Recent content by RickPJ

Finally updated my main phone by the method above. What it hasn't done though is overridden the region/provider code; I was hoping it might. The only downside is a couple of whingeing popups when booted about the device's code (23410-02) not being found, and also some network-specific crapware...

Well, I got it to work! I could not stop the host from seeing the USB interface, no mater how much of MTP I disabled, but the solution was to disconnect and re-connect the USB device to the VM, after the phone rebooted into flashing mode and LGUP was waiting to re-connect. I did it a couple of...

LGUP without Uppercut doesn't work, it won't recognise the device. That's the only reason I downloaded Uppercut to start with. I'm pretty convinced it's a USB connectivity problem. When the phone reboots there's no USB, then the USB interface comes up again, and LGUP has to continue talking to...

Ah - helpful tip! Because of the other messing around I'd been doing, it was in debug mode, D'oh :( I've got further, but still baulking. From other threads re. XP and VMs, I found I needed to install an XP USB 3 driver, and switch to a USB virtual port in the VM. With all that, launching LGUP...

I can't remember exactly which LGUP I used, I tried a couple. A bit worrying about the virus reports in uppercut, one advantage of running in a VM, I can always just trash the image and go back to the previous state. :) As I understand uppercut, it doesn't replace LGUP, just tries to fix some...

Ah, thanks for that, maybe I'll just wait for O2 to get their act together! I can't use LGUP as I don't run any Windows machines, I'm all Linux. The closest I can get is XP running in a VM, but even though I can map a USB port into the VM it still doesn't recognize either of my devices. Uppercut...

As you're already unlocked and rooted, it should be a simple matter to flash a new system ROM. AFAIK you won't have to lose data. It's when you unlock the boot loader that it wipes all data. In my case I don't have root, and I don't want a rooted phone after an upgrade. I'd prefer not to have...

The EUR-XX build runs OK on my other G5, it updated OTA. This phone with O2 region code is not on O2 any more - I don't think it was ever carrier locked, but must have been bought from O2 originally. So even if O2 builds do update OTA, presumably it will only happen if they've got O2 SIMs in - I...

Thanks for the hint. The cust folder contains stuff on all UK operators. I don't entirely understand how this info works, but in op_list.cfg is the line 23410,O2=/OP/TLF_COM, which I guess means it was originally O2 branded. There's no trace of anything O2 on it now, but it would have...

Thanks, so what region is 234-10? Doesn't seem to correspond to any listed ROMs. Any pointers to the best simple no-frills flash guide?

I'm puzzled ... I have two G5s (the wife uses one), both are UK, carrier-free, and seem to be identical. One has OTA updated to Oreo, the other hasn't and shows no inclination to do so. There is one difference though, they run/ran slightly different versions of Nougat: The one that updated was...

Even if they use the same band, GPS & 4G will never share an antenna. The receiver hardware is completely different, and feeding two receivers from one antenna won't work any better than feeding two antennae into one receiver (the LG GPS problem). Signal strength is also wildly different. A...

A GPS antenna will never be dual-use, the frequencies are different. GPS operates between 1.1 & 1.6 GHz, Bluetooth uses the ubiquitous 2.4 GHz band. GPS is also a very weak signal, so has to be completely separate from any other RF stuff. (This is a useful page showing the GPS bands). NFC...

HI giebeka Yep, you've got it, that flexible track is what you cut through. I know it sounds pretty bizarre, and I understand your suspicions of it being a bad joke (getting people to break their G5s) but I can assure you it's genuine. I came up with it almost by chance, and when I worked out...

Sorry about the lack of pic, I was sure I had a photo but it had disappeared when I came to write the post :( Anyway, I opened the phone up again and took another pic, I've updated the post over on iFixit with the photo, hope it's clear enough.