yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] stylus1828:
mardinli i can help you with the nv2 file! but first of all did you searched your LG DMP directories? in LGMDP_EURO you should have a directory with numbers! do you have it? maybe the program made a nv2 backup! search for it! if not send me a pm! ok? chears :D :) dont worry everything will be ok
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] mathieulh:
It wont help, your NV backup wont work on his phone (or any other) it contains specific unique phone data inclueding the IMEI. That is why LGMDP asks you to back it up prior to a flash. You can always try though.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] stylus1828:
says who??? i can put my nv2 file in 100 phones if i want because this will work! tried it already in 2 different phones from 2 different countries! if you don't believe me ask bullet911 ( you can find him at page 19 on this thread) ! he has my nv2 file installed in his LG KS20

:cool:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dj123:
yes but !!!

yes you can, but he will havbe the EMEI number, that is he has your cellphone identity, if he does something wrong with his phone, with a cloned sim card the cops will knock at your dorre !! be ware you also with the same procedure get billed for his calls :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] stylus1828:
yeah:)) i know! but it can be done! :p anyway waiting for a nv2 editor to change IMEI!

and ... i believe if i helped them they will not do this things... :D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ftkl:
dear all

i go through repeatedly on this forum, i found that the roms are available on 10b, 10e, 10f, unbrand german rom, vodafone rom, etc. they make me confuse with flashing my ks20.

are 10b,e,f, different generations so far?

is vodafone oem rom?

is german rom made by someone?

anyway, after seeing that the best reliable rom is 10b srf right? so can i flash chinese rom from it and add a patch to using the interface as english?

btw, please share the english rom here if possible.

thanks all
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] pchelpsi:
KS20 french languagepack

Hi guys,

I have this ks20 and I got it from France. all I want to do is change language pack from France to English. I read almost all post about flashing and it really confusing me. I don't want my phone goes dead, so please, can someone tell me step by step, how can I change language packe from France to English? If I need any rom/flas file, please let me know whichone I should use and where I can download it. At the end I also need to unlock this phone. Is it possible to that over the USB cable? How?

Ok, that's all for now. hope anyone will help me with resolving my problems.

Thanks in advance for any help, suggestion, etc...

BR,

Dejan
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] hannawald:
ups, that´s possible? I doesn´t depend on sim card but also on phone? Or there is an information about the SIM card stored in the phone? that sounds strange to me, he could have sold the phone to someone else, someone can steel your phone...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lindih:
Of course this depends on the SIM card and not on the IMEI. Unfortunately there are people out there which like to spread nightmares about the cops knocking at someones door because of an IMEI :mad:. The only thing which can happen is that the mobile operator blocks the phones if the same IMEI is used at the same time within it's network, but I even think this would not happen as the information about the customer resides on the SIM.

Regards

Helmut
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dj123:
iemi ...

is the ID of your phone, i am talking about worst case cenario,

if it goes in to matters that cops get into it, they will trace a person with the phone ID, just like a licence plate , now if someone else was driving your car and you can proove it , it should be ok

and if u get an EMIE number of a stolen phone and use it, you will get into trouble, so the best thing to do is to change atleast one digit on the number ...

i used to have cellphones way back when sim cards didnt exist .
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lindih:
Wow :cool:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dj123:
hey boy, making fun of me ? :) lol
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] horstl_:
NV-Backup

Hi, i patched my german ks20 to 10e and all works. but still some problems occured so I patch to 10f. now i cant use the phone-functions. i also cant play in the nv-file of 10b. the tool does not find the version of the machine and i can only play in dz files in emergency mode.

i think i must play in the orginally software 10b i dont have. what can i do? where can i get the 10b (inc nv-file) from?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] paxman:
@Horstl: Where did you get the german 10f Rom?

To restore the nv2-File you need to flash the french 10b-Rom, which is not one single-dz-File, but many smaller files. After this just flash over any german Rom you want.

(I had the same problem).

Bye,

Werner
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fireball112:
Help me !! KS20 IMEI is lost after rom flash !

hello.

i have flash my ks20 with a new rom 10f.... i would test it !

but i forgot to make a nv backup. my imei on the phone is delete !

can i repair this ??

how can i say the phone....your imei is 357---------- ?? can you send my your nv-backug file and i edit my imei in this file ?? and how can i upload the nv backug to my phone ??

pls help me..... and sorry for my bad english !

thx
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] vitty:
when i try to flash my phone with german unbranded firmware i fail everytime i try i think im doing sumthing wrong can sum1 help me out please i connected my phone started LGMDP euro and conected to device after that i selected the rom and selected erase EFS and clicked start phone is making a NV backup automaticly and after its done it reboots the phone but the phone stay off after that with black screen and green light flashing and on lgMDP is showing:

trying to connect to device

checking (*** secs)

ok cancel

waited till like 1000 secs

i also tryd to take out the bat and usb cable and putted em back in that made me able to put on the phone again(couldnt before when i pressed on button)

and im back to the beginning >< sum1 help me plz
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] wimvandorst:
Flashing report

REF: LG KS20, purchased in German from Vodafone, flashed succesfully to French 10b sfr version.

