status update on root for our device

[schizoidd]

Me, Honestly Annoying, and 4 others are working getting root, and fastboot working on our device. As far as where we are at (as of this post), fastboot pulls up on the phone and the computer recognizes it, most fastboot commands work, but the ones involving unlocking the bootloader don't work. On every file we have tried up to this point, except for the userdebug I posted a bit ago we get file "signature verification failed", but that is due to a locked bootloader. we have been working nonstop to get the fastboot to function in our device so we can unlock our bootloader. If, and I mean if, this works right, it will easily be applied to quite a few devices. so, in short, we are working on it. We will release the files we have once we are SURE that they work like they are supposed to.

Just don't ask how long it's gonna take to be completed, cuz we honestly don't know. But we are working almost night and day to get this done

 

[Honestly Annoying]

For real... Been day and night on this one

If anyone has any ACTUAL questions (ie. not an ETA), please ask them. If you would like to offer ACTUAL help (ie. not "I will test your root method" because there is none to test) please tell us here! Also, @autoprime you have been strangely quiet about all of this, can you offer some insight about where we are? It would be much appreciated

 

[solitarywarrior1]

Let me know if there's any help I can render!

 

[schizoidd]

Let me know if there's any help I can render!

what's the exact model number of your device (I.E. LGLS992)?

 

[solitarywarrior1]

what's the exact model number of your device (I.E. LGLS992)?

LGLS992

 

[schizoidd]

LGLS992

check your inbox for a skype join link.

 

[Honestly Annoying]

UPDATE: modified the aboot and it booted... stay tuned for more

 

[~~Tito~~]

 

[hugehead83]

Can I buy yall a pizza or beer or something while you work?

 

[comp101inc]

INCREDIBLE WORK YOU GUYS

Sent from my LGLS992 using XDA-Developers mobile app

 

[fiddy619]

UPDATE: modified the aboot and it booted... stay tuned for more

Nice!!! Are you sure it actually didn't just rewrite aboot during boot to the stock aboot? And what was modified on your aboot?

 

[Honestly Annoying]

Nice!!! Are you sure it actually didn't just rewrite aboot during boot to the stock aboot? And what was modified on your aboot?

We don't think so, though we will have to do some testing on that...
And schizoid cross edited the T-Mobile aboot with our aboot to see if the fastboot commands will work, we're still testing that

---------- Post added at 05:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:42 PM ----------

Calling @thecubed @IllegalArgument @autoprime... we could really use your guys help on this. We're actually making some progress with this device and would love for you to be involved

 

[danwemet]

Here to help

Also willing to help the cause via pizza ? or anything for that matter

 

[Honestly Annoying]

Nice!!! Are you sure it actually didn't just rewrite aboot during boot to the stock aboot? And what was modified on your aboot?

We checked, it definitely isn't writing the aboot back when it boots. Still won't recognize unlock commands though...

 

[autoprime]

you haven't explained what's being done so there's not much to comment on.

good luck to you guys tho. :good:

 

[Honestly Annoying]

you haven't explained what's being done so there's not much to comment on.

good luck to you guys tho. :good:

Can I add you to our Skype chat? I think it would be easier to explain that way

 

[autoprime]

Can I add you to our Skype chat? I think it would be easier to explain that way

sorry, never have and never will use Skype.
I'll chat on any public XDA thread or #LG-IRC on Freenode IRC.


How are you getting fasboot, wiping recovery or laf? flashed another devices aboot?

you mention changing aboot... you have directly edited the stock Sprint LS992 aboot.img? Or flashed another devices aboot?

 

[Honestly Annoying]

sorry, never have and never will use Skype.
I'll chat on any public XDA thread or #LG-IRC on Freenode IRC.


How are you getting fasboot, wiping recovery or laf? flashed another devices aboot?

you mention changing aboot... you have directly edited the stock Sprint LS992 aboot.img? Or flashed another devices aboot?

No worries... this is OK

A while back Tungkick made me a TOT that booted into fastboot. Don't know what she did to edit it, but it works. However it did not recognize ANY fastboot commands, but once I enabled userdebug by editing the build.prop it started to recognize some of them. As far as aboot goes, that's all @schizoidd and I'll let him explain

 

[schizoidd]

ok so what has been edited and done. i looked at our aboot and compared it to tmobile's and noticed a few things were missing like the "welcome to fastboot" and a few other things. and on ours, there was some random characters that were in ours but not in t-mobile's nor on the verizon one, so on the stock edited, i just deleted that code. and like Honestly Annoying said, it booted without an issue. i also created another file with tmobile and sprint's aboot merged together and it also booted.

the things done on the merged aboot, sprint encryption, keysand a few other things, tmobile everything else. i have the files but will not upload to here until i know what's all going on

 

[Honestly Annoying]

@autoprime ^^^ last post explains what we're doing