Hello,
I have a LM-V409N here. It has some Korean bloatware but worse than that, even though the phone is set to English, a lot of things are still in Korean. For example an available software update description is in Korean. Buttons in the phone app show Korean text, etc.
Can I flash a European firmware on to this model? Will that 'just work'?
I hope someone can help me with this.
Thank you,
Rooted? you won't get far otherwise. Had the same problem on my korean G5.
On a rooted device though, you can edit the build.prop locale to your native region to turn off the korean elements of the UI and obviously remove the bloat.
some of the bloat can be disabled even if uninstall isn't allowed. Carrier specific ones can't unfortunately.
Flashing wise, iirc that's a no go as it will break radio. No signal afterwards. At least that was the problem on the V35.
Thank you so much for your reply. This makes me worry a bit less
No I don't have it rooted (yet). I will go figure out how to do that for this phone model and then if I can't find out how to do the build.prop changes I will come back here to ask for help
Do you have any idea why WiFi HotSpot is not working properly? Laptops and other phones just don't see the SSID and when trying to setup a 5GHz hotspot, the slider hangs when you turn it on (turns gray and freezes) and you have to reboot the phone to get it enabled again. But it will only turn on when on 2.4GHz.
If I can get all the Korean stuff to disappear, flashing won't be necessary anymore So let me get to finding that out!
Let's first see if flashing fixes anything.
Thank you so much once again!
Edit: Come to think of it, when I turn on the phone it shows an SK Telecom animation and sound (some Korean carrier I guess) and I would like that removed as well..
I guess the only way to get that removed is to flash another firmware? Would you know a firmware version for this LM-V409N which is just 'LG original' without any carrier/provider customization?
Thank you!
Edit2: OK, I found out how I can flash a stock firmware using the LGUP tool. However, this fails at the beginning of the process because of an 'Initialize' error.
I suspect I need the device to be rooted before flashing..? I could find how to flash pretty easily, but how to root..?
Can anyone point me to a guide for rooting the V40?
Thanks!
No, you don't need root. Just search here on xda for crossflash word. In the g7 forum I have made an tutorial. You will need lg drivers, com port, lg up and common. DLL for v40. For g7 it works like a charm. Be sure to check and compare GSM bands from Korea to EU. For g7 they was the same.
Inerent said:
No, you don't need root. Just search here on xda for crossflash word. In the g7 forum I have made an tutorial. You will need lg drivers, com port, lg up and common. DLL for v40. For g7 it works like a charm. Be sure to check and compare GSM bands from Korea to EU. For g7 they was the same.
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OK, did all that. LGUP starts up, detects my LM-V409N correctly.
I select the KDZ file, set it to UPGRADE and click START.
Now it gives me the error 'LGUP Framework must be 1.16'. I have 1.14 apparently and I can't find 1.16 anywhere.
I read something about "If you do have some knowledge to bypass the LGUP Version Check on this DLL, then You can sideload kdz firmware onto your LG V40 ThinQ with LGUP 1.14." on this site: https://www.mylgphones.com/lgup-dll-for-lg-v40-thinq-version1-9-39-7.html
But again, I can't find anything about how to bypass that version check.
I tried with LGUP_common.dll versions 1.9.39.7 and 1.0.39.10. Both same result (need 1.16).
Also tried with 0.0.3.23 but that one gives the "Initialize" error after clicking START.
Any other tips or tricks you can suggest?
Thank you,
AzzKickah said:
OK, did all that. LGUP starts up, detects my LM-V409N correctly.
I select the KDZ file, set it to UPGRADE and click START.
Now it gives me the error 'LGUP Framework must be 1.16'. I have 1.14 apparently and I can't find 1.16 anywhere.
I read something about "If you do have some knowledge to bypass the LGUP Version Check on this DLL, then You can sideload kdz firmware onto your LG V40 ThinQ with LGUP 1.14." on this site: https://www.mylgphones.com/lgup-dll-for-lg-v40-thinq-version1-9-39-7.html
But again, I can't find anything about how to bypass that version check.
I tried with LGUP_common.dll versions 1.9.39.7 and 1.0.39.10. Both same result (need 1.16).
Also tried with 0.0.3.23 but that one gives the "Initialize" error after clicking START.
Any other tips or tricks you can suggest?
Thank you,
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Hello.
I told you to look in g7 forum for crossflash. You will need lg up 1.15 and follow the exact steps. Beware it may brick your device, so I'm not responsible.
Link here https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg...ash-oreo-pie-firmwares-lg-g7-g7-t3915303/amp/
Warning!!! Pay attention not to download the common. DLL from there as it is for lg g7. You must download for your v40. Also for your firmware. Also you will loose your data, so backup first if you have important files, sms, etc.
Inerent said:
Hello.
I told you to look in g7 forum for crossflash. You will need lg up 1.15 and follow the exact steps. Beware it may brick your device, so I'm not responsible.
Link here https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg...ash-oreo-pie-firmwares-lg-g7-g7-t3915303/amp/
Warning!!! Pay attention not to download the common. DLL from there as it is for lg g7. You must download for your v40. Also for your firmware. Also you will loose your data, so backup first if you have important files, sms, etc.
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OK so for my clarification, this method is how to bypass the version check? (If yes, I will go try this).
Or is this a separate method? (If it is separate, I'm afraid to brick it and I will not try it).
Thank you so much for your help. It really is very much appreciated.
AzzKickah said:
OK so for my clarification, this method is how to bypass the version check? (If yes, I will go try this).
Or is this a separate method? (If it is separate, I'm afraid to brick it and I will not try it).
Thank you so much for your help. It really is very much appreciated.
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Yes, this is for bypassing the obsolete lg up 1.14.
But 1.15 will not work if you open it, it will ask you for developer user and password. But there is a hack with using cmd line. Follow my steps.
I repeat again, if there is a working DLL for lg v40 and if 40 supports crossflashing (highly it does) then you're good to go. Don't forget to check what is your com port when your v40 is connected in download mode.
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If you're connected to a USB 3.0 port and have quality USB c cable, it should install it in less than 1 minute
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Here is a little tutorial for V40
Easy commands for this new LGUP v1.15.06
If using powershell from win10:
1. Install USB drivers and put V40 in download mode - connect it to USB cable then go and check your COM port in windows device manger
2. Open powershell from C:\Program Files (x86)\LG Electronics\LGUP (shift + right mouse) and type cmd and hit enter.
3. Type this command: lgup_cmd.exe comX "C:\Program Files (x86)\LG Electronics\LGUP\model\common\LGUP_Common.dll" "(path to your kdz firmware)"
Example: (if your phone is under com5 and your kdz is located in D:\ and has this name XXX.kdz)
lgup_cmd.exe com5 "C:\Program Files (x86)\LG Electronics\LGUP\model\common\LGUP_Common.dll" "D:\XXX.kdz"
Links:
LGUP new version - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dJZ...jumm5mtKp/view
LGUP common.dll for V40 - you must download it.
