i did the this operations but a i received the message : <waiting for device>

turn your devices into usb debugging mode. settings-application-development-usb debugging

fastboot has to be run as root under linux. Just place a "sudo" before each fastboot command.

This wiki needs an update for s4.2/b1.3. Maybe just in the ROM links. Also, is the replacement music.apk still necessary? If so, this page should talk about how to do that as well.

Where can I get the latest release of the ROM? Is there any chance of building a 2.2 ROM?

The latest release of the rom is available in the xda-developer forums, but the next will be uploaded on that project page.

We will go for 2.2 (or higher) when we have all devices (like bluetooth, sensors, gps, graphics) working.

The part where it says "enter adb shell" .. I first thought it was from the terminal on the phone. Last I checked, Windows doesn't have a pathname like that ;-)

In CMD change directory to "X:\sdk\tools" (in cmd write "cd C:\sdk\tools") or add it to Windows Path (see SDK setup http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html#Installing )

When trying to run the command adb shell I get the error "device offline". Anyone know what could be going on? Thanks.

The software that LG made available for my KH5200 was no good. It crashed constantly and was slow. Let me say, that this runs like a charm on my KH5200. You can't believe the imrovements all around. It is usable again. I will be paying close attention to your website in the future and will make a donation. FOr me, the absence of the google apps is a bonus!! :)

Eatingseeds, did you figure it out? I'm getting the same issue and I'm not able to get the phone to pick up the appropriate drivers when booted, in fastboot the drivers provided by the SDK worked fine.

Also noticed that the calendar keeps crashing on this version as well.

i got as far as installed boot.img ok but when i try to flash system i get failed remote: flash write failure i dont know what to do about it now?

@bmanhas

try getting the latest version of adb.

@louis

restart your device and try again. fastboot sometimes is not able to flash too many img at one go

I was able to get ADB going on a Windows 7 based computer. The weird thing was that it was showing 5 LG USB Modems in Device manager. ONce I force fed the SDK driver to each of them, ADB recognized the device. Did the two permission changes and then put in google apps as well as updated the keyboard and everything works great.

I'm assuming that this one does not support bluetooth correct?

Also, what is WIFI tethering?

Oh and once I got google apps in, the Calendar works perfectly too.

Bluetooh is not supported.

Wifi Tethering is a way for you to share your phone's 3G connection over Wifi.

Is it fair to assume that bluetooth is being worked on? All these new laws for wireless devices really forces your hand.

I have the zacpod 1.6 I have install usb driver and enable usb debugging mode but it's still waiting for device do you know why ?

unfortunately found a problem, my caller id shows everybody that calls in as "pay phone"........now that's a buzzkill, great release other than the few bugs but without caller id, i think it's time to downgrade to 1.6

i cant install google apps...i did everything but they wont install can anyone help?

put the full zip file on your sd card, and reboot your phone, should work from there.

I've done that too but nothing...what should I do?

after plugging in usb connector there is a picture telling me to close the battery lid. it is closed (with battery removed) but still nothing happens if i press space or space+menu

same them malek9

now i tried it without removing battery and it worked

would you please to make a video instruction so that everyone can easily to test your firmware, i think it's very useful, thank you

Help please, I download Google Apps and copied the zip file to \sdcard and I rebooted the phone, nothing happened! :(

When I try to do this, it says "waiting for device". What should I do?

I have v10h as well, fastboot works fine for me, you have to have battery out, keyboard open, then plug in the usb and as soon as u see the backlight turn on, before lg symbol hold space...

you also need the android driver for when your phone is in fastboot mode.

I have flashed my LG GW 620 with the last OpenEtna? 6.0 rc4 (froyo), but when it starts it stucked at the Cyanogen(mod) display. Please, help!

did u do "fastboot -w"? if not try it and boot again. first boot takes a long time also so dont panic.

I tried it again and now it worked. Thank you!

Is there a way to backup the original 1.5 if I want to go back?

aways when I flash the boot and system and reboot the device, it freezes on the boot screen (openetna screen). I try all images and nothing... how can I do?

2kjartanvt: You could use Nandroid. Some nice read here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=459830

2dornellasjr: Two comments above yours, dnaproject suggested fastboot -w. It will wipe all your personal information, you should make a backup previously. After that, it will work.

Btw why is ADB shown as a requirement to install Open Etna ? You don't really need it right ?

It's handy when you want to do some logcat or other peculiar things.

V10G firmware link is broken :) Remove or fix ?

Find a good alternative :-) Maybe we should host such file somewhere secure.

