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Root LG Optimus Elite Ultimate Rooting Guide(Good for newcomers)

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ATTENTION: This guide is so outdated it's not even funny. A much better, faster, easier way of rooting the LG Optimus Elite has been found. What used to take an hour(and wiping the entire device), now takes about 15 seconds and a single button click. Check it out in this thread(aka, don't use this guide. It's only here for historical reference) - http://androidforums.com/elite-all-things-root/612914-optimus-elite-root-apk.html


Well, after 2 months, I finally got root today(Yay!). And to give back to the community, I took the best tutorials on rooting the OE, and I made something I like to call "LG Optimus Elite Ultimate Rooting Guide"(cheesy right?).

Anyways, it's just an assortment of the different rooting methods, explained by the best tutorials made for them.

If you are new to the OE rooting game, you should check it out. It has everything you will need in one spot.

I take no credit for this. All credit is given to the people as mentioned in the guide.

If I left something out, let me know and I'll fix it.

7/30/2012 EDIT: I've made several changes. I added the newly developed Click Root. I cleaned up the giantpune root section a little bit(Some people were having a hard time following it), and I updated some links.
 

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thanks for touching up things i missed or did not include, btw you should also put in credit Tejer, i used his guide and improved upon it
 
wyliee said:
thanks for touching up things i missed or did not include, btw you should also put in credit Tejer, i used his guide and improved upon it
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Alright, added him in.

People, please let me know who else needs to be credited and I'll throw them in there.
 
Yea, there are at least a couple other people who probably deserve mentions, but I'm not complaining.

Nice work, Hashtag.
 
ktb83 said:
Yea, there are at least a couple other people who probably deserve mentions, but I'm not complaining.

Nice work, Hashtag.
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TELL ME! lol, I havn't been here in like a month so my memory is fried. Plus it looks like a bunch of new people have come in and I don't know about them. I don't want to leave anybody out, so if you know of anybody that should be mentioned please let me know :P
 
on this step

Dial ##DATA# click on Data Profile then edit. Enter in your SPC twice so
that it reboots. It should reboot into charging rather than resetting.

where do I find my "SPC" ?

nvm.. found out on another thread to put 000000
 
Your guide mentions that jcase's guide causes you to lose all your data. This didn't happen to me. My phone still had all the apps installed and all my contacts and stuff like that after flashing the thing.

As far as my method, the code I posted for talking to the phone over USB is using libusb. I was actually going to compile a binary for windows users, but upon reading the documentation for libusb, it says that it supports pretty much any version of windows except XP x64 (due to some decision from M$). And since that is the only version I have, I just left it for somebody else to do :) .
 
Thanks for the guide!
Is the phone suppose to reboot after running lgoeExploit.exe? It says that "Exploit called successfully," but there was no auto reboot. Wondering if I messed up somewhere.

Also, I tried installing superuser from Market, but there are no apps in the list.

Sorry for the questions. Noob here. Thanks for your time!
 
Hi,thanks to all who work on this guide.My question is does my VM OE need to be activated before this will work.I get to the point of installing Ministro and i get, can't find file to install.Also can this be done from a MAC or will it only work on Windows or Linux?Thanks again.
 
livsantos-I'm not sure why it didn't reboot. I would go ahead and reboot it manually. As far as superuser goes, double check your spelling. If it still doesn't show up, download the .apk file, put it onto your sd card, then use a file explorer(the default polaris viewer is fine) to find the apk and install it. Here is the link- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noshufou.android.su

jwiMT- I don't think it matters. Mine was already activated, but I don't think that giantpunes method would depend on that. As far as not finding the mininstro, make sure that you put the files you downloaded, into the SAME folder that the adb.exe is in. That should clear up your problem. Make sure to keep your phone screen on. And I'm not sure if it would work on Mac. We've only seen it be done successfully on Windows and Linux. If I had to guess(I'm no expert, I'm just guessing), I would say that it should. I say that because Mac and Linux use the same bash shell and are unix. Just a guess though.
 
giantpune said:
Your guide mentions that jcase's guide causes you to lose all your data. This didn't happen to me. My phone still had all the apps installed and all my contacts and stuff like that after flashing the thing.
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I second this. jcase's guide was the one that I followed as well, and I didn't lose any data I had already put on my phone, myself, either.
 
Artine said:
I second this. jcase's guide was the one that I followed as well, and I didn't lose any data I had already put on my phone, myself, either.
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Oh, maybe it was just me then. I changed the guide to where it says you won't lose data :)
 
This is a great guide. Like most though, I got 0 filled memory dumps. I was on Windows XP Pro, as Administrator, it doesn't get any more simple than that. I gave up and finally called Virgin Mobile. I was assisted by a very nice dude for a fake error 67 Problem.

