Tmo 872H vs US997-Which Would You Do?

[jayinc11]

For purpose of unlocking BL/Rooting/TWRP/CustomRom....which model would you recommend and why? Has one ease of these steps over the other?
Asking cos I'm new to LG, from Sammy Notes

 

[cheeze.keyk]

For purpose of unlocking BL/Rooting/TWRP/CustomRom....which model would you recommend and why? Has one ease of these steps over the other?
Asking cos I'm new to LG, from Sammy Notes

I'll go with the US997 since its officially supported for BL unlock. :good: although the H872 can be unlocked too. :good:

 

[Sobek5150]

I'll go with the US997 since its officially supported for BL unlock. :good: although the H872 can be unlocked too. :good:

I agree. Only I really suggest staying away from the H872 - if only because it's a pain in the ass to root correctly and you run the risk of accidentally loosing your LAF partition (download mode) making it next to impossible to KDZ back to a stock image later. US997 is much more straightforward.

 

[cheeze.keyk]

I agree. Only I really suggest staying away from the H872 - if only because it's a pain in the ass to root correctly and you run the risk of accidentally loosing your LAF partition (download mode) making it next to impossible to KDZ back to a stock image later. US997 is much more straightforward.

totally agree with this. :good:

 

[jayinc11]

And staying away would also include the US Cellular version, yes? Not the same hootie, right?

 

[jayinc11]

totally agree with this. :good:

I'll go with the US997 since its officially supported for BL unlock. :good: although the H872 can be unlocked too. :good:

I came across a phone seller says it's a us997. Only more info he has given is LGUS997AUSAPL, GSM, nothing else.

Guys with that is there a way to know if this is the unlocked us997 and not the US cellular nor the Amazon version.

 

[AsItLies]

I came across a phone seller says it's a us997. Only more info he has given is LGUS997AUSAPL, GSM, nothing else.

Guys with that is there a way to know if this is the unlocked us997 and not the US cellular nor the Amazon version.

This is the model of the (correct) 997 at best buy: Model:LGUS997.AUSABK SKU:5870305
That's the one I have, but the phone itself says only: On my phone it says just US997BK

I'd suggest asking them to run the imei number on this website: http://www.imeipro.info/check_lg.html

All you need to know from the results is (one the esn is clean, of course) what the Buyer Code / Buyer name is - it will either be USA or AMZ (AMAZON).

They should be able to do that for you, you'd think.

 

[jayinc11]

This is the model of the (correct) 997 at best buy: Model:LGUS997.AUSABK SKU:5870305
That's the one I have, but the phone itself says only: On my phone it says just US997BK

I'd suggest asking them to run the imei number on this website: http://www.imeipro.info/check_lg.html

All you need to know from the results is (one the esn is clean, of course) what the Buyer Code / Buyer name is - it will either be USA or AMZ (AMAZON).

They should be able to do that for you, you'd think.

Owner sent me this below. I just need to confirm that some US Cellular devices don't necessarily have a letter at the end of 997, such as this one, and that they are NOT the BL unlockable units, correct? That this is clearly a cdma unit, correct?

Brand: LG
Phone model: G6 US997
Serial number: 708KPGS0077615
Product model: LGUS997
Manufacture date: August 18, 2017
Shipped from factory: September 01, 2017
Estimated phone age: 1 year(s) 2 month(s) 3 week(s) 5 day(s)
Buyer code: UCL
Buyer name: U.S. Cellular

 

[AsItLies]

Owner sent me this below. I just need to confirm that some US Cellular devices don't necessarily have a letter at the end of 997, such as this one, and that they are NOT the BL unlockable units, correct? That this is clearly a cdma unit, correct?

Brand: LG
Phone model: G6 US997
Serial number: 708KPGS0077615
Product model: LGUS997
Manufacture date: August 18, 2017
Shipped from factory: September 01, 2017
Estimated phone age: 1 year(s) 2 month(s) 3 week(s) 5 day(s)
Buyer code: UCL
Buyer name: U.S. Cellular

That device does not allow for bootloader unlock. Only the 997 purchased by buyer USA is bootloader unlock.

Is it cdma? Not sure there, I'd check the LG website to verify that. I had an Amazon one that was cdma, but I'm pretty sure the ones for t-mo are gsm only. US Cellular? I have no idea..