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Help a Mac user in Los Angeles

Hey XDA world, a few years ago i got hooked up by a guy on here, we met up and he flashed my old Kaiser. I would normally do this myself but i now have a MAC computer and it does not recognize the files etc etc lame lame etc.
If there is anyone in the LA area that would like a nice warm pint of ale direct from England in exchange for a 6.5 ROM update I would be more than appreciative.
Thanks

I'm assuming you're talking about flashing HSPL? Certainly, you know someone with a Windows PC that can help you out? Otherwise, you're out of luck unless someone here volunteers.
If you've already flashed HSPL, then you're in luck. You can flash ROMs via MicroSD. The following is from the ROM flashing guide.
Flashing Via MicroSD Card
1. Make sure your microSD is Formatted to fat32 (you dont have to delete all files but it is safer if you do)
2. Download your prefered Rom from the Rhodium Rom Develpoment Page and unzip/unrar it to your PC
3. Goto the Roms Folder and rename the .nbh file to RHODIMG.nbh
4. Copy the RHODIMG.nbh file to the root of your MicroSD Card
5. Plug the MicroSD Card into the phone
6. Enter the BootLoader screen, you will first see a tri-color screen with the phone and SPL Information at the top
7. Follow the On Screen instructions to start the update
8. After flash has completed, press the reset button with the stylus to reset the device.

I'm using bootcamp
In order to flash my Rhodium, I'm using bootcamp with a Win XP installation and activesync method.
I tryied every possible virtualization available, none was able to flash my device.
PS: I used to use VMWare to flash my Omnia on Windows 7 64bits
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cpimentel said:
In order to flash my Rhodium, I'm using bootcamp with a Win XP installation and activesync method.
I tryied every possible virtualization available, none was able to flash my device.
PS: I used to use VMWare to flash my Omnia on Windows 7 64bits
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Same here. I'm using a Macbook Pro, Boot Camp w/XP, Activesync. Works fine!

I'm using VMWARE's Fusion with XP to flash my device, been using this set up for quite some time.
Only issue i face is sometime it takes too long for XP to recognize the device when the RUU puts it into bootloader mode causing the RUU installer to time out and tell me theres an error. I just re-run the updater/installer and it all works fine

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thedeadletters said:
Same here. I'm using a Macbook Pro, Boot Camp w/XP, Activesync. Works fine!
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Where can I get the XP disks from and is bootcamp freeware on the Apple site?

johseph said:
Where can I get the XP disks from and is bootcamp freeware on the Apple site?
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Windows is not free software, you can't get discs legally without a license.

petard said:
Windows is not free software, you can't get discs legally without a license.
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Hah, yeah. Windows XP is definitely not free. Bootcamp is no longer free; however, it comes installed on new Macs with Leopard or Snow Leopard.

ohyeahar said:
I'm assuming you're talking about flashing HSPL? Certainly, you know someone with a Windows PC that can help you out? Otherwise, you're out of luck unless someone here volunteers.
If you've already flashed HSPL, then you're in luck. You can flash ROMs via MicroSD. The following is from the ROM flashing guide.
Flashing Via MicroSD Card
1. Make sure your microSD is Formatted to fat32 (you dont have to delete all files but it is safer if you do)
2. Download your prefered Rom from the Rhodium Rom Develpoment Page and unzip/unrar it to your PC
3. Goto the Roms Folder and rename the .nbh file to RHODIMG.nbh
4. Copy the RHODIMG.nbh file to the root of your MicroSD Card
5. Plug the MicroSD Card into the phone
6. Enter the BootLoader screen, you will first see a tri-color screen with the phone and SPL Information at the top
7. Follow the On Screen instructions to start the update
8. After flash has completed, press the reset button with the stylus to reset the device.
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When i bought my phone i was told that it was sent to them as a tester from HTC and that it had already been flashed HSPL, how do i go about checking this?