Firmwares: https://lg-firmwares.com/
European firmwares for V40 - https://lg-firmwares.com/lg-lmv405ebw-firmwares/#tab=firmwares
[/COLOR]Here is a little tutorial for V40
Easy commands for this new LGUP v1.15.06
If using powershell from win10:
1. Install USB drivers and put V40 in download mode - connect it to USB cable then go and check your COM port in windows device manger
2. Open powershell from C:\Program Files (x86)\LG Electronics\LGUP (shift + right mouse) and type cmd and hit enter.
3. Type this command: lgup_cmd.exe comX "C:\Program Files (x86)\LG Electronics\LGUP\model\common\LGUP_Common.dll" "(path to your kdz firmware)"
Example: (if your phone is under com5 and your kdz is located in D:\ and has this name XXX.kdz)
lgup_cmd.exe com5 "C:\Program Files (x86)\LG Electronics\LGUP\model\common\LGUP_Common.dll" "D:\XXX.kdz"
Links:
LGUP new version - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dJZ...jumm5mtKp/view
LGUP common.dll for V40 - you must download it.
Firmwares: https://lg-firmwares.com/
European firmwares for V40 - https://lg-firmwares.com/lg-lmv405ebw-firmwares/#tab=firmwares
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It worked!! :laugh:
You are the best. THANK YOU for your help!
Damn that was scary to watch that percentage creep up towards 100%
AzzKickah said:
It worked!! :laugh:
You are the best. THANK YOU for your help!
Damn that was scary to watch that percentage creep up towards 100%
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What dll did you used? and from where did you find the information that the dll is correct? please links. :angel:
Inerent said:
What dll did you used? and from where did you find the information that the dll is correct? please links. :angel:
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DLL: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qKRlOFVZMIanphD-jp6dxenCqkaZP2Zc/view?usp=sharing
Information/details: https://www.mylgphones.com/lgup-dll-for-lg-v40-thinq-version1-9-39-7.html
Firmware: https://lg-firmwares.com/lg-lmv409n-firmwares/#tab=firmwares
AzzKickah said:
DLL: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qKRlOFVZMIanphD-jp6dxenCqkaZP2Zc/view?usp=sharing
Information/details: https://www.mylgphones.com/lgup-dll-for-lg-v40-thinq-version1-9-39-7.html
Firmware: https://lg-firmwares.com/lg-lmv409n-firmwares/#tab=firmwares
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So you didn't flashed the European firmware?
Inerent said:
So you didn't flashed the European firmware?
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No I didn't. Neocyke told me that radio wouldn't work that way so that would have been useless then. This is the post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=80177222&postcount=2
Or did he mean FM Radio......? Because I could live without FM Radio.
The one I did flash is still Korean, but it has no carrier customization. No cellular provider specific apps, no Korean company logo's at startup.
Only thing I noticed is that there still are Korean characters showing right below the numbers in the phone dialer app. But it also shows ABC, DEF, etc.
Oh, and a second clock showing Korean time on the lock screen :silly: which I can't find out how to turn off
AzzKickah said:
No I didn't. Neocyke told me that radio wouldn't work that way so that would have been useless then. This is the post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=80177222&postcount=2
Or did he mean FM Radio......? Because I could live without FM Radio.
The one I did flash is still Korean, but it has no carrier customization. No cellular provider specific apps, no Korean company logo's at startup.
Only thing I noticed is that there still are Korean characters showing right below the numbers in the phone dialer app. But it also shows ABC, DEF, etc.
Oh, and a second clock showing Korean time on the lock screen :silly: which I can't find out how to turn off
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I also have that clock on my V50.
For me it worked with my g7+ Hong Kong international to European and also got volte amd vowifi.
Yes, he was referring to the GSM radio. So this will be risky.
Maybe you should not try. You can check if someone did it with G7....
I also have remembered that I cross flashed my G7 from HK to European, to Korean, back and fourth between them and all was fine.
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Maybe the V line from LG is risky about radios. Or maybe that was on V35. My point is that this is very risky an you should assume responsibility if flashing. Maybe it's better do not try it.
Inerent said:
I also have that clock on my V50.
For me it worked with my g7+ Hong Kong international to European and also got volte amd vowifi.
Yes, he was referring to the GSM radio. So this will be risky.
Maybe you should not try. You can check if someone did it with G7....
I also have remembered that I cross flashed my G7 from HK to European, to Korean, back and fourth between them and all was fine.
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Maybe the V line from LG is risky about radios. Or maybe that was on V35. My point is that this is very risky an you should assume responsibility if flashing. Maybe it's better do not try it.
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You seem to contradict yourself, or do I misunderstand?
You can check if someone did it with G7....
I also have remembered that I cross flashed my G7 from HK to European, to Korean
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Why check if someone did it if you already did?
I will see how it goes with this firmware for a week or two. If it is all fine, I'll leave it like this.
I don't suspect it will brick the phone though if I flash a European firmware.. As long as you can get into Download-mode, there is not much to worry about I think
AzzKickah said:
You seem to contradict yourself, or do I misunderstand?
Yes, I am also confused.
Why check if someone did it if you already did?
I didn't do it from Korean to European.
I will see how it goes with this firmware for a week or two. If it is all fine, I'll leave it like this.
I don't suspect it will brick the phone though if I flash a European firmware.. As long as you can get into Download-mode, there is not much to worry about I think
For this I was confused. I do believe 50% that it can be done without problems.
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Anyway, the benefits for European are many. Volte, vowifi, less bloatware, faster speed.
Half of me is screaming to DO IT, while the other half is paranoic!
Inerent said:
Anyway, the benefits for European are many. Volte, vowifi, less bloatware, faster speed.
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Faster speed..? Please elaborate.
It shows LTE in the status bar though. But I don't know if that is VoLTE.
Now you're making me doubt if I should try a European firmware....
Half of me is screaming to DO IT, while the other half is paranoic!
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I'm feeling exactly the same right now :laugh:
AzzKickah said:
Faster speed..? Please elaborate.
It shows LTE in the status bar though. But I don't know if that is VoLTE.
Now you're making me doubt if I should try a European firmware....
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Yes, for my G7 it was faster speeds. Better battery life also.
Inerent said:
Yes, for my G7 it was faster speeds. Better battery life also.
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What do you think, would this be a good one to try?
V405EBW20a_00_OPEN_EU_DS_0524.kdz
LM-V405EBW...? On my LM-V409N, would that go..?
AzzKickah said:
What do you think, would this be a good one to try?
V405EBW20a_00_OPEN_EU_DS_0524.kdz
LM-V405EBW...? On my LM-V409N, would that go..?
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I'll search what country has better laws regarding government spying on people. And that firmware I'll choose. Maybe it's the UK, I know that it has forbidden StingRays. Also Deutschland seems OK.
Related
I've been receiving PMs about confusions arising from misunderstanding how csmg.lgmobile.com links work
To understand the following you need to know what is LG Mobile Tools. If you already know, good.
Now you can throw LG Mobile tools out of the windows, we don't really need it here.
