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Root [Virgin Mobile/Sprint] Rooting the F3 with Motochopper

I can officially confirm this. I just tried it and it successfully rooted my F3.
Thank you for bringing this to the forums.
 

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Just placed this phone on order.

I see some are using Motochopper to root this phone.
Does it place replace the stock recovery with CWM?

I always like to root my phone to have total control over it, but want to make sure that CWM is also installed on it in case of any oops.

There is no official custom recovery for this device yet. Ive seen other post if you go straight to recovery after rooting. It may get black screen. And can factory reset on its own. So dont attempt until we all see the official recovery..
 
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My phone is here and I'm trying to root it so I can transfer all my data from TiB and I'm not getting access for some reason.

I finally found on LG site drivers for Virgin Mobile. Installed them, even rebooted the computer.
Have the phone set to USB debugging.
Turned off firewalls and anti virus programs.
This is what I get when trying to run motochopper.



Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
 
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My phone is here and I'm trying to root it so I can transfer all my data from TiB and I'm not getting access for some reason.

I finally found on LG site drivers for Virgin Mobile. Installed them, even rebooted the computer.
Have the phone set to USB debugging.
Turned off firewalls and anti virus programs.
This is what I get when trying to run motochopper.



Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

Make sure you download the right driver model for you exact phone. And make sure your computer can detect/roconize your device. Amd than run motochop over n over til it works. It happen to me and i have to do it like 3 or 4 time..
 
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Just wondering if this indeed confirmed working etc.
The reason I ask, is that in the root sticky, there is no link for a root guide. :)
Let me know and I can add this thread to the sticky's guide :p
Had the wrong driver at first. Mine rooted on the first try. I rooted it after activating the phone. Yes it works.
 
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Did you download the driver from LG's site?

Sorry for not providing more info in the OP. I really don't know much. I just noticed that this method worked for a lot of LG phones so I tried it out. Just wanted to pass it along.

Yeah, downloaded the drivers, downloaded two different motochoppers, and spammed the you-know-what out of the run.bat lol. It recognizes the device, adb just doesnt want to be recognized. Do i have to pull the motochopper folder out of the zip or no? Thanks for the help :)

EDIT: It worked, i just had to pull the folder out of the zip lol
 
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