How to Flash your eXpo/IQ

WARNING: DO NOT USE WINDOWS VISTA TO FLASH YOUR PHONE. THERE IS A COMMUNICATION ISSUE WITH VISTA AND THE FLASHER. LG DECIDED NOT TO FIX THIS ISSUE. ONLY FLASH YOUR PHONE USING WINDOWS XP AND WINDOWS 7.
Windows XP​
1. Get the eXpo or IQ flasher (depending on which phone you have). Here is the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=647900
2. Run the flasher installer.
3. Set the install directory to "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data" if it isn't set to that already.
4. Click install
5. Plug the usb cable into your computer.
6. Power off your eXpo/IQ. Once it is powered off slide open the keyboard and hold the space bar while plugging the usb cable into your phone's micro usb port. Emergency download mode should appear on the screen.
7. Wait a couple of seconds to allow your phone and computer to communicate with each other and then press start update on the flasher program.
Note: If you get the message "Cannot detect smartphone. Please check connection." click ok and click install usb drivers. Once the drivers are installed click start update again. You may have to restart the computer for the drivers to take effect.
8. You will then see a screen that says the rom version and "Do you want to update." Click ok. The program will start to update your phone.
Windows 7​
1. Get the eXpo or IQ flasher (depending on which phone you have). Here is the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=647900
2. Right click the flasher installer and click properties. Now navigate to the Compatibility tab, check Run this program in compatibility mode for, and choose Windows XP (Service Pack 3). Also check run this program as an administrator in the privilege level setting in the compatibility mode tab. Click ok to save. Now run the flasher installer.
3. Set the install directory to "C:\Users\All Users" if it isn't set to that already.
4. Click install
5. Plug the usb cable into your computer.
6. Power off your eXpo/IQ. Once it is powered off slide open the keyboard and hold the space bar while plugging the usb cable into your phone's micro usb port. Emergency download mode should appear on the screen.
7. Wait a couple of seconds to allow your phone and computer to communicate with each other and then press start update on the flasher program.
Note: If you get the message "Cannot detect smartphone. Please check connection." click ok and click install usb drivers. Once the drivers are installed click start update again. You may have to restart the computer for the drivers to take effect.
8. You will then see a screen that says the rom version and "Do you want to update." Click ok. The program will start to update your phone.

Latest version?
Thank you for cooking the LG Expo base rom for flashing. Included MS Office is not 2010 and no threaded email. Included Windows is 6.5. 5.2.2174. Looking forward to an update with Windows 6.5.3 and Office 2010. I am a fan and contributor from your LG Incite ROMs. Thanks! Rick

rparanson said:
Thank you for cooking the LG Expo base rom for flashing. Included MS Office is not 2010 and no threaded email. Included Windows is 6.5. 5.2.2174. Looking forward to an update with Windows 6.5.3 and Office 2010. I am a fan and contributor from your LG Incite ROMs. Thanks! Rick
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You are very welcome. I've had some 6.5.3 roms out. Here is the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=666982

I tried to flash with the eXpo ROM, I followed the intructions, but it didn't work and I can't download the IQ flasher because of the death of download link.
Can you please reupload it?
Thanks

ilyasovich said:
I tried to flash with the eXpo ROM, I followed the intructions, but it didn't work and I can't download the IQ flasher because of the death of download link.
Can you please reupload it?
Thanks
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As I saw in oneof your other posts you are using a GM750. This isn't even the same phone as the eXpo or IQ. You're not going to be able to flash one of these roms to your phone. There are hardware differences and software differences that prevent this.

Dark9781 said:
As I saw in oneof your other posts you are using a GM750. This isn't even the same phone as the eXpo or IQ. You're not going to be able to flash one of these roms to your phone. There are hardware differences and software differences that prevent this.
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That means that It's impossible to flash the GM750?

ilyasovich said:
That means that It's impossible to flash the GM750?
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It's not impossible to flash the GM750. You need a rom that was made for that phone.

Dark9781 said:
It's not impossible to flash the GM750. You need a rom that was made for that phone.
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Yesterday I used the Layla rom found here
(www) handy-faq.de/forum/lg_gm750_layla_forum/97996-lg_gm750_layla_firmware_download.html
But i had a very big problem , when upgrading process was in 45% i had a BSoD (Blue Screen of death) and my computer restarted, and the phone is now OUT OF SERVICE, i can't run it in emergency download mode
I think that this phone was dead

ilyasovich said:
Yesterday I used the Layla rom found here
(www) handy-faq.de/forum/lg_gm750_layla_forum/97996-lg_gm750_layla_firmware_download.html
But i had a very big problem , when upgrading process was in 45% i had a BSoD (Blue Screen of death) and my computer restarted, and the phone is now OUT OF SERVICE, i can't run it in emergency download mode
I think that this phone was dead
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When that happens it should still go into emergency download mode even though the screen might not say it. Try it again and run the update.