There are three types of csmg.lgmobile.com links you will see:
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1. csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/csmg/b2c/client/web_model_list.jsp?country=SG&model=LGP880
This is the link LG Mobile Tools goto to when looking for the correct USB drivers for the particular model in the particular country. It also shows the latest ROM for all operators in your country and region
How to use: Replace the red highlighted with your country code and phone model. In this page look for your operator or region, copy and paste the corresponding URL into the address bar to download the drivers
2. csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/csmg/b2c/client/auth_model_check2.jsp?esn=[IMEI]
This is the link where the latest ROM for your IMEI is checked after LG Mobile Tools submits your IMEI. On this page only info for your IMEI is shown.
How to use: Key in your IMEI on the red highlighted. This page provides you the download link to the LATEST ROM just for your phone. Both links are identical
3. csmgdl.lgmobile.com/swdata/WDLSW/LGP880/ASHBBK/V20a_00/V20A_00.kdz
Continuing from 2., the part that says /LGP880 refers to the model, /ASHBBK region or operator, the rest version number and file. Anything you are able to download from here are direct from LG's server and is official, since they opens the file for you.
If you came from link no 2, this file IS THE CUSTOMISED ROM for your phone you should be running according to LG.
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Not having the latest ROM shown for your phone isn't the end of the world. Unless LG decides to remove any method to flash (thereby rendering their own service department useless), you can always flash it LG Service Center style with the available tools and methods.
Compatbility concerns
As long as you intends to put in LG original ROMs for your model on your phone using the correct method, your phone system will naturally and stupidly accept it, and safe. That is why custom roms always carries a risk of incompatibility.
But if you shows up to them for warranty with a phone running a futuristic ROM, your warranty's busted.
csmg.lgmobile.com doesn't know what crap you are running. Your secret is safe if you don't tell them (doesn't covers secret intelligence gathering by LG, MLT.apk)
Ok, compability isn't an issue, there's still one concern, Baseband, or frequencies.
99% of flashing going on here using official LG ROMs for the correct model have no issues with baseband. You can flash Euro Open on to a HK set, or vice versa, because one simple reason - The ROM is designed for this phone, it will support all basebands this phone has
If you thinks further, this will bring out possibily another question, does your phone support the baseband used in your country?
Easy, www.gsmarena.com has the spec sheet for you. All you need is to call up your carrier to check with them, or any other regulations before you buy a phone from foreign country.
Nonetheless, if you happens to encounter baseband issue after flashing, fear not, the problem doesn't call for nuclear war. Download the firmware for your IMEI or last ok ROM, flash it.
all above info are AFAIK.
so... I used the one with the IMEI and I get two links in txt. which one do you download?
OK LGP880 AGRCBK 212KPQJ527508 20121207 V20A_00 http://csmgdl.lgmobile.com/swdata/WDLSW/LGP880/AGRCBK/V20A_00/V20A_00.kdz http://csmgdl.lgmobile.com/swdata/WDLSW/LGP880/AGRCBK/V20A_00/V20A_00.kdz GLOBAL/GLOBAL N N EI GSM
edit: is this REALLY official JB for our phones???
edit2: removed it... naaaaah... who cares?
remove your IMEI x.x
Flying_Bear said:
remove your IMEI x.x
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NM, the official lg update tool found it and downloading it atm!
scooterlord said:
so... I used the one with the IMEI and I get two links in txt. which one do you download?
OK LGP880 AGRCBK XXXXXXXXX 20121207 V20A_00 http://csmgdl.lgmobile.com/swdata/WDLSW/LGP880/AGRCBK/V20A_00/V20A_00.kdz http://csmgdl.lgmobile.com/swdata/WDLSW/LGP880/AGRCBK/V20A_00/V20A_00.kdz GLOBAL/GLOBAL N N EI GSM
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link 1 == link 2
scooterlord said:
edit: is this REALLY official JB for our phones???
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Assuming you've read my explaination, no, this is not the official update for your IMEI (pun intended)
scooterlord said:
edit2: removed it... naaaaah... who cares?
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hackers would love to have your IMEI and screw your life, not phone, up
Tool for flashing the KDZ files
When I download KDZ file, how to put this new OS version on my phone ? Can I use it with offical tool from LG (for example: LGMobile Support Tool) ?
The reason I ask this is I updated my LG 4X HD with LGMobile Support Tool to Android 4.1 and I have catastrophic battery drainage (Android system drain 50% of the battery, on ICS it was about 4-5%). So I want to revert back to ICS.
Also, can you tell me where I can find offical ICS roms for LG 4X HD ?
Thanks in advance for your answer man,
starmanstarchild said:
When I download KDZ file, how to put this new OS version on my phone ? Can I use it with offical tool from LG (for example: LGMobile Support Tool) ?
The reason I ask this is I updated my LG 4X HD with LGMobile Support Tool to Android 4.1 and I have catastrophic battery drainage (Android system drain 50% of the battery, on ICS it was about 4-5%). So I want to revert back to ICS.
Also, can you tell me where I can find offical ICS roms for LG 4X HD ?
Thanks in advance for your answer man,
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The official LGMobile Support Tool will download the kdz from server, no matter if you already have it or not.
You can try LGFlash Tool (the better and cleanest flash you'll ever have), or flash with kdz following one of the tutorial on the forum.
The best to prevent battery drain, is to get root access, uninstall stock apps that are useless to us.
Search "battery drain" and flash methods for a better knowledge
added explaination on baseband compability issues.
Get RIL could help with baseband, trouble is it doesn't work on JB yet, sent my report to them to see if they update it last week
Sent from my rooted P880
L2Deliver said:
I've been receiving PMs about confusions arising from misunderstanding how csmg.lgmobile.com links work
To understand the following you need to know what is LG Mobile Tools. If you already know, good.
Now you can throw LG Mobile tools out of the windows, we don't really need it here.
There are three types of csmg.lgmobile.com links you will see:
-------------------------------------------------
1. csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/csmg/b2c/client/web_model_list.jsp?country=SG&model=LGP880
This is the link LG Mobile Tools goto to when looking for the correct USB drivers for the particular model in the particular country. It also shows the latest ROM for all operators in your country and region
How to use: Replace the red highlighted with your country code and phone model. In this page look for your operator or region, copy and paste the corresponding URL into the address bar to download the drivers
2. csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/csmg/b2c/client/auth_model_check2.jsp?esn=[IMEI]
This is the link where the latest ROM for your IMEI is checked after LG Mobile Tools submits your IMEI. On this page only info for your IMEI is shown.
How to use: Key in your IMEI on the red highlighted. This page provides you the download link to the LATEST ROM just for your phone. Both links are identical
3. csmgdl.lgmobile.com/swdata/WDLSW/LGP880/ASHBBK/V20a_00/V20A_00.kdz
Continuing from 2., the part that says /LGP880 refers to the model, /ASHBBK region or operator, the rest version number and file. Anything you are able to download from here are direct from LG's server and is official, since they opens the file for you.
If you came from link no 2, this file IS THE CUSTOMISED ROM for your phone you should be running according to LG.
-------------------------------------------------
Not having the latest ROM shown for your phone isn't the end of the world. Unless LG decides to remove any method to flash (thereby rendering their own service department useless), you can always flash it LG Service Center style with the available tools and methods.
Compatbility concerns
As long as you intends to put in LG original ROMs for your model on your phone using the correct method, your phone system will naturally and stupidly accept it, and safe. That is why custom roms always carries a risk of incompatibility.
