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Root Click rooting your LG Optimus Elite

the jcase method does work after the update. I had to use it earlier after updating then applying a custom theme that put me in boot loop.
 
yeah,as soon as the jcase method was complete and downloads,app updates,etc finished there was the zv5 update. if you need to and don't want the update,just uninstall one system app you dont use that's safe to remove and the update will fail on reboot. exit recovery and your good. you may get the nag once or twice more. just repeat. id update then rerooot. then nag is gone permanently. also of note...with this click method you may experience where it doesn't appear to do the step. exit it and repeat step,you'll eventually push all the way through. didn't happen first time out but did second time out. I just closed and kept repeating until it did take.
 
Dark One said:
I rebooted my phone and tried again.

Starting Command Prompt
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\android\platform-tools\Click Root>cd C:\android\platform-tools

C:\android\platform-tools>adb wait-for-device shell
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
rm /data/img/image.bmp

ln -s /data/local.prop /data/img/image.bmp

ls -l /data/img

exit



adb install -r Ministro2.apk

adb install -r LG_OE_DiagMode-debug-unaligned.apk

adb push su /data/local/tmp/su

adb shell

am start -n org.kde.necessitas.example.LG_OE_DiagMode/org.kde.necessitas.origo.QtActivity

exit

$ rm /data/img/image.bmp

$ ln -s /data/local.prop /data/img/image.bmp

$ ls -l /data/img

lrwxrwxrwx shell shell 2012-08-22 21:12 image.bmp -> /data/local.prop

$ exit

VnkwP.png


Any ideas? The jcase method will not work after the update right?
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Take a look at the image I posted on the first page of this thread. According to the image you posted, you put the click root files in the wrong place. They should NOT be in a child folder of platform-tools folder like you have them, all the files in that "Click Root" folder should be alongside adb.exe, fastboot.exe, etc. in the platform-tools folder.

http://androidforums.com/elite-all-...ooting-your-lg-optimus-elite.html#post4778345
 
Ok first Thank you so much for your post and your help HASHTAG this thread is awesome! After trying on my regular laptop and giving up. I copied my platform tools folder and put it on an old XP laptop installed the regular Lg elite drivers installed Net framework 4 after step 2 saw drivers being installed in bottom right corner did step 3 saw same thing happen as before program crashed and two reboots but this time on a hunch I tried installing super user and titanium back up and what do you know BAM! I got root! Had to update su from app but after that everything was gravy I had this happen when I rooted my android tablet. My sony vaio 64 bit i7 1000.oo dollar laptop is a no rooting hunk of junk! That old windows xp laptop with the broken hinge will root stuff for me everytime. BOTTOM LINE THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! Now go cook us some custom roms J
 
climberwill said:
i hit "start step 1" and i just keep waiting nothing pops up on my phone
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when this occurs,simply close out the one click method interface and restart it and start step 1 again. it will take. then continue on. it may happen on step 2 also. in that case leave open the one click interface,navigate to platform-tools folder and manually start zdiag.exe. then open tab at top "options" select driver 0,2,3 and reinstall those. proceed to step 3. step 3 usually takes right away. let phone reboot twice and then install superuser from play store. (now im on xp professional service pack 3 with .net 4.x installed. how the one click method functions on other windows variants i dont know.)
 
Hashtag said:
Yes, the root works. But it wont work for yours until you find a way to stop the bootloop and fix it back to normal.
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not sure if AnmFreak is out of boot loop yet or not,but might have some success by reinstalling original LG elite drivers,reboot pc,get phone into recovery mode (dont mess with anything),connect to pc. the original LG drivers should recognize the device and all its hardware. then use the jcase method to reflash the tot file. ive noticed that if you apply the edited drivers from the one click method over top the original LG drivers,the phone wont be recognized from recovery in order to flash the tot. but will recognize once you reinstall the original drivers. its no big thing that the edited ones do this,their needed to perform root. just in case you cant get the device to recognize in recovery,try reinstalling the orginal lg drivers first. it worked for me. may get AnmFreak out of that boot loop.
 
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! My phone is rooted. The only "issue" I ran into is that my phone wasn't recognized at first. I had forgotten to set up the USB Debugging! After that, no problems at ALL!
 
Worked like a charm!!! Thanks alot, it was super easy too!!! Except Set CPU doesn't want to overclock my phone now,,, grr
 
valek86 said:
well crap how do you unroot? the phone is rediculously slow now
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I don't know how it could have slowed it down, since all root is is a small file with admin permissions.

Your best bet for unrooting would be to flash it with LGNPST and not run the adb commands at the end.

You can actually speed it up quite a bit if you play around with the root tweaks a bit.
 
valek86 said:
Worked like a charm!!! Thanks alot, it was super easy too!!! Except Set CPU doesn't want to overclock my phone now,,, grr
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The stock kernel does not support overclocking. We won't be able to overclock until we are able to flash a kernel capable of oc'ing..

Agree with hashtag that root should not have slowed phone down. Did you install the update
 
False alarm, it was Set CPU that slowed it down significantly after i ran stress test, may be overheated or something, so after deleting and restarting it works fine. I thought I did something wrong in the process and messed up but no it was just that app.

Again thanks for the super easy rooting instructions. And just for the future, if any cool roms come out, i just load clockwork and load it from there right?

