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  1. jimbojimshorts

    Root [TMobile] software flashing

    I have 2 LG Optimus f6 phones for t mobile one is soft bricked I guess. It's stuck in a boot loop. I had rooted it and it bricked when I tried to run the recovery the first time. The other one is the replacement. What I would like to do is copy the software from the one and flash it to the...
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    Root [TMobile] root issues

    So i rooted my f6 using the method here under all things root, alternative method. After i rooted i installed a font pack from playstore thats for rooted phones. Well the font pack was supposed to effect a system wide font change but it didnt. The only place that was affected was partially in...
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    Root morningcall security error

    On my old lg motion i had rooted it and ended up experiencing the whole morningcall joys. Well i fixed it and in the process came across a fix to prevent it. Badically i had to use a script editor and replace one file with another. I found it somewhere on this site. I just rooted my new motion...
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    Root data governors

    I'm trying to find some help to figure out if the motion has the data governors in it like the esteem does and if so maybe help guide me on removing them? Thanks in advance
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    Root cwm recovery help?

    So i rooted my nexus. I used the toolkit to do it. Every thing went good but now how do i get into cwm to make backups restore flash roms etc? Every timei hold volume and powerit goes to a screen showing an andriod with chest open but has a red warning triangle coming out of it. And thats where...
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    Root data governor remover

    In the lg esteem forum i had saw a data governor remover that mentioned some other phones and firmware. Does anyone know will it for sure work on a lg motion? And specifically with f firmware? Thanks
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    Root lost camera flash

    About 2 weeks ago I rooted my motion. Things been doing great till I used the camera today. I took several pics in dark area and flash is almost non existent. Tried on auto flash and with flash on. Ideas?
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    Root rooting issues

    tonight I went ahead and rooted my lg motion from metro pcs. all went well enough for someone not real computer savvy. everything went exactly like the guide said it would. so now everything SEEMS ok except I keep getting seemingly random flashes of red around the screen border. could be home...
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    video frame capture

    i am looking for an app that will essentially allow me to pause a video im watching and take a pic of that scene in the video. thanks
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    Root which software???

    ok so i have an esteem that is rooted romed etc. its baseband etc says its zvb. i saw a thread here on upgradeing to zvd. theres a thread on all things rooted downgradeing to zvb. can someone please explain the difrences between the zvb, zvc, and zvd? maybe even go so far as explaining why you...
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    Root zvb? zvc? zvd?

    ok so my esteem has zvb base band. I see in the all things root forum about how to downgrade from d or c to b. in the regular esteem forum it has instructions on upgrading to d. so my question is whats the difference between them? what are the benefits and draw backs of each? im rooted and have...
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    Root account change

    How do i change google accounts on my rooted esteem? it keeps saying can't delete because its needed by certain apps.
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    Root updates???

    ok im posting this here because my phone is rooted. about twice a day i get this update notice. what do i need to do to stop it please? hopefully someone recognizes this and can help. this update notice goes on for 9 screenshots. go to playstore and items never found. thanks
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    Root hard root

    what does it mean to be hard rooted and how do you know if you are?:confused:
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    Root questions

    1St question, how do you change keyboards? ROM I'm currently using only has Swype. I want to remove it and replace it with stock lg. 2nd, how do I take a program apk from one ROM and put it in another. I tried drag and drop using 7zip and it caused phone to not boot up. 3rd, it's the kernel...
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    Root customizing?

    ok so im new to this customizing phones but thanks to you guys im learning as i go and ya'll bail me out when i do something stupid. so....im asking for advice BEFORE i attempt this,:D. ive been reading the forums a lot, playing with diffrent roms and kernals and now id like to go deeper. right...
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    Root stuck in boot loop

    i have an lg esteem that i rooted. removed bloatware and flashed in black plague rom and kernel. changed system font and boot animation. everything was working perfectly. today i noticed it was acting laggey. i started playing with the cpu sliders in rom toolbox. i checked the box marked apply...
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    Root custom roms and kernels

    so i rooted my esteem then got real brave and put in the black plague rom and kernel. didnt like it so i did a factory reset. no back up made. yeah i know i should have read more. anyways i was able to recover the phone thanks to gbiggie pointing me to what i needed. so heres where im at. right...
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    Root metro pcs firmware

    ok so i rooted my metro pcs lg esteem, put in black plague extreme rom and decded i didnt like it. forgot to back up phone and did a factory reset. after a week of tinkering i was able to get the blitzkriege rom in and the phone working again. now do i need to find the metro pcs firm ware so i...