yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] chopie:
I think there isnt any hungarian rom for this phone, you can use this alternative: Paragon Language Extender Hungarian (Hungarian LEng)

(hozzateszem ez se forditja le teljesen az OS-t...)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ilmd:
i am having the same problem as yari_03. i just purchased the lg ks20 and everything is in German. how can i get it to English?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] murciegalo:
hi,

firstly thank you all for sharing your experiences with this phone.

A few days ago that'm looking to get my original rom but do not know if there is any way of flashing a KS20 with raw files that I created with pdocread.

Does anyone know what steps I must do to obtain the MBN and bin from my raw files?

PS: Sorry for my English but I'm from spain :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] spocky12:
@murciegalo : Dump doesn't contain mbn files. To understand LG terminology, have a look here.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] zmith:
NV2 backup

hi all, sorry for the bad english.

here goes, my PDA is LG KS20, wanted to upgrade the WM from 6.0 to 6.1

have all the tools needed for that (LGMDP_1.5_build_12.14_Sep_16_2008, KisS20.4_Rom_5.2.20755_Build_20755.1.4.0_WWE, LGCoronaUSBDriver)

I already installed LGCorona, run LGMDP (EURO).

connected my device to computer, and saw connected COM (COM21 in my computer). but can't see my device driver (to backup .nv2)

any suggestion?

tx,,,
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] murciegalo:
Thanks spocky for reply.

I will try to rebuild my spanish rom....
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] murciegalo:
if I can't rebuild my rom....

There is some place where I can download the official Spanish?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Switchke:
i've been trying to install wm 6.1 to my ks20 all afternoon but i'm stuck with the lgmdp program. Once he is done with the back up i get a black green on my phone. There is just the little green light that shines and the program stops: "Trying to communicate with phone" When i remove battery and launch him again he continues for a few sec and is in emergency mode and then he stops.

Anyone that can help?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Switchke:
nvm i made it work :) Tried this morning again on my windows xp and it worked. Think the hardest part was putting register key in it so he can find your mobile
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Daanmannetje:
Can I use this rom to create a unbranded English KS20 from a vodafone branded german KS20?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] surikjon:
Please help

I have installed spb airisland on my lg ks20. It didn't work and my phone freezed. So I restarted it. Now it hang in splash screen. I don't know what to do now. I wanted to flash the rom, but since my phone doesn't turn on in normal mode, I can't make back up of NV2 file. Please help me what to do.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] rickou26:
Hello,

Make a hard reset (to restore the original configuration KS-20).

Here are the steps:

Mobile switched off, press and hold down the volume keys (on the left-hand) and drop (green phone) while pressing the power button (on the right edge) and count to 10 (until the LED lighting). Drop everything and wait about 140 seconds the mobile restarts. Your LG KS-20 is now reseted.

if you want NV backup, me give me your imei in mp.

@+
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cellulartraders:
I get error when backing up

can anyone help, I get error when backing up, it says can't open serial port

just so you know I am connecting with usb cable, when I click on select port it shows the device
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cellulartraders:
how? where do I get windiag.cab?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cellulartraders:
http://rapidlibrary.com/download_file_i.php?qq=qpst&file=1975997&desc=QPST+2.7+Build+264+.rar this link is not working
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] qwery007:
Downgrade

Hi! I bought a 3-month-old KS20 with warranty card, but with WM.6.1 KisS20 rom, but the previous owner didn’t save the anything. The warranty is lost. I’d like to put an original rom on my phone, which is v10d according to the system information. Can anyone help me? If it is necessary I’d give my imei as well. Is this retrievable on PPC? Can it pass the warranty? Thanks for the help in advance!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] shinnyx:
Hi all, I have a problem with my ks20 connect to my pc. I'm using vista and followed all the steps like change the setting in engineering menu, install the LG corona usb driver, windag.cab and also checked with $device\WDG1 which is working. After I install the driver on my pc and done with the phone setting, my pc unable to detect my phone but just with a unknown device. Can somebody solve it for me? Thanks in advance!!

edit: Problem solved, i'm using 64bit version of vista.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ajape:
I really think there should be a very, very large signpost at the top of these KS20 proccedure threads, or at least those requiring the use of the LG Corona USB driver, specifying that flashing and the like WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE on AMD based systems, specially those with with Nvidia chipsets like the NForce. An immense amount of the problems reported by those unsuccessfully trying to complete these upgrades are related to this specific issue, and to say I had to learn this the hard way is a huge understatement. Very obscure info for such a common glitch, if you ask me. Anyway, just my $0.02 :p
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] alexeym:
LG KS20 MUI pack

Like this ROM? Get it localized at AnyLocalizationAvailable project :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] BenjaminHR:
I have some problems to flash my KS20.

