I'm going to be showing you how to install it onto the USB drive instead so that we don't void the warranty on our devices, and the firmware will be installed on the USB drive only.Ĭopy upgrade_root.lgu, CorePlayer, Igo8, Logicel etc. Both of them are essentially the same, however, one of them is for hardcoding the new firmware permanently into the device, while the other is for installing the firmware onto a Pendrive instead. Now, back to the file we downloaded earlier from website.
Anyway, accept the prompts and after the downgrade has finished, check your firmware version, you should be on 4.0.3 now.
After a while, the upgrade screen will appear and ask you whether you want to upgrade to 4.0.3. Then, insert the pen drive into your MediaNav and boot it up. Then, copy it onto a freshly formatted Pen drive, use FAT32, not NTFS or exFAT. Drive account (I found this after scouring the net for weeks) - Firmware Downgrade 4.0.3.Įxtract the downloaded file. For that, you will need this file, which I have uploaded to my G. To people who have firmware versions 4.0.4 and up, you will need to downgrade. Now, before we proceed any further, you need to check your firmware version, the 1st batch of Kwids came with 4.0.3 firmware, however, the newer ones come with 4.0.4, 4.0.5, and so on. You will need to visit the website to download the software. 8GB USB 3.0 Pen Drive or even USB 2.0 will do.A Laptop or Desktop to download the file.LG MediaNav (Running 4.0.3) - Else you need to downgrade.A word of caution: There are a few sites that try to sell but I think those are false as even Menavrus lists as Freeware.Īnyway, enough backstory, on with the installation. And best of all, it was free, unlike Menavrus. which installs CorePlayer (The Video Player) and a few other softwares. I found out about Menavrus one day, which is essentially a paid app to enable extra functionality on the MediaNavs but it too was expensive for me, plus I don't have a credit card.īrowsing through many Russian sites and other languages which I have no clue of (thank God for Google Translate), I found out about another software. But the problem was, how to access Windows CE that was hidden underneath the OEM and install it.
So, I thought that maybe, it might be possible to install a sort of video player to enable video playback on the device, after all the CPU looked more than capable to run 360p or 480p videos. I found out that it is running a heavily skinned version of Windows CE (Not surprising as most OEM's do that anyway). I enabled this tweak a few days after I got my car (Kwid), but being the amazing procrastinator that I am, I hesitated posting about it until now.Īnyway, As soon as I got my Kwid, I began to research about the LG unit online. Dear Bhpians, I want to share this tweak with all Renault owners who have the LG MediaNav installed on their cars.