Hello, I can't have GPS with last version. Can I do somethink in order to activate this feature or this is normal at this stage of development?. Thank you and congratulation for your work.

I must report that, after several tests, installing, uninstalling both images (last boot.img and systemV6.0-rc5.7z), the GPS starts working. I do not know why. Perhaps because the last time I ran the fastboot as root / admin, is this possible?

In any case, thank you very much for your work.

I don't think it's related to the way you used fastboot. I recommend you always flash as root with fastboot. Safer in my opinion.

For the GPS, it depends a lot of where you are when you try the GPS. It's possible that the GPS in last version is quite slow to determine your position. I think you just had bad luck getting some sattelites signals on the first flash and got more lucky after some attempts.

Do you have 3G and 3G+ working properly ? Apparently AGPS (Assisted GPS) use 3G to get some data. So the GPS can be slow if the 3G isn't working properly. That even means that some missing APN's could mess up with the GPS efficiency.

Same problem here with the ringtones, bsmith.kwic.

There's a workaround that involves copying your tone to the /system/media/tones (or something similar), but you will have to do it using ADB remount (as the system partition is readonly, I believe).

why not just install rings extended ? LG used this on 1.5 too

I think rings extended is proprietary. You can choose your own ringtone playing it, then click the menu button and choose "set as ringtone".

@saxando4u - regarding the camera issue, should I try to install V10G? do you think it could work?

also regarding that, if someone could upload the V10G file I would apreciate it.

The problem on GPS was that the little icon didn’t appear. I discover that it is necessary to unselect then select (one time) the Use GPS Satellites option in settings-> location &security settings, then GPS feature works fine.

When you shutdown the phone, next time you power on the machine, you must do the same operation in order to have GPS.

I think the problem, at least on my GW620 phone is a little bug: first time you will use GPS, the application (maps, my location, ndrive, etc…) send an order that didn’t arrives to GPS app (apparently on by default when you starts a new session). But if you switch off and then on the above mentioned option, the GPS really remains on.

I do another test: I power on the phone, switch off and then on the GPS option (before running any GPS based application), then ran Maps: the little icon, doesn’t works. But if I close Maps, then I switch another time off and then on the GPS option, when I restart Maps, then GPS works fine.

I have all time a good sky look, and a good 3G connection.

Cheers

Hi, my GW620 doesn't install google apps on reboot. I have /sdcard/gapps-mdpi-20100930-signed.zip, but on reboot nothing happens... I use 6.0 RC5 and boot 2.1.1. What should I do?

I have a GW620R with firmware 10f. Got the latest android sdk and the fastboot indicates it is Fastboot V0.5. I am trying the latest images but the system image fails always with flash write failure. It manages an okay with sending the system image. The boot image write is fine. I have read above discussions, done fastboot -w and followed rebooting and trying from scratch. I have now tried multiple times. Help please.

Absolutely sure you are issuing fastboot as root ? sudo fastboot...

@ syellam I'va seen someone with the same issue. He had to do the 3 commands (-w, boot, system) with a reboot between each steps. Maybe you could try that.

@syellam: make sure you use 7zip to unzip the image. I first tried winzip and winrar, all unzipped ok, but the checksum was wrong and I got a flash write failure. The boot image is already an .img file so no problems.

Hi all! I am ready to install v6.0rc5 in my gw620, but I have some questions.

Does the wifi, the bluetooth and gps works right? Have anyone tried app2sd? Also, I have found some apps which need 2.x android versions, will those apps work if I install that rom? Does the battery lasts 1 day? Finally if I decide to downgrade to 1.5 again, will I be able to?

Thanks in advance! :)

- WiFi? and GPS work, bluetooth don't. - About App2SD, no idea. - Apps designed for Android 2.x would work (the phone is identified as a Nexus One). - Battery duration depends on what you use. With no services running (WiFi?, Bluetooth, GPS, AutoSync?, ADB) and low brightness, my phone has drained only 25% battery in the last 36 hours. - You will be able to downgrade, but you will have to read how to do it. In fact, you can use NANDROID to backup your current system image and restore it if you don't like something about openEtna.

Thanks Mike! I'm glad to hear that wifi and gps work :) I don't use bluetooth anymore so it would be no problem. Now with some use (half an hour wifi approx., one hour calls and some radio/mp3 playback the battery lasts one day, so I guess there will be no problem. If anyone has tried app2sd pls tell me if it works :)

Again, thanks for the quick reply!

@bsmith.kwic: not sure what checksum is supposed to be, but even though winrar and winzip12 unpacked the file systemV6.0-rc5.7z, something munged it as it wouldnt flash without write failed. As soon as I used 7zip and flashed the same image, all was happy.