But if you shows up to them for warranty with a phone running a futuristic ROM, your warranty's busted.
csmg.lgmobile.com doesn't know what crap you are running. Your secret is safe if you don't tell them (doesn't covers secret intelligence gathering by LG, MLT.apk)
Ok, compability isn't an issue, there's still one concern, Baseband, or frequencies.
99% of flashing going on here using official LG ROMs for the correct model have no issues with baseband. You can flash Euro Open on to a HK set, or vice versa, because one simple reason - The ROM is designed for this phone, it will support all basebands this phone has
If you thinks further, this will bring out possibily another question, does your phone support the baseband used in your country?
Easy, www.gsmarena.com has the spec sheet for you. All you need is to call up your carrier to check with them, or any other regulations before you buy a phone from foreign country.
Nonetheless, if you happens to encounter baseband issue after flashing, fear not, the problem doesn't call for nuclear war. Download the firmware for your IMEI or last ok ROM, flash it.
all above info are AFAIK.
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It takes me to download the latest version. is there any way to download earlier software from their site?
FLaMpeR said:
It takes me to download the latest version. is there any way to download earlier software from their site?
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By Changing the link a little?
Example:
csmgdl.lgmobile.com/swdata/WDLSW/LGP880/ASHBBK/V10a_00/V10A_00.kdz
i dont have access to any of the sites in opening post due to my school's network, so i cant test it.
alekthefirst said:
By Changing the link a little?
Example:
csmgdl.lgmobile.com/swdata/WDLSW/LGP880/ASHBBK/V10a_00/V10A_00.kdz
i dont have access to any of the sites in opening post due to my school's network, so i cant test it.
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I've tried to change all the required text for H950P V11x in the US and just cannot seem to get to a KDZ. Would be truly grateful if someone has this kdz they can share
abohler1 said:
I've tried to change all the required text for H950P V11x in the US and just cannot seem to get to a KDZ. Would be truly grateful if someone has this kdz they can share
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Try searching on these sites
http://devtester.ro/projects/lg-firmwares/
http://lg-phone-firmware.com/
http://lg-firmware-rom.com/
Many thanks. So How can i browser/find or anyway to access direct to csmgdl[.]lgmobile[.]com
billa said:
Try searching on these sites
http://devtester.ro/projects/lg-firmwares/
http://lg-phone-firmware.com/
http://lg-firmware-rom.com/
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Problem is one should not be entering the IMEI of one's phone into random websites. The potential for your IMEI being stolen and blacklisted is hazardous.
What people who find this thread are most likely to be interested in is where/how to find direct links to LGE's download sites. Like the two URLs in the opener where you can get the correct KDZ for your device by sending your IMEI directly to LGE; or get the KDZ for a given device merely given its designation and region.
Has anyone analyzed the appropriate tools to figure out updated URLs?
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Problem is one should not be entering the IMEI of one's phone into random websites. The potential for your IMEI being stolen and blacklisted is hazardous.
What people who find this thread are most likely to be interested in is where/how to find direct links to LGE's download sites. Like the two URLs in the opener where you can get the correct KDZ for your device by sending your IMEI directly to LGE; or get the KDZ for a given device merely given its designation and region.
Has anyone analyzed the appropriate tools to figure out updated URLs?
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There is a way to download the current firmware directly from the LG server.
Various other sites use the same method described on the "Checking for official updates" page.
Simply described in >this< post.
ze7zez said:
There is a way to download the current firmware directly from the LG server.
Various other sites use the same method described on the "Checking for official updates" page.
Simply described in >this< post.
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Quoting the above site:
forumx.androidcentral.com said:
Testing it today, I get the reply:
If you have been following along, this update fails to work even using the official LG updater. If a newer update comes out, this will be the a quick way to check.
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That may have worked in the past, but now it no longer works. When trying I got even less data than they did.
solution:
If you want to use browser to download files from LG server, You need to set “LGE-ActiveDP/0.9” as your browser’s user Agent.,
To change the User agent settings in Chrome browser, I use User-Agent Switcher plugin.
Hello everyone,
Im new at Rooting, but I'm good at following instruction from videos, forums, and whatever I get my hands on. I have an LG G4, that I recently rooted. There are some issue with Root, and some applications I cant run (like snapchat- I had tried with Rootswitcher and Magisk but failed).
I followed instructions from several videos and forums here at Xda-Devs. But nothing seems to work. I have download multiple firmwares but everytime i get an error. the lgflashtool14 goes up to 9 % and there is some logs in my phone, but everything stops.
Also I want to mentioned that this are the steps that i rooted
Please any help will be appreciated, I want to go back to stock. :fingers-crossed:
Edit : I have tried all variants of the firmware, some they not even get stuck they say " contact administrator "
An3ru said:
Hello everyone,
Im new at Rooting, but I'm good at following instruction from videos, forums, and whatever I get my hands on. I have an LG G4, that I recently rooted. There are some issue with Root, and some applications I cant run (like snapchat- I had tried with Rootswitcher and Magisk but failed).
I followed instructions from several videos and forums here at Xda-Devs. But nothing seems to work. I have download multiple firmwares but everytime i get an error. the lgflashtool14 goes up to 9 % and there is some logs in my phone, but everything stops.
Also I want to mentioned that this are the steps that i rooted
Please any help will be appreciated, I want to go back to stock. :fingers-crossed:
Edit : I have tried all variants of the firmware, some they not even get stuck they say " contact administrator "
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why flash other variants? what phone you have,?? why use flashtools and not LGUP try LGUP.
raptorddd said:
why flash other variants? what phone you have,?? why use flashtools and not LGUP try LGUP.
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Hey Raptorddd,
I have a LG G4 h811. And i been trying using LGUp but when i plug my phone under model it says "unlnown". I been trying to fix with but with no solution. Well other t mobile variants i meant there are like 4 out there and i have different errors.
An3ru said:
Hey Raptorddd,
I have a LG G4 h811. And i been trying using LGUp but when i plug my phone under model it says "unlnown". I been trying to fix with but with no solution. Well other t mobile variants i meant there are like 4 out there and i have different errors.
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then i think its not a h811. open up phone and take motherborad out see what it says on the actual motherboard in your hand, what ever it says flash that, maybe is not a h811
raptorddd said:
then i think its not a h811. open up phone and take motherborad out see what it says on the actual motherboard in your hand, what ever it says flash that, maybe is not a h811
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Hey man, I followed your instructions, and in one side of the motherboard says, EAX #####501_h810_main_1.0. Would that be the firmware im looking for.??
*edit : its weird since I look up the H810 is a ATT, but I got this Phone in Tmobile
*edit 2: by dialing *#*#244773825625#*#* it gives me this - HW version Rev1.0 - Factory Version LGH811AT-01-V20r-310-260-jan-11-2017-arb03-SW ORIGINAL VERSION *same as the factory version*- Anti rollback version 3-
An3ru said:
Hey man, I followed your instructions, and in one side of the motherboard says, EAX #####501_h810_main_1.0. Would that be the firmware im looking for.??
