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[Q] Simple guide for Upgrading (not rooting) to GB?

Hey there,
I know this is a developers forum which is not intended to cover the very basics. However, I've been searching the internet, and here, to no avail, trying to find a simple guide to how to upgrade my LGP970 to Gingerbread. Having a UK version of the phone, no update has yet come through the LG B2C tool -- this tool also consistently fails to open these days (error message: "Please, check your internet line and execute program again" -- infuriating).
So, I'm not looking to root my phone; I'm not interested (for the time being) in CWM. All I'd like is GB official version on my LGP970. I understand I have to download the .kdz file (I'm guessing Europe Open is my best bet). What I don't know is the appropriate way to use this file to upgrade my phone.
There are lots of guides on here, all seemingly aimed at users wishing to root their phones; I can't find anything for those who just want to upgrade without rooting.
I apologise if this is too much of a n00b thing to be asking about, but any help or direction elsewhere would be very much appreciated. Thank you

Go to my guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1487105
Scroll down to unbricking, and use the R&D method. First download the UPK (link is there as well) then follow the second link to the work around. Set it all up, download your KDZ, I guess europe open will be fine, flash it and be happy ever after

N00BY0815 said:
Go to my guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1487105
Scroll down to unbricking, and use the R&D method. First download the UPK (link is there as well) then follow the second link to the work around. Set it all up, download your KDZ, I guess europe open will be fine, flash it and be happy ever after
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Many thanks! Will give it a shot now.

Oh, and when you say the second link to the workaround, do you mean this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1473781
Thanks

well, there is an easy way, you can use LGMobile Support Tool to update your device.
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KDZ_FW_UPD_EN, you can download it .

zhange_001 said:
well, there is an easy way, you can use LGMobile Support Tool to update your device.
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KDZ_FW_UPD_EN, you can download it .
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Well, see there's two problems I have with the Support Tool: 1. I often get the error message I mentioned above; 2. My phone is a UK model for which LG still haven't released v20x, so I can't officially go through that app anyway.
What did you mean about 'KDZ_FW_UPD_EN' ?
Thanks

Unrooting Verizion nexus 6 on 5.1.0 build number LMY47E

I have been rooted for a few months now and need to get a replacement phone from vzw. I have been searching for the better part of 2 days on how to completly unroot my nexus 6. i used the method used in "[HOW-TO] The Nexus 6 All-In-One Beginner's Guide By xBeerdroiDx" to root it. Which installed TWRP, with any other phone ive rooted i could just go to SuperSU and click full unroot and it would do it. That is not the case now. Can i get a step by step directions from someone on how to unroot my phone please.
Thanks in advance.

djhudjr said:
I have been rooted for a few months now and need to get a replacement phone from vzw. I have been searching for the better part of 2 days on how to completly unroot my nexus 6. i used the method used in "[HOW-TO] The Nexus 6 All-In-One Beginner's Guide By xBeerdroiDx" to root it. Which installed TWRP, with any other phone ive rooted i could just go to SuperSU and click full unroot and it would do it. That is not the case now. Can i get a step by step directions from someone on how to unroot my phone please.
Thanks in advance.
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sure.. get the factory image from the google site, download it to your computer, unzip it, then flash each part of it individually via fastboot while youre in your bootloader. thats the only real way to "unroot" a device.every othet way removes root but keeps the changed files. so they think that youre still rooted.

simms22 said:
sure.. get the factory image from the google site, download it to your computer, unzip it, then flash each part of it individually via fastboot while youre in your bootloader. thats the only real way to "unroot" a device.every othet way removes root but keeps the changed files. so they think that youre still rooted.
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So after i flash each part it will be "Unrooted" or do i have to delete anything else?

djhudjr said:
So after i flash each part it will be "Unrooted" or do i have to delete anything else?
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nope, thats it. but, to finish, you want to make sure that you will boot first, then youll have to relock your bootloader at the very end

djhudjr said:
So after i flash each part it will be "Unrooted" or do i have to delete anything else?
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if you want the phone clean, you will need to use -w command in fastboot to wipe all the data also.