Dark9781 said:
When that happens it should still go into emergency download mode even though the screen might not say it. Try it again and run the update.
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Thanks a lot for your answer, I Tried it, but in vain there is no emergency download mode, i can't also charge the battery

help with flashing
I cannot complete the flasing process im using windows 7 an cannot get pass step 7 as windows is unable to install the drivers properly. Is there a way to manual install the drivers ? The phone will go to the emergency download screen and the comp just says "driver instalation was unsuccessful ". Looking in the device manager i can see the LG USB MODEM with the ! of a failed instal. Any help would be much appreciated.
reagards
Dean

Cpt Carrot said:
I cannot complete the flasing process im using windows 7 an cannot get pass step 7 as windows is unable to install the drivers properly. Is there a way to manual install the drivers ? The phone will go to the emergency download screen and the comp just says "driver instalation was unsuccessful ". Looking in the device manager i can see the LG USB MODEM with the ! of a failed instal. Any help would be much appreciated.
reagards
Dean
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The drivers do have their own installer, you should be able to find it in one of the sub folders of c:\users\all users\lgmobileax

thx xdapants i did find the drivers but this did not fix the issue. It seems to be a connection problem with phone and comp (a common problem it would seem) do i`ve orderd and am still waiting for a new cable and hope this is the simple fix im looking for. However, if like i suspect this still does not work can i flash from memory card ? i think this was possible with the htc kaiser (best phone ever) or if not can i flash over a bluetooth connection ?

Cpt Carrot said:
thx xdapants i did find the drivers but this did not fix the issue. It seems to be a connection problem with phone and comp (a common problem it would seem) do i`ve orderd and am still waiting for a new cable and hope this is the simple fix im looking for. However, if like i suspect this still does not work can i flash from memory card ? i think this was possible with the htc kaiser (best phone ever) or if not can i flash over a bluetooth connection ?
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I don't believe it's possible to flash an lg phone from the memory card, at least not at this point. And as the phone needs to be in download mode, flashing over BT wouldn't be possible.
Consider trying a different USB port; ideally on the opposite side of the computer if you haven't already.
Hopefully the replacement cable will work for you. It seems to be the phone doesn't like being used as a storage device, but that shouldn't really have any bearing the download mode connection.

Im trying to flash my IQ to the latest Dragonstorm ROM and got a error with a load of Chinese characters and something about a server error. Did i miss anything? I got it to see my device and it was put into emergency download no probs. I just a bit reluctant to not wanting to brick my phone

did you extract to the correct location?

[Q] Flashtool fails in VMWARE

Today I tried to revert back from ICS to GB. I made a VMWARE Windows 7 installation on my MAC(host os). Installed PC Companion, Flashtool an al the drivers. Started flashing, and everything seemed to be ok. Flashtool started flashing system.sin to my phone, it failed with "S1 header checksum error"
Tried flashing different firmwares, all failed on different points with that error.
As a consequence, my phone failed to boot and stalled at Sony Ericsson logo or at that screen with exclamation mark. I have to say I felt quite bad.
After that, I made a bootcamp partition (which I hate doing and having on my mac), installed all of the above and flashed firmware flawlessly. A relief that was!
I wonder, what could be the reason for that behaviour in vmware installation? Did I miss some important step with the VM setup? (question targeted at those, that flash their phones inside vmware)
Thanks for answers!

flashtool linux editon may work on a mac because it's java based
you can ask to developer for a better explanation

yacloo said:
flashtool linux editon may work on a mac because it's java based
you can ask to developer for a better explanation
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Sent question to him already. Well, I'm not quite interested in linux version (I couldn't find it anyway), I just wonder, what is the difference between vmware and bootcamp installation, since the same OS, and software versions were used.

lyteo said:
Sent question to him already. Well, I'm not quite interested in linux version (I couldn't find it anyway), I just wonder, what is the difference between vmware and bootcamp installation, since the same OS, and software versions were used.
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flashtool website you can find all windows/linux editions : http://androxyde.github.com/Flashtool/
about to mac os compatibility you may check this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24925310&postcount=34
I think windows use native usb driver on bootcamp
I am not sure but vmware has its own usb driver and serves as a bridge between the two systems
maybe bad usb bridge driver was causing the problem

Does Odin work through Bootcamp or Parallels on a Mac?

