Root [GUIDE] How to root T-Mobile 6.0 update

RonnieMatson · Mar 19, 2016

Telyx said:
I couldn't find an adb folder but Blu8's advice worked perfectly. By the way, I had to "fastboot oem unlock" (not optional, at least in my case, even with bootloader unlock enabled in Developer Options).

Glad you figured it out

RonnieMatson · Mar 19, 2016

MartyMar said:
Dammit! now that I rooted MM video calling doesn't work for me anymore -____-

I'm rooted too and Video Calling was an option on my device, can even make calls.

Marty_Since87 · Mar 19, 2016

RonnieMatson said:
I'm rooted too and Video Calling was an option on my device, can even make calls.

I couldn't make video calls anymore because I changed the DPI, lol.

RonnieMatson · Mar 19, 2016

MartyMar said:
I couldn't make video calls anymore because I changed the DPI, lol.

Ah okay got it lol

TMacgnolia · Mar 19, 2016

master odysues said:
@TMacgnolia does the bootloader unlock work even if I'm still running 5.1 ??

It probably does work on 5.1.1 also but I never tested it on that version.

RonnieMatson said:
Someone from XDA Forum said you can root with Kingroot.
Personally i thought it was a bunch of sh*t, but surpringly the damn thing worked.

All i did was OEM unlock (like this tutorial) and instead of doing the twrp/su stuff from here (because it doesn't work for me either.) I just ran the KingRoot apk (after the oem unlock) and did the auto rooting process. It worked!

Edit: spoke to soon, King root ****s you when you reboot the device.

From the posts made on the XDA thread I made it appears Kingroot does work as at least one user can comfirm it worked for them. I woulod like some more feed back from users on this though. I am going to edit the guide some to match the edits I made to the one on XDA.

RonnieMatson · Mar 20, 2016

TMacgnolia said:
It probably does work on 5.1.1 also but I never tested it on that version.

From the posts made on the XDA thread I made it appears Kingroot does work as at least one user can comfirm it worked for them. I woulod like some more feed back from users on this though. I am going to edit the guide some to match the edits I made to the one on XDA.

I've actually tried kingroot but hasn't fully *tested* it, from what I've noticed is that oem unlock needs to be enabled and that rebooting puts your phone in a softboot.

HallOfPromise · Mar 20, 2016

If anyone tries kingroot and can't hold root after a reboot, maybe try to flash SuperSU over kinguser before the first reboot attempt. Also flash twrp, of course. But get rid of all signs of kingroot and its apps.

TMacgnolia · Mar 20, 2016

HallOfPromise said:
If anyone tries kingroot and can't hold root after a reboot, maybe try to flash SuperSU over kinguser before the first reboot attempt. Also flash twrp, of course. But get rid of all signs of kingroot and its apps.

The only way to replace Kingroot with SuperSU is to use the SuperSUme app or the script that does it.

HallOfPromise · Mar 20, 2016

TMacgnolia said:
The only way to replace Kingroot with SuperSU is to use the SuperSUme app or the script that does it.

Has anyone tried this?

TMacgnolia · Mar 20, 2016

HallOfPromise said:
Has anyone tried this?

Yes many people have used the Super sume app before on 5.1.1 including me. And I have used the script several my Stylo and Leon.

Jack Mickey · Mar 20, 2016

@TMacgnolia , If i tried to root using Kingroot, supersume, and flashify for twrp and my device became bricked, would i still be able to go in DL mode and reflash to get back to MM with LG Flash Tool? If i could still get back to stock MM, im definitly willing to give it a try.

TMacgnolia · Mar 20, 2016

Jack Mickey said:
@TMacgnolia , If i tried to root using Kingroot, supersume, and flashify for twrp and my device became bricked, would i still be able to go in DL mode and reflash to get back to MM with LG Flash Tool? If i could still get back to stock MM, im definitly willing to give it a try.

Yes you would still be able to get to Download Mode to use the LG Flash tool to flash the kdz.

Jack Mickey · Mar 20, 2016

Sounds good. After i put little man down, ill give it a go. I should have results posted no later than midnight.

Jack Mickey · Mar 20, 2016

So kingroot seemed to be a no go. It installed and rooted my device. I then tried super sume, and it force closed. I tried the script @TMacgnolia mentioned, and it opened Supersu, but i could not install via twrp as im just stock root and couldnt reboot yet. Normal install failed. I then tried to instal twrp via flashify, and before rebooting, tried installing supersu through twrp. When my device rebooted i got secure booting error 1003 on the LG splash screen and a boot loop. I tried the recovery key combo, the option to factory reset came up, but when pressed, the phone would boot back to the flash screen with the same error and bootloop. I finally pulled my battery and reflashed the 10i kdz with the LG Flash Tool 2014. At the end of that my phone rebooted and came up with error and a dead android. Another battery pull, and the setup menu came up phone rebooted on its own before i could tap english and all is good. Im now on 10i waiting for my battery to charge to upgrade back to MM. Hopefully i still have a recovery, because im at the part whereim supposed to factory reset before changing date time and updating to MM.

