yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
It could have been branded with french rom,,, but the guy who had it before you could have flashed it with unbranded rom time ago... shops did this, I could have done this too, but didn't want to pay the money... :p

So you got an unbranded rom in that phone... I think you can flash it in english with no problems,,, just can't assure it 100%... you can try though...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] arash3210:
you mean that my phone is unbrand and have no problem???
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
I flashed both versions of english. the second didn't even ask me to restore nv or unlock, it just worked at first boot....

What i'm saying is that:

If you got an unbranded phone, and if what domz is saying that branded nv2 file is 116kb, than you should be ok to flash... It won't even ask you for that file...

But this is only my experience... can't lie to you and tell you to go for it 100%
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] DomZ:
NO i didn't say that !!!

116kg file is from branded phones !
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
Sorry my bad,,, I meant to say branded

if branded phones hava 116kb nv2 file, than it's ok...

my apologies :p
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] arash3210:
i am going to flash my phone

hope every thing ok......
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
arash,,, i've given up my evening nap for you,,, don't abandon us like this... :p,,, what pill did you choose, red one or blue one?:D:D:D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
go arash,,, good luck.... my prays are for you... :D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
arash,,, I'm keeping my breath,,,, what's the result?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] arash3210:
i think your pray is lucky for me :D

i falash it and every thing is ok

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW my ks20 is english now

tanks dorik2k a lot for answer my questions and your time that you spent for me
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
No problem mate,,, I'm glad you did it.... Enjoy your phone.....

gonna have my nap now :D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] raykisi:
Hi, arash3210

Just to reconfirm, .nv2 file should be always about 116KB, not 166KB

And congratulation to join the english KS20 community
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] DomZ:
I have flash your rom too and everything seems to be ok.

Thanks for your great work.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
I think I made a big mistake here,,, you are right, the size is 116.... Now that I checked mine is like that... I think I should take that nap, I need it...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] arash3210:
yes ....very big mistake ;)

my nv2 file size is 116 kb not 166 kb

anyway i flashed it and now it is ok:D

tnx every body
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
cmon,,, don't swear too much on me guys.... I've been on this thing for almost a week, and I've not slept too much... let me enjoy this moment....:o

I love my phone now....:D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] raykisi:
I have just made a new post about how to flash Unbranded English rom in Branded LG KS20 + ROM download list

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=405945

Hoping more ppl can share this happiness
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
After flashing an unbranded rom to a branded phone, you will have to unlock the phone... In a previous post I've put e link to the unlocker... some file called lg_.exe,,,

You can put that there too,,, and tell smth about backing up the nv,,, as meny people will have troubles after....
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] raykisi:
Thx, i have edited the post
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] malakudi:
I have a question about the procedure for flashing the "hybrid" branded + unbranded rom to a branded LG KS20. After finishing this process (flash, unlock etc), can you flash original unbranded roms? Or you still have to use "hybrid" roms everytime you flash?

Thank you,

mp
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
I think you can use unbranded roms.... not 100% sure, but you can try,,,
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] arash3210:
double post
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] arash3210:
hi dorik2k

why not ???!!!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] mathieulh:
As long as you do not change your nv it is very likely that you need to use branded mdn files all the time. Having someone to share an unbranded nv would help and avoid us much trouble.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
cuz I haven't tried it... I suppoze the mbn files of the unbranded rom could give troubles, but don't know for sure...

I think you can try and it won't harm for sure, you can always flash to branded and then to the hybrid english once more if it does not work...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] DomZ:
I saw the tool to unpack flash.bin file but is there a way to rebuild flash.bin file ?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
in thie thread, post #8 contains an attachment of the tools to unpack and rebuild it again... only problem is that by that method the rom didn't work as it should... why do you want to unpack flash.bin? there is no point anymore,,, unless you want to get into rom cooking... if yo succeed let us know...... but as I said before, till now it doesn't work correctly,,, perhaps the tool needs some more development...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] gregnapola:
YESSSSSSSSSS !!!!

