Comprehensive Guide to Unlock The Bootloader on Sprint LG G8 ThinQ

Let’s check out the steps to unlock the bootloader on Sprint LG G8 Thinq. Most of the OEMs usually ship their devices with a locked bootloader. They do so because they want you, the user, to only use the OS that they have provided. While this makes sense from the security point of view, yet not everyone like the stock OS of their devices. This is why they take the help of custom ROMs. For that, the first requirement is that your device’s bootloader should be unlocked. And many OEMs allows you to easily do the same.

However, there are still a few exceptions. Smartphone manufacturers like Nokia, Huawei, and even LG up to an extent has stopped the support of bootloader unlocking. In LG’s case, they wouldn’t even give out the required bootloader unlocking code to you. But thanks to the rich development community of Android, there’s now an exploit through which you could easily unlock the bootloader on Sprint LG G8 ThinQ. This privilege escalation exploit was first done on the LG V50 ThinQ. Since G8 ThinQ has similar specifications, developers tried the exploit in this device and were able to achieve success on this device too. So without further ado, let’s check out the detailed instructions set in this regard.

Unlock The Bootloader on Sprint LG G8 ThinQ

Before beginning with the steps, we would like to highlight the fact the below steps might be a little complicated to some of our readers. So please follow all the steps in the same manner as mentioned. Furthermore, the exploit was founded by the XDA Recognized Developer j4nn, so a huge thanks to him. With that said, here are the required instructions, in detailed separate sections for your easy understanding.