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Hi all,
I just recently acquired a LG G5, it is Verizon branded. How can I remove the Hello Verizon boot screen and branding? Does this phone need to be rooted? Or can this be done by removing the bloatware? Thank you for any help in this matter.
 
Thank you for your response, I have been using linux for about 10 years and from what I have read Android is based on linux. So surely there are recommended tutorials regarding rooting, and yes I know how to Google, but I would assume someone here would be better equipped to answer my query. Once again thanks Hadron.
 
Better Equipped? :confused:

wrong reply on your part......
you need to better equip yourself with how Android works on carrier devices.... the boot screens are part of the ROM and we don't have access to that period.... not until you root the phone and gain 'SU' access to the system.....
 
Yes, better equipped, as in preparation, understanding, knowledge. And yes I understand super user, but I surely don't understand your answer. I guess my knowledge base is ill equipped to comprehend. Sorry, about your attitude, thought this might be a friendly forum, appears my thinking is askew. But thank you for your words of wisdom all the same.
 
Wow. Just wow... Then I wonder how the heck I keep from biting my tongue...
 
stoney1one said:
Hi Dannydet, please expond, don't be shy. I was simply looking for a civil answer.
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I am normally very civil, I just replied in tone with your post just prior to mine.

The logo screens are buried in the ROM, and the ROM is in the System Partition, and we do NOT have access to any System Partition files.

ergo, there is nothing you or I can do about the logos from the branded carriers, IE, Verizon which I am using.

Now my Note 4 is rooted, and it displays the Verizon logo for about 2 seconds.... lots shorter than the VZW branded logo screen.

never wondered why it should, or should not. Why does it even matter?
The very first screen I see says "Samsung ........" and displays a padlock with the hasp "Open"
 
Boot screen is in the ROM, which can only be removed by rooting your device. We have forums under rooting that may be useful.
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I can't advise on rooting because the methods vary between phones and I am not familiar with that model. In general the best way is to unlock the bootloader, install a custom recovery (which has to be built for the specific model of device) and use that to flash the package which roots the ROM, or even a replacement ROM. But not only do I not know about unlocking a LG, but yours is a Verizon model, and they are the carrier who lock their phones down tightest.

So my advice would be to go to our LG G5 root forum and see what the people there say. (Though that said, I've just checked and there's not a lot of activity there).

Do note that rooting may invalidate your warranty and you need to be careful about system updates on rooted phones (they may not work at all, but they may also work but with problems. I would either return fully to stock before accepting an update or stick with custom software after rooting - personally I do the latter).
 
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One quick Google search. There isn't even a development forum yet. Just basic questions and answers. Rooting the device would be highly risky. You could render it useless, very easily.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g5?nocache=1

A lot of us here at Android Forums are self taught. Usually this involves a lot of reading and searching. What you are asking for we refer to as spoon feeding. On a good day maybe someone would do that for you but your attitude coming in was poor at best.

Next time consider buying an unlocked device instead of a carrier branded.
 
I know, old post. One guy said he had used Linux for 10 years, then said "Android is based on Linux". Well, that is not really correct. It's core has a Linux Kernel, but Google butchered Android (their brand by the way; it's not Linux) OS to their liking, which also has made it a hackable OS, compared to Linux. Also, you cannot use Android software on a Linux system.
As far as rooting, it is safe to do, if you know your way around a Windows/Mac PC. I say this, as I tried to download towelroot.apk to my phone and it cycled forever--never actually downloading. It's only a 113k file, so I downloaded it on my LINUX system (wink wink), transferred the file via usb cable to my phone. Located the .apk file and launched it. less than 3 minutes later, my Samsung Galaxy S3 was rooted.
There are programs like #SU (Find it in Google Play) that can help you change up "factory" or "provider" bloatware. I believe Titanium Backup does some of that as well. You have to buy the pro version of one or the other (forget which one). It's about $6 as of Aug. 2017.
 
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