I bought it in Germany...it has no vodafone screen or something else..so i think its unlocked version...

I imported it to Croatia...and i like to change it to English language...so i flash it...the problem was i didn't flash it i normal mode because off some errors...so i flash it i emergency mode...and i don't have a back up nv2 file..now the phone is in English language but the phone cant not find a network signal...

Next a read the topic how to change imei...i try this..and i have change it..now its all restored..but it still don't cant find any network signal...

i have no ideas what to do more...

what version of rom should i flash in the phone...

Is the problem in the rom maybe...because of HK..or ESA...region...

i have flash it with these and a Germany vodafone rom...the phone works every time as a PDA...and it don't wanna find a network signal..

Please cant any won give me a answer what to do...

or can someone restore for me the nv file..i sent him on PM my imei...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] rickou26:
HI,

Give me your IMEI in PM ;-)

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] grievous:
Hi. this is rather embarassing.

Is there anyone who could make an unbranded nv2 for me? I really don't want a KS20 PDA. :(
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] grievous:
Wow! rickou26! you're a genius!

thanks for your .nv2! :D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ochuat:
what is the different of LgMdp between - UK, US, H3G, Open?

after i reflash to WM6.1, i lost my MMS setting for my country.

How to copy it from other phone that still use Original ROM

For internet, MMS, GPRS etc setup

where can i get Autoprofile for Malaysia or full world list? Any cab file?

Does anyone has Autoconfigurator cab file that has full world list like O2 ATOM has?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] inthenight:
unbranded nv2

Hello,

I need to unbranded my nv2 file.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] powerguest:
He replay the flash with erase efs see you
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kinurabi:
Help please

I flashed my KS20 phone and forgot to make a backup of my nv2 file :(. Can someone please make me a nv2 file or send me his nv2 backup so I can change the IMEI so it wont cause any problems. If there is someone who can make me an nv2 file please send email to kinurabi@gmail.com.

Thanks a lot

Dont mind this message. I managed to repair it thanks to the master rickou26 from this forum. You are the man. Hey xda-developers pay this man extra money. He deserves it.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] hks300:
Ks20 serious problem!!!

Hello guys! I have a major problem with my ks20 and i think i destroed it!

One morning a few days ago, the touch screen stopped working so i tryed to reflash it. The bad thing is that the the touch didnt work again and the ---- stopped at the point that says "tap the screen to set up your windows mobile device". I tried to do it several times and after the battery ended i cant open. To tell the exact truth when i plug it the red light flashes not continiously as when i charge it but it goes on and off.After i take the battary of and put it back on it opens but it dont charge and when i take tha charger of the phone turns off. DOes anybody have an idea?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] crunchy:
has anybody found a new GERMAN rom?

i need the phone function, i dont want an PDA ;) it still is used as phone... =)

thank you

i got rom 10a
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] hellfish19:
prolem with emergency mode

Hey,

I have some problems with my lg ks20,

when i want to flash something , the screen goes black and the

to emergency mode light is on.

Also when i activate emergency mode when the phone is off the screen stays black green light is on, and i have to remove the battery before it starts again.

Please help
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cicksler:
HI there,

is there any new German Rom? Just asking...

Bye cicksler
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] wouternet:
Help?

I ve got a couple of problems:i want to install WIndows mobile 6.5 on my KS20, and i also got he .nv2 from a nv2 generator (but i want to nv2 from my phone, just to be sure), but i even cant connect to the LGMDS software in EMERGENCY mode. It seems that my phone is one of those without the windiag.dll, and doing al those cabs doesnt add it. what if someone could upload that file and give the directions where it should go to???

this is some info on the phone's os and my pc:

PC: vista 64bit Ultimate (maybe thats the prob, giving hell with the corona driver??)

