How to Root the LG Vortex
Lucky are those users who have just picked up a LG Vortex smartphone as you now have root as well as a custom recovery for your device. All these things come packed in a small utility that runs on Windows PCs and needs almost no actions from the user-side. It lets you root your device, flash a recovery and even do some post-root actions on your device. So, if you’re ready, let’s see how to root the LG Vortex.
I. Before You Begin:
1. This will void the warranty of your device. However, you can reinstate the warranty by unrooting your device if there’s any unrooting procedure available.
2. You should have appropriate drivers installed on your PC.
II. Downloading Required Files:
1. LG Vortex Utility (Download link’s given in the first post)
III. Rooting the LG Vortex:
1. Place the Vortex Utility archive onto your Desktop.
2. Extract files from the archive over to your Desktop.
3. Turn ON the USB debugging option on your device by heading to Menu>>Settings>>Applications>>Development>>USB debugging.
4. Once it’s been enabled, connect your device to your PC using the USB cable.
5. Double-click on RUN_THIS_BATCH.bat file you extracted to your Desktop.
6. Press 5 on your keyboard and hit ENTER. It’ll root your device.
7. Follow the on-screen instructions.
8. And you should be rooted now!
Congrats! Your LG Vortex was successfully rooted using the simple utility developed by the developers. You may now go ahead and install any of your favorite root-only apps on your device!
IV. Flash a Custom Recovery Image (Optional):
1. If you would like to flash a custom recovery image in order to flash custom ROMs, head to the How To Flash a Custom Recovery Image on the LG Vortex to learn how to do that.
If this procedure helped you please thank/donate to the original developers here.
If you need help with this procedure, please ask in the comments below or in the forum.
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I have 2 JB ROM’s for the vortex here:http://www.androidfilehost.com/user/settings-dev-files.php?action=show&flid=4291
the aokp version hasnt been tested yet
i just tried to root my LG vortex….installed all the drivers from the utility…turned on debugging on the phone…attached usb cable, and 2click ‘run this batch’ from the extracted utility…opened the right window, did a bit behind the scenes, then said “set was unexpected at this time”…and hit any key…which closed the window. I never got the menu, so never got to select 5 or anything else..just closed the window as soon as I press any key. Whats happening?
If it didn’t work for you, try right-clicking on the batch file and selecting “Run as administrator”. It should work fine.
How do you turn off the block for messaging. My daughters phone is not allowing texts. Second time this has happened.
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