Hi everyone,

So, LG is notorious for deleting files the moment their hardware is past support… anything to prevent you from retaining a device when you can be pressed to have to replace it. I have an older device and I have tracked down exactly what is wrong and how to fix it. Some folks have stated it’s bricked, but much research has revealed that this is untrue. I need the stock firmware, but LG’s site download links are all dead.

The device is the LG US730 (LG “Splendor”). The file I need is:
US73011b_03.S11b_03.P15107

If anyone has this or a previous version, I would so greatly appreciate it! I have spent many hours trying to track down the file from a mirror, an archive, a fan site, a site that has firmware backup files… no luck anywhere. I figured it can’t hurt to post a request just in case someone has it.

Thanks for reading, and if you can help, I would be in your debt and happily return the favor if you ever need anything that I have.

  • @piratEnglish
    3•9 days ago

    I found this site, pakphones.com with a link for the US730. Right now, unfortunately, cloudflare can’t reach the ul.to host, but if you haven’t tried this one, one could hope it actually works some day.

    I also found a (possibly dead) link at this site, lg-firmwares.com, though it’s cookie, captcha and waiting time protected, and the download doesn’t begin for me right now…

    Your search string also lead me to this forum thread, where I found a relevant filename to look for: LG730ZV8_05.S8_00.P61009.cab

    1-LGExtract -kdz name of flash file with kdz extention(as :LGExtract -kdz US73011b_03.S11b_03.P15107.kdz) 2-result of 1 is a file as: LG730ZV8_05.S8_00.P61009.cab 3-extract [it] by winrar here 4-LGExtract -wdb name of flash file with wdb name of flash file with dll asLGExtract -wdb US73011b_03.S11b_03.P15107.wdb US73011b_03.dll).

    This lead me back to the pakphones blog, where I found these (possibly dead) links to relevant files on this page:

    LG Venice LG730

    Flasher LGNPST Store & Lab.zip

    Firmware LG730ZV8_05.S8_00.P61009.cab [mirror]

    Components & DLL LGNPST_Components_Ver_5_0_20_0.zip LGNPST_GenericModels_Ver_5_0_12_0.zip LG730_120831.rar

    Service Manual EN_LG730_SVC_ENG_120919.pdf

    User Manual RDL-1209-00011_LG730_Boost_UG_EN_V1.0_120925.pdf

    You have probably already seen all or most of this, but maybe there’s some missing puzzle piece somewhere in this information?

    Note: the .cab files mentioned in this post are not URLs, even though (at least my) Lemmy client formats them as that.

    • @AndrewZabarOPEnglish
      2•7 days ago

      This is getting downright creepy. The site androidfilehost has thousands of listings. I go through alphabetically, on page 54 it goes from Spirit to Stylo. Splendor is NOT EVEN LISTED.

      What the hell is it with this phone that its existence has nearly been erased from the internet???

    • @AndrewZabarOPEnglish
      1•9 days ago

      I’ll take a look thank you! Yeah the firmware’s site is where LG support links to and their site is shit. First of all, after two attempts it says you can only download two files per day. It uses IP not cookie so I used VPN to retry but it’s a dead link. The thing actually said to me “You are a spammer” seriously no shitting. Assholes.

      But I’ll look at everything you provided thanks.

      Their captcha crap is fucking atrocious. Sometimes it cannot be done without reloading over and over for like ten minutes until you get a usable image. Captcha is such drek.