[ROOT] TMO/VZW/INTL (More variants soon!) Root your LG G4 with Low Effort Root!

Hello all,

It's that time of the night where I post things on XDA and wake up to a bajillion PMs.

Without further ado, I introduce "Low Effort Root".

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What is this? Low Effort Root is a root for your LG G4, named such because this is a root we really weren't too interested in releasing, but the phone is gaining critical mass so we figured waiting any longer would be a disservice to the community. (We also don't like that the root ends up being ~4GB, since we're flashing whole new system partitions.) We had originally planned on releasing an in-android root app, however time constraints on all the team members has prevented us from devoting the necessary time to it. This root will root any LG G4, provided we have a pre-rooted system image for it. This is akin to 'flashing a rooted odin' image on a Samsung phone, as we're simply writing a system partition that contains Superuser. No exploits here, no trickery, just a plain and simple flash and be on your merry way.

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How do I use this? Please read the whole directions here carefully. If you miss a step, or you copy the wrong command and run it, your phone will be BRICKED. You will have flashed a partition to some random place on your phone's internal SD, and no amount of sad private messages will be able to help you. I'm 100% serious, if you do this wrong, you will turn your phone into a paperweight - so please don't go rooting your mom/dad's phone with this method. Wait for something better from us. Ensure you have the proper drivers for your phone. If you don't, download and install the proper driver below. Code: All G4 (except Verizon) - http://downloads.codefi.re/autoprime...Ver_3.14.1.exe Verizon - http://downloads.codefi.re/autoprime...QL_v2.22.0.exe Download the "send_command" tools from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/guide-root-method-lg-devices-t3049772 (and while you're at it, give the op there a thanks!) Download the appropriate files for your phone from the section below. Extract the tar.gz file you downloaded, and move the resulting "system.rooted.phonemodel.img" file to the root of your phone's internal SD card with MTP mode. Do not rename this file, or move it into any folders. On the same page you download the send_command tools (step 2), follow steps 1,2,3,6,7,8,and 9 only. Ensure that on step 9, you use the right COM port. Type "id" and press enter (no quotes). You should get back some text starting with "root". If not, press CTRL-C, and do step 9 again (the application sometimes doesn't respond on the first command). Run the command specified in the section below titled 'Commands' to flash the rooted system image. After a few minutes of sitting, you should get back a "#" prompt. This indicates the process has finished. Type "LEAVE" (no quotes) and press enter. Your phone should reboot, and your phone will be rooted. Now that you're rooted, MAKE SURE YOU DISABLE OTA UPDATES, if you accidentally take an OTA, you might not be able to roll back or fix it.

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Commands to Run T-Mobile H811 10H Version: Code: dd if=/data/media/0/system.rooted.H81110h.img bs=8192 seek=65536 count=548352 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0 VZW VS986 11A Version: Code: dd if=/data/media/0/system.rooted.vs98611a.img bs=8192 seek=65536 count=548352 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0 International H815 10c Version (NOT H815T, H815TR, H815P, etc - you will lose internationalization and possibly features): Code: dd if=/data/media/0/system.rooted.H81510c-EU.img bs=8192 seek=55296 count=529920 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0 If your phone isn't listed here DO NOT run these commands on your phone. You will break your phone.

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Download Links (more to come soon) T-Mobile: Code: http://downloads.codefi.re/thecubed/...h81110h.tar.gz Verizon: Code: http://downloads.codefi.re/thecubed/...s98611a.tar.gz International H815 10c Version: Code: http://downloads.codefi.re/thecubed/...510c-eu.tar.gz

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Ah Gawd, something went wrong! Did it really? That's interesting... Luckily short of running the wrong command, you can easily recover from a bad flash by simply looking for the "Return to Stock" thread here on XDA for your phone, and flashing the KDZ from there. KDZs cover a multitude of sins (short of you putting something in the completely wrong place on the EMMC).

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Why isn't my variant supported? International variants will come shortly. HOWEVER, we are currently in need of a system partition dump from someone on SPRINT or AT&T. If you've got a Sprint or ATT phone and would like to help, follow the above guide, skip step 3 and 4 and run the proper command from below. ATT: Code: dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 bs=8192 skip=65536 count=579584 of=/data/media/0/system.img SPRINT: Code: dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 bs=8192 skip=65536 count=548352 of=/data/media/0/system.img Once the dd command finishes (it could take a while), type LEAVE and once you get back into Android, upload your system.img somewhere for us - we'll get a rooted version together shortly after. Thanks!

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Special Thanks First, I really need to thank everyone that donated to get Team Codefire phones. You all are *super* awesome, and we are very grateful to be the recipients of your kindness :) That said, if you'd like to consider donating to us for our work, our donation links are here. Thanks! @thecubed - Paypal Donate - That's me! @IllegalArgument - Paypal Donate - As usual, IllegalArgument is a genius. He also might be a mad scientist, it won't surprise me when he achieves cold fusion somehow. @autoprime - Paypal Donate - 99.92% of testing for this root and pretty much all our other goodies get tested by autoprime - he's awesome -- he even wrote up the instructions for this root for me :) @jcase - Paypal Donate - Gotta add jcase here, he's a wealth of information and a damn smart dude all around.