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I see almost everyone in L9 forum is giving reference link to this flashing guide in their threads, but almost no one is mentioning any credit to this. They are just putting links. What do you all think, pals? Do I deserve a credit or not
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Thanks to all developers and contributors: Bin4ry , adixtra , unknown_world. I thank to all the users of this thread who gave feedback and reported issues time to time, which helped "us" to make this guide better and perfect.
First thing first, this is not my original work, I have just tried to consolidate all the scattered things together for SAFE and EASY flashing and rooting of L9 variants. Written this guide as many pals were having issues with OFFLINE KDZ FLASHING and help was scattered in many pages creating more confusion.
Wow! After so much of followup with xda mods, finally we got Home (Sub-Forum) for LG L9 series.
PLEASE, USE INFO AT YOUR OWN RISK & INTELLIGENCE.
Flashing KDZ removes Root and CWM, so you will need to root again.
Flashing KDZ does not wipe your data, but if you get bootloops you need to hard-reset it, so please backup data first.
LG Update Tool works on all versions of windows (xp/w7/w8-32/64bit) for flashing any version of Android (GB/ICS/JB). If it does not work on your windows, something is missing on your system and if anyone here cannot help you then, you have find your own ways. Don't expect Spoon-feeding for everything.
DEVICES FLASHED WITH THIS GUIDE AND TESTED OK: LG Optimus 2x (P990) and LG Optimus L9 (P76?)
This thread contains two "MAIN" separate parts.
Post 1) FLASH L9 FACTORY ROM WITH OFFLINE FIX + UNBRICK by fooling Company Software Update Tool by installing local web-server as hosted LG rom database server on your pc. This always worked well for me.
Post 2) Root Rootable KDZ with OLD Bin4ry method.
Post 3) FAQ and More Unbrick and CWM Discussion.
Also visit my NEW FASTER ROOT L9 METHOD for UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER
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[GUIDE] FLASH L9 Factory ICS/JB ROM WITH OFFLINE FIX + UNBRICK
Works perfect on Win-XP/W7/W8 32bit/64bit. UNBRICKS ALL SOFT-BRICKED L9 (P760/765/P768/P769)
TRUST ME THIS IS NOT LENGTHY PROCESS, I JUST HAVE PUT THEM IN EASY STEPS FOR COMPLETE NOOB PERSON. EXPERTS PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM COMMENTING HARSH ON ME.
THIS METHOD IS ALWAYS FASTER THAN ONLINE WITH PC SUITE, WHICH DOWNLOADS HUGE FILE ONLINE AND YOU NEED TO WAIT UNTIL IT FINISHES DOWNLOADING IN THE MIDDLE OF FLASHING.
In first part of this Guide, we are creating a Local Web-Server for LG Support Tool and will try everything which will PREVENT the tool to connect to real LG server over internet. We have to create SMALL SERVER on our own system and redirect tool to this webpage.
FIRST DOWNLOAD YOUR OWN OFFICIAL KDZ (LG ROM) FILE FROM MY ROM COLLECTION PAGE or from anywhere and proceed...
0) Precautions:
___A) Select "Debugging Mode" as ON (Ticked) in Phone Settings (Developer Section)
___B) Select "Install from Unknown Sources" as ON (Ticked) in Phone Settings (Security Section)
___C) Indian version of L9 does not come with "Lookout Security Antivirus" already installed. But KDZ from other countries may have it already installed, FORCE CLOSE AND UNINSTALL it from app manager. If you cannot uninstall, at least DISABLE it. This program is known to be preventing connection and rooting of device.
___D) Remove all other USB devices (external hdd, backup drives, other phones, etc) and cables connected to PC to avoid issued due to voltage loss. (example)
___E) OFFLINE KDZ FLASHING DOES NOT LOOSE PHONE DATA, BUT YOU MUST BACKUP YOUR PHONE IN ANY CASE.
1) Find NOTEPAD program from StartMenu of Windows and Right Click on it and run it with "Run as Administrator" option. Remember use "Run as Administrator" while opening, otherwise you will not be able to save it after changes.
Now you need to open "HOSTS" file located in folder "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\" with following method.
Click File Menu >>> Open File >>> Now copy-paste following in "Open File" Box.
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
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Please note the opened file name is only "hosts" and does not have file-extension like txt or anything.
When file is opened, add following lines at bottom of "hosts" file, a file with no extension like txt/doc/xls.
127.0.0.1 csmg.lgmobile.com
127.0.0.1 csmgdl.lgmobile.com
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Now SAVE file and Close it.
Content of Hosts file looks like this sample file. Close this file , because we may not need it after this point.
AND RESTART PC NOW (check if lines are still there after Restart. They should be there.)
2) INSTALLING SMALL SERVER: Download "shttps.zip" (attached below) and Extract the Zipped folder "shttps" in root of C-drive of your computer.
Now Right click on "C:\shttps\http.exe" file and "Run As Administrator" and in Windows Compatibility Mode with "WindowsXP SP3" (must for Win7/8) , a server status window will open "MINIMIZE IT BUT DONT CLOSE IT" and you will also see a SMALL SERVER icon in TASKBAR, like mentioned below.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
WEBSERVER TESTING: If webserver is running correct, YOU SHOULD SEE A SWEET GIRL WITH L9 WHEN YOU CLICK THIS >>> http://127.0.0.1:9002
If you don't see a GIRL, something is wrong. Start again.
COMING TO ACTUAL FLASH PROCESS.
3) Download (attached) and Extract "KDZ_FW_UPD_EN.zip" and save the folder on desktop or any suitable place on your hard-disk.
4) Optional if "MSXML 4.0 SP3 Parser" is already installed before: Install it by finding and installing "msxml.msi" file in flash folder.
5A) Optional if "B2CAppClient" is already installed before: Internet Must be ON and Right-Click on B2CAppSetup.exe and Run As Administrator. If not installed before, it will download a setup file, will install it and open "LGMOBILE SUPPORT TOOL" box as shown below. Without doing anything just close this box because we will install latest LG Universal Android driver manually in next step.
5B) Optional if "LG Android USB Driver" is already installed before: Install latest "LG USB Driver (Download 4.0.4 here)" Remember your Phone is not connected yet.
NOW YOU ARE ALL SET AND READY TO FLASH
6) Never installed JellyBean before and with Locked Bootloader? Then Connect Phone in Software Upgrade Mode: Switch OFF the phone and Press VolumeUP button and insert USB cable into phone, Now phone should show SW Upgrade Mode.
