and T-Mobile intentionally removed the flash commands because they didn't want people messing with the phone's software
b. LG and T-Mobile only included the ability to OEM Unlock for developers to test LG-signed, approved beta builds for this phone in the future (i.e., Android N and beyond)

I'm leaning towards 2b unfortunately.

 

[joemossjr]

Me too but if we have root there's not need for fastboot or if we get a patched aboot I think we should be good too just gotta wait until we get a kdz or a tot or something then we can unpack it and do all the editing preferably someone who knows what there doing.

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[greysonofusa]

I have two and a half theories:

1. LG and T-Mobile meant to leave the bootloader unlocked but seriously fudged up fastboot by mistake and left it without the ability to flash anything.
2. a. LG and T-Mobile intentionally removed the flash commands because they didn't want people messing with the phone's software
b. LG and T-Mobile only included the ability to OEM Unlock for developers to test LG-signed, approved beta builds for this phone in the future (i.e., Android N and beyond)

I'm leaning towards 2b unfortunately.

Yeah that's a bummer. I saw that switch and thought I would check if anyone had tried it.

I'm leaning towards 2b also. Unfortunately we must prepare for the worst and it can only get better from there.

 

[Josh McGrath]

If jcase was able to get root, we can too..evebtually.

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[mahst68]

According to jcase's post, the item you really need is the a stock aboot.img... you can disable-verity pretty easily by doing what they did in this post:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/mod-t3175515

and if fact might be the root method...

don't know you guys are way smarter... just thought I'd help

 

[the Doctor]

And he's right not letting a bunch of noobs root with locked bootloaders, no recovery, etc. Give it time...

 

[igotroot]

According to jcase's post, the item you really need is the a stock aboot.img... you can disable-verity pretty easily by doing what they did in this post:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/mod-t3175515

and if fact might be the root method...

don't know you guys are way smarter... just thought I'd help

Very interesting..

 

[3's&7's]

Give them device

[emoji16]

Ive been around long enough to know that and to know to know they already had it
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...and I sincerely hope that the community finds a way to win this battle. It is a very cool device and there are many bright minds chiming in here!

 

[mircury]

According to jcase's post, the item you really need is the a stock aboot.img... you can disable-verity pretty easily by doing what they did in this post:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/mod-t3175515

and if fact might be the root method...

don't know you guys are way smarter... just thought I'd help

Yup, jcase just gave us a roadmap to exactly what we need and it should be easy to the person with the right skills. It would be a waste if he gave us his root method when we have so much better in an unlocked bootloader.

 

[wolfgart]

Yup, jcase just gave us a roadmap to exactly what we need and it should be easy to the person with the right skills. It would be a waste if he gave us his root method when we have so much better in an unlocked bootloader.

You have a Locked bootloader. H830 is a locked one

 

[mircury]

You have a Locked bootloader. H830 is a locked one

jcase -
"On all variants. Not really, seems like a waste if you guys are unlocked. Get a stock aboot, disable dm-verity, build a twrp, flash twrp."

I am no programmer but I know the basic android boot steps. aboot get's loaded right before the bootloader and apparently it's not very difficult to disable dm-verity.

We just need to wait for an aboot. I would assume it would be released by LG at some point, idk. Need a kdz or tot.

 

[ledvedder]

So let's do this! I'm not a programmer either, but I am an IT guy, so I know my way around.

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