A new member of the KS20-EnglishROM community here!!!! :p

Just flashed rom 10a HK + French 10f...I've made it using Windows Xp emulated on L****ard 10.5.2 o.s. installed on a standard pc (yeah, the famous "Hacknitosh" :D). All right (.nv2 back-up, flashing, unlocking)!!! In just 20 minutes I've got my "new unbranded device". Many thanks to all people which worked on these Roms :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
Let me get this straight... You got a standard Intel based PC, with Leopard installed, and Windows XP emulated on that?

Here where I live, we call this "get to America through China"...:D,,,, You're italian I guess, you should understand that
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] gregnapola:
Little OT:

Yep, you understand perfectly my "situation"... :rolleyes: and I understand what you mean ;) ..but I'm a Linux-only user and I can't stand Windows running natively on my 300$ brand new pc...

I have Leopard (to demonstrate that MAC users don't own nothing special...)+Xp emulated on a partition; Ubuntu+Xp emulated on a 2nd partition , and this is the one I usually use...;)

END of OT

I'm playing with my Ks20 and I can confirm that DirectDraw bug has been fixed (in part) and now I can run some applications I couldn't run before flashing: Pointui, igo8, CorePlayer (with direct draw)...and so on. I'm still annoyed by the audio bug in Skype and other voip applications, I can'tunderstand what's the matter with the qualcomm msm7200 instruction set :confused:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dcoloane:
Off Topic:

Maybe you should tell me more where you can find the MAC OSX...good....I am really interesting!!! Any blogs or websites that I can find more on dual OS?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dcoloane:
Hi guys.....

One question...

Anybody knows how I could flash a KS20 without booting up? (in Emergency mode).

WindowsXP did not recognize COMM PORTS when I plug-in the KS20 in Emergency Mode, so LG_EURO could not connect to the phone....any ideas?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
if LGMP cannot find the phone in emergency mode, then you have some problems with the driver maybe. Or the phone is damaged,,, In normal mode go here,

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=369481

and use the windiag.cab here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=405945
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dcoloane:
I could connect LG_EURO in Normal mode.....WinXP will have 3 extra devices: LG Corona USB Modem, COMM PORT, and as well USB.

But if I turn on the KS20 in Emergency mode (Power up with IE+SEND), Only Composite USB Device detected.....I have no idea.....
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
XP does not detect all the devices in emergency mode... If LGMP shows the phone in emergency mode under status column when connected, then it's OK...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dcoloane:
But LGMP needs to connect a phone via COMM PORT....should be...right? or else I can't get into connecting to the emergency mode.....
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
Try reinstalling drivers, and maybe change computer,,, if nothing happens, you should have problems with the phone,,,

Mine in emergency mode is always detected... And that's important, cuz it's not called for nothing "emergency" mode...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
This is what I get in emergency mode... You're right, it detect all of the three devices...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dcoloane:
Thanks dorik2k.....and that's true...I found out that it is my home PC problem....3 devices found in my office when in emergency mode
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] okkaido:
Registry problem

In first sorry for may bad english, im italian ks20 user.

Yesterday i try to modify the registry of ks20 and after i have finished to delete some registry keys i have restarted the ks20 and i have noticed that the short messages don't work anymore, d'ont receive it and d'ont expeditious.

Please anybody can help me for this problem? I dont want to do the hard reset because on my ks20 i have much much much data to backup.

I am in attended for you and i thank you since now for your gentleness
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
Ciao,,, per comminciare non e cosi facile sistemare il tuo problema se non sai cosa hai modificato nel registry... Pero, se proprio non vuoi fare un hard reset, puoi mandarmi l'intero registry cosi posso fare qualche confronto e veddiamo se si puo fare qualche cosa....
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
Communque prova ad importare questo file, a dimmi se funziona...

Sono la registry per quanto riguarda la parte dei sms....
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dcoloane:
mis-type: "DeleteMessages"="C&lear Text Messages" should be "Clear"
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
This file was exported directly from registry... I know it's not written that way, but that's what in there...And in the menu it appears correctly...:confused::confused:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dcoloane:
I have copy some SMS registry settings right from the original dump of the ROM (.RGU) and re-cab it see if that works....
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] okkaido:
Grazie mille per il tuo aiuto purtroppo ho importato il tuo registro e ho riavviato ma non è successo nulla, ti ho preparato l'export totale del mio registro fatto con smartreg 3.2 full se gentilmente potresti farmi la grandissima cortesia di fare un raffronto te ne sarei davvero grato.

