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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] raburton:
Hmm, thanks, not sure how I missed that (though I looked on an older rom, hadn't checked these newer ones, so maybe it was without fastboot). Rogers seems to have reference to fastboot in that file too, but the files is different to the korean one that does have fastboot.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] raburton:
Have you tried putting the phone in Emergency Mode and using kp500 tool to flash? I know when you use this method normally there is a message about which mode it detects the phone is currently in, with 3 options including emergency mode (and during the flash procedure it seems to put the phone into emergency mode).

If you haven;t tried this give it a go. Follow the instructions here: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=LG Eve section "Flashing new firmware", but with the phone in emergency mode.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] purdeaandrei:
Thanks! I just tested it and it works fine!.

I'm also attaching the mbntool equivalent here.

I did use windows to extract the .kdz file into .mbn files. I only used a remote rdesktop machine. _Locally_ i didn't have to use windows to flash the phone.

So in windows:

1) I downloaded LG-Utils-0.4.2.zip (somewhere google found it for me, can't remeber exactly where)

2) I ran KP500-Utils-EN, Extract files from kdz file, extracted the resulting .cab file, that yielded a .DZ file.

3) I downloaded DZExtract.exe, and i run it with "DZExtract.exe -x filename.dz". It produced a bunch of .mbn files that i transfered back to my linux box.

Maybe all this might be doable with Wine, if some needed dlls are copied. I was too lazy to try it.

Now in linux:

1) i attached a modified version of the original raburton's unyaffsmbn, this doesn't care about the yaffs filesystem, it just passes over the LG-added junk, and it is perfect for zImage_Ramdisk.mbn

2) gcc unmbn.c -o unmbn; ./unmbn zImage_Ramdisk.mbn (this produces zImage_Ramdisk.mbn.new)

3) get the phone into fastboot mode; fastboot flash boot zImage_Ramdisk.mbn.new

4) get unyaffsmbn (the recently updated one), compile. cp System.mbn_0 sys.mbn; cat System.mbn_1 >> sys.mbn; cat System.mbn_2 >> sys.mbn

5) mkdir tempfolder; cd tempfolder, and as root run: ../unyaffsmbn ../sys.mbn

6) cd ..; ./mkyaffs2image-i686 tempfolder system.img

(mkyaffs2image can be found in nandroid)

7) fastboot flash system system.img

8) you might need to run fastboot -w

I haven't written back 1.5 yet, but there's no reason it shouldn't work. The device still goes into fastboot, when booted with the space button pressed.

EDIT: i just reflashed my 1.5 backup, and it works as expected.

I've got the same errors with the 1.6 rogers rom. (for example with connectbot). Does the korean 1.6 suffer from this? Are there any other 1.6 roms currently out there?

Another thing i noticed is that Wifi seems less stable. Sometimes i lists certain access points as not in range when i am standing a few meters away. I can't tell for sure, because my router is already buggy, but it feels less stable. Can anybody confirm this? btw. i used WPA2, and a super long passphrase.

EDIT: also, anyone has any idea how to turn off the vibration every time i touch one of the capacitive buttons or the screen?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kropbj:
Yup, have the exact same problems with the wifi. I also noticed that when I do connect that the speed is never faster than 1Mbps. Even standing right next to the router.

I tried this with two different routers.

WRT310N w/ DD-WRT

Ubiquiti Nanostation 2

Using both WEP and WPA2 AES

If the phone goes to sleep and I unlock it I have to turn WIFI off and then back on in order to establish my connection. Otherwise I run into exactly what you said about the AP not being in range.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] panicb:
Hey guys, long time lurker here.

I tried both Korean (V10M_00) and Rogers (V10G_00), but they're far from perfect. As mentioned above, 3G doesn't work at all - EVDO only. Also, the Rogers one keeps crashing my phone every couple hours.

The LG updater tool (the officially supported one by LG and Rogers) does not allow downgrades. If you guys ever need to downgrade back to V10F, like I did, use the following image:

csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/swdata/WEBSW/GW620R/ARGSBK/V10f_00/V10F_00.kdz

and follow instructions using the LG tool to flash the firmware.

