yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G3 General] hyelton:
Hmmm.. Making sure your changing the LG com port and not the normal commucation port that is sometimes there.
[G3 General] slmallen2:
I go to ports in Device Manager, then click on "LGE Mobile USB Serial Port (COM41)". Then "Port Settings", then "Advanced", then "COM Port Number" then select COM41.

is that correct?
[G3 General] hyelton:
Yepp. Try disable antivirus and restart flashtool.
[G3 General] slmallen2:
Disable an antivirus program? Like Norton or something?
[G3 General] hyelton:
Yes its been known that they can interfere with this stuff.
[G3 General] slmallen2:
ok im on it

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I deleted the only antivirus that windows was detected, but it was an expired free trial anyway. Tried again andsame result. Can you tell me what's SUPPOSED to happen when I click the yellow arrow?

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UPDATE: I got it to work by unplugging and replugging in my phone after i clicked the yellow arrow. It's at 39%!!!
[G3 General] hyelton:
When you click the yellow arrow it starts flashing.
[G3 General] slmallen2:
Just booted up my G3 to complete stock. All stock apps are there and everything is just like when I bought the phone. Thank you so much for your help you are frickin awesome!!!
[G3 General] hyelton:
Your welcome :) I'm glad its finally fixed :). What was stopping it?
[G3 General] slmallen2:
Looked up some other tutorial, it was the same as urs but it also included that I should quickly unplug and replug phone in after I hit yellow arrow, sure enough after I did that: It said waiting for connection for a couple seconds then it started flashing. I am now back to stock and I couldn't be happier right now thanks so much
[G3 General] hyelton:
Yeah after you hit the yellow button you sometimes have to unplug and replug which is the same as rebooting download mode and plugging back in.
[G3 General] xdart0:
hi.. i'm new here.. i want to ask some question..

now i'm on AndroidNow ROM, rooted.. i want to unroot to claim warranty.. can i just flash using this way to unroot? and can i flash to lolipop or must back to kitkat again? *edited*
[G3 General] hyelton:
You can use the firmwares in the OP or elsewhwre that site is not allowed to be posted here.
[G3 General] xdart0:
i'm sorry.. thanks for your answer.. i already edit my post... please my qoute on your post...
[G3 General] hammerholm:
@OP: Cheers for your work. Quick question though, is it possible to revert the 855 from lolipop back to kitkat using this method?
[G3 General] hyelton:
Yes :)
[G3 General] hammerholm:
Awesome! Thanks =)
[G3 General] Giginicchio:
Hello, thank you for your work, just a quick question: can I flash this Italy D85510L_00.kdz on a 16 GB phone?
[G3 General] SpectralMeat:
Thank you for the guide, I was able to restore KitKat. Couldn't be happier

The wireless charging and Bluetooth audio hiccup issues were just driving me nuts!

All back to normal :)
[G3 General] jasonwilliams10:
How long does it usually take to flash? I am using the TOT method, it shows firmware update on the screen, but the percent has been sitting at 0% for 10 min now. Is it safe to unplug it and try it again, or does it just take a long time start and flash? The flash tool doesn't show the yellow arrow anymore, it has a stop icon next to it that is able to be selected. I just got the phone today, so it is on 12b. I am trying to take it to 10 so I can root it.
[G3 General] hyelton:
5 to 15min. Yes its safe. Make sure phone is freshly in download mode s rebooting after changing your com port to 41. If you didn't reboot the phone/download mode after changing that could be the reason why it didn't flash.
[G3 General] jasonwilliams10:
I got it, thank you. I found a thread on androidrootz that showed the same method, but had a few different steps. I had to use a combo of both threads to make it work right.
[G3 General] prana_Sky:
hi could you give me the link to v10m-TWN-xx d855 32gb?
[G3 General] vassagout:
Hello hyelton, I just want to be sure about the best method to choose from. I'm running Android 5.0 v20D wich I installed from a kdz file through lg flash tool. I want to go back to kit kat in order to get root, install twrp and install a custom / rooted lollipop. In the OP there are both kdz and tot methods. What would you recommend for my case?

Thank you in advance.
[G3 General] hyelton:
Well if you used the kdz method, then the kdz method. It matters just what's available. The kdz are easier to find than tot.
[G3 General] duytuan665:
unroot

can i unroot my lg g3 d855 with the kdz method too, to get warranty back? or does unrooting only success with tot method??

please reply, i need quick help
[G3 General] hyelton:
Yes its stated in the OP.
[G3 General] duytuan665:
ok thanks, so i flashed via kdu method. it worked fine but i got 1 problem. now i dont have my vodafone branding anymore and also my vodafone apps arent there anymore. but under phone information it still shows that i got the vodafone branded one??

should i test tot method? and when yes, which .tot shoudl i take??
[G3 General] hyelton:
Did you flash the Vodafone branded firmware? Also how do you know its running it under phone?