@The.Bobas: In my limited experience this is caused the by gapps-mdpi-20100930-signed.zip being corrupt or the sdcard having errors and stopping the zip file being read. Flash your phone, get a 2Gb different sdcard, format it, copy gapps-mdpi-20100930-signed.zip to the root, and reboot.

Thanks all! @ philgillam - using 7zip solved it. I was using Winzip before.

please, can you upload V10G_00.kdz?

@philgillam: I solved that here: http://code.google.com/p/openetna/issues/detail?id=179&can=1&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Priority%20Owner%20Summary%20Modified. After all, I did it manually. It really wasn't easy, but I've made a script to make it easy for somebody with the same problem.

i am new to rooting,unknowingly i had updated my phone to a v10 kindly help me in downgrading my phone to v10h as i couldnt do it using lg update application ,is this downgradation important for rooting my mobile to openetna

I have been trying to Install the new version. (rc5) When i get past the system flash, the first 3 times it just stays on the LG screen, now the 4 time after flashing each command after each boot i get the LG screen for a minute then a blank lit screen. what should i expect. Some of these attempts i have waited up to 30 minutes and no less than 15 minutes. If i am not able to get this running what then? Thanks for your efforts

Got it figured out. The boot image flash had failed. The 5th time i attempted to flash it worked, this time showing the the OpenEtna? image. Thanks, now time to dig into my new phone. (Upgrading from 1.5) :)

I have a T-Mobile LG GW620 purchased in feb of this year. I can fastboot -w and install the latest image. However when I reboot after flashing the new system and boot images I get Error Handler? Arm11 is crashed!! Have also tried older images and get the same message. Has anybody else seen thi?

I've had that to. I tried to recover with LG software or flash an older image. Nothing works, but after some times the error handler disappeared (I don't know why but it did) Now i've installed 2.1 but I cannot connect to the Tmobile network.

It turns out that I just needed some more patience. I've 3g connection right now!

I get a Linux Kernal Panic Process akmd2 (pid 1231)

me too " linux kernel panic process akmd2 ( pid 1063)

how to co back to stock firmware?? please help

me 2 plz we need origina system.img and boot.img

2.2 is so full of bugs that need to be fix for the gw620!!!! so plz how to go back to the original firmware

@hearo_mano@hotmail.com: Do you want a refund ? Oh wait ! People developing for Open Etna do that for free without LG support... You can't say it's full of bugs... works really well for me and most people.

To revert try to get a .kdz file of the version you want (be careful of the frequency of the firmware) and flash that with the LG tool for flashing. I guess you didn't took the time to do a Nandroid backup of your device ?

This topic may help a little: http://forum.openetna.com/index.php?topic=8.0

Excellent work guys, little big of tweaking in the order and I got it going great, had to fastboot -w, load the boot image, reboot the system and phone and then load the system image, after that it went great.

The google apps were a bit of a pain to find a good place to dl them with reasonable speeds, so have posted them to me online drive if anyone needs them.

http://www.adrive.com/public/f2cc2149eaa54858b554e9f075b8e0d410e7c23b5fc003e082c322f07527e1fe.html

Cheers

Pleeeasee help, did all of it but when i start the phone i get error handler?arm11 is crashed!!

And some stuff i can't understand, what to do?

Okay fixed that by re-flashing. But now the phone doesn't start, the cyanogen logo freezes every once in a while and then it dissapears and re-appears but no start...

I installed version 2.2 of openetna, but once everything flashed and restart the phone I obtain this:

Error Handler? Arm11 is crashed!! Volume up key? To get Ramdump!! Volume down key? Reboot&save log!!

--------<Call Stack>---------------- [<cd11de74>] yaffs_rename+0x0/0x118 [<cd11debc>] vfs-rename+0x0/0x33c [<cd11df94>] sys_renameat+0x0/0x1c0 [<cd11dfa4>] sys_rename+0x0/0x28

Have you a solution plz ??

how do I know if my mobile is 900 or 800 Mhz?

how do I know if my mobile is 900 or 800 Mhz?

how do I know if my mobile is 900 or 800 Mhz?

after upgrading to latest i dont see google account at all (i just see add exchange account). not sure what is going on.

@gunyoga: You must install the google apps

Quote:

Install Google Apps¶ Download gapps-mdpi-20100930-signed.zip (google for it), copy it to your sdcard by adb push gapps-mdpi-20100930-signed.zip /sdcard/gapps-mdpi-20100930-signed.zipand reboot

Then you have al functionality :)

Got two GW 620 (T-Mobile, UK) phones here. systemV6.1-rc2.img and bootV2.4.img flashed and booted perfectly on one, but the other is just stuck on the Cyanogen Mod logo, which freezes every few seconds and starts the animation from the beginning.

