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Root Unbricking/Unroot/Return to Stock LG Spirit 4G

sammyz

sammyz

LG Whiz Kid
Due to the phone having a locked bootloader, it's very likely you will brick your Spirit somehow.
This will fix that. :D

Stuff to Download
Download Firmware: http://androidforums.com/spirit-4g-...-lg-spirit-4g-official-firmware-ms87010a.html
Download Drivers: MS870 3.8.1 Drivers
Download KDZ: KDZ_FW_UPD_EN.zip

Getting into Emergency Mode (Download Mode)
From powered off,
Hold volume up and down and plug in USB.
(To get out of e-mode, hold power button for 10 seconds, or pull battery.) DO NOT DO WHILE FLASHING

Instructions:
  1. Install phone drivers
  2. Install msxml.msi
  3. Disable antivirus software
  4. Open UpTestEX_mod2_marwin.exe
  5. Wait for the program to open
  6. Look for "Encrypt cab file to kdz file"
  7. Click the folder icon
  8. Choose the location of the cab you downloaded for MS870 firmware
  9. Encrypt cab -> kdz Program will freeze up. DO NOT EXIT until program shows the location of the new file!!! Otherwise it won't finish converting.
  10. Close program
  11. Open KDZ_FW_UPD.exe
  12. "Type" choose CDMA
  13. Choose in "Phonemode": Emergency
  14. Click the folder icon and choose the kdz file that UpTestEX_mod2_marwin.exe just made.
  15. Click Launch software update and enjoy!

If you are stuck in a bootloop after this, from powered off:
Hold Volume Down+Power and press Power. You will lose all data not stored on SD card.

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Volume up + Volume down + Power gets you this screen.

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When you try to flash the KDZ file on this screen you get "phone not found".
 
Can someone try this to get into download mode?

From phone off:
Hold volume up and down and plug in USB.
 
got it, after the 4 times download the firmware it worked. Thanks for the help.:thumb::rock:
 
I accidentally uninstalled the google movies app before I read the disclaimer about which apps not to delete. The phone kept running fine until this afternoon when I got a security error when attempting to reboot. Now I'm trying to follow these directions and I keep getting stuck when trying to run the KDZ_FW_UPD. I keep getting kdz encrypt error/ extract file error. Any help??

Thanks OrKo
 
Keep getting the kdz decrypt error extract file error. in the firmware down it says the file is 681mb when I download it it says 681mb when I pull it into a folder it's reading 680mb the kdz file uptest made is the same size as the cab file 680. Any help? still got a semi brick here
 
OrKo said:
Keep getting the kdz decrypt error extract file error. in the firmware down it says the file is 681mb when I download it it says 681mb when I pull it into a folder it's reading 680mb the kdz file uptest made is the same size as the cab file 680. Any help? still got a semi brick here
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Wrong file size, Redownload with a different browser.
 
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