Thanks for all the hard work, everyone. I'm still looking forward to official 1.6, and hopefully a hacked up 2.0/1 =)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cwhchew:
has anybody tried using GSM/WCDMA mode ? I'm using this in Singapore and 3G works fine with the correct APN settings
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] panicb:
3G doesn't work with Rogers even with correct APN settings - only EVDO works, unfortunately. I tried fiddling with the GSM/CDMA settings but nothing much. I'm back on 1.5 with V10F as this is the only phone I have =)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] pandolphe:
Hello,

Unfortunately, it does'nt works while the mobile is in Emergency Mode.

B2C Client doesn't detects the phone (it says nothing connected).

Tried again to flash with Lastest European firmware, no success.

The flash is successfull, I belive the system android is okay, but I belive something in the User partitions hangs the system boot up.

I would like to erase the system parition (like I could do in... fastboot) in order to let my phone working back. Is there a way to ?

In KP500 Tool, there is an option "Send USER partition to the phone", someone tried it ?

Thank you.

Cheers / Ben
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] killdashnine:
Hi ! Thank you for all your work !

I follow this topic kinda everyday since I had the GW620.

I tried the Roger version on my European (FR-Bouygues 10F) and I have a huge problem with the GSM. My phone is crashing after typing the sim code, sometimes taking some seconds. Appears when the phone is registering to the network (GSM/PCS 1800Mhz + EDGE network). The IMEI is not corrupted ... so I don't know where's the problem. I tried with an unusable sim card (invalid network), and I had some problem like Wifi wasn't looking all range, crashing in sleep mode and taking a very long time to stop.

I was able to go back to the 1.5 without problems (LG Tool like panicb). I think it's better to wait for EU versions, don't know if there is some different stuff between releases of the cell.

Don't know if it can help some...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] d4m4s74:
Has anyone managed to create a nandroid image to flash using fastboot?

I only have access to linux boxes + I don't trust the LG tool
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] giorgio130:
@purdeaandrei

thanks, that's even more than what I was hoping for :)

@d4m4s74

that's exactly what purdeaandrei did... I think you just have to follow the first steps under wine... I'll try too :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fugdup:
I also have tried the V10M ROM. I am trying to flash back to the V10F orig Rogers ROM and I am having issues with KP500 utilities. It get as far as starting the flashing process and then errors out and has to stop. I am doing the same thing that I did to get V10M on the phone but not getting the same results. I ahve tried on XP and Vista. I will try the image stated above and let you all know. If anyone has any ideas, please let me know.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cwhchew:
for those of you having this problem, please take the steps that i took. if you look closely, the updater is unable to get the correct model number and gives it an number (127 or something similar) and crashes at Model.dll or something. I never thought the same problem could occur to someone else.

1. Get into the hidden menu

2. Select Factory Reset

3. Your phone will reboot and you will be presented with the configuration screen

4. Re-run the KP500 utility in administrator mode.

It should work.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fugdup:
Thanks, I will try this afternoon
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zacpod:
After doing a factory reset I now have 3G back on the Rogers image. I still can't get in to fastboot, and can't get an older image flashed on to the phone.

Very frustrating, but at least everything else works properly now. :)

There must be a way to get in to fastboot... Maybe it's a key combination...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zacpod:
Muhahahahahahaha!!!!

I got in to fastboot on the Rogers 1.6 image!

1) remove battery + usb cable

2) plug in USB

3) hold MENU+SPACE
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Adam620:
Wow that's nice, but please, Zac, tell me you didn't try all possible combinations for the last few hours, right? ;)

Adam
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cwhchew:
glad to see that it worked. the korean rom has fastboot.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zacpod:
Lol, no, it was actually the 2nd combo I tried. I got lucky!

