This is often compared to jailbreaking an iPhone or iPad, but rooting and jailbreaking are fairly different. I rebooted my phone and all of the sudden secure startup was enabled and it had a password instead of a pattern.

Step 3: Follow the instructions on the screen to put your LG phone into the Download mode, and then a recovery package will be downloaded. The version of the program you are about to download is 6. This dedicated LG mobile recovery tool - MiniTool Mobile Recovery for Android enables you to detect all the data on your LG phone including the deleted files which are not overwritten by new data.Unplug the phone from the computer when prompted. It allows you to root the LG devices with a Single-Click. Lg 455dl root Dan Goodin - 11:03 pm UTC Enlarge / An LG Nexus 5 at the moment it is rooted using Rowhammer.