Guest punjabi_guy Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 LEGEND:How to update from 1.6 to 2.1 ?How to root my 2.1 device ?How to unroot my 2.1 device ?How to insall Apps2SD ?OMG my phone is bricked (dosnt turn on or is stuck on LG screen)! What to do ?!Credits to mixlis for links.Download KDZ Updater EnglishDownload 2.1 ROM. All the ROMS are available in THIS THREAD (I Recommend using Baltic ROM)Download LG Android Drivers NOTICE: IF YOU HAVE LG PC SUITE INSTALLED ON YOUR COMPUTER YOU CAN SKIP THIS PART.Make sure USB DEBUGGING is turned on in the phone. Go to Settings > Applications > Development and turn on USB debugging mode.Make sure MASS STORAGE mode is turned off. Go to Settings > SD card & phone storage and turn off Mass storage only.Make sure your phone battery is full.Make sure you have backed up your contacts. (optional)Connect your phone with USB cable, make sure other side of the cable is pluged into back of the computer. (Some users reported that they were unable to flash theire roms into phone just becouse they used front usb ports).Start KDZ_FW_UPD.exeMake sure Type is set to: 3GQCTMake sure PhoneMode is set to: DIAGLoad your KDZ(ROM) file.Click Launch Software Update.Now Wait and be patient, it usually takes from 5-10 minutes to upgrade.Enjoy your fresh 2.1 OS.Credits to joestone for the links.Download 1click root for GT540Excract zip fileMake sure USB DEBUGGING is turned on in the phone. Go to Settings > Applications > Development and turn on USB debugging mode.Make sure MASS STORAGE mode is turned off. Go to Settings > SD card & phone storage and turn off Mass storage only.Launch root.bat from extracted folder.Now wait and be patient, it should take ~1minute to root your device.The phone should restard after it, when it boots up you will have sucesfully rooted your device.If you dont wish to have root rights on your phone you can unroot it by launching unroot.bat from extracted folder.3. How to Install Apps2SD to my 2.1 device ? Credits to joestone for the links and the guide. [*]Download autorootapp2sd.zip [*]Download App2sd_guide_GT540.pdf [*]Read App2sd_guide_GT540.pdf for further instructions. Guide have pictures in it. 4. OMG my phone is bricked (dosnt turn on or is stuck on LG screen)! What to do ?! So you failed to read the guide and bricked your phone while trieng to flash GT540, heres what you should try to do. How to repair device if you see only LG logo and nothing else happens when u boot your device up. [*]Make sure you use USB ports that are in back of youre PC, dont use front ones. [*]Disable LGE Virtual Modem. In your Windows operating system, go to Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager > Modems > Right click on LGE Virtual Modem and click Disable. [*]Try to reflash your phone again, using normal way. You can check How in topic marked as 1. How to repair your device if it feels like dead. When you click power button nothing happens (Note that this may not work, its only a theory) [*]Make sure you use USB ports that are in back of youre PC, dont use front ones. [*]Disable LGE Virtual Modem. In your Windows operating system, go to Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager > Modems > Right click on LGE Virtual Modem and click Disable. [*]Try to boot your phone into Emergency/Download mode (VOL DOWN + POWER). [*]If the phone booted into Emergency/Download mode, launch KDZ Updater. [*]In TYPE dropdown menu, choose EMERGENCY. [*]Load KDZ(ROM) and flash your phone. [*]If the phone failed to boot into Emergency/Download mode (VOL DOWN + POWER), launch KDZ Updater. [*]In TYPE dropdown menu, choose CS_EMERGENCY. [*]Load KDZ(ROM) and flash your phone. [*]If the phone still dont work, take your phone to local LG Waranty service or your Operator which sold you the phone. Tell them that after you turned the phone off, it dosnt seem to turn back on again. And also make some angry face, something like this: >:[ so the girls that work there would be scared and respect you. TO BE CONTINUED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest punjabi_guy Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 helloooooo i have brought a new lg gt540 and its os is 1.6, i wanna to update it. but KDZ file does not open on my window 7. what can i do now ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ilovelg Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 (edited) helloooooo i have brought a new lg gt540 and its os is 1.6, i wanna to update it. but KDZ file does not open on my window 7. what can i do now ??? Read first post carefully :D Worked for everyone, should work for you too :D Edited June 7, 2011 by ilovelg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest punjabi_guy Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Read first post carefully ;) Worked for everyone, should work for you too :P ok brother i will try again.. thanks for rplying :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wouterlg Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 Excuse me for being a total noob, but if i start my phone it get stuck in the LG sign, if i do the Volume down+start, i get download mode, but my computer doesn't recognise my phone, what do I need to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ilovelg Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 Excuse me for being a total noob, but if i start my phone it get stuck in the LG sign, if i do the Volume down+start, i get download mode, but my computer doesn't recognise my phone, what do I need to do? Try Disabling LGE Modem in Device manager on your Windows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wouterlg Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 Thanks for the guide, I have installed de Europe open ROM, but if I want to download a market app, it keeps saying: Download Failed. What do I need to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest marrokim Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 There was no boot images of ... recovery did not appear any image so I decided to follow these initial steps had already worked with another person: 1) Download the French v20A (hxxp: / / csmg.lgmobile.com: 9002/swdata/WEBSW/GT540/ANEUBK/V20a_00/V20A_00.kdz) and the out.kdz (hxxp: / / narod.ru/disk/25473801000 / out.kdz.html) 2) Take Out Your battery, SIM and SD card 3) USB plug into your PC (but not phone yet) 4) Hold Vol - button and plug USB into phone - phone goes into Download Mode 5) KDZ run Updater, put it into mode CS_Emergency 6) select V20A French rom and flash it 7) When It's finished pull out again and hold Vol USB - USB and reinsert phone to put back in Download Mode 8) in KDZ Updater (still in CS_Emergency mode) and flash it out.kdz select Once you get make this whole process, I tried but nothing happened except a vibrating beeper, then tried flashing a rom for fastboot ... but seems not to have fastboot because I can not .... Now I have the phone is unusable because the display mode ... I tried to download some roms flashing emergency cs in emergency but without success ... I NEED HELP! willing to pay to those who really help me ... I can not exit the mode dowload Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Christy3390 Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 i am considering buy one, but there are too many in the market, i am confused, ;) what do you think of this one?? http://www.ADVERTING SPAM.com/new-optimus-gt540-un...bd7e34305d.html any suggestions for me? THX a lot!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thugimmortal Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Can someone tell me what the best rom and setup for playing 3d games. I want to gain the maximum performance that the gt540 can get. I'm currently on swiftdroid 2.3.4 rc1 overclocked to 854mhz 256mb ext 3 swap Supercharger v7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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