Rooting the Hydrogen One

[visceralpsyche]

I've received my phone and contrary to the review sites, it's a very cool and unique device with an incredible screen as well as a huge battery!

As a long time power user who has always rooted his phones, I've gone through and tried to unlock the bootloader but so far to no avail

My hope is to get into fastboot and then OEM unlock the bootloader at least, then get into sideloading Magisk at a minimum and hopefully down the line, get TWRP on there and then a custom ROM such as AEX to give me all the tweaks I'm missing compared to my Oneplus 3T with AEX on it! Look forward to the discussion and hopefully someone with good skills can get hold of the phone to make it happen! Thx

 

[RLKirk]

I have enabled Developer Mode and OEM unlock is an option so it's most definitely rootable. But the chances of this phone getting near a big enough user database to get dev's working on it is unlikely. But here's to hoping

 

[visceralpsyche]

I have enabled Developer Mode and OEM unlock is an option so it's most definitely rootable. But the chances of this phone getting near a big enough user database to get dev's working on it is unlikely. But here's to hoping

Yes, the OEM Unlock gives me hope. I haven't been able to get to the fastboot system to try it though. Did you manage to get there? The usual volume up plus power on boot doesn't work.

 

[LucKyPunk]

I don't think this will be a rootable phone, you can get as far as fastboot but it requires a hash-code for unlocking. Unless a third party can decode it Red will not share I have asked. Unfortunately this really sucks because there are definitely some things that could be fixed with a few hacks ie. back light, audio levels, scrolling responsiveness.

<----Bummed

 

[visceralpsyche]

That really sucks that Red won't give us an unlock code. I love the 4V but without root I really can't use the phone as a daily driver. As you say, too many things which could be fixed but won't be without root.

 

[visceralpsyche]

Fingers crossed for someone in the US getting the phone through AT&T et al who is also good at hacking. Otherwise I think I may end up selling the phone at an unfortunate loss

 

[RLKirk]

Fingers crossed for someone in the US getting the phone through AT&T et al who is also good at hacking. Otherwise I think I may end up selling the phone at an unfortunate loss

Yeah I like the 4V display but that is the only thing the phone has going for it.and it makes it quite boring for me. (I'm used to HTC and Samsung). Also the screen size is a turn off and the huge bezels everywhere. Believe it or not I would rather have the pixel 3 with its horrendous notch. Which is the most upsetting phone edition since apple. I would say this phone would be great with root and roms and if that happens I may give it another go. But for now I think I'm just going to let it go...

 

[visceralpsyche]

Great news! Red has responded to me on Facebook saying they are open to unlocking the bootloader for non-carrier devices (ie those bought directly from Red).

So there's hope!

 

[StormCell]

Great news! Red has responded to me on Facebook saying they are open to unlocking the bootloader for non-carrier devices (ie those bought directly from Red).

So there's hope!

Yes, they told me they would do this. But they won't give you a code if you have a carrier phone.

 

[visceralpsyche]

Yes, they told me they would do this. But they won't give you a code if you have a carrier phone.

Yes but that's pretty much standard ops for carriers due to their onerous rules. Buy unlocked from Red directly if you plan to root ?

 

[GaliumOrderatum]

Nice

Thats nice to hear as it s an mandatory point for an loot of user.

Me too after 3 years i want replace my lg g4 white the titanium version.

Another good think i found after request is the phone support aptx hd

h4v.com/faq (thx for censoring any new member from free spech and links)

Yes, Bluetooth™ 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD

Now i need information about usb 3.1 and quickcharge 3.0 + (is the snapdragon 835 not mandatory this ?) and if it worked in eu band (germany) if i imported it

 

[visceralpsyche]

Now i need information about usb 3.1 and quickcharge 3.0 + (is the snapdragon 835 not mandatory this ?) and if it worked in eu band (germany) if i imported it

Yes it works fine in the EU. I'm in the Netherlands ?

It has USB-C and QC3.0 as well.

 

[GaliumOrderatum]

USB-C means 3.1 + ??

Somebody have information about an eu release ?? The damm tax for importing is extrem ......
If i calculate it for the titan version you can buy an V30 ore higher 512 gb micro sd for thats burning money ..............

 

[visceralpsyche]

There's a new thread on h4vuser for rooting stuff. So if you are interested in rooting please comment there where Red staff can see it ??

https://h4vuser.net/t/rooting-unlocking-bootloader/5972

 

[Gojira-r32]

Yes it works fine in the EU. I'm in the Netherlands

It has USB-C and QC3.0 as well.

works fine in belgium to

 

[alexhinostroza]

Hi, how i find this option , unlock OEM

 

[StormCell]

Great news! Red has responded to me on Facebook saying they are open to unlocking the bootloader for non-carrier devices (ie those bought directly from Red).

So there's hope!

Did you ever get that unlock code?

 

[visceralpsyche]

No, they went radio silent

I've posted at h4vuser.net several times but no one seems interested. I love the H4V but can't use it as a daily driver without being in charge of my own device.

 

[superiorm]

I have successfully unlocked my bootloader but im not a developer so i dont know how to compile a TWRP for it but but if any one does know how i really would like to assist in getting this device rooted i have been trying since they day it was released

 

[visceralpsyche]

What was your method to unlock the bootloader?