Root [Virgin Mobile/Sprint] [Fastboot] Fastboot for Optimus F3

[DevoutDev]

This is an easy way to get into fastboot mode for the F3. This will NOT unlock your bootloader. If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

This method requires that you have ADB and FASTBOOT already configured on your computer. If you do not, please set it up, and come back to this.

I am not responsible for a bricked device. If you follow the instructions perfectly, you should see the same results as I have gotten. I am posting my findings and what I myself have done, and this work is the sole work of BlondGod.

Backup your device in CWM to external sd prior to attempting!

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Boot your device normally and run these commands through ADB:

adb shell

su

dd if=dev/zero of=dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/boot

reboot

This will boot your phone into fastboot.

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After you are finished with fastboot, enter cwm recovery and select backup and restore,

then advanced restore from external sd, then restore boot

This will restore your original boot.img and allow you to reboot your phone normally again.

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To get into fastboot again, simply re-follow this guide.

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Thanks to gherkaul for testing!

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[xclusive36]

That's why i was looking for a donation phone. Cool

 

[gherkaul]

Thanks so much for sharing this information BG. It may not work to unlock the f3 bootloader like you hoped (and me too) but any tool we can get is an asset.