So now I have nandroid back. I'm going to install su/superuser/nano/terminfo/busybox/etc. I'll have a rooted 1.6 (minus apps2sd) ready a little later today. :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cwhchew:
Developers might want to take a look at this :

https://www.codeaurora.org/xwiki/bin/QAEP/

in init.qcom.bt.sh, Code Aurora was mentioned. decided to look it up and voila ! I'm not too sure whether this is relevant, but it sure looks as if this would simplify development for android 2.0
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Grank:
So what's the recommended upgrade path to go from rooted Rogers 1.5 to a rooted Rogers 1.6, being as easy as posisble while losing as little as possible and not getting all the Rogers crap back? heh.

And now that we've found fastboot, and know the password for root access, what are the potential losses for doing so? No obstructions to getting AOSP 2.1 on it eventually compared to staying at 1.5 for now?

You say you had to do a "factory reset" in order to get 3G connectivity back... what exactly does and doesn't that erase?

Thanks :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cwhchew:
I suspect it clears all the configuration files from the old rom. I read somewhere on this thread that the problem was solved by clearing the cache with fastboot. I thought factory reset may do something similar.

That said however, the only difference i noticed was that the updater was finally able to read the model number correctly.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zacpod:
Ya, LG used the Aurora sources as their starting point.

We tried moving LG's changes over to the 2.01 AOSP sources a while ago but didn't have much success. It was a few LONG days manually moving the changes over, and at the end I had a kernel that wouldn't boot. It was very frustrating.

I think now that we have a .29 kernel we'll just have to get AOSP working with it. We may need to get the sources from LG again though...

Also, a few pages back there was someone talking about a Samsung phone with VERY similar hardware. Some intrepid soul went at things the other way and modified the AOSP image to work with their existing kernel and had great success. I suspect that'll be the way to move forward.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cwhchew:
hmmm. i believe he used some backwards patching code to solve the problem if i'm not wrong.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] raburton:
I note that the aurora site doesn't have a release for the msm7201 for anything later than donut, and the msm7201 git tree hasn't been touched since June last year, not all that reassuring.

The kernel is probably the biggest single issue, which we have resolved now. But there is plenty more that probably won't be compatible between 1.6 and 2.1, and we are unlikely to get the source for. Certainly of there is another vendor out there with the same hardware (seems very likely) and a later version of android (less likely, or LG would probably offer it too) then that would seem like the easiest way.

p.s. when i put 2.1 on my gw620 it was rather sluggish, maybe there is some platform specific driver or optimization i was missing, or maybe the phone won't really take it? any thoughts on this one?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] panicb:
A quick question though, other than 3G, I've noticed that the phone is unstable (frequent lockups/crashes every couple hours), and some applications fail to install (see cwhchew's post - CPU ABI Incompatible error). Do these errors still persist after doing factory reset from hidden menu?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] osrix:
Off topic

I'm considering buying one of these phones to learn abit more about android dev,

So how is the hardware? and is 1.5 really that bad?

I don't wana clog up a Dev thread but havent found much in the way of discussion fora anywhere else. that being the case could anyone PM me and give me a quick honest run down of wether its worth the investment or steer clear?

I would appreciate any input.

Cheers
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zacpod:
Ya, 2.01 was a little sluggish for me too, but I put that down to it being totally stock with no optimizations. It seemed to get better once it had been booted up for a while.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zacpod:
I haven't noticed any crashes, but I've been rebooting back and forth to everecovery to make changes to the image, so I haven't had the phone up for more than a few mins at a time today...

The CPU ABI Incompatible errors are still there though. Grrrr. I want to install aDosBox and play WorldOfXeen on my phone!!!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zacpod:
It's not a bad little phone, though if I was buying a phone today I'd probably get a Nexus One or an HTC Desire - with those phone you know FOR SURE that they'll get all the newest OS updates.

Also, there is a fairly active GW620 forum here.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] osrix:
Thanks ZacPod, i will check out that forum :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] :
I updated the wiki to include the key combination to boot into fastboot mode.

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=LG Eve
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zacpod:
Grrr The version of Superuser we were using before doesn't work on 1.6.

Working on finding a version that will work properly.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] pandolphe:
Hello,

Should I let the battery removed for this operation ?

As short as I connect USB, the phone keep asking to connect the battery, but doesn't shows anything else.