bweN diorD said:
if you want the phone clean, you will need to use -w command in fastboot to wipe all the data also.
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ive never wiped before flashing a factory image(i assumed it does it automatically before flashing each partition), but that can be a good idea as well :good:

simms22 said:
ive never wiped before flashing a factory image(i assumed it does it automatically before flashing each partition), but that can be a good idea as well :good:
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-w only wipes the data partition as far as i know.
i havent dissected the files for this phone, but all past device img's i have, has a wiping command of some sort in there somewhere.
its usually something like "erase userdata" or similar.

the files are .tar and .tgz my computer wont recognize them am i doing something wrong?

djhudjr said:
the files are .tar and .tgz my computer wont recognize them am i doing something wrong?
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you need software to open the archives. i think win rar may do it, but im not positive.

simms22 said:
sure.. get the factory image from the google site, download it to your computer, unzip it, then flash each part of it individually via fastboot while youre in your bootloader. thats the only real way to "unroot" a device.every othet way removes root but keeps the changed files. so they think that youre still rooted.
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ok so noob it down because i cant seem to figure out how to flash it from my pc to my phone. it isnt showing up

djhudjr said:
ok so noob it down because i cant seem to figure out how to flash it from my pc to my phone. it isnt showing up
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you need fastboot(and adb for other things). you can get that from google or you can search google for a smaller download. its in the sdk( i believe), but that download is huge. i installed a fastboot for dummies version a few years back, with adb as well, and ot turned out to be only 35mb.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/guide-flash-factory-images-nexus-6shamu-t2954008

i think fastboot is in this zip too, let me know if its not.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/2845j2d8tqzi6at/adb.rar
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heres the proper mfastboot if you want that
http://www.mediafire.com/download/abfnoae9hdeyh5k/mfastboot-v2.zip

Force Marshmallow

Any way to force the marshmallow update? Tried the LG Bridge software, but it can never detect phone.
Thanks

babyschmoof said:
Any way to force the marshmallow update? Tried the LG Bridge software, but it can never detect phone.
Thanks
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There's an entire post about flashing TOT with ZV9 on here. Search a bit, not very hard to find it.

babyschmoof said:
Any way to force the marshmallow update? Tried the LG Bridge software, but it can never detect phone.
Thanks
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Make sure that you're also downloading 3 files, the tot link in the first post and both files in the second post. Really easy process.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-g4/development/restore-sprint-lg-ls991-zv9-tot-t3263790. Here's the link.

I had to download and install the LG USB modem file to get it to see my phone then worked great easy to use .use the universal file.

its here marshmallow for metropcs

got update today tried to install but got error "this package is for htc_a32eul devices this is a a32e"
need advice on how should i update
going to try to change id back to htc_a32eul dont know where yet
if not i will factory restore hate to do it because dont want to lose root
admins please help

Yep, got the same error and have no clue what to do. Cannot flash the OTA zip at all.

ok so i flashed stock recovery then rebooted and installed update was going good but then got image of phone with triangle and ! mark

llib01 said:
ok so i flashed stock recovery then rebooted and installed update was going good but then got image of phone with triangle and ! mark
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I got the same thing. I'm reverting to the stock recovery and rom to see if that fixes anything. rip - my root

Lol, I'm gonna let you guys trial and error the issue out. Too scared to do something I'm not sure of.
Please tell me how it goes though guys, hoping for the best!

Dmntd said:
Lol, I'm gonna let you guys trial and error the issue out. Too scared to do something I'm not sure of.
Please tell me how it goes though guys, hoping for the best!
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Just did a full reset. Everything is stock, 6.0.1 update is at 87%. I'll reply with what happens next. Wish me luck.
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BladefuryGames said:
Just did a full reset. Everything is stock, 6.0.1 update is at 87%. I'll reply with what happens next. Wish me luck.
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And that seems to do the trick. I'm on Marshmallow!
So here's what I did. (MetroPCS Variant Only) (Remember to backup stuff you want to keep (Duh))
Step 1: If you're using a custom recovery, switch back to the stock recovery found bundled here: https://mega.nz/#!sp0wCThZ!MQVTq6y_8DJShrvNrY4L-JtJBDHOQhnaLRq8UiqLruQ
Step 2: Use this to get to the stock Rom (Scroll down): https://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-desire-626s-metro-pcs/news/
Step 3: Do all the updates from the settings menu
Step 4: Profit