Let windows load any drivers, wait until it finishes. TWO ENTRIES SHOULD APPEAR IN DEVICE MANAGER IF DRIVERS ARE PROPERLY INSTALLED, LIKE THIS SCREENSHOT or this screenshot. (ignore detected entries in following screenshot, they will be different every time)
Post-JB issue: If you have installed JellyBean before, Phone may not go in "Software Upgrade Mode" or Flashing stops at 14% in 11th step.
Then do this WORKAROUND: Keep the Phone POWERED ON with USB connected and on "LG Software" mode and do next step of flashing KDZ with Update tool and the phone will automatically go in software upgrade mode.
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7) Execute "UpTestEX_mod2_marwin.exe" with "Run As Administrator" option and in Windows Compatibility Mode with "WindowsXP SP3" (must for Win7/8) >> and Select your KDZ file. Select "3GQCT" in Type of Flash and select "EMERGENCY" for PhoneMode. Ignore all other options and press "NORMAL WEB UPGRADE TEST" at bottom. This button is very light and hard to see at first attempt.
IMPORTANT: Do not change names of the KDZ files from LG server or downloaded from my this and this page. (They should look like.... "V10G_00.kdz" or other version in same style.)
8) Now "Read Phone Information" box will open with blank information, Just press "Upgrade Start"
9) A small box at bottom-right side may appear like below, which you may "ignore" or "cancel"
10) Now "Select country and language" small box will open. Here select "Different Country" and "English" and press "OK".
11) Now actual flashing will start and PHONE UPDATE TOOL (shown below) will appear, and if your KDZ file is good flashing will end without any issue.
JUST RELAX!! SIT BACK WITH HANDS FOLDED BEHIND HEAD AND WATCH IT HAPPENING.
When it finishes full flashing and phone will start rebooting.
YOU CAN REMOVE CABLE AFTER 100%, AND FLASHING IS FINISHED!!! Close all programs.
FLASHING ERROR AT THIS POINT? If you have installed JB before then your flashing may stop at 4% to 14%. This may be due JB rom already installed before or due to driver not completely installed for "SW Upgrade Mode".
WORKAROUND: Cancel flashing by exiting LG Update Tool. Phone should be still in SW Upgrade Mode, Remove USB Cable, wait 10 seconds, Insert USB cable again and let all drivers install for this mode. The device manager should look LIKE THIS SCREENSHOT. START AGAIN FROM STEP 6 (Read about Post-JB Issue)
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BOOTLOOPS? STUCK AT LG LOGO? : Dont worry!!! If you were on CM and flashed JB or vice versa or your data partition is not matching with new partitions, then your phone may get BOOTLOOPS on LG Logo.
HARD-RESET to solve it (Press VolDown, Home and Power all together) You will loose data, dont worry, before starting you took BACKUP and I am sure about it. Phone should start normally. (Click for correct method of HARDRESET)
You're done!!! Phone is FLASHED!!!
12) Remove lines we added from HOSTS file mentioned above. Do it now!!! Dont complaint later that LG KDZ download links are not working. LOLZ
IMP NOTE: This is also called OFFLINE FOTA and all your Phone Settings, DATA on internal card and external card and also the installed APPLICATIONS will remain as it is. Enjoy!!
TROUBLESHOOTING, IN CASE OF ANY ISSUES: Check following workarounds.
Uninstall LG Driver, RESTART PC and then REINSTALL DRIVER before connecting phone to pc.
Run B2CAppSetup.exe and let it download and install LG Support Tool. After it opens just close it because it will not be needed later.
After Adding lines in HOSTS file, confirm if file is saved or not and then RESTART PC to see the added lines are there or not. This is to be done after first step is done.
Sometimes the downloaded file could be corrupted too. Do fresh download when your internet connection is good.
"Microsoft Security Essential" (Antivirus+Firewall) falsely recognizes "C:\shttps\http.exe" as virus (false alarm) and blocks it. Either allow it to execute or Get RID of this Antivirus.
....and try again with next procedure.
Also Visit Post Number 3 for FAQ with more queries.
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B) Root Rootable KDZ with OLD Bin4ry method.
Second Post ...
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Download from Mirror Links
1) https.zip (dev-host server link)
Please do not follow this OLD ROOTING GUIDE as I have written NEW ROOTING GUIDE for...
Easiest Rooting + Unlocking of LG L9 [Bye Bye Fastboot] by CMahendra
Rooting is possible directly from phone. Tested and 100% working!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2779985
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Before we start please remember, Use information at your own risk.
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Rooting ICS ON LG OPTIMUS L9 (OLD BIN4RY METHOD) Only for ICS.
Thanks to Bin4ry who gave us this FIRST Working L9 Rooting Method.
1) Download and Flash Rootable ICS KDZ: It is known that this Root works on V10A for all L9 Models. Root works on V10C on P765. Root works on V10E on P769 (No Rom available, V10E comes from factory). Root works on V10A of P768.
At the moment Rooting does not work on higher versions of Roms, hence you will need to downgrade by flashing Rootable KDZ. Find Download Links of Rootable KDZ in this thread and please read related information carefully. This tutorial was made after testing with Indian V10C KDZ for P765.
2) Download "RootBinary.zip" (attached) and Extract to D-drive on your pc. You will find a new Folder "D:\RootBinary" and some files inside it.
3) Precautions:
___A) Select "Debugging Mode" as ON (Ticked) in Phone Settings (Developer Section)
___B) Select "Install from Unknown Sources" as ON (Ticked) in Phone Settings (Security Section)
___C) Indian version of L9 does not come with "Lookout Security Antivirus" already installed. But KDZ from other countries may have it already installed, FORCE CLOSE AND UNINSTALL it from app manager. If you cannot uninstall, at least DISABLE it. This program is known to be preventing connection and rooting of device.
4) Install Drivers "LG USB Driver (Download 4.0.4 here)"
5) Connect Phone to PC with USB in "MTP" mode, let all drivers install for detected hardware items, then in "Charge Only" Mode, let all drivers install, then in "PTP" mode and let all drivers install, LASTLY connect in "LG SOFTWARE" Mode and let all drivers install. (confirmed by this user too)
(Installing drivers in MTP, PTP and Charge Only is necessary, it does not take too much time. Just do it. It may save your time, as your rooting process will not stop for any unknown reason at any point)
6) Keep phone in "LG SOFTWARE" Mode and wait until it is connected. Now at this moment Device Manager should show 3 entries like this. If not, flashing will not work.