Please help :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zacpod:
1) Remove battery and USB

2) Plug in USB

3) Quickly (within .5 seconds) Hold down Menu + Space
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] raburton:
I have a su binary that I modified (trivially) so anyone can su (not just root and shell), if that's any use to you. Doesn't do the gui stuff, it's literally just the standard version without the uid check. But it's precompiled so no need to set up a 1.6 dev environment if you don't already have one.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fugdup:
Hey guys, just wondering if anyone has the V10C.kdz (or maybe an older V10F file) file that could be put up on rapidshare or something. The V10F download will not complete the booting process and I have to send the phone back (getting a SE X10) and don't want Rogers to charge me for not having the proper ROM on the phone. I can get V10G/M on the phone, so the flashing process works for me. Just V10F doesn't work. Thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zacpod:
It's ok - I got it working. I... Ummm... :o forgot to do "chmod a+s su" lol
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zacpod:
Waaay back it the first part few pages there should be a link to V10C.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cwhchew:
hmm. I believe you have to implement opengl 2d acceleration for this one. had this problem on another android device called the smartq5 and they solved it with this
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Sinate:
Hello,

Somebody can up the firmware 1.6 rogers or korea ?..

2 links of firmware 1.6 is down.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] pandolphe:
It does'nt seems to work.

The phone keep asking to connect the battery.

Should it shows something like in emergency mode ?

Sorry to complain :(

I belive my phone is being dead.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] andylin:
Hi,I flashed V10M_00.cab to my GW620 by using KP500-Utils-EN.exe.Update tool stopped at 4%,and then I reboot my phone.It returned "[Blue Error Handler] Arm11 is Crashed!! "(Just one line).

I entered the fastboot mode, and then did:

1. "fastboot.exe flash boot boot.img"(from V10G),written 7040KB.

2. "fastboot.exe flash system system.img", written 196803KB.

3. "fastboot -w"

4.New return is:

1)"[Blue Error Handler] Arm11 is Crashed!! "

...

Linux Kernel Panic

Process akmd2 (pid:1206)

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

...

Please help.So sorry for my poor english.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] flowmetry:
Hello.

there was missing code at "/system/build.prop" file in Korean rom (v10m)

I corrected this error with modifying code, "ro.product.cpu.abi= " to "ro.product.cpu.abi=armeabi" in build.prop file.

I think u can find similar errors in v10g
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cwhchew:
works fine, thank you very much !
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cwhchew:
i believe it works with the battery connected
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zacpod:
Oh, I always have to take my battery out before I can get in to fastboot...

If it's just showing you the "install battery" sign then unplug and try again. You have to change the time between plugging in and holding menu-space. Try getting the buttons sooner, or waiting a little longer...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cwhchew:
hmm odd. i usually do fastboot with the battery in.

have you tried the cpu abi incompatible fix yet ? it works really well
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] raburton:
I can only get to fastboot (on official europe open 10g) with the battery out. I also need to leave it a short while (probably a minute at least) after removing the battery and the usb cable before I can get into fastboot. I assume I'm waiting for a capacitor to discharge or something so some state is fully reset.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zacpod:
Yup!

Dosbox works!

World Of Xeen runs in DosBox, but I can't hit esc to skip the intro, and the intro movie runs like a slideshow. Drat!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] andylin:
I flashed back to V10G_00

and I used:

fastboot erase userdata

fastboot erase cache

after flashed the boot.img and system.img, instead of:

fastboot -w.

And now my phone can boot normally.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] panicb:
Weird, with the V10g Rogers image, I flashed the image, factory reset, flashed again, factory reset again, but I still don't have 3G. I can't enter fastboot either...

so, two problems with V10G with me (on Rogers network)

1. no 3G even after factory reset

2. can't enter fastboot, even when i hold down "menu" and "space" on the keyboard.

Also, thank you flowmetry for the CPU ABI incompatible error fix!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] raburton:
I notice LG have taken down the 2 known 1.6 images from their server. Guess they must be reading this thread :-(

So, LG, thanks for giving us 1.6, but is there any chance we could get something a bit more recent? Also, please include a notification LED on your future phones. Thanks :-)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cwhchew:
well. i do hope they read the problems we face on this thread too. e.g bluetooth
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] pandolphe:
Yep,

Thanks for describing again how to get to fastboot mode.