Phone:

OS version: WM 6.0 - 5.2.1626

Rom version:	v10a_A_3.1.1.00215J

Bootloader:	v10a

Modem version:	KS20-MSM7200-V10a-APR-22-2008-NL

Factory version:	KS20-00-V10a-204-XX-APR-22-2008

Engineermenu version: v0.9.0 : Jan 3 2008
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Archangel05:
Flashing ks20 to wm6.5

Hi All,

Can anyone help to guide on how to flash to wm6.5?

I am stuck at

Click on select Image Button on LGMDP,

Another Dialog page should appear.

Click on the browse button of the first line and select the ROM folder. (the rest of the lines should fill up automatically as well after this)

Where is the ROM folder? What should I see in the folder?

Thanks in advance
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Thijs96:
can't you just type *#06# ?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jilani.ali:
I got prolem...!

Hi All,

I have a problem while conecting my KS20 to My PC , it states that USB device not recognized.

can anybody help me on this or post a thret link

my e-mail is jilani_ali@hotmail.com
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jilani.ali:
Let me simplify my question.

Helo Every1

actuly i belong to Pakistan and have no advanced concept of ROM .nv2 and all these technical questions. I got a LG ks20 with french language. Now i want it to be in English version.

I have no technichal knowledge about all these terms.

If anyone can help me on this or guide me towards a step by step post.

I will be really greatful. I am currently unable to use anything in it,except phone calls and SMS.

Now feeling guilty of puting such a great device on only phone USE.

My e-mail Adress again is jilani_ali@hotmail.com (msn 0900-2200HRs GMT+5:30)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Major A:
Just read : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=548447
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kanaima:
lgmdp connection error

dear forum members i have a problem concerning flashing my lg ks20:

when i try to flash with LGMDP_EURO, the program always runs into a timeout and has no more connection to the phone (which is then in emergency mode).

i read many articles in this forum from peoole

with similar problems, but all the suggeted solutions dont work:

during, before and after the flashing i tried soft reset, hard reset, reinstalling windiag_open and

usb corona drivers, switching usb ports, different roms... but nothing works.

my steps:

unlock it with lg_ (worked fine)

nv2 backup (

nv2 patched file (to unbrand it)

qpst backup

then i tried flashing it with the roms (with LGMDP):

KS20WM6.5CEOS5.2.28205(Build28205FB)10E.7z

KS20-00-V10a-262-XX-FEB-26-2008+0.dz

DZ-KS20E-00-V10a-454-XX-APR-29-2008_0

nv default i chose my save.nv2 (patched nv2 file)

then i selected erase efs

but the connection always broke down.

question 1: what do i do wrong, what could be a solution?

question 2: is it correct/possible to flash from branded wm6 straight to

wm 6.5 (see version above) with the patched nv2 file?

my phone specifications:

lg ks20, unlocked but branded with orange (austria)

wm6 os 5.2.1630

rom boot modem V10a

programs used from LG KS20 FLASHING GUIDE + PROGRAMMS english v3:

LGMDP_EURO for flashing

LG - KS20 NV2 - QCN TOOLS for nv-backup and for patched nv

lg_ for unlocking it

LGCoronaUSBDriver (32bit, xp)

DZExtract-V0.2 for extracting the roms in dz format

7z unzipper for 7z format

thank you guys so much in advance
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ente123:
Can I also flash with Vista? Or I need an extra program?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ermejor_hk:
trying to communicate with phone!!

No puedo Flashear. He Probado con varias rom pero me sale ese error. ¿Qué puedo hacer? Muchas gracias
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Downlord:
Hola ermejor_hk

será mejor, si desribes exactamento lo que has probado y cuando te sale ese eror. Tambien creo, que la gente te podia ayudar más, si podias escribirlo en ingles. Y si no sabes ningun ingles, utiliza un traductor (google (herramientas del idioma - google.es/language_tools?hl=es) o si no halgo que te va más).

--------

Hi Ermerjor_hk

would be better, if you would describe what you have done so far and when this error came up exactly. I'd also suggest to post in english, to help others help you. If you are not able to write in english, try some translators (like google (Language Tools) or whatever tool you like more).