7) Now Open "Command Prompt" on pc with "RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR" option. (Type cmd in startmenu and when "command prompt" appears, right click on it and run it as Administrator)
8) Type "D:" and Press Enter key. And then type "CD \RootBinary" at Command Prompt and enter in directory, to show "D:\RootBinary>" in command prompt where your root files are present.
9) This is optional but its good to check if your Phone is connected to PC or not. Always better to confirm it. Type following command in command prompt box "stuff\adb devices" (all lower case) and press enter. Now Command Prompt should show the line showing the Device ID of connected device. (see image)
10) Now type and enter main rooting command "RUNME" (executes RunMe.bat) and then Select 1 for Normal Mode Rooting. Now look at Phone you will be asked if you want to RESTORE DATA, press "RESTORE MY DATA" button on Phone.
11) The Phone will reboot twice automatically and that is normal, press key on computer when prompted
12) YOU WILL SEE A LINE SAYING YOUR PHONE IS ROOTED. Go and check in phone app list, if icon of "SuperSU" is present or not. If yes you are ROOTED (Now install CWM in next step).
SIMPLE TEST: When you install and open (run) AdAway, then SuperSU will stop you and ask for permission to open. VOILA!!! Thats the sign of rooted android. Its done! Enjoy
13) IMPORTANT: Above only plain rooting and does not install CWM (ClockWorkMod). Now you need to install CWM Recovery Installer by Artas182x to use CWM.
ALL SCREENSHOTS ADDED.... Please check all carefully.
PROBLEM? If Bin4ry's rooting file is not working then, you can try same by replacing with Zanakorus33's Batch file, instead of "RunMe.bat" file by Bin4ry. Thanks to Zanakorus33 and Mingkee.
FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
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Q) Even after fresh flashing or when any experiment goes bad, you may see following DEAD ANDROID with Red Triangle and exclamation mark over its body. What to do?
Workaround A) You may think, you have just killed it, but HEY, Wait, Relax. Even I got this issue when I flashed Prada Apk for CWM and then reflashed.
FORCE SWITCH OFF: First press Power Button for 10 seconds, phone will turn off, like laptops turn off with same trick. Then restart phone and see if it starts normally. If no then you need to do hard reset as mentioned below.
HARD RESET: Remove the Battery and insert it after few seconds. And now do the 3 button HARD RESET. First press VOLUMEDOWN and HOMEbutton. Then Press Power button only for 3 seconds and release power button but dont release VolDown and Home button and KEEP BOTH PRESSING until you see a Bigger Green Standing Android and circulating Molecular structure above it. DONE! Your Android should boot now and will be back in action. ALL DATA AND APPS WILL BE WIPED, BUT HEY IT GETS ITS LIFE BACK and LIFE'S GOOD.
Workaround B) You might have issue with bootloader or CWM installation error, JUST FLASH KDZ AFRESH and you will again see above screen after finishing, Just Repeat Workaround A, hard-reset it immediately. (I had to do this at least thrice, and everytime it came back ) Thats why they call it, LG DEVICES ARE UNBRICKABLE. A completely ignored feature which wins above all.
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Q) What is KDZ? Sorry I am first time on XDA with new LG Phone.
A) Welcome to XDA, Like we install Windows XP or 7 on pc, every phone needs Operating System too to function. Phones also need this OS and its Drivers to be installed and functioning. The OS files here are generally called "FIRMWARE" or "ROM" files. The company LG bundles whole OS, Drivers and other supporting files and applications, into one single huge file and they gave it a file-extension name as "KDZ". The regular updates of OS are also released by manufacturers either via download or directly in device via 3G or WiFi which is also called FOTA (Firmware Over The Air). Here in this thread we are talking about flashing (clean install) of the KDZ on phone, which should actually be done by LG Service Centres only and not us. But well these days everyone is doing that with the help of helpful tips and apps given by experts on XDA. Hope some things are clear here.
Size of KDZ file: Generally KDZ files for LG L9 are around 480+MB to 600MB for ICS version. For Optimus 2x the KDZ file is around 300MB (GB) to 600MB (ICS). Hope this helps too.
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Q) Well, I could successfully Root my phone, but how to install CWM?
A) Working CWM 6.x by Artas182x is here. Read instructions carefully.
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Q) After installing CWM by Artas182x, how to go Recovery Mode (in CWM menu)? Could not go by pressing Power button while pressing VolumeDown. (Why LEDS on phone blink rapidly while rebooting phone?)
A) That method is wrong for CWM. The correct method is Switch On phone with single power button and release it. When LG logo appears in a moment LEDS start blinking, quickly press and release VolDown button, you will be now in CWM menu.
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Q) After Rooting on V10C, can I update to latest ROM, keeping device ROOTed?
A) Not directly by upgrading via OTA (Air). BUT YES at some extent you can do it for some models. There is a thread by me with Collection of Rooted CWM Backups for various models. Read thread carefully for details. While writing this (on 24-Feb) I am on Rooted P765V10G due to the CWM Backup sent by another user DarkFable.
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Q) How to start L9 phone in SW Upgrade Mode and connect to PC?
A) Connect USB cable to PC but do not connect to Phone. If phone is on, Switch it OFF. While Pressing VolumeUP button and insert USB cable into phone and keep pressing the button, let windows load any drivers (if required), wait until it finishes. Phone will show SW Upgrade Mode screen (SEE IMAGE) and you can release the button.
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Q) I am not able to Root my P765/P768/P769/P760? What could be wrong?
A) Everything to ROOT L9 is available in this thread, read carefully and do as instructed.
This tutorial was made after successful and easy flashing of India V10C Rom and Rooting P765 on it. You can find download link from second post above for matching V10A for your variant. You can download and flash roms released for other countries too, as most of them will have English (US) as a common language.
A user could Root P760V10A and using Voodoo, updated to [V10E on OTA] and Restored Root with V10E. Will not work with offline flash method.
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Q) Can we OverClock L9?
A) I have not tried but yes, someone already did OVERCLOCKED L9 to 1.3GHz here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34192656
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Q) Where can I find official KDZ ROM for flashing for my device?
A) You can visit my OFFICIAL ROM LINKER page , enter your IMEI and find your own latest ROM available to Download. Works for any LG Android SmartPhone. Or you can visit this page for old Official KDZ for any device any country.
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Q) What if I HARDBRICK my phone and it never recover back?
A) According to this post, one of our L9 expert artas182x who says, "For now our L9 is unbrickable, because we haven't got access to recovery.img and boot.img and we can try many methods to port CM9 or CM10 without hard brick." And that is fact, so lets relax at the moment.