I've tried reflashing and doing userdata -w quite a few times. Any idea what might be wrong with it?

Swap their SDcards (with the correct gapps file on them) and retry booting them ?

I would highly recommend to add a disclaimer at the beginning of that Installation tutorial.

"Open Etna is not responsible of any damage made to your phone or any voided warranties" etc etc. "Open Etna is still in early development and not recommended for unexperienced users"

Just to be sure that unexperienced users don't start that flashing process and finally "brick" their phones.

(I meant flashboot -w, not userdata -w)

There hasn't been an SD card in either since before I started the flash.

Is there I way I can debug why it's getting stuck on the cyanogen logo loop?

Hmm you lost me there. The normal procedure to flash, is having an SDcard in the device (at least on the first boot after).

So you should be able to swap their SDcards between each others :/ gapps-mdpi-20100930-signed.zip is very important IMO.

I'm pretty sure that file is only for installing the Google applications. The first phone works fine.

Ok. I'm saying it's important since when you don't have that file, the home button won't work properly. I think that shows that this gapps file affect somehow the buttons too ? Well it's still worth the try ?

Alright - I just tried fastboot -w, reflashed boot and system, and booted up with the gapps ZIP on the SD card. No joy, I'm afraid :(

Is there anywhere I can find boot/system images for the original 1.5/1.6? I think I'm going to have to revert.

anyone after installl SystermV6?.1-rc2 can't disable the APN?

@jamie: You can find some links on the (huge) XDA-developper thread. Or probably on the open etna forum.

I think your problem may be solved by the next release RC3. It will try to find the gapps file more efficiently and it looks like your problem comes mostly from that.

I don't understand - what makes you think this problem is related to the gapps file?

Ok, I flashed an early version of OpenEtna? (pre-Cyanogen) and the phone has booted up - it's working fine.

It's not really usable in this state (camera doesn't work properly, etc) so I'd like to go back to 1.5/1.6, but I've been messing with this LG Utils crap for hours with no luck. The LG software updater either crashes or says it can't update my phone model.

Is there any way I can get hold of the LG firmware in the form of img files I can use with fastboot? I'd also be happy to flash the latest OpenEtna? again if a developer can tell me how to debug the Cyanogen logo loop.

PS: The other phone appears to be rebooting itself every 20 minutes or so

You could try ToleROM too ! It's an enhanced 1.5 Rom and you will camera and all on that. But it's a pain in the a to go back on 1.5 --.

Well pointing at the SDcard is logical for me because it's the only part that can really vary from user to user. If the flash worked well that means you got the same hardware and software like me. BUT you can have a different SDcard, different gapps file, different way to partition your SDcard... I think you got it.

I never used LG utils so i can't help you about that... but i don't know if you can find official release in the format then .kdz .

I will try to gather some tips and tricks about LG utils on the forum.

Good luck meanwhile !

FYI: if you want to remove any rubbish that comes in the gapps bundle (e.g. facebook and twitter) you can simply remove the apk files from the zip file before putting it on your sd card. I have only tried removing a couple of standalone bits that I didn't want, some bits may be dependencies of things you do want so remove with caution. Also note that the file 'system/framework/com.google.android.maps.jar' is used to detect if the gapps package has already been installed, so if you don't install that you'll end up trying to / reinstalling every time you reboot.

bootV2.4.1 & SystemV6?.1-rc3 after install d the Google application cannot install !!

Hi all I have just updated from bootV2.2 & systemV6.0-rc6 to bootV2.4.1 & systemV6.1-rc3 and I cannot install the Google applications. I understand the comment from "richardaburton" related on how the file 'system/framework/com.google.android.maps.jar' is used to detect if the gapps package has already been installed. I have tried to look for that file (com.google.android.maps.jar) in the system but I cannot find it. I know I can do a reset of everything with "fastboot -w" and install again the img from scratch but I was wondering if if there is another way! ;)

Thanks again everybody Andrea

@theo.janus u can read in  issue 191  Comment 50 by aurelien.bordinat Will solve ur problem... it's work for me..

is there a more detail process for this? its too brief and i barely understand. can anyone make a video on this? a detail one.

thx @Sudianto.Surya the " issue 191  Comment 50" work for me too ....

Hi i just installed android 2.2.1 from 1.5 on my GW620. I was wondering what's the code to enter the engineer mode? used to be 3845#620# but not anymore.