Purtroppo ho dovuto smanettare e me ne rendo conto senza prestare troppa attenzione per via dei problemi della vodafone, in pratica non riesco più a connettermi ne in wap ne in web con la vodafone avendo entrambi le promozioni.

Se tu potessi controllare anche la questione delle connessioni sarebbe davvero fantastico.

Non saprei come ringraziarti per il tuo aiuto.

Aspetto tue notizie e nel frattempo grazie, poi mi sdebiterò.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
Uno dei problemi che riesco a vedere sono dei rifferimenti ad un dll che cambiano nei due file. non so perche, ma ti mando cmq la mia versione...

Nell mio il dll si chiama "sms_providers_oem.dll", invece nell tuo "SMS_Providers.dll". Prova a importare questo e vedi se cambia qualcosa.

Per quanto riguarda le conessioni, ci sono un sacco di entry, che sono in formato hex, e quindi sarebbe impossibile da verificarle tutte, poiche io uso tuttaltre configurazioni... anche perche quelle sono configurazioni fatte da te, e non uguali in tutti gli telefoni. Prova a farle da capo mediante qualche manuale sul sito di vodafone...

Nell file ho tolto le parti superflue, quindi se lo importi comme' ti cambiano solo le parti che interessano...

Per quanto riguarda lo sdebitamento, prima vediomo se ti sono d'aiuto, poi non ti preocupare,,, lo hai gia fatto,,, :p
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
Innoltre ho rilevato dei diffetti nel tuo reg. Ci sono caratteri non supportati, e credo il tuo registry sia dannegiato... Ho fatto alcune pulizzie,,, ma non so se le ho beccate tutte... Ti mando questo file. Se vuoi apprilo con notepad e vedi se ce qualche cosa che non va, oppure importalo comme'. Se hai qualche tool per pulire la registry, comme p.es. Pocket Mechanic... potrebbe esserti utile
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] plantunes:
Hi there...

I got my LG last monday...and I find it very nice, altough have already seen a few things that would like to change on it.

So...is there any english rom "naked"? Just as we can find in almost every HTC so that we can install software as we need...and not with the full "menu" that turns our LG very "heavy"?

Can anyone tell me that LG has any site such as HTC has...where we can find the latest OFFICIAL roms?

Thanks,

PAULO
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dcoloane:
LG Official ROM updates only available at LG Service Center
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] plantunes:
What do you mean by LG Service Center? Is that a website or local store? Is it's web...can you link it to me? If it's local store...does anyone knows if those updates are free of charge?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
It's a web site too, but you need to have access, login with user and pass. Some people have access to that site.. All the roms available till now come from LG Service Center, made available to us by some people who were pretty generous...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] plantunes:
And LG KS20 owners like don't have acess to that web site?

Can you tell me what is that site's adress? Is it something that we need to register or is it something more private??
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
The site is here i think: http://www.lgservice.com/

But you cannot enter on the private section,,,
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] okkaido:
Ciao dorik scusa per il ritardo ma purtroppo ho avuto impegni. Ho appena importato sia la registry parziale che la registry full3 che hai gentilmente mandato ho provato sia con la prima che con la full ma purtroppo ol risultato non cambia. Ho sempre usato il software smartreg 3.2 perchp resco registry non capisco perchè quando faccio l'importazione mi dice errore questo non è uno script per il registro valido.

