The Firmware Page

Hello,

I am all but a computer expert but I do have the same problem with the LG drive on my Macbook (HL-DT-ST DVDRW GSA-S10N, BP10): 50% of my DVD are region 1, the others are region 2.

Therefore I downloaded your firmware for MAC OS X. When I click on it, a window in terminal pops ub and gives me the following message:

Last login: Fri May 21 23:43:03 on ttys000
/Applications/flasher ; exit;
joerg-barons-macbook-2:~ joergbaron$ /Applications/flasher ; exit;
logout

[Prozess beendet]

I rebooted the computer, however the problem with the region lock still persists: Changed it from region 1 to region 2, but even after rebooting the computer once more it didn't go back by itself to region 1 and I had to do it manually again. So I now only have 3 region changes left.

I then tried to enter the command flasher -D as you described on top of this page in terminal, as I thought I might still need to change something manually, however Terminal always gives me the response: -bash: flasher: command not found.

What do I have to do in order to get this working and get rid of the region lock on my LG drive ?

Thanks a lot !

my program does not change your firmware. you must first either dump your firmware (with my program) and use MCSE to patch it which only does a region counter reset not a rpc1 or find an official release of the firmware and do the same thing and then you can flash it with my program.

Hi everybody,

I have a bit the same problem:
When i'm running the flasher under the snow leopard console, i got the error message:

I have download it again but it's still the same.

I also run the flasher trough my virtualized Win XP and i got the message:

which is a bit better but seems to me to be a contradiction...
My optical drive is working well...

Reference:

Any idea?

I'm wondering how long dumping the firmware should take? I started it as root and now it says



for 10 minutes already. I'm using the Linux version on a 64bit Kubuntu 10.04. It's a LG GH22LP20.

it can take a while but im guessing your drive is not supported. post your drives details so i can see if i can add support for it.

It's this one. Where can I find further details?

GH22LP20 uses a Panasonic chipset not a Renesas one ... so your drive is not supported by this utility ...

Damn it...
Is there any other way to make that drive region code free?

You can apply an RPC1 patch with my MCSE tool. The easiest way to flash the firmware in under Windows.

But I cannot flash the Firmware with the MCSE tool. It creates a .dat file, how can I flash it to the drive?

you can use MCSE to patch the official update exe from LG and flash your drive with the patched exe

I see, it creates a .dat file that I can flash onto the drive with the blah_blah_standalone.exe.
It did work, there is no region code on the drive anymore but I cannot play DVDs because they need a region code, right?

DVD Region Killer doesn't work on Windows Seven Professional N x64. It says



There seems to be no way to pretend a region code on Kubuntu. Regionset is only able to change the region code if there is one. What if I flash the original firmware onto the drive (which region code will be set then?) and change it with regionset as often as it is possible (5 times?). Do I get another 5 changes when I flash the the drive again?

Thanks for your help.

Hi all =D

I have also an "HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GT20N" in my laptop, a toshiba model A500-14L ...

I was wondering if I need to use your flasher to flash the firmware ?! As toshiba doesn't provide a software, I thought I had to use yours ...

It's just to be sure =D I don't want to make a mistake

Thanks =)

You are able to dump your firmware with my tool. patch it and then re-flash it with the patched firmware if you want.

Thanks for the answer

so i use MSCE to patch the main_firmware.bin file (as the core one is empty lol), and then I use your tool to send the main.bin file to the dvd writer, right ?!

ok =) Thanks

edit : I've already dumped the core and main bin files ... I believe it's for security ?

dumping the firmwares are a good idea in case the drive is forced into recovery mode from a failed flash, or when there is no other firmware released for that drive. I also don't know if we have a firmware for this drive from this particular OEM company so it would be nice if you uploaded the original un-patched dumps that you made.

Or in case the driver won't work ^^

Here are the dumps http://dl.free.fr/dYvEFgt0a

the gt20n is supported by your software, isn't it ?

if your able to dump then your able to flash. but my program does not patch it someone else program does.

use MCSE to patch the dump

Yes, I meant MCSE not MSCE ^^

hey devilsclaw, thanks for the utility. i have a question regarding possible cross flash of an LG drive from a standalone player to a replacement drive. don't know if i should've left that thread here or in the combo drive firmware section, the thread is here.

possible to read the firmware to a file from the drive outta the standalone? and if so possible to cross flash them?

you should leave it in the other post.

Your utility doesn't look to support the LG HL-DT-ST GGR-L20N.
Looks to be a GGC-H20N with different firmware... Here's the info from discinfo.

DISCINFO VERSION : 1.6.1.6
VENDOR : HL-DT-ST
MODEL : BD-ROM GGR-L20N
REVISION : 0702
VENDOR SPECIFIC : 14:14:15Feb 5 2008
LOADING MECHANISM : Tray
NUMBER VOL. LEVELS : 255
BUFFER SIZE : 4096KB
INTERFACE : ATAPI
RPC2 SCHEME : YES
STATUS : Not Set
USER CHANGES : 5
VENDOR CHANGES : 4
CURRENT REGION : Not set
ANALOG AUDIO PLAY : YES
COMPOSITE OUTPUT : NO
DIGITAL PORT-PORT1 : NO
DIGITAL PORT-PORT2 : NO
READ UPC CODE : YES
MULTISESSION READ : YES
MODE 2 FORM 1 : YES
MODE 2 FORM 2 : YES
READ ISRC CODE : YES
READ BAD CODE : NO
BUFFER UNDER-RUN : YES
MT. RAINIER : NO
CAN READ CDR : YES
CAN READ CDRW : YES
CAN READ CDRM2 : YES
CAN WRITE CDR : NO
CAN WRITE CDRW : NO
CAN TEST WRITE : NO
CAN READ DVD-ROM : YES
CAN READ DVD-R : YES
CAN READ DVD-RW : YES
CAN READ DVD-RAM : YES
CAN READ DVD+R : YES
CAN READ DVD+RW : YES
CAN WRITE DVD-R : NO
CAN WRITE DVD-RW : NO
CAN WRITE DVD-RAM : NO
CAN WRITE DVD+R : YES
CAN WRITE DVD+RW : YES
MAX CDR READ SPEED : 32

Again, what makes you believe that "it looks alike something" is the same as "it is the same"??

Of course feel free to shoot your drive by crossflashing.

sadly there is nothing in that info that can tell me if your drive is possible to support. LG uses various chip sets and it is not always clear which one is being used by the model info. the only 100% way to know for sure is to take the case off the drive and look at the chip set on the drives circuitry. my program only supports Renesas based chip sets.