Rooting the LG V10 Android Phone

Well it has been quite a long time since i've posted alot of things were happening in life that kept me away from blogging but i've finally made it back. Well enough of the jabber lets get to the fun part rooting your LG V10 Android Phone.

Just a little background information the LG V10 was released back in October 2015. This smartphone has some very cool specs. Beginning with an 5,7 Inch wide LCD with IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, that works on Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop) and supported with Qualcomm MSM8992 Snapdragon 808 chipset, Quad-core 1.44 GHz Cortex-A53 & dual-core 1.82 GHz Cortex-A57 of CPU, GPU adreno 418 and combined with 4 GB of RAM, 16 MP of Primary Camera, and 5 MP on Secondary camera.

Note: Before you root your phone make sure your phone has at least 80% battery life and please make sure you take a backup of all of your data. Once you've done this proceed to step 1.

Step 1. Setup ADB and Fastboot on your Computer, if your not sure how to do this check out the following link  http://lifehacker.com/the-easiest-way-to-install-androids-adb-and-fastboot-to-1586992378


Step 2.  You have to enable the Developer Option on your phone, (this setting is disabled by default b/c the phone gods lol dont want you to be able to unlock your phone. )

• Go to Settings
• Select about Phone
• Scroll down until you see Software Info, Once you tap on Software Info you will see the build   number
• Tap the Build number 7 times
• Go back to the Settings and you will now see Developer Options

Step 3. Tap on Developer options and Enable both OEM unlock and USB debugging

Step 4.  Connect your LG V10 phone to your computer using the USB Cable that came with the phone.

Step 5. Boot your  LG V10 into boot loader mode: In order to boot into loader mode type the following:
adb reboot bootloader

Step 6. Now that you’re in bootloader mode, You can unlock the bootloader by typing the following command:
fastboot oem unlock

Step 7. Once bootloader on the phone is unlocked, reboot the bootloader using the following command:
fastboot reboot-bootloader

Step 8. Download and install the TWRP Recovery software from the following link
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347853160

Step 9.  In order to get root on the device, you must Flash SuperSU via TWRP using the following steps.

• Download the SuperSU software using the following link. https://download.chainfire.eu/696/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip

• Copy the SuperSU zip file from the download link above to your device memory or SD card.
• Boot the LG V10 device into TWRP recovery.
• Tap on “Install” and select the SuperSU zip file that you transferred to your device.
• After selecting the .zip file, do “Swipe to Confirm Flash” on the bottom of screen to begin the flashing process.
• Once SuperSU is flashed, you’ll get the  “Reboot System” option, select it.

Step 10. Done (Enjoy your rooted device )