Wanting to upgrade, I have tried the unbranded French 10f version, and been unsuccessful: every time I get the OTP Block, even with erasing the EFS. This seems consistent with other reports. The problem is that the NV data (IMEI and so) disappears, and there's no other solution than putting the phone in emergency mode, flashing the old 10b French firmware back and re-install the NV2 file. And that does take a lot of patience...

So, back to French 10b SFR again. Now, let's see whether I can upgrade to 10f French SFR instead of the unbranded version.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] horstl_:
@paxman: i think i found the 10f on this page, but I cant find it anymore :confused:

I can load it up if you want.

In the meanwhile I exchange my phone. The new one have a 10e and I'll try to deal with it :cool:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] wimvandorst:
Upgraded to the said version easily, with restoring the NV in the process and good connection without errors. :) I get the impression that 10f is indeed more stable than 10b. :D Most notable is the new default ringtone, though ;)

Met vriendelijke groeten, Wim van Dorst
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
is there somewhere to find and english rom,,, just keeping this forum alive. I'm new in here, I bought a ks20 in greek, flashed it in german (screwed it), then back in french and unlocked it. everything is fine so far, except, english could be a good option...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Andreas083:
Any swedish ROM? Using the 10B now
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] stylus1828:
yeah ... it's english ... but only the tuday menu! it had been to good to be true ! :D :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] boysana:
and the rest?

What language is the rest of the FW in? And which version does is appear to be?

Would this be the beginning of home-brew FW variations and therefore do you think it would be stable???

Final question did anyone successfully flash the Czech FW provided over at GSM Hosting???????????

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] werwohl:
I installed the Corona drivers, changed the connection settings in engineering menu, the phone is turned on and gets recognized by the LGDMP application without any problems.

NV Backup works, only in some tries I get "Time out".

After the backup, phone is set to emergency mode - screen is black, only green light is turned on. But the phone is not recognized by the LGDMP application anymore (waited for 150 seconds and more) ! I have to take out the battery and start over again. When I manually put the phone in emergency mode it's the same - the phone is not being recognized!

Is the procedure right? Connect USB, while turning on press "send" button and "explorer" button on the right side.

Anybody experienced similiar problems?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] surfer007:
ks20 sfr english rom

i would like to know the same thing
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sensesme:
So, would I.

I really appreciate your effort in this thread.

But I am new at this thread and also with my KS20 and after 24 pages I am very confused about the general status.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
Reply to: installed the Corona drivers, changed the connection settings in engineering menu, the phone is turned on and gets recognized by the LGDMP application without any problems.

NV Backup works, only in some tries I get "Time out".

After the backup, phone is set to emergency mode - screen is black, only green light is turned on. But the phone is not recognized by the LGDMP application anymore (waited for 150 seconds and more) ! I have to take out the battery and start over again. When I manually put the phone in emergency mode it's the same - the phone is not being recognized!

Is the procedure right? Connect USB, while turning on press "send" button and "explorer" button on the right side.

Anybody experienced similiar problems?

This happened to me too, u just have to find another pc with winXP sp2, fresh install all the drivers, and do all over again. this worked for me (i thought I was goung to trash my new phone...). You won't find this in other forums, but it works, i found it written somewhere....
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
If you go on the first page you will find drivers and software, and the link to pages with different ROMs... English not available as far as I know by now,,, read everything carefulli, and make steps one by one. there is no simple way...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] werwohl:
Thanks dorik2k, that worked for me.

Now I suffer from another problem, which was described before:

I managed to install German unbranded Firmware and get rid of the OTP block. But it's impossible to phone, the IMEI is not correct. It's not possible to restore NV backup again, because the phone is only recognized in emergency mode...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
I managed to have a tool to reset the IMEI and change it as you wish. if you have the box of the phone, it is written there, and you can set it again, then unlock the phone if it is locked... I'll post the link if I find it again, or if you give me your mail I can send it to you by mail, it's a small zip file...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] werwohl:
I just flashed French 10B, then the phone was recognized and I could flash German Vodafone Firmware which works just fine. (USB is recognized, Reflashing just the NV File is no problem)

The unbranded version seems to have some other problems, because of the lacking NV file, I doubt this can be corrected just by editing the IMEI. Anybody was successful with that?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
sorry you are wright, i didn't read it correclty at first place, if you flash it with unbranded versions it won't work as a phone... that's because as far as I know, LG is only shipping this thing with branded software... there is no unbranded software for ks20, and there is no branded english version neither.

what I meant is that some days ago I flashed mine in Italian, and the IMEI got lost, and I couldn't upload the IMEI, so I just used the tool I tought you earlier, and set the IMEI manually as it was on the box and it worked smoothly
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] RussianSat:
Hi, could you sent this file to mee, too.