One thing I want to point out is while I was able to register all the version 5 LG libraries, I had a major head scratching moment trying to register VM696.dll. It just wasn't happening, it kept saying that it did not exist, or could not be found(even when I was dead in the directory). The solution was to run:

Code: 
regsvr32.exe "C:\LG Electronics\LGNPST\Model\VM696.dll"
As opposed to:

Code: 
regsvr32 "C:\LG Electronics\LGNPST\Model\VM696.dll"
Stated in the guide. I don't know what the difference is between regsvr32.exe and regsvr32, I guess it's just one of those Windows things. Again, this was on a vanilla XP x86.
 
wyliee said:
I updated my guide and added a new link for root files, alot of people saying mirrostack wont work, just thought id update you so you can update the guide

here is the link

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/773o5p0dhod4nsa/K_o35DUlf-
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Alright, updated the links. Thanks for the info.

Xeren said:
This is a great guide. Like most though, I got 0 filled memory dumps. I was on Windows XP Pro, as Administrator, it doesn't get any more simple than that. I gave up and finally called Virgin Mobile. I was assisted by a very nice dude for a fake error 67 Problem.

One thing I want to point out is while I was able to register all the version 5 LG libraries, I had a major head scratching moment trying to register VM696.dll. It just wasn't happening, it kept saying that it did not exist, or could not be found(even when I was dead in the directory). The solution was to run:

Code: 
regsvr32.exe "C:\LG Electronics\LGNPST\Model\VM696.dll"
As opposed to:

Code: 
regsvr32 "C:\LG Electronics\LGNPST\Model\VM696.dll"
Stated in the guide. I don't know what the difference is between regsvr32.exe and regsvr32, I guess it's just one of those Windows things. Again, this was on a vanilla XP x86.
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Hmm, I'm not sure, it seems to be working for the others :/

Maybe XP won't run an .exe unless you put the extension on it. Thanks for the info though :P
 
Hashtag said:
Alright, updated the links. Thanks for the info.



Hmm, I'm not sure, it seems to be working for the others :/

Maybe XP won't run an .exe unless you put the extension on it. Thanks for the info though :P
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though the LG libs registered fine with a naked regsvr32. I have seen another person on another forum having the same error for the last one too, can't find it now though. I don't know the difference between the subtleties of the two, but it's there, at least on XP.
 
Are there any changes coming to the guide following the OTA update? I've never rooted a phone before, and just as I was about to take the plunge the QuickMemo OTA update appeared and it spooked me from doing it. Is this guide usable as it is now, or should I wait for the next guide update?
 
I am on my 3rd Optimus Elite phone. First one broke falling out of the packaging to the table. Second one just went screwy, but sometimes works okay, just drops calls all the time. Now I want to backup and restore but without root I cannot.

All of your rooting techniques only apply to PC. Do you all assume that all <MAC> users use iPhones exclusively? i hate ATT, so when they screwed me with iPhone 3G, I hacked it and moved to TMOBILE. When they screwed me. I choose Virgin.

Moving from an old phone to a new one is impossible without ROOT. Appmonster claims to do it, but really doesn't as it doesn't move DATA or settings, even the "PRO" version.. I can run Parallels and Windows XP, but it seems to me that I need Windows 7 to do the trick. I'm not about to buy Windows 7 or 8. I don't even use XP often, once every 6 moths would be a lot. Could someone guide me to MAC ROOT guide? I am proficient using terminal, so if it's just a matter of getting the phone to MOUNT via a terminal and getting the COM port the copy over those essential files, Please let me now.
 
Not sure about the mac.

As for sprint, that was done as a beta test. They do have a sprint root, but it has not been released yet. Give it a bit :P
 
Avilearner said:
All of your rooting techniques only apply to PC. Do you all assume that all <MAC> users use iPhones exclusively?
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No, we don't assume that. The reason there is a click rooting for windows is because some people have taken the time to not only build the necessary programs for it, but to actually upload those programs for other people to use. For linux, I took the time and effort to build the lgoeExploit program and upload it on these forums so other people wouldnt have to build it.

So far, nobody with a mac has taken the time and effort to build the programs and upload them here. I would have, but I don't own a mac. However, I did upload the source code for the program in the same places I uploaded the program and instructions to use it. If you take the time to build it (statically linked, universal mac binary), then you can upload it here for other mac users so they won't assume that we assume that everybody with a mac computer has an istick up their iass.
 
Would it really be that far off though? I mean, mac is Unix based, and from what I've seen the terminal is bash and the core stuff is the same. Plus on the android dev driver page it says that mac doesn't need drivers for it that it just works. Couldn't a mac user just use the linux one? Or at least close to it?
 
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