LG Smart TV update. Software update on LG smartphones Do you need to update your LG smart TV?

As in most modern TVs, on LG TVs there are two ways to update the firmware:

1 Update software LG TV from the Internet;

2 Firmware update from USB flash drive.

I propose to consider each option step by step.

Updating LG TV software from the Internet.

This method, in my opinion, is the simplest and most convenient. All you need is an LG TV with Internet access, and it doesn’t matter how the Internet is connected using LAN network cable or WiFi. Next, you need to go to the TV settings; to do this, click the “Settings” button if you have a regular remote control.

Or the "Input" button

and select the gear icon if you have a Remote magic remote.

Click on the "Check for updates" button.

If updates are available, the TV will prompt you to download and install them. If you want to automate the TV update process, you can check the "Allow automatic updates" checkbox.

If your TV has latest version Software, you will see the message “No updates found”.

Thus, by pressing several times on the remote control, you can easily update the LG firmware.

Updating LG TV from a USB flash drive.

This method is suitable if your TV does not have Internet access. Its whole essence is that you download the firmware to a USB flash drive from the official LG website, then connect this flash drive to the TV and install updates.

Before you start updating your LG TV, you need to know the exact model of your TV and installed version BY. To find out the TV model, look at it back panel, there will be a sticker on it indicating the model. If you can’t get close to the TV from behind (hanging on a bracket), then you can go to the TV settings in the “General” - “TV Information” menu and look at the model of your TV, and there you can also see the version of the installed software.

Once you have found out your TV model, go to LG official website and enter it in the search bar.

Open the "Software Update" tab and if there is a newer firmware version, download and unzip the downloaded archive.

To update, you will need a USB flash drive with a capacity of at least 1 GB. Transfer all information from the USB drive and format it . After this, create a folder on the media named LG_DTV and transfer the firmware (file with EPK extension) to the created folder.

Turn off the TV and connect the USB flash drive to any USB port (if there is a “USB in service only” port, then you need to connect the flash drive to it). After turning on the TV, you will be asked to update it, select "Install".

Many may ask the question: why do you need to update the firmware on your TV? Usually there is no special need for this and you can even do without it. But when any problems appear, errors pop up, or just some things cause complete inconvenience, then very often all this can be solved by updating the software.

In today's article we will look at how to update the firmware on TVs with two in different ways. One of them will be updating via a flash drive, the other will be via the Internet.

Preparing the LG Smart TV for software update

Here we just need to find out some data on our TV.

First of all, you need to know exactly the model of the TV. This step is not necessary for updating the firmware via the Internet. In order to clarify this information, you will need to go to the settings. To do this, simply press the “SETTINGS” button on the TV remote control.

In the menu that opens, look for a tab named “Support” and in it, select the item with Product Information.

A window will appear containing all the necessary information for us. There is both the TV model and its firmware version. Write down this data, for example, it is convenient to photograph it on your phone.

Before you start working with the firmware, it is important to know!

You should always remember that updating the firmware is a fairly important operation. You cannot deviate from the instructions here. If something goes wrong, you risk damaging your equipment.

If it flies off old firmware and if a new one is not installed, it will no longer be possible to repair the TV on your own. Whatever such a less than pleasant situation happens, try to stick to simple rules:

• The TV cannot be turned off while it is being updated;
• the firmware must correspond to the model of TV on which it is installed;
• Do not under any circumstances remove the flash drive from the TV while installing new software;
• In general, don’t touch anything extra, don’t try to turn on anything, or go anywhere.

Updating LG Smart TV using the Internet

Quite a simple way. You can update all software without unnecessary hassles and quickly enough. The only criterion is that the TV be connected to the Internet, and to a sufficiently high-quality network. If anyone has to pay for traffic, then keep in mind that the firmware will weigh about five hundred megabytes (or maybe more).