Ok, it seem that for some reason the comments don't allow stars. "star # star # 4636 # star # star"

Yeah it's the wiki markup language. Surrounding a word with * means this word is in bold. You can surround a symbol with ` to escape it.

Look below V

I like to roll it back to the orginal condition. Because the battery is broken and it has warrenty Where can I find the orginal system and boot image?

There is a (HUGE) thread over at Xda Dev forum. In this thread somewhere there is some links to original firmwares.

For the flashing procedure to these original firmwares you may use this topic: http://forum.openetna.com/index.php?topic=155.0

I really can't believe we didn't write anything telling people to DO A BACKUP of their original firmware before flashing to Open Etna...

About google apps not installing in 6.1-rc3, I had the same issue until I swapped my usual 4GB microsd card with another 1GB card that I have.

After the change, google apps installed flawlessly. It seems that this release is a bit picky about with cards it befriends :)

It seems that there are at least some users that encountered this issue. See this bug report (the report includes an script by an user to perform a "manual install", if you fail to find a card that works on your phone):

http://code.google.com/p/openetna/issues/detail?id=179

Yes ! I got the same issue. As many users did too.

There is another alternative solution available on the forum. http://forum.openetna.com/index.php?topic=161.0

I think it's FeDoSis? who found that technique.

How long should it take to wipe the user data? (cmd showing "erasing 'user data' ..." phone showing "erasing 'user data' - okay")

Hi there

the code to enter the sim lock menu on the gw620 was 2945#star620# on 1.5

but since I upgraded it to 2.2, which would be the code?

I'm currently using the LG firmware and i'd love to try your software, but being an absolute beginner, i need help! may be a step by step installation guide from rooting to setup of the sdk on my computer, i downloaded everything but just can't use it.

I would appreciate it much

Thanks

and i'm using a window xp OS

Install the sdk Then go where you installed it, and launch SDK manager Refresh all, install all etc... with the manager Then follow the tutorial

check out this tutorial video I made on how to install.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTbmp2yHn4w

thanks...i have installed it.... system image rc4 messed up my phone i tried rc3 which worked fine for a while and then became so slow and always rebooting...i had to do a wipe and reinstall it!!

Help!!!!!!!!!! Does the latest rc4 work for anyone? I have done a by the book install couldn't go better but phone reboots over and over and then won't pass the cyanogen. Any suggestions

@adamphillips80

What the version was installed previous ? Was already OpenEtna? 6.1 rcx ? If no, you need to do a fastboot -w

If you are already at 6.1, I don´t have much idea (you can try to get a logcat to see the error) but I can also recommend a fastboot -w (if you have backup of your data or don´t matter about it)

I agree with trystan, do a fasboot -w, and verify that you've got the good boot.img and system.img. You must have the two.

yes I did fastboot -w before and after installation. I have both the image and boot file from the openetna page. Have done it over and over but nothing. Tried to do a wipe using a live linux but says fastboot is not a command.

the cmd says no error? Everything goes well during the installation?

When you transfer the boot and system is it writen "OKAY"?

Hi guys can somebody be patient enough to tell me step by step how to set my google account on this version. I need to sync my phone book. And I got stck because of this message:"Unable to open connection to server." Thanks a lot for your patience.

I don't get what's your problem. If it's just login in your google account: At the first start of Open Etna you should be prompted to enter your google account login/password. I suggest canceling the process, connecting to a wifi network and then opening gmail. When you will open gmail, i think the program should ask you again to identify yourself on google.

"Unable to open connection to server." is pretty self explanatory. Your phone can't access the server --> You probably don't have any working internet connection on your phone at that point.

Hi guys sorry to bother again but I am in big troubles. Please help!

I installed today systemV6.1-rc4 on a GW620 completely black I presume it is a In Touch Max. As it is normal I started to explore menu and setting etc. after around 2-3 hours I realised that the phone it does getting unlocked by pressing any key or touching the screen (same like my pc screen saver). I started to think back and I remembered that on the opening did not run the tutorial as well. I tried to add my google account with wifi and internet mobile both failed (I was able anyway to surf on-line with both), I found in the end in the settings menu the tutorial and I tried to run it from there no response. I downloaded the systemV6.1-rc5 and after I have followed the same steps like before and I am getting the message “waiting for device” for any fastboot command (I have tried “fastboot flah …. and fastboot –w same message). Please HELP ME!!! I can’t keep the phone in my pocket anymore (gets unlocked very easyly) and I can’t register my google account etc.