Greetings,

DL
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cabrio84:
LG KS20

ciao non so se sei ancora un utente su xda..ho da poco un lg ks20...e sto impazzendo per avere una tastiera t9...di appliccare rom ,non sono in grado...mi puoi aiutare?

hello I do not know if you're still a user on an xda .. I just LG KS20 ... and I'm crazy to have a keyboard with t9 ... appliccare rom, I can not ... can you help me?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] brunoargenton:
any rom with 850mhz support?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] bbdoc:
Hello,

Hope someone can help me on this...

I have a KS20 phone, but I lost the password. The issue is that I can't even reset it, as it doesn't want to turn off by holding the power button when it is on the password screen...

Is there any way around this ?

Thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] airxtreme:
I made these batch files to dump os.nb from flash.bin and generate flash.bin back again using osnbtool. If those works it could make cooking ROMs easier because the imgfs partition could be resized to have more space (taking free space from userspace). The OS.NB has four partitions last of which is userspace, meaning all the 223mb of phone memory are directly addressable from the os.nb itself.

I have tried splitting and merging the original flash.bin and there are only 6 different bytes that I believe are changed by osnbtool but anyway if somebody wants to try this make sure you have a JTAG and know how to use it to recover the phone in case anything goes wrong (yes, I know that probably nothing should happen but if the guy who wrote LGFlashMuncher chose not to extract os.nb it could be not because he didn't know how to handle the format but maybe because there were valid concerns about rebuilding the bin file).
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] rickou26:
Airxtreme,

thank you for the interest that you wear to users of KS20. I hope to test this new tool soon.

@+
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] rickou26:
Hi,

@airxtreme,

I compared both files to extract the differences after treatment. Can you tell me what is the 3 values changed?

In thanking you.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] airxtreme:
On the ROM I used only two values were changing when rebuilding the same file (the BIN imagelength was left untouched). What ROM did you test?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] rickou26:
Hello,

Indeed, if one compares the initial flash.bin and Flash_new.bin were only two differences. There is a further difference when comparing to the flash.bin and Flash_new_Fix.bin (in fact this is the first difference appears in the picture).

Another quick question, the tool modifies the header without affecting the MBR. There is no connection between the two?

For my test I used my last ROM 21680 build.

Thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] airxtreme:
I downloaded the rom and from what I could see it's your rom's imagelength parameter not being correct (that osnbtool fixes). Try it on original roms, it should work fine there. As I said don't flash if you don't know how to recover with jtag since nobody except LG knows what their bootloader does.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] rickou26:
Hi,

1) Currently a flash.bin reconstruction is based on flash.bin source (MBR and fat partition are taken from original flash.bin). No matter the source, Rom boot.

Command

set DEVICE = KS20

Set DEVICEDZNAME = KS20

set OFFSET = 320

cls

builtrom cd \% DEVICE% \ temp

.. \ .. \ .. \ TOOLS \ LGFlashMuncher.exe-g-c%% OFFSET .. \ flash.bin e-Header.bin part_0_BOOT.bin -0 -1 -2 xip.bin imgfs.bin .. \ .. \ .. \ baserom \% DEVICE% \ flash.bin

LG KS20 - Flash.bin build tool

"(This rebuild process requires an existing flash.bin file)

At the moment, this tool use the partition layout and the empty fat32 (last partition) found in the original flash.bin file. The next step will be rebuild the partition layout."

See here for an explanation on the flash.bin format :

2) To change our KS20 Rom we need the following files

Description	->	Filename

AMSS Modem	->	amss.mbn

Partition Table	->	partition.mbn

Pri Boot Loader	->	pbl.mbn

QCSBL Header	->	qcsblhd_cfgdata.mbn

QCSBL	->	qcsbl.mbn

OEMSBL Header	->	oemsblhd.mbn

OEMSBL	->	oemsbl.mbn

AMSS Modem Image Header	->	amsshd.mbn

APPSBL Image Header	->	appsboothd.mbn

APPSBL Image	->	appsboot.mbn

FLASH	->	flash.bin (variable)

APPS	->	apps.mbn

Only change flash.bin

3) The header can it block the boot?