:thx:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sygma:
Dorik2K,

could U send me pls the tool to repair my IMEI and set the IMEI manually to me? I send U private post with my email address. Thanx
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] alperak:
Please could you send me this file ? efk1977@hotmail.com
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
Here is the file:

http://rapidshare.com/files/112000927/lg3g_uploded_by_The_new.rar.html

I can't find the link anymore, so I uploaded it o rapidshare,,, the old link was there anyway...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] nikolis2000:
After the backup, phone is set to emergency mode - screen is black, only green light is turned on. But the phone is not recognized by the LGDMP application anymore (waited for 150 seconds and more) ! I have to take out the battery and start over again. When I manually put the phone in emergency mode it's the same - the phone is not being recognized!

Is the procedure right? Connect USB, while turning on press "send" button and "explorer" button on the right side.

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what to do?phone is turning on again it works ok but the lgmdp application refuses to see it.i tried and at my laptop but nothing the same there
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
change computer,,, get another xp sp2 machine, fresh install drivers, and try again,,, it's pretty common what you describe... this helped a lot of people out there...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] DaLiV:
sorry for not reading all topic - but if still needed english rom - i'm can post dumped via 'pdocread' ... version as i'm remember 1.0b ...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
that could be a dream come true,,, what's the link...?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fireball112:
work the programm with original usb cable ??? must i use a box ???

i search a free solution to change imei on ks20 !

when i start the programm an start unlock it says..... usb port search !

funktioniert das programm überhaupt ?? hat es jemand erfolgreich getestet ???
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
on the first page you have the instructions,,, u need the original usb cable and the tools which links are all in the forum, nothing more,,,
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] DaLiV:
http://rapidshare.com/files/112033504/LG-KS20-Eng.zip

md5sum: 5200f6c0ded2a3916a89be3531ce87b3

inside 3 files (seems description):

part00.raw - bootloader

part01.raw - xip

part02.raw - main rom
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
thanks for the file pal, but I'm a little bit confused... how am I supposed to flash the phone with this file? with the lg tools we need a dz file, or the mbn files. How do I use these ones?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] DaLiV:
need to spend time for combining of .dz (and possible knowledge of any possible structures) ... or read forum about itsutils ... i'm have no device for tests, (only captured image from one that was in ine hands) but itsutils must help ...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
sorry to dissapoint you,, I'm not that expert... just experienced with ks20 flashing,,,, anyway, waiting for an english rom to flash with the LGMDP tool...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] angrypony:
English ROM available

Hi I have English version of the KS20 here. Could someone post instructions on how I could extract the ROM rom the device. I have LGMDP_1_1_.5 but I am not sure whether it is capable to backup the rom.

Thanks!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] chowchrist:
Which eng verison rom on above? currently i'm using version 10c. Any LG official website on this latest eng rom? :cool:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] arash3210:
my friend DaLiV

I edit this page :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=346977&page=12

:D:D:D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
ok, now we have the english raw files, but not everyone knows how to flash the phone with these ones... any opinions???
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] arash3210:
it seems nothing :(
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] DaLiV:
may suggest read more info there:

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=XdaUtils

part pdocwrite

and for info block size = 0x800

i'm think dont touch part00 ... only part02 ...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
I've red a tutorial about flashing htc kaiser, and it sais that ks20 is identical, and the flashing procedure is the same using, kaiserkitchen,,,, i've done all the steps, except flasing, cuz feared of bricking my phone... :confused:

if any expert could join this thread and give us some clues could be really helpful
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] DaLiV:
so, if device have flashing mode before it's started up (call from bootloader /via finger combination/) and then flash firmware from sd card or via USB , then can try without risk, if device flashing mode can be called only after full booting - then bricking risk persist ...

or second variant is to combine firmware in their own standart format ...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
so you're saying can i try flashing part02.raw with pdocwrite in flash mode (emergency mode for ks20 if it's the same) without worrying bricking it?