*edit : its weird since I look up the H810 is a ATT, but I got this Phone in Tmobile
*edit 2: by dialing *#*#244773825625#*#* it gives me this - HW version Rev1.0 - Factory Version LGH811AT-01-V20r-310-260-jan-11-2017-arb03-SW ORIGINAL VERSION *same as the factory version*- Anti rollback version 3-
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go by what the motherboard says.. if you got it from tmobile return it.
yes seems yours its a att 810
motherboard is what determines your variant other things can be edited but not that number and printing on mitherboard
yes weird they might be refurbishing phone using other motherboards
raptorddd said:
then i think its not a h811. open up phone and take motherborad out see what it says on the actual motherboard in your hand, what ever it says flash that, maybe is not a h811
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Well I got it more than a year, unfortunately. Also I tried LGup and it gets the port and what software Im using, But model says unknown. I want to select the phone, but first i have to select the model, is there any fix in this situation?!
raptorddd said:
go by what the motherboard says.. if you got it from tmobile return it.
yes seems yours its a att 810
motherboard is what determines your variant other things can be edited but not that number and printing on mitherboard
yes weird they might be refurbishing phone using other motherboards
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Ok, but i might not be able to return it since its past the year. And with LGup I open the software and states that MODEL "unknown" and gets the COM port and the software im runing in a small window. Is there any fix for it, that you know of?.
An3ru said:
Well I got it more than a year, unfortunately. Also I tried LGup and it gets the port and what software Im using, But model says unknown. I want to select the phone, but first i have to select the model, is there any fix in this situation?!
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do you have the h810 KDZ .? not sure i can help much more.. maybe try in the KDZ go back to stock thread or do search..
or try updating this files
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73631178&postcount=931
raptorddd said:
do you have the h810 KDZ .? not sure i can help much more.. maybe try in the KDZ go back to stock thread or do search..
or try updating this files
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73631178&postcount=931
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I have it, but I attempt to flash it with lgflashtools and still stuck at 9%. Also tried LGup, and still im unable to do anything with that program
Hello all, been a little while with LG V40 as my second device, and loved it so much but tried to follow the crossflash procedures as mentioned here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v40/how-to/guide-lgup-root-t3967858
and I succeeded with it, only few notes wanted to share as experience/question about them:
- wifi, 3G and 4G are working as it should and no other problem found.
1. after flashing, phone booted successfully to Android 10, giving strange error message :
"WARNING!
Current version is not available for user. Can't find matched carrier. Check NT-Code: 310410310150 310170,311180,310560,310030,3 10280,310950,313100,312670: FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF
2. there's no SN for the phone in the settings!
- attached some screenshots for errors, looking forward to seeing some feedback or help if possible with how to fix those problems.
thanks in advance for all for such great efforts done here.
Hi, possible remove simlock after crossflash? Thanks.
P.S.
To remove message "WARNING!
Current version is not available for user. Can't find matched carrier......"
You must have root and edit file cust_path_mapping.cfg
77an said:
Hi, possible remove simlock after crossflash? Thanks.
P.S.
To remove message "WARNING!
Current version is not available for user. Can't find matched carrier......"
You must have root and edit file cust_path_mapping.cfg
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thank you so much, i overcome it by crossflashing the latest EU Android 10.
and, about sim lock, it can't be done with cross flashing.
abokamel said:
thank you so much, i overcome it by crossflashing the latest EU Android 10.
and, about sim lock, it can't be done with cross flashing.
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Can you share the rom that you use?
Also, were you root?
oscarillo said:
Can you share the rom that you use?
Also, were you root?
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no, it's stock, not rooted.
the current rom i use now is here
abokamel said:
no, it's stock, not rooted.
the current rom i use now is here
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Thanks a lot for your reply.
One more question.
Did you do a Refurbish or Upgrade option?
oscarillo said:
Thanks a lot for your reply.
One more question.
Did you do a Refurbish or Upgrade option?
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used the command line, i think it's making refurbish
This is a bit of an older thread, but just recently did the same crossflash from pie on att device to korean open Q.
Decided on the KR instead of EBW because KR, I thought, had more of the t-mo LTE bands I needed. Unfortunately, the different sites with firmware specs aren't always accurate (which LTE bands supported). One site has EBW supporting every LTE band of every LG phone! Def inaccurate.
So I tested both EBW and KR Q versions. Use LTE Discovery (from playstore) to view LTE bands in your current location. One thing to note about that, the LTE bands it shows u are going to be the nearest towers it's using. Which means that another tower, a little farther away, won't show up.
So to verify a particular band, that you think the phone might be capable of, but you aren't sure, you have to go into the svc menu and select 'field test' and enable only that LTE band you're searching for. Then use LTE Discovery and see if it's connected with that band. If it isn't connected with it (usually it will default to a 3G band if that one u selected isn't available), that means 2 things; 1) either that band isn't used in your area 2) Your device doesn't support that band (or both 1 and 2).
But in my case, I know band 71 works in my area (from previous testing), but I have to select enable for only that band for it to show up, because other nearby towers with band 66 will 'drown it out'.
Thus, the point here, the KR firmware Band 71 **DOES WORK**. And, btw, no site indicates it included in supported bands. The following screenshot shows it connected to 71 and the KR 409 at the bottom.
Cheers
abokamel said:
Hello all, been a little while with LG V40 as my second device, and loved it so much but tried to follow the crossflash procedures as mentioned here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v40/how-to/guide-lgup-root-t3967858
and I succeeded with it, only few notes wanted to share as experience/question about them:
- wifi, 3G and 4G are working as it should and no other problem found.
1. after flashing, phone booted successfully to Android 10, giving strange error message :
"WARNING!
Current version is not available for user. Can't find matched carrier. Check NT-Code: 310410310150 310170,311180,310560,310030,3 10280,310950,313100,312670: FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF
2. there's no SN for the phone in the settings!
- attached some screenshots for errors, looking forward to seeing some feedback or help if possible with how to fix those problems.
thanks in advance for all for such great efforts done here.
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Just bought an unlocked AT&T V405UA I'm running on T Mobile. I've spent the last two days trying flashing and reflashing different roms and trying to root my phone and ran into the NT code errors as well. I'm now finally running V409NO30d_00_OPEN_KR_OP_0716 with Magisk root and no NT code error. Here's how I got rid of the NT code error.
You need to have root access to so you can open your /oem/OP/cust_path_mapping.cfg and a hex editor. I use HxD.
Write down the number you have in the beginning, in my case "FFFFFF,60"
Reboot into 9008, open QFil and backup your FTM by choosing "READ" option
File will be stored at C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Qualcomm\QFIL\COMPORT_9
Rename file to FTM_original.bin and open in HxD
Press ctrl + G to go to offset 14000
and replace first section with number you wrote down from cust_path_mapping earlier while deleting everything after
Also, if you're missing a serial number you can add that in as well, located at offset 12000 in the FTM file
Replace the red FFFFFFFFFFFFFF with your serial #
Once done, hit "SAVE AS" so you have a backup of the original if things go wrong and rename to FTM_fixed.bin
Flash FTM_fixed.bin in QFil and reboot. Should be no more error.
