How to Root the LG Axis

Think your LG Axis isn’t performing at its fullest? If so, it’s time you root your device. With root on your LG Axis, you’ll be able to install root-only apps that help you improve the performance of your device by tweaking system files. Sounds good? huh. Here’s how you can root your device:

Rooting is the process of gaining administrative rights on your Android device.  Once we root our Android device, we can then make changes to it to customize it well beyond what it normally can do.

Once you have root access on your LG Axis, you’ll be able to:

• Remove apps that were preinstalled by your carrier/manufacturer from your device.
• Free up storage space (because of the above benefit).
• Increase battery life (apps that might have been running constantly can be removed).
• Increase performance (after removing apps that are always running, the device will be less bogged down and run smoother).
• Update to a new version of Android (by flashing a custom recovery/ROM, see the end of this procedure for more info on that).
• Tons of other customizations when you use your new found administrative rights to flash a custom ROM (again, see the end of this procedure for more info on that).

Interested? Here’s how to root your LG Axis:

I. Before You Begin

1. This’ll void the warranty of your device. We won’t be held responsible if you end-up bricking your device. Do it at your own risk.

2. This should only work on Windows based PCs.

3. You should’ve ADB installed on your PC. If you don’t, follow our guide for the same here and you’ll be all set.

II. Downloading Required Files

1. Download Axis Root Package and save it to your desktop.

Axis Root Package (Download link’s available in the first post)

III. Rooting the LG Axis

1. Extract files from Axis Root Package to your desktop by right-clicking on it and selecting Extract here.

2. Enable USB debugging on your device by heading to Menu > Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging.

3. Plug in your device to your PC using the USB cable.

4. Launch a Command Prompt Window on your desktop. To do so, hold down Shift and right-click on any blank area on your screen and select Open command window here.

5. Type in following commands into the Command Prompt Window hitting Enter after each line:

adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage
adb push Superuser.apk /data/local/tmp/Superuser.apk
adb push su /data/local/tmp/su

6. Then, issue the following command to get shell access:

adb shell

7. Once in shell, issue the following commands:

chmod 775 /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage
/data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage /system/bin/sh

8. Now, issue the following commands:

adb kill-server
adb start-server
adb shell

9. Issue the following commands and you should be rooted:

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
cat /data/local/tmp/Superuser.apk > /system/app/Superuser.apk
cat /data/local/tmp/su > /system/bin/su
chmod 06755 /system/bin/su
reboot

10. You’re all done!

Congrats! Your LG Axis is now rooted. The procedure has installed the Superuser app on your device to help you manage root-permissions.

You can click here to find all of the LG Axis How To’s.

You can also find all of the LG Axis ROMs we have here.