Connecting the phone
- Select “LG SEMC” in the Octopus Box Software window (element 1).
- Select phone model (element 2).
- Select the COM port Octopus Box is connected to (element 3).
- Select COM port baud rate (element 4).
- Connect the phone to Octopus Box using a cable (to check the cable type, click “Cable: ХХХХ”) (element 5).
- Connect the phone as explained above.
- Select the firmware file compliant with your phone (element 6).
- Click “Write Firmware” and follow program instructions (element 7).
- Connect the phone as explained above.
- To read the Full Flash file, click “Read Full Flash” and follow program instructions (element 8).
- To read the GDFS file, click “Read GDFS” and follow program instructions (element 9).
- Connect the phone as explained above.
- To write the Full Flash file, click “Write Full Flash” and follow program instructions (element 10).
- To write the GDFS file, click “Write GDFS” and follow program instructions (element 11).
- Connect the phone as explained above.
- Click “Unlock” and follow program instructions (element 12).
- If the phone won’t connect due to a wrong firmware, use the “Repair” button (element 13).
- To restore the phone, select “Use testpoint” (element 14).
- To connect the phone using testpoint, you need to connect jumper according to the picture. To see the picture, click “Show testpoint” (element 15).
- Octopus Box Software uses its own type of files (.oct). You can use files from the Support zone or convert native LG flash files to the
“.oct” type using the built-in converter.
To convert firmware from the original format to “.oct”, click “Firmware converter” (element 16).
