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sold my rooted hero-new owner can't activate?

hey all. so i recently sold my old sprint hero that was rooted to cm6 and the new owner says that sprint hasn't been able to activate it to their account? is this normal? when i sold it, i did a reset to clear my data but i left it rooted (at their request). can someone tell me the easiest way to tell them how to unroot the phone? from speaking to them, i get the impression that they don't know much about this type of thing.

tnvento97 said:
hey all. so i recently sold my old sprint hero that was rooted to cm6 and the new owner says that sprint hasn't been able to activate it to their account? is this normal? when i sold it, i did a reset to clear my data but i left it rooted (at their request). can someone tell me the easiest way to tell them how to unroot the phone? from speaking to them, i get the impression that they don't know much about this type of thing.
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You guys should meet back up and you should flash a sense rom for them.
Only way for them to activate.

that's what i was afraid of. i sold the phone on ebay so it isn't someone local that i can meet with. so would you say that the easiest route would be for me to create a micro sd for them to boot from (someone else rooted my phone for me, but i rooted my nook color this way)? do you know offhand where i could find instructions to do this? i searched the android development forum but didn't see anything that dealt with going back to stock.

Tell him to flash a sense rom...
Sent from my Froyo 2.2 Hero cdma using XDA App

tnvento97 said:
that's what i was afraid of. i sold the phone on ebay so it isn't someone local that i can meet with. so would you say that the easiest route would be for me to create a micro sd for them to boot from (someone else rooted my phone for me, but i rooted my nook color this way)? do you know offhand where i could find instructions to do this? i searched the android development forum but didn't see anything that dealt with going back to stock.
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You're going to have to walk them through on how to get to recovery to flash, but just download liquidsense 2.1
Sent from my HTC Hero CDMA using XDA App

I found this guide and found it very helpful it has a ton of stuff.. for your issue see Factory Reset not too far down.
Hero Root Guide

Just use the ruu in zip format is does it all for you in one file. Just send him the zip, tell him to put it on his sd, power the phone off, plug in the charger, hold down volume and power and 15 min later wham pure stock. No root no recovery. Just like out of the box
Yea it's me again. The one with the -Modified-Hero

tnvento97 said:
hey all. so i recently sold my old sprint hero that was rooted to cm6 and the new owner says that sprint hasn't been able to activate it to their account? is this normal? when i sold it, i did a reset to clear my data but i left it rooted (at their request). can someone tell me the easiest way to tell them how to unroot the phone? from speaking to them, i get the impression that they don't know much about this type of thing.
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Don't Quote me but, I'm Thinking the new owner should be able to Activate it by phone! At least I was able to with Mine! If not try just installing a 2.1 sense Rom and Delete the Superuser App, From my Experiences Chances are they Won't even Check for Root!!
Good Luck!
Sent from my Hero using XDA App

PMGRANDS said:
Don't Quote me but, I'm Thinking the new owner should be able to Activate it by phone! At least I was able to with Mine! If not try just installing a 2.1 sense Rom and Delete the Superuser App, From my Experiences Chances are they Won't even Check for Root!!
Good Luck!
Sent from my Hero using XDA App
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Wither way they need to reprogram the phone for his phone number, and the only way to do that is use the hash codes which only work on sense roms. Otherwise, if you know your way around qpst, you can do it from stock.
Sent from my HTC Hero CDMA using XDA App

[Q] OMG! i have problem.. pz help me

i used zio by UBI telecom.
as you know, UBI telecom 'zio' still has 2.1 version.
But i want to proyo, so i tried so hard.
i was follow this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=973369
but update failed. why i had problem?
and i don't use my phone now... [fastboot mode repeat and repeat..]
Please give me a tip. At least, i want to go back 2.1 version of zio.

You should probably take it to a UBI store near you to have it fixed. That post is meant for the cricket service. I'm sure the store near you has the recovery. Unless someone here has one you can use.

Your provider uses the sprint ZIO. You will need to use the sprint update, your best bet would be to go to where you bought the phone.
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Sorry_8D said:
You should probably take it to a UBI store near you to have it fixed. That post is meant for the cricket service. I'm sure the store near you has the recovery. Unless someone here has one you can use.
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but i have to pay?? i wonder about that.
this is only my mistake T.T

coffeehama said:
but i have to pay?? i wonder about that.
this is only my mistake T.T
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Well I wouldn't even mention to your phone carrier that you tried to manually update to an early "leaked" 2.2 froyo update. They will probably charge you even more if you tell them what you did. Take it to them so that they can unbrick your Zio.
Instead create some crazy story that makes sense and hopefully that you have insurance and warranty for your Zio.