And I forgot to mention another big issue is that the Home key and Camera key dont work enymore. They do wake up the phone but nothing else. Thank you for your patince.

it made the fastboot and every thing and after i finished it take 40 booting then i removed the battery what i do?

please help i can not access my mobile after upgrading and can not go to fastboot please help

you'll have to surrender more info than that. what do you get when the phone powers up?

it is keep giving me cyanogen log what i do did i do something wrong? please help

i get lg log the openenta then cyanogen

sosolevie? have you erased the old software with the "fastboot -w" comand first?

no

if you are flashing to openetna from stock you need to wipe the phone first. If you can't get into fastboot mode, you will probably have to revert back to a previous firmware version. I believe there is instructions on how to do this on the wiki page.

oh it it is work thank you very much

Guys I still need help. My phone has become an Android tablet winth no use as a mobile please help me with the above issue. Thank you.

is it normal to heat up?

I am having all kinds of trouble with this upgrade. Finally got it working past the Cyanogen boot installing Android 1.6 by Zacpod doing a factory restore then fastboot -w p`hone seemed to be working until I tried to install something from MArket and that was it hone freezes and won't boot again I?m back on 1.6 now....does anyone one have this openetna working semi decently?

Me too! I think something is gone wrong with this new release. Particularly unstable when working with market and SD card.

Can somebody please help me please when I am trying to use fastboot comands (on Win7) i am getting this message: "< waiting for device >" Please help me my phone it is ruined I can't use it. Thx.

Wiped and Reinstalled. Now all seems to work fine. Going on testing! (in latest nightlies I've had severe battery drain problems)

@raevco : Is your phone in fastboot mode (without battery)? I'm using windows 7 and everything goes well...

you need also to install the SDK, then launch SDK manager and install all the stuff possible.

how can i translate this Android 2.2 in other languages?

Thx for answering I have installed android-sdk and I allready installed the before last version. The phone went a bit crazy after and now I am stuck I can't istall anything with LG update or fastboot. I know how to start the phone in emergency mode and fastboot mode as well. Thx again for answering and please see if anyone can help me. Thx.

raevco i had the same issue (for 5 seconds to find answer myself) unplug battery and usb cable. replug usb and hit space (sometimes also menu key).

do fastboot only when u have the fastboot lines on ur phone and it will work. (i tried to install system using fasboot from a still running phone, silly me).

Thx for ansewring but I do nou how to set the fastboot. On my phone is Space+Menu key after pluging the usb with no batt on the phone. Still does not work same message "waiting for device" please help!!!

i have been upgraded to foryo i do not have the original market how can i install it ? and when i install flash player it make the phone restart what can i do ?

For the market you need to install the gapps (see the wiki). Unfornately, Flash is not yet supported by LG EVE

every thing is ok but i think the battery end to fast

A friend of mine was having a problem, flashboot was failing with: remote: flash write failure

And it was fixed by unplugging and replugging the phone's usb after the fastboot -w.

Would be cool to update the wiki to tell users that.

http://wiki.openetna.com/w/KB_-_Remote:flash_write_error

updated (:

Thx guys but it does not work allready tried that. The error which I get it is diffrent "waiting for device". I will try to boot from linux to see what happends. Thx again and please remember any ideea is welocome. Thx.

Hy guys can you please make a record that if someone is getting the message " < waiting for device > " after firs change from 1.5 to 2.2 it is most likely to be the windows driver. I managed to fix my phone. MANNY THX TO THOSE WHO REPLYED.

Hi raevco, i'm interested to know how you fixed the <waiting for device> error. thank you

Uninstall ur old driver from phone in config panel if u use windows. Then install the sdk, launch sdk manager, check refresh all, then do all updates available. Check that u don't have any interrogation point on the left. Then plug in you're EVE. Windows'll install a new driver (with "android").

I just watched the tutorial and loaded in on my Eve...Woohooo!! It rocks! Thanks guys. Hardest part was getting the usb driver loaded. Maybe a downloadable modified file would help.

Thanks again...woohoo!!!

Error Handler? Arm11 is Crashed is appeared to me while i was opening browser after i removed the battery it work .what caused it and how can i fix it?

Just a tip for those who have sms receiving problems, wipe your phone using fastboot -w and reflash.

thanks a lot guys it took me quite a few hours (8) but i got there and learned a lot

i did not make a back up of the original firmewire can you upload yours to me please

Great Build of Froyo. Love it. Minor issues, (1) Blue tooth not cooperating properly (can't hear anything through bluetooth). (2) Can't find the wifi tethering app and usb tethering gives usb not connected.

Any ideas out there?