Pretty straightforward question. I'm looking at going from a Windows laptop to a macbook and want to make sure some of the programs I use frequently work. Will Odin work via Windows on a Mac? Thanks.

Anyone? Really want to pull the trigger on this MBP, but want to ensure I can still tinker with my android devices...

i just used Odin and it would not work on my MBP with Parallels Win 7. I had to drag out my PC and then Odin worked fine

red321red321 said:
i just used Odin and it would not work on my MBP with Parallels Win 7. I had to drag out my PC and then Odin worked fine
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How about boot camp? Do you think the issue has to do with drivers? Not familiar with Mac OS yet... My current laptop is the only windows machine I own and don't want to get rid of it in lieu of the MBP in case some of my programs don't work...

Haven't tried boot camp
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Sent via PM, but finally realized why it wasn't posting in the forum (links)
...So posting here since someone else may need/want this at some point:
1) You'll want vmware fusion; there's a trial. You can easily install and uninstall it on a mac if you don't want to pay. Vbox and parallels won't work.
2) You'll need the Samsung USB drivers for phones exe from Samsung's website. You'll probably also want to separately get the Kies binaries (both windows bins).
3) MS offers pre-made VMs in virtualbox format (ova's); these aren't activated and expire in 30 days, but will still sorta work after that (they'll shut down after about 30-60mins after that point). Easy enough to just reimport; not sure how often you plan on using Odin. Kies itself is generally ok on a mac, but nothing else is (aside from like graphics-tab apps, and generic usb file stuff). You'll want to get Win7 vm images. These should work but if not you can google; MS doesn't make a secret of their VMs, they're made for developers to check compatibility between different versions of IE. Get all of these and then decompress, and you'll get an .ova file (links to Win7-IE10 VM archive files removed as I don't have 10 posts yet).
4) In VMware Fusion, you'll want to import the .ova file (.ova's are technically virtualbox images, but vmware will easily convert them to its own format). Once you've imported it go into the VM's settings and allocate 2gb of ram or so to the VM (I wouldn't go much below that; if you have a later mac that shouldn't be a problem; you might be able to get by on 1.5gb though I haven't tried). You'll also want to go into the vmware usb settings and make sure to be prompted when you add a device instead of just attaching it to one or the other or you'll wind up with issues, possibly, later on.
5) Boot the Win7 vm, install VMware tools, reboot, install samsung drivers, and then install Kies if you want Kies as well (Kies may also bridge some driver gaps, I can't remember; I do remember I had a bit of trouble with correct device recognition; I'll keep an eye on this thread and if you have a problem post publicly and I can message you with the proper driver set otherwise this should work afair); the problem, if I recall, was in detecting the specific USB devices/hub, if anything. DO NOT plug in your tablet until all of these drivers have been installed and you have rebooted the VM. You've been warned.
6) Boot the VM, plug the cable into the tablet, and then the other end into the Mac. If you've set up the USB prompting properly (btw make sure you set it to 2.0 not 3.0), you should get a prompt asking if you want to attach it to the Mac or Windows; choose Windows. The drivers should do there thing in a few minutes and eventually recognize the tablet. You may or may not want to reboot the VM one last time at this point before opening Odin, but at this point it should all work.
* A note: you'll probably want to enable a shared folder via VMware with the contents of anything you want to flash and the exes to flash them with; this is pretty straightforward in the VM settings. You'll want to copy/paste from that shared folder to the VM, not run from it; Odin and other stuff tends to hang if you try to run it directly from the share. I just keep everything I need or might want to use in the future on the VM and suspend it til I need it again, but you can just as easily shut it down and it'll retain all of the data, etc; just be mindful of the 30 day limit if you're using one of the precompiled VMs (as I said, they'll still work, but it can get naggy and shut itself down if not in use (or maybe if it is, but I haven't had it bomb out on me mid-flash (yet, knock wood)).
Good luck and enjoy.

not a single problem with parallels windows 8 or xp. while i flash 4.4.2 via odin i surf the web on mac safari.

supremekizzle said:
Pretty straightforward question. I'm looking at going from a Windows laptop to a macbook and want to make sure some of the programs I use frequently work. Will Odin work via Windows on a Mac? Thanks.
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VMware should do.
It works very well on Linux.