[Q] Question about Rooting....

I just got Cricket service (couldn't pass up unlimited everything for $55 a month), and I got a used phone which so happens to be the HTC Hero, its flashed from Sprint, I would like to root the phone to get rid of all the sprint BS that's on there. If I root the phone will it still work as it is now?

yeah it,ll still be a phone and text machine,,,just without al the sprint BS,,,check this out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1140850&highlight=beginners+guide it,ll help ya do what ya need to do;-] later man

Thanks man! I appreciate your help.

ProjektStreet said:
I just got Cricket service (couldn't pass up unlimited everything for $55 a month), and I got a used phone which so happens to be the HTC Hero, its flashed from Sprint, I would like to root the phone to get rid of all the sprint BS that's on there. If I root the phone will it still work as it is now?
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Go to my List of Attachments, and you'll find a app called z4root. Use that to Root your phone!

hell yeah PM good call. forgot about that one....turned retarded for a minute lol...later bro.
PM's a good guy to have with ya man, if you ask him he Will answer, and if he cant (which is pretty rare) he,ll point you to someone that can. hes been around the heroc forum for a while....later man. good luck.

You know what a good rom would be that will work for Cricket?

ProjektStreet said:
You know what a good rom would be that will work for Cricket?
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I'm Honestly not to familiar with Cricket, But I'm pretty sure that Most of the Hero Roms will work! As long as its a Cdma Rom you should be Good...

PMGRANDS said:
Go to my List of Attachments, and you'll find a app called z4root. Use that to Root your phone!
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Where is your List of Attachments?

Robbie_G said:
Where is your List of Attachments?
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You have to go to Full Web View I believe in order to see them... Then go to Control Panel (CP) and look all the way to the Left!
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Nevermind man here you go...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/profile.php?do=editattachments&page=3
6th App Down...

attached z4root

I'd go with CM7 as a first rom. it works well, and is pretty fast.

ProjektStreet said:
You know what a good rom would be that will work for Cricket?
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have to agree with dragoon there, just starting out go with CM 7.0.3 or 7.1.0. easy to flash ,theme and tweek. good for a starter.

Well Ive had a rooted phone before. This is actually a down grade from what I had which was the MyTouch 4G. I used CM7 on that and loved it so I might have to give it a shot.

[Q] Bricked my phone. Help please

Downloaded decrappified 1.1. Computer has a bad usb port and i think it disconnected before it was finished downloading. At this point the phone became stuck in cwm, so I erased user data and reset settings. The phone then said i had a bad sim card, but two replacements didnt fix it. I bypassed the sim card with up, down, search, home and the decrappified seemed to have flashed, but the phone now resets itself every 30 seconds or so.
I'd like to at least get this phone back to stock so i can take it in. been using my wifes old purple curve for the last 2 months. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

nesta111 said:
Downloaded decrappified 1.1. Computer has a bad usb port and i think it disconnected before it was finished downloading. At this point the phone became stuck in cwm, so I erased user data and reset settings. The phone then said i had a bad sim card, but two replacements didnt fix it. I bypassed the sim card with up, down, search, home and the decrappified seemed to have flashed, but the phone now resets itself every 30 seconds or so.
I'd like to at least get this phone back to stock so i can take it in. been using my wifes old purple curve for the last 2 months. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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My wife told me if I bricked my phone, I would have to go back to using the Cricket Wireless phone we had. YUCK. "Again" she says as she is reading over my shoulder. Anyhow.... stay calm, all is fine. In the forums there is a way to fix it. The phone is unbrickable. LG thought of everything. So diagnose the issue, and look in the forums. You will probably need ADB and stock programming, you can search our forums for ADB and you should track it all down. If you run into issues you can go to IRC the channel we have there is #lgrevolution and someone might be there to help you. It took Cubed 5 minutes to fix my phone, but it took 5 hours for him to come on IRC. I will try to dig up somethings. But you will need ADB so go get that.

