Root Connect 4G: All Things Root Guide

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Connect 4G: All Things Root Guide

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Quick note / disclaimer: as always, you are ultimately responsible for any root-related activities on your phone.

You should understand not only the benefits of rooting, but also any possible consequences (voided warranty, boot-loops, bricking, etc.) that might occur as a result of your root-related actions.

AndroidForums.com / Phandroid.com, its owner, and staff are not liable for any root actions you might undertake as a result of information used from this site.

Reading, researching, understanding, and carefully following the published steps and instructions can go a long way towards helping to make your rooting efforts a successful one.

General Information

• Root Terminology
• http://androidforums.com/faqs/443432-what-root-being-rooted-mean.html
• You've went and rooted the phone. Now What???

Guides

• One Click Root
• Unbrick/Unroot/Update LG Connect
• Bloatware Remover
• ClockWorkMod Recovery
• Root-Cwmtouch-all-one-script-cwm-touch-recovery

ROMs

• [ROM][ALPHA] CyanogenMod 10 for the LG Connect 4G MS840
• [ROM]{MS840} Number_Two v1.8 ~ ZVA
• [ROM]{MS840} LD-LG v1.0 ~ ZVA
• [ROM] Broken Out Connect 1.0 w/Blitzkrieg Kernel
• [ROM] Black-plague-w-plague-kernel
• [ROM] Stock-rooted-deodexed ZVA
  Firmware
• Official Connect MS840/MS840V Firmware

Themes

• [THEME] Cyan 4 BrokenOut (wip)
• [THEME] ICS / Red&Black
• [THEME] Big Red
• [THEME] ICS/JB-BROKEN OUT
• [HOW TO] Easy Theming
• Theming tutorial
• Ultimate Online Theming Kitchen
• [THEME] BeastCandy #2
• [THEME] Orangemix

Overclocking / Underclocking / Undervolting

• overclocking / underclocking
• undervolting
• related apps

Kernels

• [KERNEL] Plague-lg-connect
• [KERNEL] BrokenOut's Blitzkrieg

Radios / Basebands

• VV3 Baseband

Tools & Utilities

• ADB (Android Debug Bridge)
• MD5 checksum verification
• Titantium Backup / Titanium Backup Tutorial
• Root Explorer
• New Unbricking method for LG MS840 Connect brick (Guaranteed to work)

Downloads

• Google Apps Package
• Android SDK

Mods

• mod-script-enable-disable-soft-key-leds
• mod-smoothscroll
• mod-updated-pdroid-patch-smooth-scroll-data-throttle-remover

 

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The following posts will be used as a changelog, so that when any new links appear in the sticky, the thread is bumped and people will know that what has changed.

Update posts will be deleted as and when new updates occur.

Feel free to PM staff to let us know if anything needs adding/changing/removing.

 

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New links for dulal18's unbricking method added - thanks exitprogram for bringing it to my attention

added rooted, now what link

added TB Tutorial link

added easy theming how to

 

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added 2 ROM's (Number_Two & LD-LG v1.0), Cyan 4 theme and BrokenOut's Blitzkrieg kernel - thanks airtioteclint for bringing them to my attention

 

[sammyz]

Added Unbrick/Unroot Guide
Added Firmware thread under ROMs
Added CM10 [ROM][ALPHA] CyanogenMod 10 for the LG Connect 4G MS840 under ROMs, flash under your own risk as any other ROM.
Added [ROM] KANAIDA - Shang Tsung 1 (ICS 4.0.4) under ROMs, again flash with your own risk.

Removed unnecessary text.

 

[sammyz]

Added VV3 under Radios/Basebands
Flash with CWM.