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Root How to "root" the LG Ally

du907 said:
I've been reading this forum and I have a new LG Ally that I want to root.
I have NO idea what you guys are talking about. I'm computer savy but new to the phones. I have downloaded the androot application and have it on the sd card. I have run androot and it goes through several steps then stops with an error message, "Failed!No----Fu goo----" and that's it. Can someone help me and tell me what I need to do. I have the program terminal installed and when I type in what I see on this forum I get access denied. I'm really going to need the step by step method.
Thanks
du907
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What s/w version are you on? If you have updated to ZVD which is FroYo, you won't be able to use any of the older methods. You can confirm your version by going into Settings/About Phone. If it's VZD, you will need to use the guide to root FroYo. Warning: it's not for the faint of heart.
 
Hey thanks for the help. The software version is VS740ZVD. Android version 2.2.1 build FRG83D. I have had the phone since late November.
du907
 
du907 said:
Hey thanks for the help. The software version is VS740ZVD. Android version 2.2.1 build FRG83D. I have had the phone since late November.
du907
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Ok well thats why things like Universal Androot and z4root won't work.

The Rooted Froyo guide will get you rooted with FroYo, give you the custom recovery Amon Ra and restore FastBoot which gets clobbered when FroYo is installed via OTA or LGMU. This will, in turn, position you well for future custom ROMs based off of FroYo.

If you want to go that route, I would suggest getting into IRC and see if someone would be willing to walk you through the guide. Be sure to read it thoroughly first, download any required files and have sufficient time free to complete it.

Best of Luck!
 
Here are some steps that I had to take to fix my root access from adb shell. Not needed to do root stuff from the phone. Not sure if anyone else ran into this issue.

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34. Finally, select "Flash zip menu" in recovery
35. Choose to disable the signature verify first as this causes and error.
36. Choose flash file "su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip".
37. Return to the main menu and reboot your device.
38. I had to include these steps in order to su to root via and 'adb shell'. The su program installed via "su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip" forgot to set the group to 'shell' and then do the chmod
06755 to su. I would have fixed the .zip file but I don't know the function and syntax to do a 'chown root.shell' in the script.
39. Install a terminal emulator. Launch the emulator and type 'su' <Enter>
40. If root is working you should be prompted to allow root access.
41. Once you have root type
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
42. cd to /system/bin and do 'chown root.shell su' then 'chmod 06755 su'.
43. While your still root in the terminal bring up a cmd window and do an 'adb shell' into the device.
44. Ensure that 'Unknown Apps' are allowed in your settings.
45. Type 'su' and you should get a prompt on the phone to allow unknow app root access.
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So, finally the Ally got 2.2, Froyo! Except that it turns out the Ally falls below the minimum requirement for flash, so no Flash. And except now my phone is MUCH slower, and there's very little space on the main partition. I want to go and delete some useless junk Verizon installed with 2.2 so I can use the apps I want. But... I haven't rooted my phone previously. Anyone know how rooting goes on the 2.2 operating system? Does everything work the same? Has anyone run into any problems I should know about before I get going on this?
 
roadworrier said:
So, finally the Ally got 2.2, Froyo! Except that it turns out the Ally falls below the minimum requirement for flash, so no Flash. And except now my phone is MUCH slower, and there's very little space on the main partition. I want to go and delete some useless junk Verizon installed with 2.2 so I can use the apps I want. But... I haven't rooted my phone previously. Anyone know how rooting goes on the 2.2 operating system? Does everything work the same? Has anyone run into any problems I should know about before I get going on this?
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So far with 2.2, the heffe2001 post on how to do this with Windows did not work. Got the message "/data/local/asroot2 [1] Killed" when trying to use su.
 
Crux.V said:
The windows instructions work very well. Here is my post from lgallyforums.com (my responses are in bold):
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I am encountering an issue here....
Part 2
Enter these commands from the $ prompt above:

1) /data/local/asroot2 /system/bin/sh

The error message I am getting is
$/data/local/asroot2 /system/bin/sh
/data/local/asroot2 /system/bin/sh
[1] Killed /data/local/asroot2 /system/bin/sh
$


What am I doing wrong?

Thanks - Sarah
 
sporter79 said:
I am encountering an issue here....
Part 2
Enter these commands from the $ prompt above:

1) /data/local/asroot2 /system/bin/sh

The error message I am getting is
$/data/local/asroot2 /system/bin/sh
/data/local/asroot2 /system/bin/sh
[1] Killed /data/local/asroot2 /system/bin/sh
$


What am I doing wrong?

Thanks - Sarah
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Are you on 2.1 or 2.2?
 
Finally got Froyo 2.2.1 rooted today. I used the site

2.2.1 Easy Root - LG Ally Forum

worked like a charm, but so much of the credit goes to this post. Thank you everyone who asked questions that I was already asking myself, and to all those who answered. You are all awesome, and very helpful. I use Linux so the new post on this site wasn't working for me.
 
Ok, yes I am a Novice when it comes to programming phones. Can someone explain to me in laymans terms how and why I should root my new Ally?
 
Tryndon said:
Ok, yes I am a Novice when it comes to programming phones. Can someone explain to me in laymans terms how and why I should root my new Ally?
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YOU should not root your phone unless you have looked into it and know what you are risking. it will void your warranty, if you are happy with your phone the way it is. dont bother. if your not, this is the wrong guide anyway. this is old. the new guide is posted in thisforum.

Rooting your phone will allow you to do much much more to change the appearance, allow you to access ALL the phones files, installing a custom ROM will greatly increase your phones speed and efficiency of your phone alone with allowing you to overclock (spped up) the phones CPU. so if you want to root your phone READ READ READ before you do anything and make sure you understand what youre doing.
 
heffe2001 said:
Did anybody try the windows directions I posted, I'm curious to see if it worked out ok.
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I tried this and I'm stuck on Part 2. No matter what I do, the response I get is

[1] Killed /data/local/asroot2 /system/bin/sh

I've rebooted the phone. I've got debugging enabled. I'm connected both directions with PDANet.

My OS is Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!
 
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