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Just bought an unlocked AT&T V405UA I'm running on T Mobile. I've spent the last two days trying flashing and reflashing different roms and trying to root my phone and ran into the NT code errors as well. I'm now finally running V409NO30d_00_OPEN_KR_OP_0716 with Magisk root and no NT code error. Here's how I got rid of the NT code error.
<snip brevity>
Flash FTM_fixed.bin in QFil and reboot. Should be no more error.
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Wow thanks for that. First I've seen this idea to fix that issue. Other methods didn't work. Will try soon.
There are some other values you can change in cust.prop that can help also. Get's rid of most of the KR language in unexpected places. Will jot them down and add them here shortly.
cheers
AsItLies said:
Wow thanks for that. First I've seen this idea to fix that issue. Other methods didn't work. Will try soon.
There are some other values you can change in cust.prop that can help also. Get's rid of most of the KR language in unexpected places. Will jot them down and add them here shortly.
cheers
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I've only been using this rom for about 6 hours. I haven't really noticed any KR except on the phone dialer. Doesn't really bother me, but if you have a way to set that to ENG, I'd like to know as well.
advancedtekniqs said:
I've only been using this rom for about 6 hours. I haven't really noticed any KR except on the phone dialer. Doesn't really bother me, but if you have a way to set that to ENG, I'd like to know as well.
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Yes u need to change the cust.prop in OP. Change the target region country to US (from KR) and same for target country. Change language prop to en_US.
Additionally, change featureset prop to OPENUS from OPENKR.
these changes disable most KR elements in firmware, most noticeably dual clock and call recording in dialer. They **may** also enable volte if supported by carrier.
This is from nice guy Neo on tele group who's played with this much more than I have
Cheers
Oh yeah, lol, just remembered, the main reason I was asking for the info above was to get the 'field test' selection (so you can select LTE bands) in the SVC Menu from dialer. By default, it doesn't show up, but above changes fixes that also.
advancedtekniqs said:
Just bought an unlocked AT&T V405UA I'm running on T Mobile. I've spent the last two days trying flashing and reflashing different roms and trying to root my phone and ran into the NT code errors as well. I'm now finally running V409NO30d_00_OPEN_KR_OP_0716 with Magisk root and no NT code error. Here's how I got rid of the NT code error.
You need to have root access to so you can open your /oem/OP/cust_path_mapping.cfg and a hex editor. I use HxD.
Write down the number you have in the beginning, in my case "FFFFFF,60"
Reboot into 9008, open QFil and backup your FTM by choosing "READ" option
File will be stored at C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Qualcomm\QFIL\COMPORT_9
Rename file to FTM_original.bin and open in HxD
Press ctrl + G to go to offset 14000
and replace first section with number you wrote down from cust_path_mapping earlier while deleting everything after
Also, if you're missing a serial number you can add that in as well, located at offset 12000 in the FTM file
Replace the red FFFFFFFFFFFFFF with your serial #
Once done, hit "SAVE AS" so you have a backup of the original if things go wrong and rename to FTM_fixed.bin
Flash FTM_fixed.bin in QFil and reboot. Should be no more error.
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thank you so much for sharing such detailed fix for that strange problem., as a work around, I managed to flash OPEN US kdz, then reflashed the open KR, then it's gone now, but i can't find mt phone's serial number when showing it on settings.
thanks again for such amazing tutorial. keep up
AsItLies said:
Yes u need to change the cust.prop in OP. Change the target region country to US (from KR) and same for target country. Change language prop to en_US.
Additionally, change featureset prop to OPENUS from OPENKR.
these changes disable most KR elements in firmware, most noticeably dual clock and call recording in dialer. They **may** also enable volte if supported by carrier.
This is from nice guy Neo on tele group who's played with this much more than I have
Cheers
Oh yeah, lol, just remembered, the main reason I was asking for the info above was to get the 'field test' selection (so you can select LTE bands) in the SVC Menu from dialer. By default, it doesn't show up, but above changes fixes that also.
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that's terrific and brilliant to be honest! thank you so much for information you shared.
So, just found something additional that works on open 409N. The 'buffer fix' can be a bit of a pain. Tried a magisk module supposedly for v40 Q but that didn't work. So did what I've done before and just copy the .so fix to the appropriate directory, but that didn't work, even the oem camera stopped working after that.
So, even though this says it's for 'custom roms' tried it, and boom, works in magisk and does what's needed to fix buffer.
cheers
abokamel said:
thank you so much for sharing such detailed fix for that strange problem., as a work around, I managed to flash OPEN US kdz, then reflashed the open KR, then it's gone now, but i can't find mt phone's serial number when showing it on settings.
thanks again for such amazing tutorial. keep up
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Try this website to find your seriel# by IMEI
So, interesting updates, for anyone using this Rom.
I went back to my AT&T rom, android 9. Then, just a few hours later... decided to go back to KR Open Don't ask, it's too confusing
But, the point, this time, when flashing the KR rom, I did part DL, and then after booting did Refurbish. Had read on tele that doing that fixes some of the issues crossflashing causes. Sure enough, my NT-code issue went away (couldn't fix that even with hexedit of ftm)!
So, that was cool. But now, my S/N disappeared! IMEI was still okay though. So tried the hexedit ftm and added S/N, boom, now it's fine also. But the funny thing was, with the refurbish and no NT-code problem, I looked at what was in the newer ftm at that address, and it had nothing, no info at that address at all.
One thing to be aware of, attesting to why this is difficult to deal with, these values (IMEI, S/N - and others) get propagated from one partition to another, I don't know the chain of events or criteria involved, but it adds to the difficulty of trying to fix issues. Which specific place it looks for something is confusing also, and if it's doing compares of 2 or more places is a mystery.
But anyway, do a Part DL to crossflash, then do a Refurb and it appears to fix some of the issues.
cheers
Awesome work, fellas!
What program and files do you all have success with during the flashing? Perhaps share a link to it?
Also, is a serial number necessary? For using the phone and having service? Seems you guys are taking the blank serial number very seriously. Thanks!
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AsItLies said:
But anyway, do a Part DL to crossflash, then do a Refurb and it appears to fix some of the issues.
cheers
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So for an old sprint v40 running oreo, Just crossflash to the korean Q rom via partition DL, then again, with Refurb option? Or swap between different roms? Haven't done any crossflashing yet..hoping to avoid errors. Serial number loss won't stop the phone from working, right?
fireblade20 said:
Awesome work, fellas!
What program and files do you all have success with during the flashing? Perhaps share a link to it?
Also, is a serial number necessary? For using the phone and having service? Seems you guys are taking the blank serial number very seriously. Thanks!
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So for an old sprint v40 running oreo, Just crossflash to the korean Q rom via partition DL, then again, with Refurb option? Or swap between different roms? Haven't done any crossflashing yet..hoping to avoid errors. Serial number loss won't stop the phone from working, right?
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Mine is an AT&T, but afaik, Sprint should be the same. Yes, do the part DL, let it reboot as normal, then shut off and do refurb. Is S/N a big deal? no, everything works, and the S/N is still in the phone, just not displaying properly. It's an individual thing how much effort you put into fixing that. Some people have lost either / or IMEI or dual IMEI (some roms have that), when cross flashing. That's a problem because they get no cell signal, but that's on a different rom.