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Q) How to extract bootloader (boot.img) and recovery (recovery.img )_from any phone or KDZ?
A) There is very good procedure explained here by AngryWolf80. Please read and click THANKS button for him.
EDIT: Worked perfect on PC with ADB SHELL. (Hint: Give "su" command first)
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Q) How to Run As Administrator? Where we find this command?
A) Please Google it. (trust me someone asked me this recently, well good news, not on xda )
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Q) How to start Service Menu (Hidden Menu) on L9?
A) To use Service Menu or Hidden Menu type 3845#*760# and call you will get Service Menu. This example is for 760, but you can enter 765 for P765 and so on. Dont actually mess with options as these are serious commands used by qualified service center engineers. Some options are easy to understand but most are not. So be careful and don't say I did not warn you if you lose network permanently.
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Q) How to use DLNA of L9? (How to use L9 as Media Storage Device)?
A) I created one more Tutorial for DLNA connection of L9, here.
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Hope this helps.
Other workarounds
[Q] Accessing adb on soft bricked lg l9 or hard reset
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great work, but i do this tutorial for root in my LG p765 from indonesia and its not work. The phone wont restart after i click restore.
My phone has already had 10c when i was buying it. Or i must install 10c kdz from the link you gave it?
thanks before:good:
dimasdanu said:
great work, but i do this tutorial for root in my LG p765 from indonesia and its not work. The phone wont restart after i click restore.
My phone has already had 10c when i was buying it. Or i must install 10c kdz from the link you gave it?
thanks before:good:
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May be its stopping saying "Permission Denied Are you root?" I am not sure. But please also see step 4 (newly added).
Firstly, as we both have P765, it should work with INDIA V10c link. But as you say its not working, I may help if you clearly mention where it fails with what message? and with what circumstances? May be you are missing some link or driver issue or small server issue. We will come to know only if you give clear picture, may be with screenshot.
I will also recommend you to try ROOTing on V10b and V10a of INDONESIA/INDIA, if possible. Well at the moment we all are still at experiment level. So Good Luck.
please help!
have an lg p769, 10e. was rooted, tried the recovery image/ cyanomod apk posted in the other thread. (for the prada?)
**SECURITY ERROR**
phone will not get past first splash screen (LG, SECURITY ERROR)
cmahendra,
followed all your steps in this guide (GREAT job, by the way!) but when kdz is supposed to say: 'check your internet line' 'continue' or 'cancel' it only says: 'check your internet line' 'restart' or 'cancel'
selecting cancel stops the process. selecting restart only shows the message again.
windows selector is on. small http is installed and adjusted (9002). edit hosts short cut is edited. kdz and shttp in root directory. s/w upgrade screen able to show on phone. lg s/w upgrade tool able to recognize phone and current software installed on it (when shttp is off).
please please please help! i really love this phone's potential and REALLY don't want to pay to get a new one.
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have an lg p769, 10e. was rooted, tried the recovery image/ cyanomod apk posted in the other thread. (for the prada?)
**SECURITY ERROR**
phone will not get past first splash screen (LG, SECURITY ERROR)
cmahendra,
followed all your steps in this guide (GREAT job, by the way!) but when kdz is supposed to say: 'check your internet line' 'continue' or 'cancel' it only says: 'check your internet line' 'restart' or 'cancel'
selecting cancel stops the process. selecting restart only shows the message again.
windows selector is on. small http is installed and adjusted (9002). edit hosts short cut is edited. kdz and shttp in root directory. s/w upgrade screen able to show on phone. lg s/w upgrade tool able to recognize phone and current software installed on it (when shttp is off).
please please please help! i really love this phone's potential and REALLY don't want to pay to get a new one.
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same here im having the utmost issues getting my phone back on can you help us dude?
ok one thing that was missing after all the hassle was the automatic offline procedure which you must run with command prompt after setting the hosts up and turing on the server as well you must start the windows enabler as a administrator attached is the missing file just rename it without the .txt to use it in command prompt
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ok one thing that was missing after all the hassle was the automatic offline procedure which you must run with command prompt after setting the hosts up and turing on the server as well you must start the windows enabler as a administrator attached is the missing file just rename it without the .txt to use it in command prompt
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alright, alienn, refresh my memory real quick... how do i rename the txt file? F2/menu rename/properties all just keep it as .txt. 'save as...' doesn't seem to do it, either. dragging it into cmd just gives up a 'will not work, blah blah' result.
and is this anything like the other automatic offline post I saw?
thanks either way, though
alienngp said:
ok one thing that was missing after all the hassle was the automatic offline procedure which you must run with command prompt after setting the hosts up and turing on the server as well you must start the windows enabler as a administrator attached is the missing file just rename it without the .txt to use it in command prompt
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The vbs file does whole process automatically, but some people had issues with path and other things. This guide is complete manual and transparent process with no chance of mistakes.
PS: please delete my whole huge OP you have quoted in your post, which was not necessary. I see no point in repeating whole thing when your point is easily understandable.
Sent from my LG-P765 using xda app-developers app
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and is this anything like the other automatic offline post I saw?
thanks either way, though
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This is not automated offline fix via visual basic script. This is pure and transparent manual step by step guide. Hope u could use it.
Once you did it and understood, next time you only need to run http.exe and start flashing. No other step required.
Sent from my LG-P765 using xda app-developers app
WOW L9 Friends.
Expect some good news in next few days. I somehow managed to get Admins to pay attention for L9 subforum through a moderator we know from O2X forums in PM. Posting in that subforum request thread did not help us.
But now hopefully very soon L9 subforum will start. I may not be sure but I am positive about it.
Sent from my LG-P765 using xda app-developers app
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WOW L9 Friends.
Expect some good news in next few days. I somehow managed to get Admins to pay attention for L9 subforum through a moderator we know from O2X forums in PM. Posting in that subforum request thread did not help us.
But now hopefully very soon L9 subforum will start. I may not be sure but I am positive about it.
Sent from my LG-P765 using xda app-developers app
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You are the **** ive scowared the far ends of the web for weeks on this phone i almost gave up on it .im rooted now just waiting for the roms if its not too much trouble for you can you shoot me a PM on where to look out for the roms? Or shoot me one if you need a test subject
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You are the **** ive scowared the far ends of the web for weeks on this phone i almost gave up on it .im rooted now just waiting for the roms if its not too much trouble for you can you shoot me a PM on where to look out for the roms? Or shoot me one if you need a test subject
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giving up is not good thing in life. we are also rooted and waiting for roms.
anyways please share the place to look out for the roms. thanks in advance on behalf of whole L9 community.
right now im trying to fix my device i used a european kdz and now my screen calibration is all out of wack i have a p769 and all im having is issues any ideas?
