[How-To] Root the LG Optimus V

You don't have su on your phone yet, the push command failed most likely because you don't have the su file in the same directory you are running ADB from.
 
Cool, maybe I'll be able to get my phone rooted, finally. I'm hoping to be able to take better control of the battery with this.
 
An old iphone user recently moved over to android making my first attempt to root. Posting in order to gain access to the attached files. Thanks.