Also the way the G2 was if you flashed a custom ROM or deleted the folder that had the bloatware then it won't come back.
[G3 General] duytuan665:
i had android now hd 8.3 installed, maybe thats the reason, but does my warranty gone now without these bloatware??

you mean when i flash a vodafone branded one, then i will get back me bloatware??
[G3 General] hyelton:
Not sure. Yes it can be due to installing a custom ROM I bealive. If you flashed a branded Vodafone firmware and didn't get it back then its gone. As long as its running the firmware it came with and not rooted you should be good on warranty.
[G3 General] duytuan665:
i flashed the kdz file, the one provided for mei IMEI on lg-firmware-rom.com (you know what i mean). so it should be the branded firmware from vodafone. you mean even if i have the original firmware but without the branding and bloatware, i still have warranty?

this is my last question :)
[G3 General] hyelton:
You still should have warranty. As branded can still be uninstalled without root, it would just come back after performing a reset. So no I don't think it should matter :)
[G3 General] duytuan665:
thank you very much, i got an heart attack when i saw i dont have my branding anymore :)=)
[G3 General] vassagout:
OK thank you, So in summary the process to go back to Kit Kat is exactly the same that the one I used to upgrade to Lollipop? . For some reason I thought the downgrade was different or there was something to care about of. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Regards
[G3 General] hyelton:
The process is the same upgrading or downgrading :)
[G3 General] bluedragon38:
I follow exactly what is write because i want to DOWNGRADE, but the program said me when i push start , reconnect your phone blabla.... -_-"

any idea ?
[G3 General] hyelton:
Not sure what you mean.., just follow the OP
[G3 General] droidbits:
Hello. Link for the kdz please.

Nevermind, my bad. It was not hyperlinked.
[G3 General] bluedragon38:
Nooo really ? I said that i follow EXACTLY what it says on the first page. i connect my phone into Download mode , launch the program , choose my .kdz file and when i push CSE then START , another windows open and say me "the phone is disconnected from the computer, please reconnect".

My phone is connected already

-_-

Pkay , today my phone want to flash and its good , i don't know why it didnt work yesterday :/

thanks.
[G3 General] hyelton:
Good :) its just in your previous post you where like " and bla bla bla" lol.
[G3 General] bluedragon38:
I think i was so tired and angry about this phone :D
[G3 General] hyelton:
I don't blame you :). In my opinion LG is the worst to deal with when going back to stock.
[G3 General] dhd1802:
UK 16G D85510A_00.kdz

UK 16G D85510A_00.kdz in the firmware files list, is flashing as german with an incredible amount of tmobile bloat :laugh:

if anyone is kind enough to provide a direct link for 4.4.2, for a uk unbranded 16G D855. i would greatly appreciate it
[G3 General] henengel:
basics

Hi everyone.

I'm kind of new here, so please be patient with me.

I just transferred from samsung, where I pretty much know my way around.

I tried to look up the basics regarding LG, but could't find out of all the data the answers i am looking for.

Could anybody refer me to where I can find Out what stock rom do I have,and what stock rom do i need to download? what is a .tot? what .KDZ do I need to download and push to my device? where and what image file and .dll do I need to use?

Again just looking for pointers.

Thank you so much for your time and help...
[G3 General] Diamond777:
Are the DLL for D855 available? I don't find them.

I have a bricked G3 for modifying build prop to sync with Gear 2. Phone is in permanent boot loop

i can only access download mode
[G3 General] hyelton:
So your model is the D855? What did you change in your build prop? You change the model # or something else
[G3 General] maxbot:
For anyone who is interested, yesterday I flashed international version V10F on my D855.

I think its much bether than V10A German version I came from.

It works very well ! Its not out now and may take a long time to be released over OTA (latest is V10D from Sweden).

Unfortunately, I can't post download links here as a new member. So if someone is interested, write me a PM ;)
[G3 General] MMarkkk:
LG_Flash_Tool_2014.zip – 3.1 Mb I need download link

EDIT:

Download link works :good:
[G3 General] hyelton:
Not sure what you mean., all links are in the OP
[G3 General] MMarkkk:
THANKS Firmware D85510E_00 HUTCHISON(Sweden) Edition works perfectly on my D855 32 GB RAM HKG (normal flash)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=54162548&postcount=53
[G3 General] failax:
For anyone who is interested, yesterday I flashed international version V10F on my D855.