I had my Optimus V rooted and loved the CM, but it's been a while so I am rusty
 
I'm new to the forum and I accidently commented on the wrong thread. I don't know how to delete comments. Please forgive me as the forums aren't as friendly to new users. :o
 
I finally got root without that darn msl that stonewalled me for days on end. Just EXACTLY do what Hashtag and ktb83 said and you'll have root. Beautifully executed #.:five:
 
Total noob here. Been reading the directions and everyone's responses and now ready to take the plunge. Put the files in the right folder ran the program and got this:

Starting Command Prompt
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\android\platform-tools\Click Root>cd C:\android\platform-tools

C:\android\platform-tools>adb wait-for-device shell
Info: 'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

Info: operable program or batch file.
Info: 'rm' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
C:\android\platform-tools>rm /data/img/image.bmp
Info: operable program or batch file.

Info: 'ln' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
C:\android\platform-tools>ln -s /data/local.prop /data/img/image.bmp
Info: operable program or batch file.

Info: 'ls' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
Info: operable program or batch file.
C:\android\platform-tools>ls -l /data/img
Info:

C:\android\platform-tools>exit

I pmed Hashtag but not response so I will be patient and await responses here. I did notice right before I started this I was getting a ""usb operation failed" message when I was setting up the mass storage option. Does this have anything to do with it?
 
I have been able to root 2 LG Optimus Elite using a MAC running Parallels and Windows XP SP3. I had to reset the 2nd phone because it kept giving me this stupid repeating ring every 10 minutes and I simply could not figure out why. I backup using Titanium Pro, however it needs to have root access in order to run.

Now that I have tried to use Cick Root again, it simply does not work. The 3 files required in step 2 don't show up, in fact nothing shows up with the phone connected normally. If I out it into diagnostic mode, two LGE drivers show up, but not the 3 mentioned.

I suppose there is no MAC version of your great program that will work. just don't know why it worked the first time, but not the second?

Otherwise I will try to find a PC to see if it will work on it.
 
Avilearner said:
I have been able to root 2 LG Optimus Elite using a MAC running Parallels and Windows XP SP3. I had to reset the 2nd phone because it kept giving me this stupid repeating ring every 10 minutes and I simply could not figure out why. I backup using Titanium Pro, however it needs to have root access in order to run.

Now that I have tried to use Cick Root again, it simply does not work. The 3 files required in step 2 don't show up, in fact nothing shows up with the phone connected normally. If I out it into diagnostic mode, two LGE drivers show up, but not the 3 mentioned.

I suppose there is no MAC version of your great program that will work. just don't know why it worked the first time, but not the second?

Otherwise I will try to find a PC to see if it will work on it.
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The dev that made this root(giantpune) said that somebody would need to take the lgoeexploit source code and make a mac friendly version. Pm him if you have any more questions.
 
im a novice (at best)...ive rooted my old optimus, my gf's moto triumph and one other phone but all throug one click phone only methods...do i need to download apk and connect to pc or can i run this on my phone itself?....i had thought the click root meant not having too hook up to the pc but the talk of the adb confused me...this has to be downloaded on a computer correct? just not putting the pieces together here....i read jcases method the day it posted but didnt think i could do it...help me make this work please
 
dstmtm69 said:
im a novice (at best)...ive rooted my old optimus, my gf's moto triumph and one other phone but all throug one click phone only methods...do i need to download apk and connect to pc or can i run this on my phone itself?....i had thought the click root meant not having too hook up to the pc but the talk of the adb confused me...this has to be downloaded on a computer correct? just not putting the pieces together here....i read jcases method the day it posted but didnt think i could do it...help me make this work please
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This "click root" method is not a standalone APK like some others which can be simply run from your phone. This rooting application and accompanying files just automates and guides a person through the manual command-line based rooting process which giantpune put together. This "click root" application needs to be run through Windows on a PC with the Android SDK and Microsoft .NET framework 4.0 installed, connected to your phone by USB (after installing the USB drivers from LG's VM696 support page)
 
So Ive been attemping to root my elite all weekend, the jcase method wasn't working for me (got all the way to the lgnpst part where you click upgrade and select your bin file and then started and it failed) so then I switched to the giantpune method, I was able to set up everything right (I think) by upgrading my .net framework to 4.5 and extracting all the click root.zip files to c:/android/platform-tools. After that I ran step one successfully, enabled DIAG mode and moved on. When I started zadig.exe I couldn't find the required drivers (cdc serial usb interface 0, lg usb android interface 2 and lg usb android interface 3) but I then went off the path a little and tried reinstalling the lg usb united drivers I had downloaded previously for something, and then I found the correct drivers in zadig. I selected the drivers and one by one installed them over libusb32. I thought that was all good them so I moved on to step 3. My phone did everything normal (bootloop and then reboot) and then I installed superuser then i opened ROM manager (I had it installed to move to sd for another phone wothout 3g when I was out of wifi) to check wheter I would get the message about not finding root and I didn't. Afterwards I went and installed all the root apps I wanted and then went to sleep (this was like 3 in the morning) this morning I woke up and tried to use some of my root apps and apparently superuser is not found a sys/bin or sys/xbin. I reopened rom manager and got the no root message I didn't get last night when opening it. Should I retry that root process or try and do the the jcase root or giantpunes original? Thanks in advance.

Sent from my LG Optimus Elite, bone stock.
 
Thanks Hashtag for making this possible. Got everything done in 20mins. One suggestion; I think it would be more helpful if you can put the full step-by-step instructions in the 1st post instead of it being scattered.

I was finally able to delete that annoying boot animation. Peace at last!
Is it ok to delete LG diag app once root achieved? Thanks
 
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