I must have a Jtag in a drawer, but I do not have software, wiring diagram needed ... So for now I hesitate a bit. However, I think there's no real risk because the boot seems to run the pbl.mbn
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] rickou26:
Here is the flash.bin excerpt from LG ROM(ROM.DZ).

After checking, flash_new.bin and flash_new.FIX.bin are identical.

flash_new.FIX.bin and flash.bin (LG ROM) have two differences.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] airxtreme:
The format is just an OS.NB with a 5 blocks of reserved data that is declared in the os.nb structure itself (so it's part of the os.nb even though current tools don't support it so it must be removed and put back). You can find the classic NB header after the reserved region indeed osnbtool -sp removes the beginning of the file where the reserved region is and extracts the os.nb from there.

You can use osnbtool again to remove the extra data (with -sp, this will give you a 230mb file of the real allocated os.nb size) and also to put it back (not putting extra data could mean marking NAND sectors as bad and could really require using a JTAG to restore). I think that all the current tools would fail on that file due to the user partition being present but you can edit the partition table and flash regions by hand to reallocate the free space.

Yes I know but I also know that lgflashmuncher doesn't take an os.nb file but the partitions separated and that is probably completely useless.

I don't know because the reserved region is the LOGO region and I have no idea if messing with that could cause trouble.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] rickou26:
Hi airxtreme,

The clog the device is not negligible and the benefit of manipulation is uncertain. In the immediate future I do not attempt handling, but when I change the GSM dark ;-)

Next your information on my cooked ROM the length of the file is wrong (first difference observed: E8 EB -> 4E 51 ), while it is correct on LG ROM . A priori, if I only corrects this value from a hex editor, this should not cause boot error .

However I do not know what you earn.

What do you think?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] airxtreme:
Having a ROM capped to 70mb is a big limitation: with more space you could easily fit manila3d and other applications. What I wanted to prove is that the current tools seem to perform unnecessary tasks to handle what is just a standard OS.NB file in a BIN format.

The value is the length of the image and I'm sure that the correct value is the one osnbtool sets with -fixbinheader but if you say that your roms work anyway it just means the bootloader doesn't verify the length while flashing.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] rickou26:
I agree with you the tools are certainly not the most efficient, but we must recognize that there are few tools for LG appliances. It is therefore greatly thank Mister JP and others ;-). For it is through them that I cook every day! Thanks to you also because I use OsKitchen ... It may be necessary to appeal to new supporters to improve the treatment of flash.bin...

According to Mister JP the Header does not seem to use the flash.bin. This may explain why the Rom start although the size is wrong.

in my first test is at 3 different values. The first @0C is the length, that represents the other 2 ?

I also have a ROM of LG MS25 (KS20 without wifi). We have a file Flash.win much smaller in size, which does not seem built the same way as the flash.bin. But I could easily Dumper. here is the link
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] airxtreme:
I'm absolutely sure the header is a flash.bin or the imagelength wouldn't be correct (last block address + block size) in the official ROM.

after the B000FF\n the first dword (0 0 0 0) is the image start position, the second dword is the length. Following that the rest are the data blocks with their address, size and checksum values.

That file is probably compressed or encrypted because there is nothing readable in it.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] rickou26:
Hi,

On each LG ROM I checked the image length specified in the header is the same as that calculated by osnbtool.

With a hex editor I patched my cooked ROM with Osnbool length image (only length image).

The ROM starts without problem, I do not see any difference on memory or other.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] airxtreme:
The value is only used for flashing and tells the bootloader what is the end of the last memory block to flash, apparently it isn't checked by the bootloader or you would get flash incomplete errors.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] rickou26:
Hi,

No, no error reported.

Still on my first example the value DF C0 found @14148F on my cooked ROM and in fact the value found in the original flash.bin. This value is not identical to that calculated by osnbtool (81 BE). Again, this value should not be tested or used :rolleyes:

By.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] rafel87:
hi, i have the rom kiss 20.4 and now i'm trying to upgrade with wm6.5. i have downloaded the rom by arthemus in italian from mediafire, but when i open lgmdp euro and i load the file flash.bin the program has an error because it say that i don't have the partition table. how can i do?