I think its much bether than V10A German version I came from.

It works very well ! Its not out now and may take a long time to be released over OTA (latest is V10D from Sweden).

Unfortunately, I can't post download links here as a new member. So if someone is interested, write me a PM

----------------------------------------------------

It is for 16 o 32gb?
[G3 General] hyelton:
Which file?
[G3 General] failax:
I was referring to maxbot post, I quoted bad..
[G3 General] MMarkkk:
Is it possible to go back to 10a from 10e ?
[G3 General] paratox:
does anyone have a link for test D855 EUR 32GB v10f ?
[G3 General] bobsie41:
Where did you get this from?
[G3 General] maxbot:
Bought it, its internal firmware only ATM
[G3 General] MMarkkk:
I send you PM yesterday ? :confused:
[G3 General] bobsie41:
How much? ;);):rolleyes:
[G3 General] MMarkkk:
It is for 16 o 32gb?

Thanks for download link

I am waiting for the official source release. I cannot accept the risk.
[G3 General] ikkifcporto:
once install Firmware D85510E_00 HUTCHISON (Sweden), I get V10E-GLOBAL-SI is what went well?

I also had a korean rom, I could not have 4g, now I'm the parameters 2G/3G/4G auto but as soon as I put it this mode automatically returns 2G/3G auto?
[G3 General] stevew84:
Is it possible to flash other firmwares on top of say the D851? The T-Mobile variant? Wouldn't this allow root?
[G3 General] AndroidPaul:
How can I find out if I have the German or the European edition?

Sorry for stupid question :o
[G3 General] angie.morales:
Wrong .dll file???

i am needing to bring my phone back to stock because I lost my imei and it won't read my sim. But when following this thread I get wrong .dll file in the flash tool.
[G3 General] hyelton:
The link in the OP are 100% correct.... remember bloatware is part of your phone not the firmware. The bloat is stored on your phone itself.
[G3 General] hyelton:
It would help If you'd list the model # ... Also if you truly lost your IMEI and never backed up your EFI (I forgot the name) its gone forever..

You can try reflashing or performing a factory reset as stated in the OP, perform a reset under settings and privacy 3 or 4 times and the IMEI should come back.
[G3 General] dhd1802:
nope, not on this one. the first app optimisation screen is in german, you can then setup in english, once setup is complete 30+ apps are automatically downloaded and installed. all in german
[G3 General] hyelton:
Wait... You shouldn't be seeing optimation screen... That means your phone never reset. You need to factory reset your phone. 30+ apps are automatically downloaded? That would be because you signed into play store, bloatware doesn't download, bloatware is preinstalled.

This thread is at about 99 pages, that UK kdz has been flashed a ton of times by a lot of people and this has never happened.
[G3 General] angie.morales:
.dll file?

D850. Running miui says sim not found. And when checks imei with *#06# says invalid imei. I read on another thread that restoring stock helped in past. Honestly up for suggestions
[G3 General] hyelton:
Try and flash another ROM. If that doesn't work, I'd say flash back to stock. If you said about DLL you must also download the DLL file from the OP.

If it says wrong model number when trying to flash that's because the ROM your running is not meant for a D850. Flash a custom ROM meant for a d850 and it will fix it.
[G3 General] angie.morales:
I have tried cyogen illusion cloudy none worked ... This rom is for a d850. The error I am getting says "wrong dll"
[G3 General] hyelton:
Are you using the DLL from the D850 att folder?
[G3 General] dhd1802:
post 30 of this thread

same issue. not been through the whole thread yet!

CSE Flash was selected, plus also did a factory reset and they are not store updated :eek: the german crap is coming from somewhere. back on 20e at the moment and no german insight

109 apps are installed from the rom when setup is complete, they are not downloaded. factory resetting has no affect
[G3 General] angie.morales:
Dll

so I went back and did the dll file fro the first set of instructions and the process will get me to the part where I am supposed to power the phone off then put back into download mode... But won't power off
[G3 General] hyelton:
Pull battery?
[G3 General] mafury:
Is there a way to back to stock removing all bloatware? Im using korean f460k with olleh carrier.
[G3 General] hyelton:
You can disable bloatware on stock.
[G3 General] droidbits:
Hello. Great thread.

Any possibility of making a hyperlinked link for the kdz files like the other links on the OP?

