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Hi @Bullet Saloon,

First, I'm not positive if there is anything you can do about the situation. You might want to use the Search field for this section, as I vaguely recall I or another user had a thread in this section specifically about "KS version". Also try searching for "KS error". But it's certainly possible that after some point on the VS985, it was just impossible to downgrade in any fashion - I don't recall.

Otherwise:

At the possible risk of repeating other suggestions that have been made in other posts of yours about this, have you tried the .TOT method instead of KDZ? I know there are threads about the .TOT method in this section, if you use the site's Search field and select "This forum" instead of "Everywhere", and check the box for searching titles of threads only.

Also, this was so long ago, so I can't remember for sure, but I know there was a way to put the phone into an emergency flash mode (probably not the right name for it). You could get to it by shorting a couple of pins inside the back of the device, but I don't recall the details. Again, I'm sure there are threads about that subject in this section. I have no idea if it's remotely possible to use the QHS-USB recovery method if the phone isn't showing up as being in QHS-USB mode in Windows' Device Manager.

I believe that mode was typically used for the QHS-USB recovery mode that would show up in Windows' Device Manager with the phone connected and the phone had been fairly bricked. The QHS-USB recovery method required specific Windows drivers and Windows software which you should find links to either in the threads in this section that mention it, or if they no longer work, you may be able to find them on the internet in general. The software would allow you to manually flash partitions on the phone.

I see a thread below this one in this section called "DIAG Mode Finally Discovered" which might be the proper name of the QHS-USB recovery mode, and maybe that thread can give you some insight if the "KS error"/"KS version" specific threads don't.

Also, see the link in my signature below [VS985] All VS985 KDZs & TOTs. The OP includes a link at the bottom to my section on Android File Host where I have all the KDZs and TOTs that I collected. I think I don't have copies of the last KDZ(s) that were available, but you can Control-F and find the TOT-related files I have there, although you need the software for flashing TOTs also, which hopefully you'll find in a thread here in this section.

I don't think there are any other ideas for possible recovery other than trying all this.

Good luck, and by all means, let me know how it goes, or if there are any other questions I can answer, although almost any important detail will be too old for me to remember, but who knows, something might come back if you ask a particular question that brings something back in my mind.

Edit: Ah yes! I just saw another thread in this section with "9008" in the thead title. That's another part of the QHS-USB mode: Something like QHS-USB 9008 mode. That's just what Device Manager shows for a device that's already in that emergency recovery mode, or something like that. It's a Qualcomm CPU thing.