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right now im trying to fix my device i used a european kdz and now my screen calibration is all out of wack i have a p769 and all im having is issues any ideas?
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Would it be possible you think to have something with your same model dump the system root and you use what you need to copy over misconfigurations? I have the same model but would need to know exactly it is you would need duplicated
i need a full rom replacement as i have the p769 i would need the full thing so i could get my phone back up and running just the problem is how to make a backup of your rom
as there is no kdz for american models
alienngp said:
i need a full rom replacement as i have the p769 i would need the full thing so i could get my phone back up and running just the problem is how to make a backup of your rom
as there is no kdz for american models
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If your LG phone have IMEI (lolz ), you can try my ROM LINKER PAGE and no matter whatever country it was sold, you will get exact latest UnRooted Official Rom. To clean all the previous workaround or leftover signature, you should do HARD RESET either before or after flashing.
they didnt have mine thats why im having so much trouble
alienngp said:
they didnt have mine thats why im having so much trouble
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Send your imei in PM , it's strange why you don't get your Rom with that. And yes it's not mandatory that you should flash Rom.from your country only. You are from USA then you can flash almost any Rom as US English is common in all.
Sent from my LG-P765 using xda app-developers app
I'm writing this post to give back to the community...
I spent about collectively 9 hours trying to get my D803 to work. Was on 4.2 rooted, then went factory fresh using the LG Support Tool. Then updated to 4.4.2 using the same. Great, things work except in the stupid Bell D803 ROM the "I-won't-remember-your-wifi-settings" bug still exists (!!). I went to great lengths to try and edit the build.prop and finally was able to push.
Reboot, then all heck broke loose. Apparently it didn't like my modified build.prop.
TOP TIP: when you have a stable phone, install a custom recovery and do a backup (yes, requires root)
The phone would boot past the LG logo then a black screen with blinking green and blue. I tried many, many things like factory reset, flashing this and that. If you're reading this you'll probably be familiar... load the HTTP fake server, modify HOSTS file, run window enabler... etc. Ultimately these things either lead to a 4% fail or the usual 49% fail.
After 9 hours of futzing around I gave it to my buddy as he said "it can't be that stupid, the stock consumer tools should work". He spent about 3 hours messing about and gave up. In the meantime, I built a physical Windows XP 32-bit machine just in case the fault lies in my trying to use a VMware Fusion XP box on my Mac to do this.
Fast forward...
I'm only going to list the tools/items I used, not link them as I have no idea where they came from now. I'm sure you can Google each and see where and what they are required for.
Setup_LGFlashTool_1.5.10.1120.exe
MegaLock.dll (to, uh, "unlock" the tool above)
BIN_LGD803AT-00-V10c-RGS-CA-SEP-04-2013-32G.zip (this file is SPECIFIC for the D803 variant !!)
BELL_D803B10D_00.kdz (this file is SPECIFIC for my Bell D803 variant !!)
LGUP_8974.dll (this is EXTRACTED from the KDZ file)
General steps:
1. Install the LG Flash Tool
2. Overwrite megalock.dll
3. Download YOUR correct TOT (zipped up) file from (remove spaces): downloads. codefi.re/autoprime/LG/LG_G2
4. Unzip the TOT file from the zip and put it someplace you remember
5. Download YOUR correct KDZ file. There are various places but the EASIEST is to get it DIRECTLY from LG. There is a way to use your IMEI and plug it into a csmg.lgmobile.com URL in order to download it. Please search it.
6. EXTRACT the DZ and DLL file from the KDZ you downloaded. Please search this. I believe it was using a Python script.
7. Install the LG G2 drivers, I used: LGUnitedMobileDriver_S4981MAN38AP22_ML_WHQL_Ver_3.8.1-2.exe
8. Boot the phone into factory reset mode and wipe it. Search this.
9. Boot the phone into DOWNLOAD (or UPDATE FIRMWARE) mode. Search this.
10. In DEVICE MANAGER, change the LG device (under PORTS) to use port 41, then unplug and plug the phone back in.
The good part...
11. Launch the LG Flash Tool, click MANUAL, then put in the location of the DLL and TOT file from above in the right places.
12. The upper left corner box labelled COM41 should now say "READY!!".
13. Unplug the phone, wait 5 seconds, it should say waiting for connection
14. Plug it back in.
15. Should be flashing now, just wait.
Why am I writing this? It took far too long for me to figure this out. Unknowns or stumbles:
1. No one clearly said when to plug in the phone at the FlashTool screen. I tried having it plugged in to launch the tool, I tried waiting for READY!! then plugging it in then. It always just sat a 0%. I HAD to have it plugged in, get to READY!!, then replug. Maybe you need to do this as well.
2. Skip using the LG Mobile Support Tool doing the HTTP hacks etc. Just use the LG FlashTool and cut to the chase. Wasted SO much time trying different KDZ, support tools, etc.
3. MAYBE it was the VMware guest causing issues but unlikely because I got to the same stages as the physical machine... all I did different was replug it in.
4. Only ONE KDZ file got to 49%, all the others dumped me at 4% (probably citing incompatibility?). You MIGHT need to extract the DLL file from a known KDZ that works for you OR maybe the DLL file is the same across the identical hardware models (ie. Bell D803)? I don't know.
I think those are the only lessons learned but if there are any more, I'll drop them in later. I have to go install a custom recovery and find out how to modify that build.prop properly on 4.4.2...
tip dont ota on custom recovery if you do there is a fix already posted somewhere.
some fixed 49% by clearing system/data prior to flashing. Not sure, never encountered it myself.
bachera said:
tip dont ota on custom recovery if you do there is a fix already posted somewhere.
some fixed 49% by clearing system/data prior to flashing. Not sure, never encountered it myself.
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Oh yeah. I encountered that and had to LiveCD a Ubuntu virtual machine and push the partitions... that one is straightforward to fix The PRO TIP on that one from me is to disable the notification of removable drives in Ubuntu or it will drive you nuts.
bachera said:
tip dont ota on custom recovery if you do there is a fix already posted somewhere.
some fixed 49% by clearing system/data prior to flashing. Not sure, never encountered it myself.