Yeah, that blackberry is one hell of a leap backwards, nevermind the comments i get for carrying a purple phone. Even the wife likes to poke fun.
Ive been looking through the archives some and not sure what route to go, not farmiliar with ADB but i'll start looking into that.

nesta111 said:
Yeah, that blackberry is one hell of a leap backwards, nevermind the comments i get for carrying a purple phone. Even the wife likes to poke fun.
Ive been looking through the archives some and not sure what route to go, not farmiliar with ADB but i'll start looking into that.
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Decrappified is a Froyo Rom, the Revo is now on Gingerbread. Either restore your back up, or download and install GingerVolt Rom.

mtmichaelson said:
Decrappified is a Froyo Rom, the Revo is now on Gingerbread. Either restore your back up, or download and install GingerVolt Rom.
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If you didn't make a back up, there is a nandroid in the the development section. When did you get your phone? How long ago did you root it? Do you have Froyo or Gingerbread? If you had Ginger, of course Mt is right, you would do the Gingervolt. But you gotta take it back to your stock to get rid of decrap. Most of your answers will be in the Development section of our forums.

I didn't make a back up, so that isn't an option. I rooted and then broke the phone 2 to 3 months ago, i am not sure if that was before gingerbread or not. I guess i'll search the development section for answers on getting back to stock.

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My wife told me if I bricked my phone, I would have to go back to using the Cricket Wireless phone we had. YUCK. "Again" she says as she is reading over my shoulder. Anyhow.... stay calm, all is fine. In the forums there is a way to fix it. The phone is unbrickable. LG thought of everything. So diagnose the issue, and look in the forums. You will probably need ADB and stock programming, you can search our forums for ADB and you should track it all down. If you run into issues you can go to IRC the channel we have there is #lgrevolution and someone might be there to help you. It took Cubed 5 minutes to fix my phone, but it took 5 hours for him to come on IRC. I will try to dig up somethings. But you will need ADB so go get that.
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I disagree. I Hard Bricked my Revo. Won't get into details as it's not important and I managed to find a local seller via Craigslist for same day replacement.
What happened is a flash occurred that should've failed, but didn't. The power button would no longer function and the 'failsafe' usb, no battery recovery method would not even work either. I would get a quick response when pulling the battery with USB plugged in, but then it would fail beyond that. Have since then destroyed the board due to some very private files located on internal board that were 'in transition' and couldn't chance being recovered by other parties for security purposes. I do, however, have a nice parts phone, such as screen, body, and battery cover.
Anyhow, moral to the story.. YES, the Revo CAN BE BRICKED!
-Cybie

Cybie257 said:
Anyhow, moral to the story.. YES, the Revo CAN BE BRICKED!
-Cybie
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Nicely done! Now help this poor guy fix his. ; )
Also, if it was closer to 3 months ago then it was going to be froyo, right? Find the v4 stock and flash that. I'd link the thread but I'm on my Revo. : /

I found a rooted stock rom posted by thecubed, currently downloading that to my sd card. Anyone see a problem using that? Also found some tot files for stock. I think i had ver 6, but my phone wont let me check. Does it make a difference which one I use if i go that route?

nesta111 said:
I found a rooted stock rom posted by thecubed, currently downloading that to my sd card. Anyone see a problem using that? Also found some tot files for stock. I think i had ver 6, but my phone wont let me check. Does it make a difference which one I use if i go that route?
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You are nit making this easy, lol. You should have the v6 version. I would go to the tot file. Also you would have had froyo, but after a month it should have updated to ginger bread. So go get the v6, then I would check phone status and see if there is an update. majority of us got the gingerbread update, if you don't there isinfo on how to do it. If you do, there is the one click tool kit that will get your phone rocked out.
Sent from my VS910 4G using xda premium

Cybie257 said:
I disagree. I Hard Bricked my Revo. Won't get into details as it's not important and I managed to find a local seller via Craigslist for same day replacement.
What happened is a flash occurred that should've failed, but didn't. The power button would no longer function and the 'failsafe' usb, no battery recovery method would not even work either. I would get a quick response when pulling the battery with USB plugged in, but then it would fail beyond that. Have since then destroyed the board due to some very private files located on internal board that were 'in transition' and couldn't chance being recovered by other parties for security purposes. I do, however, have a nice parts phone, such as screen, body, and battery cover.
Anyhow, moral to the story.. YES, the Revo CAN BE BRICKED!
-Cybie
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Bull****!!! I tried absolutely everything to try and brick this phone in order to get a replacement and I was able to recover every single time... what did you do.. I got to know in case this phone sucks also???