You can connect your TV to the Internet in two main ways: via wireless network Wi-Fi, or using network cable. This does not play a special role here. But as already mentioned, the connection must be reliable. When everything is connected, you can start updating.

Open the settings by pressing the “SETTINGS” button on the TV remote control, then go to support and click on Software Update. A window with the current version and a button to check for updates will appear. Click on it.

If, in at the moment, a newer version of the software has been released, you will see the following window in which you will need to click on the “Update” button.

After this, the TV will begin downloading new firmware from the network. At this moment, you can still use the TV, for example, watch movies. But after everything is downloaded, the installation will begin. From this moment on, it is better not to touch anything again and not to load the TV with tasks. During the update process, it will turn off and then turn on again. After this, the update installation process will end. Then you can go into the settings and look at the software version, making sure that there is a newer version now.

By the way, if the function is activated automatic check updates, then when a more recent firmware version appears, the TV will immediately report this and offer to install it.

Updating LG Smart TV using a USB flash drive

If you do not have the opportunity to connect your TV to the Internet, or there are other reasons that prevent you from updating from the previous example, then you can do this using a flash drive. In this case, we download the appropriate firmware from the network, write it to a flash drive, then connect the storage medium to the TV and start the update.

First of all, you must know very precisely what model your TV is and what firmware version it has. How to do this has already been described at the beginning of this article.

Step 1. Download the update

Since we are using an LG TV as an example, we go to the official website of the manufacturer http://www.lg.com/ (in other cases, to the websites of the corresponding manufacturer of your TV). On this site, find the search line, there you will need to enter the TV model and press “Enter”.

This way you will find your TV. Next, open the support tab and there will be a button for the software. Click on it.

After this, a list will open with all the firmware available for this TV. Your task is to choose the newest one and download it to your PC. You can determine the newness of the firmware by the date it was added. The main thing here is that this firmware is newer than the one on the TV. When the archive with the software is downloaded from the Internet to your computer, proceed to the next step.

Step 2. You need to prepare a flash drive

To install the update, it is highly recommended to use a clean flash drive. In our case, we used a flash drive with a bunch of other files on it. Nothing bad happened, but it’s better not to risk it and clean out the drive. After the flash drive is connected to the PC, you will need to create a folder on it named LG_DTV.

This is what it looks like:

Using any archiver, unpack the archive with the firmware. The file that will be located in the archive must be moved (copied) to the created folder on the flash drive.

Once the file has been copied, safely remove the flash drive.

Step 3. Update

We take this flash drive, on which the firmware is located, and connect it to the TV. If all the information was downloaded normally from the Internet and burned into a flash drive, then a window will immediately open on the TV, which says about the connected media with software updates. The firmware version of the TV and the one located on the flash drive will also be shown there. There will also be installation tips, which are also useful to read.

During the update process, we do not press anything, do not turn it on or off. In general, we don’t disturb the TV!

At the end of the installation, it will automatically reboot. After that, the following window will appear on the screen.

This message indicates that the installation of a newer version of the software was successful. Now you can safely remove the flash drive and use the TV.

Pay attention! If you begin to notice that after installation more new firmware, the TV begins to freeze, or exhibits instability in other ways, then you need to initialize the application. As a rule, this helps.

Open the menu and go to Support. There will be a point for Application initialization. Just select it and click on OK.

After an automatic reboot, everything should work fine.

Conclusion

In this manual, we tried to reveal all the intricacies of updating software on . When updating, do not forget to take into account the impact of external factors beyond your control. After all, it will be very unpleasant if, for example, at the most inopportune moment, the electricity is turned off, which can damage your TV. Therefore, if there are suspicions, sometimes it is better to postpone this entire operation to another day.

Modern LG TVs are complemented by multifunctional software that is in no way inferior to personal computers. As is the case with operating systems, TV browsers also require updating. In order to preserve stable operation devices, all updates must be installed on time, otherwise many programs will not work correctly or will refuse to start at all.