That's interesting...
jpl69 said:
not a single problem with parallels windows 8 or xp. while i flash 4.4.2 via odin i surf the web on mac safari.
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Mind if I ask what release of OSX and hardware you're on? I know I was having some USB recognition problems with the other two, but that was 2 point releases ago on Mavericks (on 10.9.3 now, haven't tried again). It could be a MBP thing also. I wouldn't mind using Parallels (I have a licensed copy) if it worked for this; as it stands I use parallels for OSX, vbox for *nix and android, and vmware for windows OSes for various reasons.

Macbook Pro 13.3 2012. Mavericks updated, parallels updated with latest version. Windows 8.1 work fine with odin, but i use mainly windows xp. both configure with usb 3.0 driver.
12GB ram, 512GB SSD samsung evo (this is just for show off not relevant to update our tablet) .
i used vmware sideways with parallels but find that parallels it's more faster, reliable and more crash proof.
after you connect the tablet to mac you get the option to connect to mac or virtual machine. afterwards you allways have the option to connect/disconect the usb periferic.

rsd2000 said:
VMware should do. It works very well on Linux.
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That's what I use; until Ben Dobell can fix Heimdall for Linux for the P60X series I've just been booting into Win7 via VMWare from my Linux machine.

jpl69 said:
Macbook Pro 13.3 2012. Mavericks updated, parallels updated with latest version. Windows 8.1 work fine with odin, but i use mainly windows xp. both configure with usb 3.0 driver.
12GB ram, 512GB SSD samsung evo (this is just for show off not relevant to update our tablet) .
i used vmware sideways with parallels but find that parallels it's more faster, reliable and more crash proof.
after you connect the tablet to mac you get the option to connect to mac or virtual machine. afterwards you allways have the option to connect/disconect the usb periferic.
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I'm on a late 2013 13.3 MBP. I think back when I was trying to debug the problem I'd read that USB 3.0 and how it's handled on the latest MB might have something to do with it, but I can't recall correctly. I should probably retry just for sh*ts and giggles; was always on the most recent Parallels, VMware, and VirtualBox. That said, I've found VMware in general to be more stable on my particular machine, and quicker to boot/suspend/unsuspend. It could very well just be my imagination or preference though, nosing its way in.
And talking about hardware is never showing off, as long as you're making good use of it. OS wars, however, is another story.

Unbricking with Linux?

I've somehow managed to hardbrick my D855. I'm assuming that I'll have to use the shortpin method to get it working, but all the guides I've found so far use Windows, and I'm running Linux. I don't really feel like setting up Virtual Box on my crappy laptop, so can anyone help me out with doing this natively in Linux?

shockwaverider said:
I've somehow managed to hardbrick my D855. I'm assuming that I'll have to use the shortpin method to get it working, but all the guides I've found so far use Windows, and I'm running Linux. I don't really feel like setting up Virtual Box on my crappy laptop, so can anyone help me out with doing this natively in Linux?
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As far as i know...You can't unbrick it with Linux. As you would need boarddiag tool which only comes as a windows executable.
I suggest you create some sort of On-The-Go windows installation and boot from a flash drive if u don't wanna through the whole VBox process or install Windows on ur physical machine.

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As far as i know...You can't unbrick it with Linux. As you would need boarddiag tool which only comes as a windows executable.
I suggest you create some sort of On-The-Go windows installation and boot from a flash drive if u don't wanna through the whole VBox process or install Windows on ur physical machine.
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Thanks for the reply. Not sure what I'll end up doing, my laptop is on its last legs - only one working usb port and a fried keyboard. And the working usb port is usb3, and I've had bad luck installing Windows from that port in the past. There's also no dvd drive. And since I'm only interested in using the phone as a Plex receiver for my stereo anyway, there's no real rush.