Root [GUIDE]Rooting the LG Volt LS740/LG F90

[bg4m3r]

She should

Why? She probably just uses the phone for actual phone stuff. No reason to root for that.

 

[p0rky]

I have one question:

What is the likelihood that a solution for root on V4 will be developed in the future?

(Having read the process to rollback to V3, I'd rather wait a while for a V4 root.)

Thanks.

 

[bg4m3r]

I have one question:

What is the likelihood that a solution for root on V4 will be developed in the future?

(Having read the process to rollback to V3, I'd rather wait a while for a V4 root.)

Thanks.

It's possible that towelroot will get updated or something, but I wouldn't hold my breath. You may as well rollback and updated with the rooted ROM.

 

[Rarewolf]

i installed superuser.. is it best to get the other one? super SU?

 

[thejoker954]

i installed superuser.. is it best to get the other one? super SU?

Personally I recommend superSU. I've had issues with Superuser in the past on multiple devices.

SuperSU always seems to work. Never had an issue where it's binaries wouldn't update or broken installs screwing with root.

 

[bg4m3r]

I prefer SuperSU as well, for the same reasons.

 

[donjuro]

I've never had a problem with superuser and like it better because there's no things you have to pay a premium for, and I like the GUI better.

 

[Rarewolf]

I've never had a problem with superuser and like it better because there's no things you have to pay a premium for, and I like the GUI better.

Were you able to get it to work properly?
I prefer it for the same reasons. But right now flashify is giving me permission errors.

 

[donjuro]

Like I said, always ran superuser and never had a problem with it, which is why I included it in my roms.

 

[Rarewolf]

Well I am having a bit of problems with it on the volt. Which sucks because I do not like supersu.

 

[whorizon]

YEs, i tried the towelroot on my boost mobile ls740. Phone not supported. Figures. So, do you think that towelroot will be 'upgraded' and just give it a while? New to this. The last time I tried to root a phone was with an HTC indredible 2 running 3.2.1 i think. ANyway, I fuzzled that one and well, kinda left a bad taste in my mouth...

 

[donjuro]

YEs, i tried the towelroot on my boost mobile ls740. Phone not supported. Figures. So, do you think that towelroot will be 'upgraded' and just give it a while? New to this. The last time I tried to root a phone was with an HTC indredible 2 running 3.2.1 i think. ANyway, I fuzzled that one and well, kinda left a bad taste in my mouth...

Downgrade

 

[thejoker954]

I've never had a problem with superuser and like it better because there's no things you have to pay a premium for, and I like the GUI better.

Honestly I've never had any need for the premium features of superSU. (I don't even know what they are lol). as to the GUI I agree I like superusers' better, but not enough to really influence anything one way or the other.

 

[Tigatron]

I like SuperSU for 2 reasons
1 I've had good luck with it
2 a long time ago I bought the pro app and even tho that was 4ish years ago and idk how many google accounts ago I've always kept a copy and it works with every update

 

[fortalameda]

Tried downloading towelroot via wifi, but download consistently fails. Definitely have zv3- didn't update. Not sure what might be wrong

 

[fortalameda]

Update to zt4 downloaded, but did NOT install. I can get to towelroot.com through the browser, but whenever I try to download it, I get a message "Download unsuccessful". Can't figure out what is blocking it-already went into Security settings and unchecked the verification box, still wouldn't download towelroot.

 

[bg4m3r]

Verification is only for installing, not downloading. Are you using the stock browser? Try Chrome.

You didn't freeze/disable the download manager did you?

 

[Rarewolf]

Update to zt4 downloaded, but did NOT install. I can get to towelroot.com through the browser, but whenever I try to download it, I get a message "Download unsuccessful". Can't figure out what is blocking it-already went into Security settings and unchecked the verification box, still wouldn't download towelroot.

Try file transferring it from PC.

 

[fortalameda]

Thanks- got the same result with chrome, but changing the url worked- I think there may have been a false site for towelroot.

 

[fortalameda]

Thanks- got the same result with chrome, but changing the url worked- I think there may have been a false site for towelroot.

 

[vectorvitale]

Okay, so i downloaded towelroot, ran it, and it's saying device not supported. I got it brand new from VM about 2 days ago, did all the updates. Do i need to downgrade using this or can i just factory restore?

 

[adamhos1234]

Okay, so i downloaded towelroot, ran it, and it's saying device not supported. I got it brand new from VM about 2 days ago, did all the updates. Do i need to downgrade using this or can i just factory restore?

Yes you need to downgrade before you can root

 

[allen4433]

I have a LG Volt LS740 that was originally from Sprint, however, I have flashed it to PagePlus. Before flashing, I tried rooting it, however, I couldn't seem to do so. I tried TowelRoot and Root Genius, however, both turned out unsuccessful. I was forced to skip rooting and simply flash it. Does anybody know a way for me to root a Sprint LG Volt?

 

[bg4m3r]

I have a LG Volt LS740 that was originally from Sprint, however, I have flashed it to PagePlus. Before flashing, I tried rooting it, however, I couldn't seem to do so. I tried TowelRoot and Root Genius, however, both turned out unsuccessful. I was forced to skip rooting and simply flash it. Does anybody know a way for me to root a Sprint LG Volt?

Literally the first non stickied post...
http://androidforums.com/threads/root-all-the-volts-new-updated-methods-for-zv4.893332/

 

[Baeloro]

In a strange twist of events, I followed the guide to downgrade my Volt to v3 from v4, rooted it with towelroot (worked perfectly, though i lost all data), and was able to remove the problematic apps, update to v4, AND keep root.

Not sure what I did to make that happen, but as of right now, I have V4 with root (without doing the additional steps to flash with a rooted V4 rom). It might be a happy accident.

I'm running 4.4.2 on LG volt from Virgin Mobile.

Edit: NVM, a quick version check shows me at v3 still. I did update when it asked me to, not sure why the update didn't work. I don't really care either.

Double edit: I was having issues with my camera flash before I downgraded and rooted my phone (in fact, LG customer support recommended I do a factory restore of my phone to fix the problem). I'm still having trouble with it. Flash light apps and the camera seem to be unable to effectively use the flash for anything. Sometimes it works, randomly once or twice out of 100 attempts.

Any idea on what the problem is or how to fix it?