Consequences of lack of updates:

• Incorrect operation of the TV;
• Constant browser freezes;
• Broken picture;
• Inability to open some programs and applications;
• Errors in system operation;

It's not far yet full list possible malfunctions your TV, which will certainly await you if you do not remove the browser and software in time. There is no need to look for other ways to fix all these problems; it is quite enough to update the programs that need it.

There is only one, quite logical question left: how to update the browser on lg smart TV? In fact, there are several options, each of them is effective in its own way and, in principle, available to every owner of “smart” equipment.

Smart TV interface

• The first one is the same one affordable way updates - the interface of the TV itself.
• Second, installation necessary files using removable media.
• And the last, easiest one is to use the Internet on the TV itself.

Smart TV menu

In the device menu you can find a section for software updates; by clicking on it using the remote control you can install all currently available updates. However, this method cannot be called effective, since it is extremely rare to activate this function in the device interface; in most cases, there are simply no updates. For this reason, there is no point in dwelling on this method; you can safely move on to the next one.

Flash card, removable media

In order to use this method, you need to go to the official LG website and find “software” among the categories, or use search bar enter the appropriate request in your browser. Once a suitable update option is found, you need to write it to removable media.

As soon as the recording is finished, you can insert the media into the TV; as soon as this is done, you will see the relevant information on the screen, as well as an installation proposal, that is, the installation itself, which will occur automatically.

The most important thing to remember is that if you are looking for options on how to update the browser on your lg smart TV yourself, you must be one hundred percent confident in your abilities, otherwise the best option will contact LG service center. If you hire the services of professional technicians, at least you will be guaranteed a successful browser update.

Internet

Considering that ELGI smart TVs themselves are capable of performing computer capabilities, at least the most basic of them, it would be foolish not to take advantage of this opportunity. All you need to do is connect the device to the network using any of the three available methods;

TV network connection

• WI- FI, is probably the most popular TV connection to the network and does not require any additional equipment;
• Wired connection, you will have to tinker a little with the wires, but the connection method is no less effective than the previous one;
• And of course mobile internet 4 G, you can insert it into the flash card slot;

Well, after your smart TV is connected to the Internet, all you have to do is pick up the remote control and perform a few simple manipulations.

Self-updating, without any professional knowledge in this area, can lead to possible problems in TV operation:

• Poor quality software can make further use of the browser completely impossible.
• If the updated version of the browser was downloaded from a suspicious resource, you can install malware on the device along with the software.
• In general, inept handling of complex equipment can lead to very sad consequences and extremely expensive subsequent repairs.

It is for these reasons that all work on the repair and maintenance of modern equipment and electronics must be entrusted exclusively to professionals with extensive experience and appropriate qualifications; only they can give a guarantee of quality, and, if necessary, provide a contract for the provision of services.

Dear readers, today we will learn how to use LG from a flash drive. We warn you right away that there will be no difficulties in the work. Your main companions will be patience and desire, because they will help you overcome this small barrier. This parting word is more suitable for those who have not tried to do similar operations with any home devices before. For example, if you have not previously flashed a smartphone or tablet yourself. Of course, with an LG TV everything will be much simpler.

In general, the firmware or software on a TV is a set of tools that, in fact, allow you to watch your favorite programs and use some other functions of the device. For example, you can run a browser, applications on smart Smart TVs. In addition to fixing existing bugs, developers can add new features to the TV with the new update. It could be new design inner shell of controls or smart menus.

Before you start flashing the firmware, you need to do some preparation. Namely: a set of tools and necessary device parameters. Let's do this before the main actions. What is this for? This is necessary in order not to get stuck at any stage with questions. For example, it will tell you to install a flash drive into your computer, but you have neither one nor the other. Therefore, we check our preparation sheet completely, only then do what is written there:

How to flash an LG TV from a flash drive

1. Write down the full name of the device model. Find this information on the back of the TV or in the user manual that comes in the box along with the product itself. This step must be completed very carefully and carefully, without confusing the numbers and letters of the model. Otherwise, you will download software for another TV that may damage yours.
2. Turn on the TV, press the Menu button on the remote control remote control, then click on the red button with one white dot, responsible for customer support, and in the list that appears, select the “Info. about the product/service." In a new window, take information about the exact name of the TV model, software version and write this information on a separate piece of paper.