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That dont fix it. Ive tried every trick and suggestion on the net and I cant find the answer . Im about to give up on having Kitkat
EDIT: I just found this . Maybe its the answer I havnt tried it yet http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49724825&postcount=1747
TheAndroidGeek said:
I'm writing this post to give back to the community...
I spent about collectively 9 hours trying to get my D803 to work. Was on 4.2 rooted, then went factory fresh using the LG Support Tool. Then updated to 4.4.2 using the same. Great, things work except in the stupid Bell D803 ROM the "I-won't-remember-your-wifi-settings" bug still exists (!!). I went to great lengths to try and edit the build.prop and finally was able to push.
Reboot, then all heck broke loose. Apparently it didn't like my modified build.prop.
TOP TIP: when you have a stable phone, install a custom recovery and do a backup (yes, requires root)
The phone would boot past the LG logo then a black screen with blinking green and blue. I tried many, many things like factory reset, flashing this and that. If you're reading this you'll probably be familiar... load the HTTP fake server, modify HOSTS file, run window enabler... etc. Ultimately these things either lead to a 4% fail or the usual 49% fail.
After 9 hours of futzing around I gave it to my buddy as he said "it can't be that stupid, the stock consumer tools should work". He spent about 3 hours messing about and gave up. In the meantime, I built a physical Windows XP 32-bit machine just in case the fault lies in my trying to use a VMware Fusion XP box on my Mac to do this.
Fast forward...
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THANK YOU!!!! I did exactly the same thing as you by improperly editing the build.prop file trying to solve the WiFi password issue. I spent the last few days with futile attempts at the KDZ method. Your method worked first time. I am now able to boot into 4.2.2.
Were you able to solve the WiFi issue at all?
So I scoured this website and Google search to find the answer to my dilemma but no luck. Here's what I have going on. I recently got this tablet for 99ยข from AT&T. It was unbearably slow so I decided to root it so I could get rid of some of the bloatware. Used Kingroot to aquire root. That went fine. Next I wanted to install SuperSU. That also went fine. Used root checker app and everything worked great. Root access with SuperSu. Then I needed to update the binaries so I did that and it was successful. Now I know I was supposed to uninstall the Kingroot and associated installs that came with it however, after the binaries were updated and before I had a chance to remove them, the tablet rebooted. When it started up, the LG screen came on as usual and the the AT&T ball screen came on. The ball rotated about 2 times and then froze. I rebooted a few more times and the same result. I don't know if this issue was caused by me not uninstalling the Kingroot stuff. I tried a factory reset but that doesn't help either. I can get it into download mode but I can never get the USB mtp driver to download so it won't recognize it on my Windows 7 desktop. Even if it would recognize it, I have no firmware to use with it. I tried using the LG flashtool, LG mobile support tool, LG bridge etc. I am not a noob as I have rooted many devices and am familiar with installing custom roms through recovery or using fastest and command prompt. If I could somehow find the stock firmware for this somewhere I might be able to get it up and running again. I just want to know what my options are and if there is anything that I can do. Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Here you go:
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AshkuG2cY1T0xPZArSsy6iO1e_UnPw
This is a zip file with all the tools and files you need and instructions on how to use them.
What it covers:
Restoring bricked device (as long as download mode still works)
Unlocking bootloader (firmware dependent)
Rooting (any firmware)
Installing a custom recovery (any firmware)
Installing a custom ROM (any firmware)
I made this because all the guides for this phone were seemingly outdated, and some required tools and files were incredibly hard to find. Didn't want anyone else going through the pain I went through to break this phone open.
Thank you so much for uploading this. The charging port on my Nexus died and I have to use my old Note 2 as a backup, but I forget how this old piece of junk works. This should be very helpful.
I rooted and flashed twrp to boot to a triangle saying system software not authorized. Tried 3 firmwares and wont boot correctly. I got error about firmware update failed use kies... Kies won't do anything and kies 3 says unsupported device. On the 3rd firmware (root66 rooted stock ) firmware file I now am back to the original triangle system software not authorized by Verizon ..
How do I fix this?!?
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I rooted and flashed twrp to boot to a triangle saying system software not authorized. Tried 3 firmwares and wont boot correctly. I got error about firmware update failed use kies... Kies won't do anything and kies 3 says unsupported device. On the 3rd firmware (root66 rooted stock ) firmware file I now am back to the original triangle system software not authorized by Verizon ..
How do I fix this?!?
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Did you read my guide? You can't flash TWRP unless you successfully unlocked your bootloader with Casual, otherwise you are limited to SafeStrap. Also you can't restore with Kies, you have to use Odin and the files I've included to restore.
yambag said:
Thank you so much for uploading this. The charging port on my Nexus died and I have to use my old Note 2 as a backup, but I forget how this old piece of junk works. This should be very helpful.
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Nice to see people still looking for something like this, so my guide wasn't for nothing!
I was geeked to see this!! but then i got "This item might not exist or is no longer available"
I take it back.. i let it sit on the "failed" page for like 2 min, and randomly it popped up with a download!
Well the auto bootloader didn't work, so now i'm at the root section. However i'm getting an error where ADB isn't detecting my phone. USB debug is on, and i'm definitely in media mode and not installer. The phone shows up in windows and looks good, but adb doesnt detect. I opened command prompt and ran adb /? and found adb devices -l, and it reports "list of devices" and theres nothing in the list. I can't imagine why it's not seeing it. I tried turning on and off debug mode, switching from camera mode to media, changing usb ports. still nothing comes up, but windows sees it fine. grrrr
*edit, well since we can't delete posts i'll leave this here, because i have to. But what i did was re-open the "no you verizon" and it showed DISCONNECTED also. I changed usb ports like 3 times, turned usb debug on and off, changed from installer mode, to camera, to media mode, restarted the phone and the computer multiple times.. and then it just all of a sudden was detected again. So i went with it and it seems to have worked.
-it took 3 times to actually work, you noted it may take multiples, and it sure did. I ran it through the command prompt so i could read the text, and it took 5 times longer and reported much more stuff when it actually worked.
-final edit: if you can't unlock your bootloader, you're still stuck with ditto or alliance from 2014, and lots of apps won't update on android that old. So if you thought this guide was some holy grail, it is not. But still useful if you need the assist, so thanks to the author.