Jack Mickey · Mar 20, 2016

Under factory reset, the option to reset my phone is now greyed out.

Blu8 · Mar 20, 2016

Lol it tells you why, your battery is at 10%

TMacgnolia · Mar 20, 2016

Jack Mickey said:
So kingroot seemed to be a no go. It installed and rooted my device. I then tried super sume, and it force closed. I tried the script @TMacgnolia mentioned, and it opened Supersu, but i could not install via twrp as im just stock root and couldnt reboot yet. Normal install failed. I then tried to instal twrp via flashify, and before rebooting, tried installing supersu through twrp. When my device rebooted i got secure booting error 1003 on the LG splash screen and a boot loop. I tried the recovery key combo, the option to factory reset came up, but when pressed, the phone would boot back to the flash screen with the same error and bootloop. I finally pulled my battery and reflashed the 10i kdz with the LG Flash Tool 2014. At the end of that my phone rebooted and came up with error and a dead android. Another battery pull, and the setup menu came up phone rebooted on its own before i could tap english and all is good. Im now on 10i waiting for my battery to charge to upgrade back to MM. Hopefully i still have a recovery, because im at the part whereim supposed to factory reset before changing date time and updating to MM.

So did Kingroot actually root your device to where you could use root apps before you rebooted to recovery?

Jack Mickey · Mar 20, 2016

Yes, and root checker said i had root, but the green circle kept going. I was never able to get into recovery though. Im about to start installing the updatescto get back to MM.

Jack Mickey · Mar 21, 2016

@TMacgnolia , i am having ALOT of trouble. I have adb and fastboot in C:/adb , as well as the recovery.img. i enable usb debugging and oem unlock, go into the adb folder, and open a cmd window. When i type adb devices i get LGH631329ec6ba device. I type adb reboot bootloader, my phone reboots to an lg splash screen that says welcome to bootloader unlocker. As soon as i type fastboot devices, the terminal says waiting on device and my phone stays on the bootloader screen until i pull the battery. Did i delete my stock recovery earlier? Am i doing something wrong? How do i get my device to be recognized by fastboot? Im back on MM.

TMacgnolia · Mar 21, 2016

Jack Mickey said:
@TMacgnolia , i am having ALOT of trouble. I have adb and fastboot in C:/adb , as well as the recovery.img. i enable usb debugging and oem unlock, go into the adb folder, and open a cmd window. When i type adb devices i get LGH631329ec6ba device. I type adb reboot bootloader, my phone reboots to an lg splash screen that says welcome to bootloader unlocker. As soon as i type fastboot devices, the terminal says waiting on device and my phone stays on the bootloader screen until i pull the battery. Did i delete my stock recovery earlier? Am i doing something wrong?

No you need to do fastboot devices to see if your device is recognized by fastboot. If you do not get something like "dffacad9 fastboot" in your cmd window then you probably do not have the fastboot drivers installed. If you do get something like "dffacad9 fastboot" in your cmd window then you need to type fastboot oem unlock and then you can use fastboot boot recovery.img to boot the recovery and flash the SuperSU.zip.

Jack Mickey · Mar 21, 2016

I installed fastboot and adb from the xda link or so i thought. It was supposed to be a 15 second all in 1 package from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48915118#post48915118

TMacgnolia · Mar 21, 2016

Jack Mickey said:
I installed fastboot and adb from the xda link or so i thought. It was supposed to be a 15 second all in 1 package from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48915118#post48915118

That installer should be fine. But I am talking about the device drivers that Windows requires you to install to be able to communicate with your device. Linus does not have to have drivers installed and this is one of several reasons I prefer Linux over Windows.

Jack Mickey · Mar 21, 2016

So i should be able to use this exact same process in Kali Linux? I have it dual booted alongside Windows 10.

TMacgnolia · Mar 21, 2016

Jack Mickey said:
So i should be able to use this exact same process in Kali Linux? I have it dual booted alongside Windows 10.

Yes but you need to have adb and fastboot installed in your Kali Linux.

Jack Mickey · Mar 21, 2016

Unfortunately, it looks like i have along way to go. I have installed drivers adb, read hours of forums, and am still at a 100% complete loss as to how to get fastboot to recognize my device. And Kali, well, im still trying to learn how to get an app repo. Thats how noob i am there. I will most likely be reflashing a metro kdz and going back to katana until i am able to figure this out.

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