Look in this thread for how to LGUP / crossflash.
cheers
Thanks man!
Hi there,
after flashing an ebw version (since there seems to be no androind 10 ua version) on my v405ua i get this error/warning message everytime i boot up the phone, which says "current Version is not available for user. Can't find matched carrier. Check NT-Code ....."
How do i fix this Warning ? Since basically everything seems to work as usual, my lte wifi 5 etc. all work just fine. Except for when im in the NL i cant get an internet connection through the mobile network, is says something is wrong with my apn settings.
Help is much appreciated, and thanks in advance.
Gurkenbeat said:
Hi there,
after flashing an ebw version (since there seems to be no androind 10 ua version) on my v405ua i get this error/warning message everytime i boot up the phone, which says "current Version is not available for user. Can't find matched carrier. Check NT-Code ....."
How do i fix this Warning ? Since basically everything seems to work as usual, my lte wifi 5 etc. all work just fine. Except for when im in the NL i cant get an internet connection through the mobile network, is says something is wrong with my apn settings.
Help is much appreciated, and thanks in advance.
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The NT-Error code thing has been discussed quite a bit, as it's very common to anyone that has cross-flashed. There are various things people have done and some have worked for some, but not others.
First, it's not a problem, it's just something that shows up when u boot up, after that it's inconsequential. *But*, I found that if I did a Lgup partition DL of the rom (that I wanted to cross flash to), let it boot up, then shut it off. Then do a 'Refurbish' with the exact same rom. Then I'd no longer have the NT-Error code show up.
As far as the mobile data goes, just verify what the apn settings should be, it may be as simple as that.
cheers
Would a "reflash" to an ua version solve the problem ?
for example there seems to be a verizon version of the 405ua available, would that solve the nt warning ?
Gurkenbeat said:
Would a "reflash" to an ua version solve the problem ?
for example there seems to be a verizon version of the 405ua available, would that solve the nt warning ?
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No
AsItLies said:
The NT-Error code thing has been discussed quite a bit, as it's very common to anyone that has cross-flashed. There are various things people have done and some have worked for some, but not others.
First, it's not a problem, it's just something that shows up when u boot up, after that it's inconsequential. *But*, I found that if I did a Lgup partition DL of the rom (that I wanted to cross flash to), let it boot up, then shut it off. Then do a 'Refurbish' with the exact same rom. Then I'd no longer have the NT-Error code show up.
As far as the mobile data goes, just verify what the apn settings should be, it may be as simple as that.
cheers
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Unfortunatley, this didn't work for me but I'm planning on LOS where the error goes away. I just wonder if this causes my SafetyNet to fail?
FreeSoftwareServers said:
Unfortunatley, this didn't work for me but I'm planning on LOS where the error goes away. I just wonder if this causes my SafetyNet to fail?
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No, it doesn't cause safetynet to fail, they are completely different things.
AsItLies said:
The NT-Error code thing has been discussed quite a bit, as it's very common to anyone that has cross-flashed. There are various things people have done and some have worked for some, but not others.
First, it's not a problem, it's just something that shows up when u boot up, after that it's inconsequential. *But*, I found that if I did a Lgup partition DL of the rom (that I wanted to cross flash to), let it boot up, then shut it off. Then do a 'Refurbish' with the exact same rom. Then I'd no longer have the NT-Error code show up.
As far as the mobile data goes, just verify what the apn settings should be, it may be as simple as that.
cheers
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What partitions do I select?
blowtorchhonor said:
What partitions do I select?
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If you're doing a part D/L select all but ftm. After it reboots, go to Lgup mode again and do a 'refurbish' with the same kdz.
Most of the time that gets rid of the nt code thing.
cheers
AsItLies said:
If you're doing a part D/L select all but ftm. After it reboots, go to Lgup mode again and do a 'refurbish' with the same kdz.
Most of the time that gets rid of the nt code thing.
cheers
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Thank you so much for the quick reply! I flashed to the latest OPEN_EU ROM and now I can't flash back to anything else, hopefully I don't have to if the NT message can be removed.
blowtorchhonor said:
Thank you so much for the quick reply! I flashed to the latest OPEN_EU ROM and now I can't flash back to anything else, hopefully I don't have to if the NT message can be removed.
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I was unable to do a refurbish after the DL. It said unable to cross flash V405UA to V405. Message is still present.
blowtorchhonor said:
I was unable to do a refurbish after the DL. It said unable to cross flash V405UA to V405. Message is still present.
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When u get that crossflash issue u have to use a different version of lgup. If you look in the 'guides' forum, there will be links to (I believe it's) ver 1.16, a newer version that will work with newer versions of the roms.
cheers
AsItLies said:
When u get that crossflash issue u have to use a different version of lgup. If you look in the 'guides' forum, there will be links to (I believe it's) ver 1.16, a newer version that will work with newer versions of the roms.
cheers
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I was using an outdated common DLL, thanks for helping me! Let's see if this works!
blowtorchhonor said:
I was using an outdated common DLL, thanks for helping me! Let's see if this works!
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Nope
I have this message that pops up on my V450VM. I assume it was related to Navigation Gestures that I used, and loved, on my V405QA7. When activating and setting it up, my V50 downloaded Nav Gestures from backup and when the phone updated to A11 I found the app was incompatible. I deleted the app and key. Ever since, rebooting has brought up the notification and I assume something didn't delete from the app. Guess I may have been wrong. I'm living with it and it doesn't seem to cause any issues but my OCD flares everytime :/
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UPDATE AS OF 16 OF MAY 2023:
The security patch of December of 2022 fixed the patch, so it doesn't work on this version and newer ones.
The project is still alive and I am working to get the exploit to work on newer version, but for now haven't found any.
However due to the complex nature of the project and that I have little free time, expect this to take sometime until a new exploit is available.
If anyone has any ideas or suggestions please let me know! Any help is welcome
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Hey everybody!
So recently I bought a Google Pixel 4 XL. The thing is that in Europe they are too expensive compared to the US, so I bought one that was from AT&T(used of course). However is that I need to use my SIM on the phone, but of course, the phone refused to allow me to use my SIM from Spain. ⛔️
So after hours of research, I found a way to unlock it. Here are the steps:
1. Remove your SIM card if it is on the phone
2. Do a factory reset
3. Do OFFLINE SETUP. Also, DON'T PUT ANY PASSWORD OR ANY TYPE OF SCREEN LOCK
4. Once you are on the main screen, enable USB Debugging.
5. Connect the phone to the computer (I assume you already have the USB drivers, platform-tools downloaded and knowledge on how to use ADB commands. If you don't have the SDK downloaded, head to this link and follow the instructions)
6. Inside the platform-tools folder, open a terminal window and run "adb shell"(on mac, once you are on the directory you have to run "./adb shell") and then "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.apps.work.oobconfig" (run them without quotes)
After this, you can already connect the phone to the internet and put your SIM in.
This didn't unlock the phone though . What we have just done is this:
When we connect the phone to the internet, it verifies if it should lock the SIM or not. So we did a setup without internet, so the phone can't do that. After that, we uninstall the package responsible for doing this.