Non so cosa posso fare più. Tu hai qualche idea?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] xUmaRix:
Unavailable OTP Block

I have unbranded LG KS20.It came with v10c ESA ROM and yesterday i flashed to v10a HKG after i backup the original ROM and nv2.Today i want to try hybrid ROM and i flash v10a + 10f ROM and i got Unavailable OTP Block.I dont know how to resolve this problem.Really need help from u guys
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
mi spiace, ma sono a corto di idee... Sicome questo e un cel nuovo, non ci sono molte informazioni in rete. innoltre io ho avvuto un problema simile con gli mms, ma li il problema era proprio la rom, e non le configurazione, e tuttavia non sono riuscito a risolverlo. quindi se fossi in te cercherei di salvare i dati in una scheda di memoria, e se vuoi salvare contatti e sms, usare qualche software apposito, in modo da recuperarli e reinserirli nel cel di nuovo, e quindi flash-are l'apparechio con una delle rom disponibili... Avvrei voluto aiutarti, ma non so cos'altro dirti,,,
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
If you get that when you boot your phone, than you should choose "Erase EFS" when flashing, and a hard resset would be good before flashing anyway. If you need to flash the phone now, and you cannot boot into your phone, do it in emergency mode. That should do the job...

To get in emergency mode, take off the battery, sim and memory card, connect the usb cable, and as soon as possible after connecting the cable, press the send + function buttons (the green dial button at the front + the one you open the radio, on top of the camera button...), Than the light on the top-right corner should get green, and the screen will stay black. If the light turns green, than it means the phone is in emergency mode, and you should open LGMP to flash the phone...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] okkaido:
Ciao dorik sei una persona molto gentile, scusa il ritardo nella risposta ma ho avuto alcuni impegni. Comunque alla fine ho risolti facendo un hard reset dopo aver fatto un lungo salvataggio di tutti i dati. Alla fine ci sono riuscito, però forse mi sarebbe convenuto di più flashare il mio ks20 con la nuova rom unbranded che è uscita di recente. Tu cosa ne pensi? Mi conviene? Anche se in inglese per me non sarebbe un grosso problema, la questione è che ho un pò di paura a fare il flash perchè non capisco molto l'inglese.

Tu hai per caso una guida ben dettagliata di come flashare il ks20 con l'ultima rom senza fare alcun danno?

Non vorrei approfittare troppo della tua gentilezza.

Aspetto tue notizie.

Grazie mille.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] xUmaRix:
thx dorik2k

i got into emergency mode and reflash the hybrid ROM.So now i could put in the battery and power on my phone? Or i need to NV restore?

Now my phone cant get any signal because IMEI not available and i try to find a way to restore my nv2.I already backup my nv2 several times.But when i restore my nv2 i got OTP Block Unavailable msg
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
After flashing in emergency mode, when it finishes, you should take out the cable, put the battery and start the phone. Normally it shouldn't find any network.

This is when you restore the NV2 and then after reseting, unlock the phone, reset again, and then it's done. But you tell me you got the OTP problem after restoring the NV2 file. This is strange... Did you flash an original unbranded rom (like the ESA and HK). IF yes, this is the cause,,,

Try reflashing again with the hybrid rom, or to avoid any doubts, try first any branded roms... (be careful on the download)

Try these links:

HK Hybrid: http://www.sendspace.com/file/mik0rm

French Branded: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SIA9RU0U
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
Ciao,,,

Mi dispiace che tu abbio dovvuto fare l'hard resset, ma a volte e l'unica soluzione, almeno ce il punto di vista positivo, hai potuto salvare i dati.... per quanto riguarda il flashing, a abbastabza facile. l'unico punto che devi osservare e il backup del file NV2. Senza di quello non potrai usare le funzioni del telefono, e nessuno te lo prestera perche contiene informazioni del cel che non devono essere duplicati (forse anche illegale). Ma se tu hai una sim vodafone, e ti trovi bene con la rom italiana, forse non devresti flashare. Io ho provato almeno 5-6 rom, e non ho notato grandi differenze. In mancanza del rom in inglese ho usato per mesi quello in italiano, ed anche se non mi piaceva molto, ho notato che anche l'inglese non e poi tanto diverso. Forse e' ancora presto per un rom decente... Poi, come ho deto, se hai una sim vodafone, hai gia le configurazioni della rete gprs, mms etc. Ma se proprio vui flashare, dai un'occhiata a questi link, oppure mandami un messaggio, e ti spiego le fasi che non ti sono molto chiare...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=369481

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=2248729
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] xUmaRix:
KS20_HK-10a + French-Voda-10f.rar i want to flash to your hybrid rom.