Hi, total noob here, I just bought Verizon note 2 at a yard sale but there is a pin I don't know. When I went to do a factory reset it booted into TWRP, so I am assuming is rooted. Do I need to be able to get into the phone to use your tools? I know nothing about TWRP. I would like to install a newer Android version and unlock it so I can use TMobile. Thanks
Something wrong...
when i try to load this file from the packages folder i get an error message:
"md5 error! Binary is invalid"
none of the other three works for me. they all come back ailed.
any suggestions?
awesome! thanks for posting this, just found my old note 2 and want to get it up and running again for the kids.
Kudos!
Used this to get my Note 2 up and going again temporarily until the Pixel 4a release...
NOTE: I had strange issues with Odin on my modern X570 board (USB 3.2 Gen 2) where I did not receive any errors, yet the process would randomly seem to time out. Sometimes I'd get stuck at flashing boot.img, sometimes it would hang up at the start, once I got to flashing system.img and it seemed to hang....
Used an older PC circa 2013, no issues! Not the first time I've had issues with this newer motherboard and older USB flashing interfaces; had the same issue on my Note 8 (RIP) as well.
excited to try this.
I'm on some rooted 4.4.2 stock-looking rom. Recovery doesn't look custom.
Hoping to be able to install a working Oreo or Pie ROM
great post, bought a couple of these for almost nothing and am having fun playing with them. sadly they are both 4.4.2 but its great fun anyway.
SilentNightx said:
I made this because all the guides for this phone were seemingly outdated, and some required tools and files were incredibly hard to find. Didn't want anyone else going through the pain I went through to break this phone open.
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Thank you for sharing. Always difficult to find those tools after a few years!!!
I have a LG K7 that will boot to system, but no matter how many times I try, it wont boot into either download mode or recovery mode. I've tried the combos of vol down + power and vol up + power and every other combination I can think of. Pulled the battery and it didn't improve.
Anybody ever see something like this? Any suggestions on how to get it to work?
BigZ1 said:
I have a LG K7 that will boot to system, but no matter how many times I try, it wont boot into either download mode or recovery mode. I've tried the combos of vol down + power and vol up + power and every other combination I can think of. Pulled the battery and it didn't improve.
Anybody ever see something like this? Any suggestions on how to get it to work?
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Tried ADB commands?
adb reboot recovery
adb reboot bootloader
bmwdroid said:
Tried ADB commands?
adb reboot recovery
adb reboot bootloader
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Yes, and adb devices shows nothing. I'm wondering if the bootloader is locked and maybe that's why I'm having problems.
Also, I'm having problems getting TWRP to load. Do you know what version of TWRP will work with K7?
Do you have to root first before installing TWRP from the playstore?
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Yes, and adb devices shows nothing. I'm wondering if the bootloader is locked and maybe that's why I'm having problems.
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If "adb devices" shows nothing imo it's not recognised so not possible to flash.
Tried other cable/port?
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Also, I'm having problems getting TWRP to load. Do you know what version of TWRP will work with K7?
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No idea as I own a G5.
BigZ1 said:
Do you have to root first before installing TWRP from the playstore?
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Never did that.
Always flashed directly but I guess so.
bmwdroid said:
If "adb devices" shows nothing imo it's not recognised so not possible to flash.
Tried other cable/port?
No idea as I own a G5.
Never did that.
Always flashed directly but I guess so.
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tried another cable and different port. Status Quo!
Any other ideas/thoughts?
@BigZ1 sorry, none.
OK, finally can get into firmware mode and also recovery mode. Reason I needed this is to be able to try loading custom roms on this old phone. Now I'm on to the next pothole in the road.
I would like to install twrp. twrp from the playstore wont install unless you are rooted. I am using stock rom android 5 unrooted. I've looked at all the options and from what I see, I have the classic chicken and the egg dilema. Can't flash until my OS is rooted, and cant root without flashing.
The only way out is to use adb to flash the twrp file. Unfortunately I can't get adb devices command to acknowledge any devices. I have usb debugging on, and by connecting to a windows computer, I can view internal storage. So the device is communicating, but not via adb commands.
I tried to use the LGUP tool from LG, but it wont let me select my device, It sees the correct model of phone on Com3, but wont let me select the model. I think it's because LG has turned off their servers and cast us adrift.
If anybody has any ideas, it would be much appreciated.
I think my best bet is to get adb devices to work, or find a way to root my OS. I just cant figure out how to make that work. Help, please!!!!
BTW, in the stock recovry mode, LG has removed everything useful (e.g. install zip, reboot options, wipe cache, etc.) so the only option there is factory data reset. Thanks a lot LG!!!!!
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....The only way out is to use adb to flash the twrp file........
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Sorry to tell you but afaik this won't work.
fastboot flash recovery <filename.img> would be the command but this will only work if it's unlocked.
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....Unfortunately I can't get adb devices command to acknowledge any devices. ......
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I doubt that fastboot will work if adb isn't but it's worth a try.
You are right, a fastboot command would do it. Only reason I mentioned adb devices, is that if adb can't see the devices, fastboot wont either. I'll try it again, but so far no luck.
What I don't understand is why usb debugging lets me look at the internal files, but adb devices doesn't work. Perhaps you are right, the bootloader may be locked. Only thing I could find about that is in developer options I turned on OEM unlock.
Is there any other way to unlock the bootloader?
Sure wish I could get some of the LG tools working. They might enable flashing of twrp recovery or one of the various zip files that would root my OS.
Any more ideas? I'm desperate enough to try most anything....
One more question. When you try to execute adb or fastboot commands, should you be in what LG calls "firmware download" mode? Seems to me that when I did adb or fastboot commands on other vendors phones, I was able to do so while the OS was running.
Grasping for straws....
Well, it looks like you are right. There is a fastboot command
fastboot oem unlock
that would unlock the bootloader. Unfortunately while it's locked, I can't get fastboot to recognize any devices, so I can't unlock it.
Is there any way around this?
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Well, it looks like you are right. There is a fastboot command
fastboot oem unlock
that would unlock the bootloader. Unfortunately while it's locked, I can't get fastboot to recognize any devices, so I can't unlock it.
Is there any way around this?
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Fastboot is afaik only working in download/bootloader mode.
ADB working on any other.
So <adb reboot bootloader > usually gets you there (but adb doesn't work) or switch to it manually.
Idk if you need to flash an unlock.bin by LG.
Got it before 31.12.21 for my G5.
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Fastboot is afaik only working in download/bootloader mode.
ADB working on any other.
So <adb reboot bootloader > usually gets you there (but adb doesn't work) or switch to it manually.
Idk if you need to flash an unlock.bin by LG.
Got it before 31.12.21 for my G5.