I am afraid I have to make the same request as sosolevie. I didn't make a backup of my original firmwire, can someone please upload theirs? I would prefer a European backup.

For the ones that did not made a backup: http://www.sendspace.com/file/pblb5r

Here is a image from a Portugal ROM (with no carrier stuffs).

Thank you, much appreciated!

thanks alot trystan2k

Thank you trystan2k! I already thought there was no way back for me. (now in portuguese) Ou muito obrigado, como preferires ;) tava a pensar q para mim já n havia maneira de voltar atrás.

thanks alot this is working great and only had one problem when started first time it gave a error reading something like blue screen. Had to remove the battery and restart the phone, but since then no problem.

If you are encountering crashes showing the blue event handler, try to use "fastboot erase userdata" and "fastboot erase cache" separately before "fastboot -w" as stated in the installation instructions. This happens to be the case for me to solve the crashes. I also noted that using "fastboot erase userdata" separately, it erases a larger memory size than "fastboot -w".

increasing the compcache and vm heap size improves performance؟؟؟؟؟

i found on these site another rom of cyanogen mod that you made but in this room it support arabic langauge http://pykler.posterous.com/openetna-61rc5-bootv244-with-y6b-arabic-webki

Recently, I changed singed application from previous version to gapps-mdpi-201010200-signed.zip file. After changing, It's good. :)

My phone is booting up but it's been almost 30 minutes and it stillhas the opopenetna screen. How do I do a "fastboot -w"???

Thanks very much to everyone that makes open etna possible!!!!

Just one thing, i had to recover the fastboot mode because mi phone came with v10A... so, for 850mhz i downloaded from here the v10H version and flash it and then flashed the Froyo rom... but there was a problem, the v10H here marked as for 850 mhz didn't worked, it wasn't for 850mh!!!!

After that i had to downgrade to 1.6, enter on service menu (secret menu) and change the band on the phone, and the flash again the Froyo rom!!!

Now i have a fully (as can be) working Froyo... please check the v10H because it is not 850 mhz... and the v10G won't download...

But a thousand thanks anyway :D!!!!!!!

Hello.

Thank you for all this usefull info you're given us.

I have the same problem as lofish72, my GW620 still, after 20 minutes, on openetna screen. What should i do?

Than you very much again.

have you used first "fastboot -w" ???

Hello! it's really nice to see a proyect like this, but i'm having some trouble with the installation. When i plug the phone the OS(win xp) ask me for the driver(the modified android_winusb.inf) and then it ask for the file winusbcoinstaller, witch i cannot find. Where can i get this file?

(Sorry for my mispells and gramatics mistakes)

Thanks!

Try this ?

http://forum.openetna.com/index.php?topic=184.0

I liked the "proyect" :D It's what my spanish teacher was calling Spenglish :)

900 MHZ image WITH fastboot: http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/swdata/WEBSW/GW620/AFRABB/V10c_00/V10C_00.kdz Image is not customized, is made for France, but has all languages

This image can be used instead of the dead link above

hi Walter sorry, I was misunderstanding with "900 MHZ image" so ask you a silly question, I think the image was about system which have cpu setting to 900 MHZ... sory I was misunderstanding

Please, update signed applicaiton with latested version at http://goo-inside.me/google-apps/ Before) gapps-mdpi-20100930-signed.zip After) gapps-mdpi-20101020-signed.zip

can any one make a tutorial how to flash the official firmware 2.1 for gw2620 should I flash V20G_00.kdz first?

do you mean 2.2 offical? Check the forum, there's a posting on how to flash with the kdz file as well as with fastboot.

Hello,

Can you please help me, why I am stuck at C:\Windows\system32>D:\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools\fastboo t flash boot bootV2.4.4.img error: cannot load 'bootV2.4.4.img'

Thanks

i have problem while installing application it is always say unsuccessfull instation when i install from market or memory card i can no over install any application

Does anybody know if openetna is better than official 2.2? It is really difficult choice if after flashing with official 2.2 there is no going back... But maybe official version is more stable? Should I install official update or openetna or kill myself? What is better solution?

@ parthagoswami06 Check again if bootV2.4.4 is in the "D:\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools\" directory?

@ sosolevie20 Provide a logcat.

@ oleg.golovachov OpenEtna? seems to be faster and better then the official 2.2. And OpenEtna? is still in development, so that's a big advantage over the official.

I couldn't belive that the new official 2.2 can't be reversed so I experienced it today. IT IS A KOREAN VERSION FOR KT5200 IT DOES NOT HAVE FASTBOOT AND IT IS AS LIMITED AS THE OLD CUPCAKE. In my opinion is rubish so better not try it. Most of the errors are writen in Korean as well?! If anyone find out a cure please let me know. For now i bougt another phone and I keep the old one for spares.