I have ESA v10c originally in my phone and im using unbranded phone

i flashed that ROM.I follow your step.

Get into emergency mode the green light ON.

Connect to LGMDP select image and start.

I try reflash back to v10a HK rom and its all fine but my IMEI is not available.

So how im going to restore my IMEI as i already backup my original IMEI.When i click restore NV it said Nv Backup File not exist.However i have several copies of *.nv2 files
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
To restore the NV2 (presuming LGMP finds the phone, so i'm not going to give you the instructions), You should do the steps es if you were going to flash the mbn files, just before flashing, uncheck everything, and check only the last one, which says smth like "Original NV" (not sure about this), and browse (the button at right) and select one of your NV2 files... and then click flash... This is going to restore the nv2 file,,, after this, you may need to unlock the phone,,, but do this first, and if it does not give the OTP block, you are almost done
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] xUmaRix:
i guess i need to flash to v10a HK ROM then restore my nv2 because v10a HK ROM dosen't give me OTP Block.Then after that setup windiag enable usb diag and reflash to your hybrid ROM with nvBackup and Erase EFS.Am i right?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dorik2k:
You can flash to the hybrid rom, and then restore the NV2 file,,, after that unlock phone... If you have an unbranded phone you can flash any rom you want in theory...

If you have the HK rom and things are ok, try flashing the hybrid rom over it in normal mode... It should backup and restore NV2 automatically... After phone restarts, you should only need to unlock it...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] raykisi:
Hi, xUmaRix

If you have an Unbranded KS20 why dun you simply flash the Official HK_10a rom, but instead flash the hybrid (HK_10a+SFR_10f) rom?

Cause Unbranded KS20 can flash to any Official Unbranded KS20 roms

Just for fun? or you want to test the hybrid rom?

About the OTP problem after restoring .nv2 in the hybrid (HK_10a+SFR_10f) rom, it may be caused by the fact that your KS20 is Unbranded, which means Unbranded KS20's .nv2 are not compatible with Branded .mbn files (As in hybrid rom, Branded's .mdn files were used to replace the Unbranded .mbn files, in order for the rom works on Branded KS20).

Thus, if this problem continue to happen, give it up, and simply flash back to Official ESA_10c or HK_10a rom
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dreamcatchpda:
Start greyed out

Hi, I have the problem that I cannot flash the phone because the start button is greyed out. I have all the files there but it seems I cannot flash my ks20???

I already made three backups of my nv2 file. (just in case).
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] raykisi:
May be your KS20 has not connected to LGMDP properly, pls check the connection, if you are unsure with that, pls attach a print screen of the "Select Port" windows in LGMDP with your phone connected. And we will tell you is it connected properly.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dcoloane:
Check if there are new devices detected when plug in your KS20, there should be 3 devices - Modem, USB and COMM PORT.

LGDMP use COMM PORT to connect with KS20. I have problems at my home PC when I plug-in the KS20 in Emergency Mode, my Home PC detects only USB, and finally I figured out it is my onboard USB problem. Now I have 3 devices detected in Emergency mode when plug-in on the new USB PCI Card

You can try to plug in your KS20 to other PC (of course installing the LG Corona USB Divers)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dreamcatchpda:
Here I have the screendump of the connection page. Seems all right. Also I have all three devices detected. (USB, Modem and COM).

Can it be a broken cable? I can make nv2 backups. And the thing is when I select a *.dz file in stead of the original files I CAN press start!?!?!

Maybe there is a method of getting the rom parts back to a *.dz file again?

Appreciate all the help!!!!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] raykisi:
From your "Select Port" print screen, it looks like the connection is fine

Is your backup .nv2 file size about 116 KB?

Here is my print screen.

Are you using LGMDP_Euro? i am using that.

In the left hand top corner my screen shows "LGE Mobile Security"

But your one is "KS20 Security"

Also, near the bottom, "NV Default" or "NV Backup/Restore" should be checked on either option, but in your screen both of them are unchecked.