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Yeah, I just discovered that LG discontinued support on Dec 31, 2021. So, looks like I'm out of luck for getting anything from them.
My only hope is that someone has that lockbin file and would share it. Sure wish LG hadn't left me high and dry.
Now that LG support is gone, is there any forum that might have some kind of workaround for the bootloader?
anybody got a lockbin file for K7????
BigZ1 said:
Yeah, I just discovered that LG discontinued support on Dec 31, 2021. So, looks like I'm out of luck for getting anything from them.
My only hope is that someone has that lockbin file and would share it. Sure wish LG hadn't left me high and dry.
Now that LG support is gone, is there any forum that might have some kind of workaround for the bootloader?
anybody got a lockbin file for K7????
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Oh yeah, one more thing. The phone is still of some use to me, if I can find a way to root it. So far all the stuff I tried (kingoroot, supersu, magisk) have failed.
Anybody got any suggestions???
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Yeah, I just discovered that LG discontinued support on Dec 31, 2021. So, looks like I'm out of luck for getting anything from them.
My only hope is that someone has that lockbin file and would share it. Sure wish LG hadn't left me high and dry.
Now that LG support is gone, is there any forum that might have some kind of workaround for the bootloader?
anybody got a lockbin file for K7????
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The file got generated by LG after I entered a long code on their developers site which is afaik different for each device.
So someone elses unlock.bin might even harm your device.
You may be right, but at this point I don't have much to lose.
One thing I would like to do with the K7, is get it rooted. I can move files to the internal storage with usb debugging. I can't install any zip files and that makes it really difficult to find anything that can root it. Thanks again to LG for reducing the recovery menu to "factory reset data" so the phone has almost nothing useful.
If you can figure out a way that I can install zip files, please let me know.
I can't find anything that will let me flash the device without root, and I can;t get to root without some tools in the recovery menu.
Thanks
OK, I have not found a way to root. So I thought I'd take one last look at flashing/upating the firmware. I found a .kdz and a .tot file that I'd like to try. At this point I'm not risking much because the phone isn't worth much to me as is.
So, if you had a .kdz and .tot file to try out, what app would you use to flash it to the K7?
I tried to get LGUP to work and LG flash tool, but cant seem to make them work. If I knew what one to use, it would narrow my search. I'm trying to flash the K7 firmware by running exe files (LG UP, LG flash tool) on Windows 10.
What do you guys use?
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OK, I have not found a way to root. So I thought I'd take one last look at flashing/upating the firmware. I found a .kdz and a .tot file that I'd like to try. At this point I'm not risking much because the phone isn't worth much to me as is.
So, if you had a .kdz and .tot file to try out, what app would you use to flash it to the K7?
I tried to get LGUP to work and LG flash tool, but cant seem to make them work. If I knew what one to use, it would narrow my search. I'm trying to flash the K7 firmware by running exe files (LG UP, LG flash tool) on Windows 10.
What do you guys use?
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So, I managed to find a patched version of LG flash tool (2.0.1.6) on this website (thanks to member ieatacid), that doesn't give me errors immediately after I open it. The first thing I notice is that it doesn't appear to recognize the K7. If I try checking the box for manual mode and adding the file I want to flash, the click start, it tells me to "select model dll file". This is probably a result of flash tool not recognizing the phone. Anyway, where am I supposed to find this .dll file? I've searched everywhere and came up empty handed.
Can anybody give me some enlightenment on what I am doing wrong? Any help at all will be much appreciated.
Is there a tutorial on use of the flash tool? I looked but haven't found it yet. Just some youtube videos that are terse and lacking in detail.
Thanks!
BigZ1 said:
So, I managed to find a patched version of LG flash tool (2.0.1.6) on this website (thanks to member ieatacid), that doesn't give me errors immediately after I open it. The first thing I notice is that it doesn't appear to recognize the K7. If I try checking the box for manual mode and adding the file I want to flash, the click start, it tells me to "select model dll file". This is probably a result of flash tool not recognizing the phone. Anyway, where am I supposed to find this .dll file? I've searched everywhere and came up empty handed.
Can anybody give me some enlightenment on what I am doing wrong? Any help at all will be much appreciated.
Is there a tutorial on use of the flash tool? I looked but haven't found it yet. Just some youtube videos that are terse and lacking in detail.
Thanks!
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I don't know why I didn't think of this earlier. I own 3 LG phones (LGMS300m1, LM-X210ULMG10r. VS500PP9). I tried all 3 with LGUP tool. The tool recognized 2 of the 3, and failed to ID the LGMS300 (K7). Anybody got any ideas why the tool would recognize some but not others?
I am the only owner of the two phones that LGUP would ID. I guarantee that the bootloader on them was never touched (unlocked or locked, in any way). So that's not the answer.
It would be a big improvement for me, if I could at least get the LGUP tool to work for the K7.
BTW, I tried all 3 phones on the 2016 version of LG Flash Tool. All 3 failed to be identified.
Please, if anybody has a hypothesis for the odd behavior of the LGUP tool, I would love to hear it. Any suggestions are welcome.
BigZ1 said:
I don't know why I didn't think of this earlier. I own 3 LG phones (LGMS300m1, LM-X210ULMG10r. VS500PP9). I tried all 3 with LGUP tool. The tool recognized 2 of the 3, and failed to ID the LGMS300 (K7). Anybody got any ideas why the tool would recognize some but not others?
I am the only owner of the two phones that LGUP would ID. I guarantee that the bootloader on them was never touched (unlocked or locked, in any way). So that's not the answer.
It would be a big improvement for me, if I could at least get the LGUP tool to work for the K7.
BTW, I tried all 3 phones on the 2016 version of LG Flash Tool. All 3 failed to be identified.
Please, if anybody has a hypothesis for the odd behavior of the LGUP tool, I would love to hear it. Any suggestions are welcome.
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Update on the never ending saga!
I found (on this website) an LGUP tool (version) that is for the MS330. So it works (albeit not so consistently). I was able to flash a .kdz file after several trials. Apparently when LGUP connects, it puts the MS330 in bootloader mode, waits 15 seconds for the device to respond and then begins flashing.
Now, here's the problem. I have a .tot file I'd like to flash. When trying to flash a .tot file, 15 seconds is not enough time for the device to respond, and I get an error for what appears to be an asynch error. That is to say, the MS330 took a second or two more that the 15 seconds to respond saying, yes i'm in bootloader mode.
Is there any way to give it a bit more time? Surely the members who use LGUP tool would have encountered this behavior, and would have found a solution.
Words of wisdom, anyone?