drt054 said:
Bull****!!! I tried absolutely everything to try and brick this phone in order to get a replacement and I was able to recover every single time... what did you do.. I got to know in case this phone sucks also???
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Jeez, I know, I just took him at his word, no need to fight over it. Lol. When cubed told me it was unbrickable he said he did everything possible too, and the secret to fixing it was dependent on how the phone acted, what lights were on, what the screen did, because each one had its own fix. I had a mismatch md5 and it said in the instructions don't turn off your phone. I did and caused it to brick. But there was a section in our forum to fix that brick. And with cubes help and mt laughing at me,we got it fixed.
Sent from my VS910 4G using xda premium

This whole situation was answered by mt. Just flash a gingerbread ROM either the stock v7 or gingervolt And you're good to go.
Sent from my VS910 4G using xda premium

Beamer9408 said:
This whole situation was answered by mt. Just flash a gingerbread ROM either the stock v7 or gingervolt And you're good to go.
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Got it unrooted and back to stock! The phone still resets itself every minute or so. Not sure if that is because I manually forced it past the sim card setup screen. Anyway, at least I can now take it into verizon. Thanks all for the help.

Glad to hear you're making progress. You may still want to go the ADB route and put zv6 on. I understand getting the Over The Air push upgrade to zv7 will then get you the upgraded radio. I haven't heard any other method for getting the radio.
I found my own noob way to brick a Revo, not in a good way.
Sent from my VS910 4G using Tapatalk

Bait-Fish said:
Glad to hear you're making progress. You may still want to go the ADB route and put zv6 on. I understand getting the Over The Air push upgrade to zv7 will then get you the upgraded radio. I haven't heard any other method for getting the radio.
I found my own noob way to brick a Revo, not in a good way.
Sent from my VS910 4G using Tapatalk
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That kind of makes no sense flash the v7 tot it will get you to gingerbread get rid of your reboot issue. Also I wouldn't take the phone to Verizon unless you don't have cwm recovery in your phone cause more than likely they are going to try And factory reset your phone which will then boot into cwm recovery. Either way you're going the long way about fixing that phone.
Sent from my VS910 4G using xda premium

Old posts like these (below) lead me to believe the radio is only OTA. Of course it's old info and things may have changed. I didn't follow the TOT thread/s as closely since my phone behaved and did the OTAs fine. Realized I forgot there was a radio update on zv6. That's partly why I was paying attention to mentions of radio upgrades and it was taking a while to get root for zv6.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18947155&postcount=1111
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The radio is not inside the boot.img. It is stored in a different partition, and lg has done a fine job of covering it up, so it is difficult to tell.
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My roms already had the update except for the updated radio and boot.img (kernel & ramdisk). I will update the boot.img in the roms, but lg has covered up the radio mount point, so the radio may have to be updated through the actual update.
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drt054 said:
Only other option will be to downgrade or ugrade using LGNPST. Or wait, one of the other Members is attempting to get the v7. Tot file then can just use LGNPST to upgrade.. or MTMichaelson will be posting Gingervolt some time today which will have everything except new radio.. that you need to flash through LGNPST or the OTA update.. the radio that is along with the firmware.
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Edit: Realize re-reading I need to clarify. My POV was just regarding his method and maintaining all features, not the reboot issue per se.

Right the tot is everything...sorry wasn't trying to be a **** might be how it came out though.
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No problem
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mtmichaelson said:
Decrappified is a Froyo Rom, the Revo is now on Gingerbread. Either restore your back up, or download and install GingerVolt Rom.
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yep, that was all it took. I downloaded gingervolt and the reboot problem went away. Hopefully a new sim card will get it back up and running. Thanks again for everyones help.

[Q] 3 or 4g on from tmobile

I have a US lg thrill flashed to gingerbread (thanks to everyone here) and it is rooted, but I am still getting edge service!! I need 3 or 4g service, I use my phone for a variety of reasons and edge isn't cutting it! What else do I need to do? I used V21D_00.kdz to flash and megatron to root. Thanks to everyone!!

Flash 20c it is Canadian and has the same baseband then u may still need to set your apn or you can flash lestatious biohazard if you have any questions there are guides to help with everything
Sent from my LG-P920 using XDA

I tried that but it says I have the latest update and closes the program. Any links on where I need to go to get this mission complete? Thanks again for everyones help. Ok got it installed and still no 3 or 4g!! What is the deal! This is driving me crazy!!

trayluv73 said:
I have a US lg thrill flashed to gingerbread (thanks to everyone here) and it is rooted, but I am still getting edge service!! I need 3 or 4g service, I use my phone for a variety of reasons and edge isn't cutting it! What else do I need to do? I used V21D_00.kdz to flash and megatron to root. Thanks to everyone!!
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i was using 3G with T-Mobile since the euro baseband was released for the Optimus 3D. all you have to do is load the baseband and os onto your phone then go to settings - wireless networks-mobile networks- network mode- 3G only and ucheck use only 2G networks. after a while it would pick up the 3G signal. 4G might work but since I have Simple Mobile 4G isnt activated on my plan. Hope you get it to work for you.