If anyone does have the link for the site where it is shown how to flash the firmware with the micro sd card please help me to spare some time. Thak you.

This is not really a FORUM!

you would get more answers and quicker if discuss at

Openetna Forum

Concerning the backup at the top of the article, it should be a good idea to switch to http://www.zacpod.com/node/10386, because the AmonRA procedure is much more confortable and reliable (for me at least).

to stevensm ,

Issue solved while using Linux :)

having trouble?

i DID have a couple of hitches . . . heres for the masses

-in the new SDK move the shit in platform-tools into tools (don't overwrite anything)

-for those who didn't have the driver, get it at http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html AND modify it according to http://code.google.com/p/openetna/wiki/Installation

can someone upload fasboot for linux ? this link is dead for me : http://android-dls.com/files/linux/fastboot

I found a compatible version here : http://developer.htc.com/adp.html

now ready the official 2.2 froyo for LG GW620!!! go here http://forum.openetna.com/

Version 6.3 rc6 is really fucked up. It should not be considered an stable version at all :(

it is strange how the firmware can go from stable to right off the map. i appreciate all the hard work though and they will figure it out, they just hit a few bumps here and there

i have a question how is the official 2.2? how does it run? me and my girlfriend both have eves and i was wondering if the official 2.2 is worth flashing or not?

whyyyyyyyy ??? rc6 had make my games sooooo much slower the 6.1 was alot better !!!!!!!!

Posting a comment I received on my email:

Hi,

I was just about to use your tutorial on how to update my LG 620GW to android 2.2, however I couldn't download fastboot, as the link in your wiki (http://code.google.com/p/openetna/wiki/Installation) is broken! Currently, you are linking http://android-dls.com/files/linux/fastboot, which doesn't seem to exist. Since this might be critical for the updating process (?) I would appreciate it very much, if you could fix this and provide the correct link on your page.

Thanks a lot, Fabian

can nobody comment about the offical firmware??? i find it odd nobody has info on how it runs

i have installed OpenEtna? 6.3 rc7 recently now i can not disable vibration of haptic for home and back button and games is very slow now what can i do please help

The official Froyo for GW620 at really is firmware for Korean version of this phone. It contains only English and Korean languages and has not support of Unicode (Russian or Ukrain for example) USSD codes, have not right keyboard layout switching and so on. But this firmware runs very smoothly and looks more pretty than OE (In my opinion). All systems work well, so if you English or Korean user it will be the best choice for you before OE fix all issues.

For some reason fastboot didn't seem to find my device. Android drivers were installed as instructed and I even tried to remove any old LG-drivers. Windows hardware manager showed that the correct driver was in use, but still all I got was "waiting for device".

Details: Windows XP Pro (32bit) with SP3 Sun Java JDK 1.6 current Android SDK (android_winusb.inf modified as instructed) Firmware: V10G_00

Anyhow, Winflasher 3.1 did it's magic and I'm a proud owner of updated GW620. Maybe it was some kind of version problem as winflasher seems to provide older usb-drivers for fastboot. If someone else has lost all the hope with WinXP, this could work: 1) Remove current driver through driver manager 2) Reboot Windows (XP has some problems updating drivers) 3) Try to follow Winflasher tutorial

after entering the fastboot -w command, I get waiting for device. Any idea why this might be? I am anxious to get this done

Waiting for device means either your phone isn't in fastboot mode, or you have the wrong driver. If you have Windows, download Guimmer's Winflasher as it has the correct drivers in a subdirectory.

Anyone knows why the wifi is keep stopping after upgrade to 2.2 on LG GW620?

i cant LOg My MObile to The PC for windows xp :S:S any body help

i cant LOg My MObile to The PC for windows xp :S:S any body help

trying to turn on wifi, it scans for available networks, then throw "unable to scan for networks" and turns off! anyone can help?

guys... mine did the same thing but i changed the name of my home router and made to acess the web... and now it works anywere... somebody says that depends of the router brand

Dowload fastboot can be found here

wget http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/replicant/images/replicant-2.3/preview/0002/tools/fastboot

chmod +x fastboot

test it from the commandline it works on 64bit if you have the ia32libs installed

./fastboot

or you can use the one from the sdk folder android-sdk-linux/platform-tools

ps : i had one problem with the cyanogen in rc7 so i have wiped out the data again with -w and then installed the rc6 and the phone is alive :)

hows the screen supposed to look like after installation