I only have access to my phone at the moment and I cannot select/copy the link to get access to the files.

Thanks so much. ?
[G3 General] hyelton:
It is hyperlinked, but for some reason the app it's not lol.

Sometimes the phone won't download kdz files anyway, sometimes it will load a weird page and not download.

But you'll have to use a PC to flash them so why not just wait til you have a PC?
[G3 General] droidbits:
Thanks. You are correct.
[G3 General] xerxestech:
Hi,

same as in post #987, + I got all the european bloatware installed 150+ apps with sim card inside, I cannot find a stock rom for A6COTN suffix.
[G3 General] hanset:
Both methods are identical??

Hi guys!!! I have a question... both methods give the same result?? Or one is better then the other?? (sorry for my bad english!)

thx :D
[G3 General] LenAsh:
Both methods of what?
[G3 General] hanset:
using kdz or tot files...
[G3 General] LenAsh:
Depends what phone you have. The OP has the details. They are not interchangeable.
[G3 General] hanset:
Ok.. I've got LG G3 32 GB not brand.. Italy version.. I used the kdz method and it works very well! But... another question... First i've installed the global version, but I couldn't do OTA updates.. Then I've installed italian version and now I find me OTA updates.. Why this? Only a curiosity... for personal culture! :p

Thank you so much!
[G3 General] stardreamer77:
hi..

my version is V10k-SEA-XX (LG-D855 kitkat 4.4.2), and i use PurpleDrake-Lite to root my device. now i get a new OS version update from OTA (V20b-DEC-22-2014) , but i not sure i can update via OTA after root by PurplrDrake , so i need to back to Stock firmware.

i go to lg-firmware-rom.com and enter my IMEI and i get the latest firmware D85520B_00.kdz , can i use this guide to flash the D85520B_00.kdz to my phone ?

just want to make sure. thanks.
[G3 General] hyelton:
Cause with LG only OTA updates work on the firmware that originally came with the phone.
[G3 General] mjasims:
quick question .....

i have a vodafone uk version of LG G3 .... just wondering what happens if i flash the international stock version of 5.0 on it through lg flashtools ....
[G3 General] gee2012:
Don`t think you can flash it afaik, only the firmware versions that came with the phone when you bought it. We don`t have S-Off unfortunately to change the phones identity.
[G3 General] Alan_coronet:
i need help

Where i can obtain the kdz to the lg F400L? i mean version V10a
[G3 General] hyelton:
You can use the tot method which is In the OP.
[G3 General] Benholder90:
Is there somewhere where the latest stock firmware is available to download?
[G3 General] hyelton:
In the OP
[G3 General] Benholder90:
Well i mean the different versions of lollipop 20e 20f and so on
[G3 General] gee2012:
Or look here http://lg-firmware-rom.com/.
[G3 General] Benholder90:
in the op there is alot of files for v10, all all the different ones are there. But for lollipop theres only one v20. I was wondering is there somewhere where they are all available
[G3 General] hyelton:
No. Only for IMEI or where people upload them.
[G3 General] Benholder90:
Where do people upload them? I mean if you can get all those files for v10 why not v20? Because its only recently come out?
[G3 General] hyelton:
They upload them whereever they do lol. Like I have a server which is were I uploaded the files that are in the OP. There's a few V20 in the OP.
[G3 General] Benholder90:
Yea. You dont know anywhere? For d855 i can only find 1 v20 which is v20a
[G3 General] hyelton:
Like I said there's no main place for the files that you can get any or all. I obtain them from LGs servers when people either post them or I have an IMEI. And I mirror them on my server so they never go away.
[G3 General] Benholder90:
Alright thanks :)
[G3 General] hyelton:
I've been extreamly busy lately. Check back late tonight or tommrow and I might find some for you :)
[G3 General] Benholder90:
Ok cool i was just wondering thats all as i want to flash a custom rom soon and may want to go back to stock at some point. Thanks
[G3 General] hyelton:
Remember you can always flash an older firmware and just OTA to latest
[G3 General] Benholder90:
Well a few posts up gee2012 posted a site. Just put your imei and it gives you latest version
[G3 General] hyelton:
Yeah I was just saying :)
[G3 General] Benholder90:
Thanks :)
[G3 General] gee2012:
Here are 2 links for the German unbranded 32GB D855 rom:

1. Kitkat D85510L_00.kdz https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6Ufgy16r712ZDBYU2NZZFJzQ00/view?usp=sharing

2. Lollipop D85520F_00.kdz https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6Ufgy16r712NmJScXBmaW1YMU0/view?usp=sharing
[G3 General] linxgr:
just to be sure.

