[How To] Root The Optimus One P500

Optimus One is a very sturdy device and one of the best devices produced by LG till now after the Optimus 2X and it is also a low cost phone with all the features in a smart phone. This device was highly popular and this is a rooting guide for all the people who have bough this device and wish to overclock it or flash custom ROMS or install application which require root and also make changes to the system files and experiment.

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Rooting the Optimus One:

Note: This rooting procedure works only for the devices which are on android 2.2 Froyo

Requirements:

Download z4Root from here

Procedure:

  • Download z4Root from the above link
  • Put it in the root of your SD card
  • Install Astro File Manager from the market
  • Search for the z4Root application in your SD card and then select it
  • Install the z4Root application from astro
  • Open the z4Root application
  • Choose permanent root
  • Wait for the process to finish
  • That’s it your device has been rooted

The device which are still on earlier versions of Android we will be updating the guide or you can update to Froyo and then Root it using the above method.

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