BladefuryGames said:
Just did a full reset. Everything is stock, 6.0.1 update is at 87%. I'll reply with what happens next. Wish me luck.
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And that seems to do the trick. I'm on Marshmallow!
So here's what I did. (MetroPCS Variant Only) (Remember to backup stuff you want to keep (Duh))
Step 1: If you're using a custom recovery, switch back to the stock recovery found bundled here: https://mega.nz/#!sp0wCThZ!MQVTq6y_8DJShrvNrY4L-JtJBDHOQhnaLRq8UiqLruQ
Step 2: Use this to get to the stock Rom (Scroll down): https://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-desire-626s-metro-pcs/news/
Step 3: Do all the updates from the settings menu
Step 4: Profit
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Ok, I just flash the recovery zip from TWRP, correct?
Somehow I do not think that's correct, lol. So please tell me if I'm wrong.

BladefuryGames said:
Just did a full reset. Everything is stock, 6.0.1 update is at 87%. I'll reply with what happens next. Wish me luck.
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And that seems to do the trick. I'm on Marshmallow!
So here's what I did. (MetroPCS Variant Only) (Remember to backup stuff you want to keep (Duh))
Step 1: If you're using a custom recovery, switch back to the stock recovery found bundled here: https://mega.nz/#!sp0wCThZ!MQVTq6y_8DJShrvNrY4L-JtJBDHOQhnaLRq8UiqLruQ
Step 2: Use this to get to the stock Rom (Scroll down): https://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-desire-626s-metro-pcs/news/
Step 3: Do all the updates from the settings menu
Step 4: Profit
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Dmntd said:
Ok, I just flash the recovery zip from TWRP, correct?
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I flashed the recovery using fastboot on my PC. Not too sure about flashing it from the phone itself.

BladefuryGames said:
I flashed the recovery using fastboot on my PC. Not too sure about flashing it from the phone itself.
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Could you write a small guide on how to do that? I have adb and all that installed, I just forget which commands to use. Sorry if I'm asking too much.

Dmntd said:
Could you write a small guide on how to do that? I have adb and all that installed, I just forget which commands to use. Sorry if I'm asking too much.
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Sure.
(Go to the folder where adb and fastboot are located) (Have the phone in download mode)
Step 1: Move the stock recovery to that folder and name it "srecovery"
Step 2: Hold SHIFT and right click anywhere in the folder and click "Open command window here"
Step 3: When the command window opens up, type in "fastboot flash recovery srecovery.img" and press enter
Step 4: Profit??

BladefuryGames said:
Sure.
(Go to the folder where adb and fastboot are located) (Have the phone in download mode)
Step 1: Move the stock recovery to that folder and name it "srecovery"
Step 2: Hold SHIFT and right click anywhere in the folder and click "Open command window here"
Step 3: When the command window opens up, type in "fastboot flash recovery srecovery.img" and press enter
Step 4: Profit??
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Actually I figured it out myself, same thing as you typed but thank you very much. Hopefully it's also useful for someone else not super knowledgeable about this stuff.
Thanks again.

Kinda stuck here I cant install the update because it takes me to twrp
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didnt notice the new posts sorry
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For some reason it's not seeing my device now

Weird thing going on with my phone, after putting everything to stock, now it will not find system updates. It keeps saying "There are no updates available for your phone."
Very weird. I've restarted the device but same thing happens. I'm not quite sure what to do except keep trying to check for updates.

Dmntd said:
Weird thing going on with my phone, after putting everything to stock, now it will not find system updates. It keeps saying "There are no updates available for your phone."
Very weird. I've restarted the device but same thing happens. I'm not quite sure what to do except keep trying to check for updates.
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Mine did the same thing for the first few checks, restarting seemed to help.