I have bought the LG G3 D855 32GB EU version. The booklet only has dansk/suomi/norsk and another language so I am guessing that the Northern Europe .kdz is the one I need right? If I'm not mistaken there is no difference as to 16/32G versions for the European D855.
[G3 General] gee2012:
Type in your Imei number here http://lg-firmware-rom.com/ and you`ll get a downloadlink for the correct stock rom. The 16 and 32GB roms are not fully identical afaik.
[G3 General] hyelton:
There's no difference to the sizes on the G3 .

Yeah they are for the G3 you flash either or. Unlike the the G2
[G3 General] gee2012:
Oke, i stand corrected ;)
[G3 General] namirun:
Hi, have u guys try the new realease of version 5.0 lolipop on ur lgg3?
[G3 General] hyelton:
Its much more simple as even though there's warnings etc people still accidentally flash the wrong one and it messes up there storage, but not the case for the G3 :)
[G3 General] Purren:
I can't get the Flash Tool to work.

After loading everything up, it works for a little bit then I first get a "Connection failed" and then if I press retry a "Upgrade stopped due to error".

Any suggestions?
[G3 General] gee2012:
Re-install the drivers and/or enable usb debugging.
[G3 General] Purren:
Reinstalled the drivers. USB Debugging is enabled.

For some reason it stops at 4% on the computer. 0% on the phone.

I'm running Windows 8.1 on VirtualBox (since I'm on a Mac). Any ideas on how to resolve this?
[G3 General] hyelton:
Is the phone in download mode? USB debugging is not needed to flash.
[G3 General] Purren:
It is in download mode. I also noticed that the tool can restart the phone into download mode. But yes, it's in download mode.

Also, pressing "Read Phone Information" doesnt give much

[IMG="Read Phone Information"]http://i.imgur.com/WUItF5X.png[/IMG]

Is this consistent with what others get? Otherwise it might be a Virtualbox issue.
[G3 General] gee2012:
I also got the Imei empty message but pressed start and the flashing commenced. My Imei folder was/is not corrupt or damaged but the flash tool has issues reading this folder evidently. I never use Read Phone Information btw.
[G3 General] Purren:
Are there any known issues with running on Virtualbox and/or Windows x64?
[G3 General] hyelton:
Phone usually does not boot into download mode anyway. That's why your supposed to be in download mode.

And your NOT supposed to click read phone information, you just click start upgrade.

Not sure about issues with virtual box as there are all sorts of problems with it anyway when flashing.
[G3 General] nerdo:
From my own previous experience I would advise against it, big risk as usb connections never work the same, at least did not for me.

Invest in BootCamp setup where Windows work flawlessly on Mac, been using it the past 4 years with no issues flashing things using Windows-based flashing-tools

And yeh.... I only use a trimmed version of Win 7 ... don't see the point in Win 8 really

Good luck
[G3 General] linxgr:
clarification

Yes I know about that site. It gives me the latest OTA update I have received. Thing is I want a previous kdz, not the lollipop one so i can reroot it and use a bumped image or CMod. That's why I was thinking of that Northern Europe .kdz in the OP (your) post and wanted to make sure before I do something stupid.
[G3 General] Benholder90:
How do you know if the phone is connected and recognized by the flash tool?
[G3 General] hyelton:
When it starts flashing.
[G3 General] NoobSwede:
My phone wont turn off

Hi!

I've completed everything and the flash tool says ready, but point 14 in your description wont work for me. The stupid phone wont turn off, I've pressed the power for about 2 muniutes and nothing happens. The phone says a firmware update is going on and showing a bar with 0 %...so what now? Try everything again or what? I have a 855 32 gb from Europe
[G3 General] hyelton:
Pull the battery..?
[G3 General] Benholder90:
Ok :) just done it. I flashed the uk v10a. On phone however it says v10a TWN. Doesnt matter but i thought it wouldnt. Phone must be from taiwan?
[G3 General] NoobSwede:
Finally I did that, and you know what..nothing happened, so I had to unplu the USB to turn it off, and when it restarted it was still on Lollipop...:crying:

Well it's working anyhow, that's good cause it's a brand new phone. I'll guess I have to try again or maybe find another way!
[G3 General] hyelton:
Well yeah unplug USB and battery lol.

Its still on lollipop because it probably never flashed... You have to put it back into download mode for it to flash.

This is the ONLY stock method of going back to stock, downgrading, or upgrading.