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LG

  • Verdict: 🍅 Just terrible!
  • Verdict: ⛔ Avoid at all costs! (Unisoc)
  • Verdict: ℹ️ Safe for now (Watches) :trollface:

In the past, LG had a developer portal which could be used to unlock phones on their website, however it only supported some international models of their phones, but in December 2021, LG announced the developer portal would be shutting down due to LG ending production of all phones. Unisoc devices were never officially unlockable, this is not LG's fault, Unisoc does not officially support unlocking.

On some models (such as the Stylo 3 Plus and G6), the bootloader can still be officially unlocked via fastboot oem unlock only if the phone is a T-Mobile model. T-Mobile versions also have most fastboot commands removed, including fastboot flash, erase and boot, since the LG V10 on Android 6. Additionally, some non T-Mobile branded LG devices (example 2) also have fastboot boot, flash and/or erase removed as well.

Older devices (prior to 2015) do not have partition verification (on operating system versions made prior to 2015) and assuming you have a root exploit, you can just flash modified partitions with dd -- as recommended by some official LineageOS install guides.

Newer LG budget phones (2018+) from the K and Stylo series typically do not have visible Fastboot.

On most LG devices with fastboot mode hidden, fastboot can usually be accessed by wiping LG Download mode otherwise known as LAF. It is usually wiped either with root (devices prior to 2015) or EDL (devices since 2015).

Most carrier branded LG devices (aside from T-Mobile branded devices made before 2018) also usually have hidden Fastboot as well.

Watches

All LG watches on Android Wear/Wear OS use the standard unlock procedure via fastboot.

Unofficial methods

Aside from the generic unofficial methods for devices with MediaTek and Unisoc SoCs and Devinfo (for some Qualcomm SoCs), some of their devices with Qualcomm SoCs have leaked engineering bootloaders available, for example the LG G7.

There are also some bootloader exploits such as CVE-2020-12753 (PoC) (Working example) and this that allow bootloader unlock as well.

Authored by Ivy / Lost-Entrepreneur439, DiabloSat, TheEnby