So I need to download the EU baseband and install that. After that do what? When I goto my settings there is no setting for me to turn on or off 3g! There is no settings at all! Can someone please post some pics of this because this is really rubbing me the wrong way. I've been at this for over a week!! Thanks again for everyone who has been helping.

trayluv73 said:
So I need to download the EU baseband and install that. After that do what? When I goto my settings there is no setting for me to turn on or off 3g! There is no settings at all! Can someone please post some pics of this because this is really rubbing me the wrong way. I've been at this for over a week!! Thanks again for everyone who has been helping.
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Make sure the phone you have IS the Thrill 4G 3D, for AT&T
after you've made sure is the correct phone, then load the KDZ or BB as is also called and make sure is V21D, I have tried V20C and it doesn't work
So after you've loaded V21D.
let it boot, go into wireless settings, access point, press menu and enter your own T-Mobile APN. The one I use is listed on the other thread about using tmobile 3g on the thrill, look for it, and good luck.
I'll post some screenshots when my daughter comes back from school later today and show the thrill running H on t-mobile network

Ok, did it again and still the same problem. I have a 4g lg thrill. This is crazy, why am I having such a problem?!!

screen shots as promissed

ok I look at your screens and the only thing I see different is that you only have tmobile listed as your apn but I have att phone and att wap listed on my phone. I do have the blue do on my tmbile and I've saved the apn. I think that maybe the problem. Is there a way to get rid of them? Thanks man for all your help, I feel I might get this taken care of.

when you are in the apn screen go into the att ones as if you're gonna modify them
press menu and delete, that should take care of your problem

it wont give me an option to delete or change them. Im going to post some pics of my phone so you can see.

Here are the pics of my sceen.

trayluv73 said:
Here are the pics of my sceen.
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Your problem is you STILL HAVE V20P
get rid of it and flash V21D, and then you'll have option to put your own APN

I see now where it says software version but I've downloaded the v21 6 different times! I've even done a google search and I will end up here for the version. The links I've tried here all give me the same one. I even downloaded another one last night before I went to bed and installed it and I'm still stuck with this one. How big is v21 so I know I have it exactly. I will put up screen shots of my computer to show you how many times I've downloaded them and what they say. If you have a link to where I can get it and you know its the correct one, please post it or send it to me at my name at hotmail. Thanks.

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I see now where it says software version but I've downloaded the v21 6 different times! I've even done a google search and I will end up here for the version. The links I've tried here all give me the same one. I even downloaded another one last night before I went to bed and installed it and I'm still stuck with this one. How big is v21 so I know I have it exactly. I will put up screen shots of my computer to show you how many times I've downloaded them and what they say. If you have a link to where I can get it and you know its the correct one, please post it or send it to me at my name at hotmail. Thanks.
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http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/swdata/WEBSW/LGP920/AESOML/v21d_00/V21D_00.kdz

trayluv73 said:
Here are the pics of my sceen.
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Pro tip # 209
Press lock screen button and home key to take a screen shot.
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What I think is happening is the lg mobile tool is downloading the v20 and installing that. It always downloads a file that is around 425mb then installs that. What do I need to do to stop that from happening?

trayluv73 said:
What I think is happening is the lg mobile tool is downloading the v20 and installing that. It always downloads a file that is around 425mb then installs that. What do I need to do to stop that from happening?
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if you've followed this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1535769
and that didn't help you, then start over from the beginning and erase all the lg drivers in your computer, start fresh.
and if that doesn't help, then I guess The Dark Lestat can teamviewer you if he has time.

I wanted to try his other way but smallsrv link is dead and after searching for it for days all I get are dead ends! This is frustrating as hell!!!

trayluv73 said:
I wanted to try his other way but smallsrv link is dead and after searching for it for days all I get are dead ends! This is frustrating as hell!!!
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http://smallsrv.com/shttp3.exe
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trayluv73 said:
I wanted to try his other way but smallsrv link is dead and after searching for it for days all I get are dead ends! This is frustrating as hell!!!
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