[How-to] Guide to Rooting with software version LS670ZVC

[tcol41]

The phone doesn't restart. What happens is rage kills the adb server on the phone and that kicks you out of your adb shell session.

All you need to do is type "adb shell" again (which it seems you've done) and if you see the "#" in the prompt (which it seems you have), then you are rooted and can perform the rest of the steps.

How do I know if it's rooted? I downloaded superuser and it's not on my launcher only my settting>apps. I downloaded it a couple days ago.

 

[drewwalton19216801]

Really, I think it worked! How do I know if it worked? Everything went smoothly. I just rebooted my phone.

Install Superuser from the Market. Then you will be all set!

 

[tcol41]

How do I know if I'm rooted?

 

[sfhub]

How do I know if I'm rooted?

After booting into android (with USB debugging enabled), if you open an "adb shell" session, type "su" and see the "#" prompt you are rooted.

 

[tcol41]

I downloaded it and it doesn't show up on my launcher just the app settings?

 

[drewwalton19216801]

After booting into android (with USB debugging enabled), if you open an "adb shell" session, type "su" and see the "#" prompt you are rooted.

Actually, you will need to press "Allow" when the Superuser notification pops up.

 

[tcol41]

After booting into android (with USB debugging enabled), if you open an "adb shell" session, type "su" and see the "#" prompt you are rooted.

I did that and the $ sign popped up

 

[sfhub]

Actually, you will need to press "Allow" when the Superuser notification pops up.

Yes, the first time you need to do that.

That was the problem this person was having on the "Unroot" thread.

http://forum.androidcentral.com/lg-...oot-your-phone-return-stock-9.html#post605495

If you have SuperUser.apk installed, it'll save your settings so next time it'll use your last choice and you don't have to respond to the screen prompt.

 

[tcol41]

I did that and the $ sign popped up

It says permission denied. So close but so far away. I'm so disappointed.

 

[sfhub]

I did that and the $ sign popped up

As drew mentioned, turn on your phone and make sure it isn't in a screen saver.

When you type "su" you should see a prompt on your screen asking for root permission. Choose to allow root privileges for su. If you have SuperUser.apk properly installed, it'll remember your answer and use it next time, so you won't have to respond to the prompt.

 

[drewwalton19216801]

It says permission denied. So close but so far away. I'm so disappointed.

Don't lose hope! If all else fails, reboot into recovery and go through the guide again.

 

[8616v]

first off...i'm an idiot....


if i say...didn't extract the recovery .rar and just changed it to .img when i ran the code obviously i would have installed a bad recovery to my phone...so now...it obviusly woun't boot...will emergency mode allow me to fix this? or did i just discover a new way to permenently brick my phone.

 

[drewwalton19216801]

first off...i'm an idiot....


if i say...didn't extract the recovery .rar and just changed it to .img when i ran the code obviously i would have installed a bad recovery to my phone...so now...it obviusly woun't boot...will emergency mode allow me to fix this? or did i just discover a new way to permenently brick my phone.

I may be premature with this but...yeah, you have a brick. Sorry, mate. Time to call Sprint.

 

[8616v]

thats kinda what i'm afraid of...was just reading thru the e-mode post and it appears that does not do anything to the recovery partition so....yay...

 

[drewwalton19216801]

thats kinda what i'm afraid of...was just reading thru the e-mode post and it appears that does not do anything to the recovery partition so....yay...

Just take your phone to a Sprint store, tell them it bricked after the OTA update. They'll replace it for free if you have TEP (insurance).

 

[8616v]

being a cheap ass i may have declined the insurance...since my last phone i was able to replace with a craigslist special for less then the deductable...now...not so much...

so guess i'll just have to suck it up and take it in the shorts.

 

[drewwalton19216801]

being a cheap ass i may have declined the insurance...since my last phone i was able to replace with a craigslist special for less then the deductable...now...not so much...

so guess i'll just have to suck it up and take it in the shorts.

IIRC, Sprint will replace a non-insurance bricked phone for $35.

 

[8616v]

thats not too bad then...calling the local store now to see what the damage is going to be...

still curious if i can fix this though...

 

[8616v]

is there anyway of telling what i've done to the phone if they plug it in at the store?

 

[sfhub]

is there anyway of telling what i've done to the phone if they plug it in at the store?

If they are so inclined, sometimes they can figure it out, depending on how bad it is bricked and how knowledgable they are.

However most of the time, if you are paying the money, they just try to reboot into recovery a few times and give up if it doesn't work. Often if you are paying money, they just verify it doesn't boot, and order your refurb.

Incidentally, I think you have a one year warranty from LG, but Sprint won't handle those anymore (outside of 30 days), unless you pay $35 to "expedite" it, meaning order you a refurb. Your refurb then only has a 30-day warranty even if your original phone had 11 months of warranty left.

If you wanted to avoid the $35 fee and send it to LG for warranty repair, LG would probably fix it for free under warranty, but when you got the phone back, Sprint's written policy is to apply the $10 smartphone/premium data fee to your line when you reactivate the smartphone.