So when we connect it to the internet, it won't check the SIM lock
However, the bootloader is still locked and grey out. This is because this app is responsible to grey or not the bootloader switch. If it is from a carrier, the package will disable the switch, and if not you will have the ability to unlock it. As we kill the app before it could do its job, the bootloader will be waiting until the package gives its answer.
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Esim is unlocked as well?
Didn't try but should work, as the phone never check if it is from a carrier or not.
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Didn't try but should work, as the phone never check if it is from a carrier or not.
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On another post someaone said esim is working on pixel 4 verizon unlocked trought this steps. So as you say, it works.
Thanks
Danny17va said:
On another post someaone said esim is working on pixel 4 verizon unlocked trought this steps. So as you say, it works.
Thanks
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No problem. Just for curiosity, who did the test on unlocked Verizon Pixel?
Is there any work around to unlock to bootloader too??
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Is there any work around to unlock to bootloader too??
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Hey,
I am working on that. As it turns out there is a way to flash firmware to any device with a Qualcomm chip, even if the bootloader os locked. It's called EDL mode. This mode was designed to force flash firmware in bricked devices that can't use fastboot or adb.
I already find the app I need to flash, actually there a a lot of different ones( I chose QPST) but it needs some strange files that I didn't find yet, and it won't allow em to use the google firmware neither .
So when I find those files I will write a detailed guide on how to unlock the bootloader , but for now I only know how to use any SIM on a locked Pixel device.
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Hey,
I am working on that. As it turns out there is a way to flash firmware to any device with a Qualcomm chip, even if the bootloader os locked. It's called EDL mode. This mode was designed to force flash firmware in bricked devices that can't use fastboot or adb.
I already find the app I need to flash, actually there a a lot of different ones( I chose QPST) but it needs some strange files that I didn't find yet, and it won't allow em to use the google firmware neither .
So when I find those files I will write a detailed guide on how to unlock the bootloader , but for now I only know how to use any SIM on a locked Pixel device.
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I have tried the same on a OnePlus device but they have MSM Tool to thet let you work in edl mode but I haven't found any tool for Pixel devices yet
Daniyal48 said:
I have tried the same on a OnePlus device but they have MSM Tool to thet let you work in edl mode but I haven't found any tool for Pixel devices yet
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yeah unlike Oneplus Google didn't release any software designed specifically to the Pixel lineup, so you have to use the generic Qualcomm tools.
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yeah unlike Oneplus Google didn't release any software designed specifically to the Pixel lineup, so you have to use the generic Qualcomm tools.
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Can you name other generic Qualcomm tools so I can experiment with them??
Yeah of course, there is QFIL also and some others that aren't official. I downloaded them from Androidmtk website.
With this link you go to the qpst download and use instructions section of their webpage. At the bottom you will find similar programs, but I didn't get to try them. You can try them, but make sure they are for Qualcomm Chipset, because some of them are for mediatek phones.
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Yeah of course, there is QFIL also and some others that aren't official. I downloaded them from Androidmtk website.
With this link you go to the qpst download and use instructions section of their webpage. At the bottom you will find similar programs, but I didn't get to try them. You can try them, but make sure they are for Qualcomm Chipset, because some of them are for mediatek phones.
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Okay thank you I hope i find a solution with this
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Okay thank you I hope i find a solution with this
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No problem, good luck researching .
I will keep searching as well to see if I can find those files
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No problem, good luck researching .
I will keep searching as well to see if I can find those files
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If you find any files please also send them to me. Can we use a working Device to get these files from. Like we extract these files for a normal pixel 4 xl and then flash it to ours?
Daniyal48 said:
If you find any files please also send them to me. Can we use a working Device to get these files from. Like we extract these files for a normal pixel 4 xl and then flash it to ours?
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Of course, if I find them I will make them available for anyone .
Yes in theory you can extract this files from your phon, however as mine is locked I need them from an unlocked pixel I suppose, but I didn't try to extract the files from my home and the flash them again, it could work. In the QPST you even have a section to that, it's a backup I Believe but not sure about the name.
If you try and it works let me know!
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Of course, if I find them I will make them available for anyone .
Yes in theory you can extract this files from your phon, however as mine is locked I need them from an unlocked pixel I suppose, but I didn't try to extract the files from my home and the flash them again, it could work. In the QPST you even have a section to that, it's a backup I Believe but not sure about the name.
If you try and it works let me know!
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Yes I am also looking for an unlock Pixel 4 XL if I find one I will try extracting these files and post it somewhere on the internet so anyone can access it
Yeah that is a way, but I was thinking that maybe these files are inside of the IMG files of the firmware from Google, and that firmware isn't lock , so if anyone manage to find those files there you wouldn't need to buy another pixel to extract the firmware.
I also think that in reality you don't need the firmware but rather some files for your Qualcomm Chipset to get the Sahara protocol working and I believe later on you flash the firmware, however I am not sure about that as I didn't try it.
I think this because you can find some Qualcomm snapdragon 855 programmer files (which had the extension we need), so they may be basic files that activates the Sahara protocol (which is the one used when the phone is in this mode) and only after I believe you can flash the firmware using some commands.
I would like to try out this but I can't as it could brick my phone and I don't have other to use, and I don't have any other pixel, this is my first and only Pixel ever.
So if you have an older pixel and you want you could try this theory...
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Yeah that is a way, but I was thinking that maybe these files are inside of the IMG files of the firmware from Google, and that firmware isn't lock , so if anyone manage to find those files there you wouldn't need to buy another pixel to extract the firmware.
I also think that in reality you don't need the firmware but rather some files for your Qualcomm Chipset to get the Sahara protocol working and I believe later on you flash the firmware, however I am not sure about that as I didn't try it.
I think this because you can find some Qualcomm snapdragon 855 programmer files (which had the extension we need), so they may be basic files that activates the Sahara protocol (which is the one used when the phone is in this mode) and only after I believe you can flash the firmware using some commands.
I would like to try out this but I can't as it could brick my phone and I don't have other to use, and I don't have any other pixel, this is my first and only Pixel ever.
So if you have an older pixel and you want you could try this theory...
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I have Pixel 2 XL but it doesn't boot into EDL i tried fastboot commands and also abd commands but it doesn't even go there...I have Pixel 3 XL on the way I will try on that but that is already unlocked
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Yeah that is a way, but I was thinking that maybe these files are inside of the IMG files of the firmware from Google, and that firmware isn't lock , so if anyone manage to find those files there you wouldn't need to buy another pixel to extract the firmware.
I also think that in reality you don't need the firmware but rather some files for your Qualcomm Chipset to get the Sahara protocol working and I believe later on you flash the firmware, however I am not sure about that as I didn't try it.
I think this because you can find some Qualcomm snapdragon 855 programmer files (which had the extension we need), so they may be basic files that activates the Sahara protocol (which is the one used when the phone is in this mode) and only after I believe you can flash the firmware using some commands.
I would like to try out this but I can't as it could brick my phone and I don't have other to use, and I don't have any other pixel, this is my first and only Pixel ever.
So if you have an older pixel and you want you could try this theory...
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