Therefore, my unit is still asking for battery inserting, and no way to get fastboot.

It is boring ! :(

I will use a old phone now.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] k-limes:
hi, i want to rooted my lg gw620 (eve) but i need a password in "enable root permission". how can i do ?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] raburton:
read the wiki: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=LG Eve
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] k-limes:
thanks a lot it works fine !!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] croax:
Can someone please re-upload the Korean firmware somewhere so it can be downloaded since LG have taken down both the Korean and Rogers firmwares ? I really wanna test this :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cwhchew:
this took awhile for me to upload.

Rogers 1.6 Rom (V10G) (Recommended for testing purposes)

http://www.mediafire.com/?wjqmmu4myyd

Korean 1.6 Rom (V10M)

http://www.mediafire.com/?4hmmdvmhzna
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] croax:
Thanks a bunch ! Downloading now :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ustrucx:
Hello guys

im no newb on flashing and hacking phones, im just new on doing that on eve ;)

my phone is a South American/brazilian model gw620f with V10B on it, LG update tool tells me i cant update since theres nothing newer.

For starters i need to find a way to dl the kdz file for my v10b, i tryed to mess with the link ppl has posted but i cant get the gw620f v10b, and it seems that for the gw620f theres no v10g (i belive v10g is the most updated one by now).

Before i try updating to the latest rom available i need to be sure i can restore my own, if anyone can help me get the gw620f v10b rom i can start flashing some of the newer ones and see what works and what not.

I am a bit confuse abt the way we backup restore our phone, i made a full backup with nandroid on linux, is that a full backup i can restore and have everything back to stock if i brick the phone? what would be the way to go about that?

I dont mean to flood this thread with questions, i just found that might be of intrest to see what this model has, since i never seen any brazilian gw620f over here my feedback might be usefull somehow. Also the brazilian gw620 comunity is lacking alot, i might be someone to bridge what you guys are doing here to the brazilian/latin folks and vice versa :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] yktan9:
I would also very much like to know what you asked.

I am not sure, however if this is the right place to ask these questions.

I have also posted in another forum, but no answers from there (androidnetwork dot org --> Newbie QUestions With Android OS Versions)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ustrucx:
Actually i couldnt wait and i flashed tolerom (its a moded v10g rom, but i cant post links till my account gets verified) and its great so far (just did it like 1 hour ago). I guess now i watch this thread for 1.6 sugar :p
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] purdeaandrei:
KH5200 source code

Hello! I just received the KH5200 source code from LG.

I don't think this is the 1.6 firmware. I made a recursive diff of the kernel trees, and counted the lines (wc -l), and the resulting number was 50000 lines. That seems a little small to me, but maybe i'm wrong. Or maybe they have 1.6 with a .27 kernel? I forgot to check the kernel version when i had the 1.6 firmware installed. So if you have an unnamed kernel tree, how do you verify the version??

Anyway, here it is: http : / / purdea.ro / KH5200.tgz

(i can't post links, how do i get verified?)

i hope LG doesn't have a problem of me posting this, after all it is opensource.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] raburton:
LG 1.6 roms do have a 2.6.29 kernel. Given that they haven't released it yet (the fact it was available for a few days by guessing the url doesn't really count) they aren't really under any obligation to release it yet. Once they make an official release you can request it and they'll have to give it you (but it's always worth being quite specific about what you're after to make sure you get what you actually want).
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] :
As I recall, the 1.6 image had .29

I'm downloading the file right now. THANK!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] purdeaandrei:
Wasn't the KH5200 phone itself released with an 1.6 on it?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] raburton:
No, it had 1.5.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ustrucx:
I wana try the rogers 1.6, now that we can get to fastboot in rogers 1.6 does that mean we can flash back to v10g? I wana try this 1.6 but this is my main phone so if anything fails i can get it back working :) (i have nanodroid images of my vanilla phone and toleROM works fine also)

Thanks