BladefuryGames said:
Mine did the same thing for the first few checks, restarting seemed to help.
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Yeah, I'm on my 2nd restart. Turning WiFi off, and on, etc... Maybe the servers are getting hammered at the moment and it's just not popping up for the moment. Oh well, I'm sure I'll get there eventually.

It says it's not the right sofware for my phone RUU

BladefuryGames said:
Mine did the same thing for the first few checks, restarting seemed to help.
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Let me ask you, did you have to install those 2 small updates first before the actual Marshmallow update? Or did it just give you the Marshmallow update immediately?

Dmntd said:
Let me ask you, did you have to install those 2 small updates first before the actual Marshmallow update? Or did it just give you the Marshmallow update immediately?
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You do have to install the 2 smaller ones first, I forgot to mention that. xD

BladefuryGames said:
You do have to install the 2 smaller ones first, I forgot to mention that. xD
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Do you know if I absolutely need them in order to flash Marshmallow? I copied over the OTA zip that I did download before going back to stock. So, if I don't need them then couldn't I just flash it from default recovery?

Dmntd said:
Do you know if I absolutely need them in order to flash Marshmallow? I copied over the OTA zip that I did download before going back to stock. So, if I don't need them then couldn't I just flash it from default recovery?
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You do need to download the 2 updates for the 6.0.1 update to show up. Otherwise nothing will happen.

Zvd tot now available

You can downgrade from ZVF and ZVE without getting hard bricked - no worries. (No guarantee for future updates higher than ZVF).
If you use this to upgrade from ZVC or lower, you cannot go back down lower than ZVD or you will get hard bricked.
File works fine in LGUP. Don't ask me how to install or use it - there's plenty of that already on the forums.
Happy flashing!
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120734367

iBowToAndroid said:
You can downgrade from ZVF and ZVE without getting hard bricked - no worries. (No guarantee for future updates higher than ZVF).
If you use this to upgrade from ZVC or lower, you cannot go back down lower than ZVD or you will get hard bricked.
File works fine in LGUP. Don't ask me how to install or use it - there's plenty of that already on the forums.
Happy flashing!
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120734367
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rite on about tme whered u find that one at man.
im gettin ready to get all the g4 files together and put em all in one page rooting sim unlock tots everything i know of make a simplified place for to find.
also tots can still be flashed in old lg flash tool just have to run the old lg firmware extractor to get the dll file for flash tool.
how ive done it since the g2

TheMadScientist420 said:
rite on about tme whered u find that one at man.
im gettin ready to get all the g4 files together and put em all in one page rooting sim unlock tots everything i know of make a simplified place for to find.
also tots can still be flashed in old lg flash tool just have to run the old lg firmware extractor to get the dll file for flash tool.
how ive done it since the g2
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But LGUP is way less work
Plus, I don't think it would give you the DLL anyways. I created the tot myself using software to pull the partitions from another phone and compile everything together

Is there a possibility of using this tot file to create a more updated MellowMallow installation? I think MellowMallow is currently based on the much older ZVB version.

KingFatty said:
Is there a possibility of using this tot file to create a more updated MellowMallow installation? I think MellowMallow is currently based on the much older ZVB version.
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I have no idea. You'd have to talk to the ROM dev. I doubt it though.
I'm sure a flashable ROM zip could be created, but that would require a custom recovery in order to be installed.
MellowMallow is in TOT form IIRC but the problem is that there's no root method for ZVD

KingFatty said:
Is there a possibility of using this tot file to create a more updated MellowMallow installation? I think MellowMallow is currently based on the much older ZVB version.
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since they are both mm basebands its possible for it to work not garantied though

Noob question, but what is the benefit of downgrading from ZVF/ZVE to ZVD? Will I be able to root or tether without root? Thanks.

Arsenal101 said:
Noob question, but what is the benefit of downgrading from ZVF/ZVE to ZVD? Will I be able to root or tether without root? Thanks.
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Nothing really. There have been a few probs i guess on e or f. Which now having a compatible tot can possibly fix that. Soft brick from bad firm flashes

Where is the link for zve and zvf file
Please provide zve and zvf file,i can not find any,only zvd is available,please provide ls991zve and ls991zvf file,thanks....

