Sprint LG Marquee Root

[omarnova]

before i buy this phone, is it easy to root also is there any roms for this phone?

 

[blackwire8e]

i had the same problem, i double click on USB connection, click twice on "charge only" then click done and then ran the run.dat file from the extracted lg esteen folder that i download then i worked..

make sure you install the lg driver when the phone is not connected to the computer.

 

[dishe]

before i buy this phone, is it easy to root also is there any roms for this phone?

Yes, root is easy. ROMs aren't available yet. But hopefully will in the future.

 

[Congeal]

Was a bit hesitant to do this since it seems relatively new but got it working and fairly easily. !

 

[donbudafuko]

Does anyone have a copy of the stock rom I need it to get my phone up an running again. I ed up an erased my memory card an I don't have my backup anymore. I know lg released the source for the marquee could I flash that in recovery to put me back at stock?

 

[mp3coupe]

i figured it out. (I found this on androidforums.com)

Use root explorer and delete superuser.apk from the /system/app folder. Go to the Android market and download and install super user. Use root explorer again and delete su from /system/bin. Go to the market and uninstall super user.

did a factory reset & now I am back to square one.

I'm confused, I rooted my phone and then decided to run it stock again. I installed root explorer and tried to follow your procedure but ran across a problem.

I was able to delete superuser.apk from the /system/app folder. I then went to the market to install it and it said it was already installed and asked me to remove it. So I tried to remove it and the market just froze with uninstalling but never gave the option to install.

I tried to restore the phone by power and volume down button and came to some secret menu and was not sure of which keys select the option. I scratched that method and just went with restore from settings > privacy > factory data reset. Is that the correct way to restore the phone back to virgin mode? Do I need to root the phone again and backup superuser this way I can reinstall it after I delete it the first time? What is the proper way to wipe my tampering?

 

[mp3coupe]

Just a follow up, I guess I did end up deleting "data and cache" stuff from within the secret menu when holding down volume down and power button. I found some app on the market called root checker and it said my phone wasn't rooted.

I then attempted to root the phone and now it wont root....

[*] LG Esteem root script (Windows version)
[*] Exploit copyright (C) 2011 Revolutionary
[*] Scripting for LG Esteem by Dan Rosenberg (@djrbliss)
[*]
[*] Before continuing, ensure USB debugging is enabled, that you
[*] have the latest LG drivers installed, and that your phone is
[*] connected via USB.
[*]
[*] Press enter to root your phone...
Press any key to continue . . .
[*]
[*] Waiting for device...
* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *
[*] Device found.
[*] Pushing exploit binary...
1673 KB/s (22281 bytes in 0.013s)
chmod: permission denied
[*] Running exploit...
/data/local/tmp/zergrush: permission denied
[*] Installing root tools...
/data/local/tmp/sh: not found
/data/local/tmp/sh: not found
/data/local/tmp/sh: not found
failed to copy 'su' to '/system/tmp/su': No such file or directory
failed to copy 'busybox' to '/system/tmp/busybox': No such file or directory
failed to copy 'Superuser.apk' to '/system/tmp/Superuser.apk': No such file or d
irectory
/data/local/tmp/sh: not found
/data/local/tmp/sh: not found
/data/local/tmp/sh: not found
/data/local/tmp/sh: not found
/data/local/tmp/sh: not found
/data/local/tmp/sh: not found
/data/local/tmp/sh: not found
/data/local/tmp/sh: not found
[*] Cleaning up...
/data/local/tmp/sh: not found
rm: permission denied
[*] Rebooting...
[*] Root complete, enjoy!
[*] Press any key to exit.
Press any key to continue . . .

What exactly did I break and how do I fix it?

 

[mp3coupe]

Well I rolled the dice and everything is back to normal. I followed the directions in this post to reflash
Reflashed stock firmware on LG Marquee - xda-developers

I now have a data dir and was able to root the phone again. I don't know if certain blocks get written to, or if I'll have future problems if LG rolls out an update.

I don't recommend going into the secret menu and deleting data, it doesn't get replaced without a flash.

 

[packers pro]

before i buy this phone, is it easy to root also is there any roms for this phone?

No

 

[omarnova]

No

sucks, i would think there would be since this is a decent phone

 

[droidmike_k]

sucks, i would think there would be since this is a decent phone

To expand on packers pro answer: You can easily root the phone. There is no custom recovery so no ROMs yet.

Michal

 

[packers pro]

Do anybody wanna make money and help me out. But if you do you gotta know what you are doing building a app

 

[Bstro]

I see these threads are alittle old ... I just brought the Lg Marquee for Sprint/Boost and i would like to root my phone ... Need alittle help !!!

 

[ethanhunteg]

http://forums.androidcentral.com/sprint-lg-marquee/125210-sprint-lg-marquee-root-3.html#post1377281

This post earlier in this thread works perfectly for me on the sprint LG marquee

 

[lschwem]

Worked for me and I cant tell you how many different lg driver files i tried before finding this one! Thanks a ton!!!!!!!

 

[gotchya]

I cant get this to work on my boost marquee, and i have higher than avg fimiliarity with the rooting process in general compared to most..... the errors i am seeing in cmd are: SU and BB are not found in directory or sys/bin..... and some zegrus file or something has same errrs as the SU and BB

please email me the correct driver, and files for root with any special instructions for the boost version of phone
PLEASE and thanks
Ill pay anyone who can help me accomplish rooting this ,and CWM recovery plus something that will improve battery on this phone by a signifigant ammount: with $10-$20 paypal, maybe more if your good and I tip you on top of the $ via paypal.

Thanks my fellow android-junkies.... lol

 

[NEllis921]

I tried rooting my Marquee with the Marquee Root mentioned earlier in this thread. However when it gets to daemon started successfully it halts there. Cant seem to get passed it. I have the latest drivers, debug enabled. Dont know what to do. Would really appreciate any help.

 

[devonwrobertson]

how do you know when it is done rooting. mine is stuck on daemon started successfully.

 

[devonwrobertson]

same issue

 

[mitsubishi_t]

Same as me. I believe the prob is in the adb single sooner driver, cant find a way around it...please help