|
||||||||
LG TV Firmware update. Not downloading! |
![]() |
|
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
|
|
#1 |
|
Inactive Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 4,198
|
LG TV Firmware update. Not downloading!
TV: 47LM660T
Network: Good - Tried both wi-fi and lan connection. Trying to download the latest firmware up Ver 04.20.23 that it wants me to update. Every time it just sits there at 0% downloaded no matter how long I leave it. Just once it did move and made it to 2% before stopping. Even turned itself off and back on at one stage. Is there a way to download it to a stick and shove it up its USB port as its internal downloader seems to be pants! Anyone else having fun and games getting an update? |
|
|
|
|
Please sign in or register to remove this advertisement.
|
|
|
#2 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 8
|
Try emailing LG and they prob have an installer app which you can put onto a formatted USB
|
|
|
|
|
|
#3 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Reading
Posts: 27,926
|
Go here
http://www.lg.com/uk/support-product/lg-47LM660T and if you follow the link you'll find a download in zip format (all 350MB of it!) and instructions on what to do with it. Though I notice it's 4.10.23 not 4.20.23? Was your post a typo/misreading of the telly or is the version on the website wrong I wonder? |
|
|
|
|
|
#4 |
|
Inactive Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 4,198
|
Quote:
Go here
http://www.lg.com/uk/support-product/lg-47LM660T and if you follow the link you'll find a download in zip format (all 350MB of it!) and instructions on what to do with it. Though I notice it's 4.10.23 not 4.20.23? Was your post a typo/misreading of the telly or is the version on the website wrong I wonder? That is the puzzle! It's nothing life or death, but annoying that it keeps prompting to install an update that it won't download! I'll try again tomorrow: Maybe they are flagged it as a download before putting on their servers ??? |
|
|
|
|
|
#5 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: North Derbyshire
Posts: 41,794
|
Quote:
and if you follow the link you'll find a download in zip format (all 350MB of it!) and instructions on what to do with it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#6 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Reading
Posts: 27,926
|
Quote:
Jesus! - how can an update be 350MB?.
![]() And it's a zip file as well so the actual update is likely to be even bigger ![]() I know it's one of them new fangled Smart telly thingies that are all the rage these days but you do wonder why it's firmware is that big. |
|
|
|
|
|
#7 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 1
|
I have the same problem, TV has gone into limited network mode and says I need an update, yet it won't up date and V 4.20 is not on the support site
|
|
|
|
|
|
#8 |
|
Inactive Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 4,198
|
Yes, I just tried it again and after leaving it for ten minutes the TV went off and then back on again by itself, after downloading nothing. And as it's connected to my computer, that then starts getting upset.
Nice to know that it's them and not us though! Just a waiting game to see if they can get their act together. |
|
|
|
|
|
#9 |
|
Inactive Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 4,198
|
Quote:
It does say 350,507K as the file size! Unless they put a , instead of a . in the middle. Which would then make the update smaller than the instructions on how to install it.
![]() And it's a zip file as well so the actual update is likely to be even bigger ![]() I know it's one of them new fangled Smart telly thingies that are all the rage these days but you do wonder why it's firmware is that big. Update 04.10.43 - Zip file 342MB Unzipped file 344MB So big and old! |
|
|
|
|
|
#10 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: North Derbyshire
Posts: 41,794
|
Quote:
To confirm:
Update 04.10.43 - Zip file 342MB Unzipped file 344MB So big and old! Sony updates often work in that way now, you can stick multiple updates on the same USB drive, and the TV picks the one it needs. Sony updates are commonly about 35MB, so you could fit ten or so in a zip file that big. I wouldn't expect a TV to have enough memory to store a 350MB update?. |
|
|
|
|
|
#11 |
|
Inactive Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 4,198
|
Quote:
What does the ZIP file contain? - I'm wondering if it contains multiple files for multiple TV's, and your specific TV picks the one it needs.
Sony updates often work in that way now, you can stick multiple updates on the same USB drive, and the TV picks the one it needs. Sony updates are commonly about 35MB, so you could fit ten or so in a zip file that big. I wouldn't expect a TV to have enough memory to store a 350MB update?. GP4_DVB_EU_BB_MP_mtk5369_A1_RevNo74860_V04.10.43_usb_V2_SECURED_V04.10.43_B23A1D8C_20121123.epk But as you say, the TV may just pick sections from within that file that it needs. ??? But anyway, what we need is the version that our TVs are asking for and not the one we already have! |
|
|
|
|
|
#12 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Gtr Manchester
Posts: 2,314
|
My LG updated yesterday morning without a glitch. Its mostly changes to the apps line up.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#13 |
|
Inactive Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 4,198
|
Quote:
My LG updated yesterday morning without a glitch. Its mostly changes to the apps line up.
With mine 47LM660T and my brother's 47LM 640T we can't use BBC Iplayer without it telling us we need to update to a version that it won't download and that isn't on the support site! |
|
|
|
|
|
#14 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Gtr Manchester
Posts: 2,314
|
Quote:
That's interesting! What model LG do you have?
With mine 47LM660T and my brother's 47LM 640T we can't use BBC Iplayer without it telling us we need to update to a version that it won't download and that isn't on the support site! ![]() Edit : It was the same Iplayer message that prompted me to update. |
|
|
|
|
|
#15 |
|
Inactive Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 4,198
|
Quote:
LM620T, not as posh as yours.
![]() Edit : It was the same Iplayer message that prompted me to update. And yours seems to have one improvement in that it updates!
|
|
|
|
|
|
#16 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: North Derbyshire
Posts: 41,794
|
Quote:
Mine has a thin aluminium surround whilst my brother's has a black plastic surround.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#17 |
|
Inactive Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 4,198
|
Ooo! It started downloading!
Got to 5% stopped and restarted the TV Got to 22% stopped and reastarted the TV It's not my connection as I download 100GBs of stuff! |
|
|
|
|
|
#18 |
|
Inactive Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 4,198
|
Quote:
They could well be exactly the same sets - minor cosmetic changes are commonly given different model numbers.
|
|
|
|
![]() |
|
All times are GMT. The time now is 16:51.