SHERRIF said:
Please provide zve and zvf file,i can not find any,only zvd is available,please provide ls991zve and ls991zvf file,thanks....
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Why do you think such files even exist? Your mention of them is the first I've heard that they would exist?

SHERRIF said:
Please provide zve and zvf file,i can not find any,only zvd is available,please provide ls991zve and ls991zvf file,thanks....
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Please pay me $100 per file and I'll provide them. Hahaha.
Or.....
You can flash ZVD and then OTA update to ZVE and then ZVF if you want. Very easy process

Lol.

Brother this tot works for the LG G4 LS991ZVE ?? I await your reply thanks

So has anyone actually flashed this TOT to confirm it works? The structure seems different from prior TOTs and the entire extracted TOT (via WindowsLGFirmwareExtract) is smaller than even a compressed version of ZVB's system image. Either this TOT is missing too much critical data to be used for a full restore or it's incompatible with the only decompilation tools I can find. Either way, as it is, it's useless for creating custom (Mellowmallow-style) ROMs.
EDIT: Maybe the tools I was using weren't accounting properly for the different structure. I did a bit of tweaking with LGBinExtract and managed to pull out a full system.img. Still haven't actually flashed the TOT to downgrade my ZVF phone, though.

FEGuy said:
So has anyone actually flashed this TOT to confirm it works? The structure seems different from prior TOTs and the entire extracted TOT (via WindowsLGFirmwareExtract) is smaller than even a compressed version of ZVB's system image. Either this TOT is missing too much critical data to be used for a full restore or it's incompatible with the only decompilation tools I can find. Either way, as it is, it's useless for creating custom (Mellowmallow-style) ROMs.
EDIT: Maybe the tools I was using weren't accounting properly for the different structure. I did a bit of tweaking with LGBinExtract and managed to pull out a full system.img. Still haven't actually flashed the TOT to downgrade my ZVF phone, though.
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I didnt look at the file structure. But 1.6 gb is the file size which is typical for g4 tots.
Anywhere from 1.5 to 2.5

FEGuy said:
So has anyone actually flashed this TOT to confirm it works? The structure seems different from prior TOTs and the entire extracted TOT (via WindowsLGFirmwareExtract) is smaller than even a compressed version of ZVB's system image. Either this TOT is missing too much critical data to be used for a full restore or it's incompatible with the only decompilation tools I can find. Either way, as it is, it's useless for creating custom (Mellowmallow-style) ROMs.
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I've just flashed this rom on a LS991 with ZVE with lgup but i dont know if i am doing something wrong, when you flash a tot like this, the phone must restore to factory defaults? or when a tot is flashed the phone just do an "upgrade" ... In my case I used this tot to install from stratch a new rom, cause im stuck in the setup wizard :/

TheMadScientist420 said:
I didnt look at the file structure. But 1.6 gb is the file size which is typical for g4 tots.
Anywhere from 1.5 to 2.5
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i am unable to extract the tot or is there a different method i tried with wirar
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iBowToAndroid said:
You can downgrade from ZVF and ZVE without getting hard bricked - no worries. (No guarantee for future updates higher than ZVF).
If you use this to upgrade from ZVC or lower, you cannot go back down lower than ZVD or you will get hard bricked.
File works fine in LGUP. Don't ask me how to install or use it - there's plenty of that already on the forums.
Happy flashing!
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120734367
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i downloaded twice and neither time could i get the zip to extract the tot using winrar am i missing something

gillim74 said:
i am unable to extract the tot or is there a different method i tried with wirar
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i downloaded twice and neither time could i get the zip to extract the tot using winrar am i missing something
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Lg firmware extractor

gillim74 said:
i am unable to extract the tot or is there a different method i tried with wirar
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i downloaded twice and neither time could i get the zip to extract the tot using winrar am i missing something
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Lg firmware extractor
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No, not firmware extractor.
I use 7Zip for highest compression, so use that to extract

iBowToAndroid said:
No, not firmware extractor.
I use 7Zip for highest compression, so use that to extract
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OK thank you