I;ve come o the point where I was able to dump my existing rom, and then, if i'm not wrong, i can use the same command to flash the other one, using pdocwrite like this:

pdocwrite -w -d DSK1: -p Part02 -b 0x800 Part02.raw

when i hit enter, it says: ERROR ITWriteDisk - The media is write protected.

what now...?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sygma:
Dorik2K,

thanx for this soft, but it does not work for me...LDMDP recognize my phone, my LG Corona drivers are correct installed but this soft is always searching for USB Devices and do nothing after pressing "apply jobs" button with new IMEI writed...Could U post step-by-step instructions for us?

One more question, how could I repair my BlueTooth address to correctly recongize this part in LDMDP soft?

Thanx.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] yasmeene:
I dont think this application use lg corona driver, so the only possible way how to use it is to rewrite it..
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
yes i know, I'm using itsutils with activesync,,,, i can dump the rom from my phone, but cannot flash it, and there is not too much to read about it. on the wiki, the only think written about pdocwrite is that it is the oposite of pdocread... :confused:

maybe the phone is cid locked, but if it is, I wouldn't be able to dump the rom too, wright?

I'me getting frustrated, cuz there is already an english version of the phone, but there are only these 3 raw files (i've serched almost all over the net). The phone is great, but I'm stuck with the italian version, wich is the only one I can understand, but it's too buggy. The french one I used for some days was great, version 10f. How did you guys build the dz file of the other languages, and why there is no english dz, so we can just plug the corona drivers and flash it....?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] xerang:
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=513378&page=5

sum1 here got the english rom but need help extractin it ;) help him sum1 ^^

English ROM available

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I have an unbranded ENGLISH LG KS20, but I do not know how to extract rom from it. Could anyone post step by step instructions on how I could extract ROM from the device. Thanks.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
wel... english rom is here, but it's in raw format, which is the only one we can extract. but nobody knows how to make a dz file out of these files....

Sometimes I just think there is someone who doesn't want to make these files available. there are a lot of requests for the english roms, and even though there are so many languages, english is not here. we can extract, but not write. Seems that dz files come directly from LG. if they got the files from LG, how come they didn't get the english one...???? there is the extractor, there is the unlocker, there is the imei, bluetooth address and many other things you can change,,, and nobody knows how to put a file in a rom, where you can so easily dump it...??? Maybe there are a lot of guys like me who simply want ta make changes, and share some knowedge, but seems like some others just don't want to,,,,,,
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] angrypony:
Hi,

As I already said, I have an English version of the phone sitting on my desk. If someone could come up with detailed instructions on how to extract dz ROM out of it I would be happy to do it.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] xUmaRix:
i already enable USB DIAG function and USB composite function.I installed LG Corona driver and my WinXP detect the device as LG Corona Composite USB Device.However when i launch LGMDP_EURO.exe or any LGMDP the select port window just blank which mean it's not detected.FYI im using LG KS20 on firmware 10c english.Im from Malaysia btw
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] DaLiV:
try to search any similar registry values

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\BuiltIn\TrueFFS1]

"SoftwareWriteProtect"=dword:1

and delete it or change to 0, soft reset (=reboot) , try to flash

also may be need to do any operation as for standart upgrade (unlocking/entering debugmode/... you must knew)

and also check for CID-locking ... may be that helps
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] xUmaRix:
I already found that my KS20 connected to COM5 so i add port in LGMDP 3G.However the state is Enable, phone is NO PHONE and model is NONE.How am i going to do anything
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
The only key I could find is the one called ""SDHC", which is loaded by a dll called ""msm7500_sdhc.dll", and has a dword value 1 on "CardWriteProtectedState". There is also a key called MSFlash, wich has an Prefix=DSK, wich is the name of the disks wised to extract the RAW files, in this case DSK1 for rom, and DSK2 for SD card, but in here, there are no valyes named WriteProtected or similar....... so I'm a little bit confused...

Also I want to point out that using pdocread I can extract the RAW files, but only with activesync. Using the corona drivers it is useless... so flashing the files in emergency mode is not an option, as activesync don't work there.

I will try to change some vallues, and tell you, but don't count too much on it...

For: xUmaRix

try to change your PC, sometimes the CoronaDrivers just don't want to work. THis happened to many people. Get a new PC with XP SP2 if possible, and fresh install all the drivers...

for the People who have english rom and want to share, I thanyou alot, but at the time nobody knows how to make dz files out of their devices... so please be patient and keep visiting for a solution...

Private Note: : I live in albania, and here, there is not even a law who says you can't unlock the phones, and in every cell shop you can unlock them. I can do mine in english today if I want to, commercially, but I've bought the phone, so why do I have to spend more money to get it like I wanted to be.... They sey they can do it with the service box, but if i can get english by paying money, why not get it like i got the italian, the frenche, the greek and so on, freee.......?????