   

3. Go to the website www.lg.com on your computer through a browser. In the search field, enter the name of the device model that we wrote out in the first or second stage. Press Enter on your computer keyboard and wait for the results to appear.
4. Now go to the “Support” tab, then select the “Programs” category. You will see a list of available firmware files for download. Click on the link required firmware and download it to your computer. Make sure that the downloaded firmware version is higher than the installed one. If necessary, agree to the terms license agreement and download the archive. If your software version is two or more updates lower, install each of them in turn. For example, if 03.13.81 and 03.13.92 are available for download, and your firmware is lower than both of these (that is, your version is the next one to download), then put 81 first, only then 92.
5. Unpack the downloaded archive into a folder on your computer. Just in case, you can check it with an antivirus.
6. Write the .epk file to the prepared flash drive in the LG_DTV folder (create it in the root folder of the flash drive). If there are several epk files, then we put them in order: from the youngest version to the oldest, as in the example of the fourth point. Disconnect the flash drive using Safely Remove Hardware from the taskbar.

   

7. Insert the device into the TV, having previously disconnected all other devices from it (routers, hard drives, other flash drives and so on).
8. The firmware firmware should start automatically, with a notification window about the actions being performed. If you made a mistake with the version of the installed software, you will see an error message.

   

9. Wait for the installation process of the new firmware to complete. The TV may reboot. Upon completion, the system will give you a message indicating successful installation. Ready! You managed to reflash your LG TV from a flash drive.

Conclusion

Friends, we managed to update the firmware of an LG TV from a flash drive. We hope that everything worked out for you without much effort, and most importantly, without problems. Don't forget to share your opinion, impressions and personal experience in the comments.

Often when choosing a new mobile device the consumer pays attention not only to technical parameters, but also on the software component. From time to time, the developers of the manufacturing company release new firmware versions that can bring new functionality, improve hardware performance, or new version operating system. Today we will describe how to flash LG smartphones and tablets using official methods.

Updating your smartphone over the air

The simplest and in a fast way LG update is the so-called “over-the-air” update method, referred to as FOTA in the case of smartphones from LG. Typically, notifications about the availability of a new update come when the Internet connection is turned on after the device automatically carries out the appropriate analysis. When you receive such an alert, all you need to do is expand the notification shade and click on the corresponding message. You can also check it yourself by following the path Settings - About phone - Software update (in some Update Centers - Software Update) - Check for update. If there is an update, a corresponding window will appear on the screen where you need to click on “Install Now”. It is worth drawing your attention to the fact that the smartphone’s battery charge should be at least 50%, and better yet, fully charged.

Update via LG Mobile Support Tool

It happens that the developer for some unknown reason did not release next update“by air”, but the company’s website has it. The program mentioned above is just for such cases. It appeared quite a long time ago and does not offer as many opportunities as its more recent counterparts. However, the “old lady” is still operational and often comes to the aid of owners of LG smartphones. We connect the device to a computer with the Mobile Support Tool installed, after which the program will recognize your device and start checking for an available software update. If the update is available, then click on the “Start update” button. Requests for confirmation may appear, to which we answer “Next”, “Proceed”, “Start” and so on, while carefully reading the text displayed on the monitor screen. Upon completion of the installation, a corresponding message indicating the end of the process and a “Exit” or “Finish” button will appear. After this, we can disconnect the mobile device from the PC and use it.

Update via LG PC Suite

The PC Suite program, or as it is also called PC Sync, has a richer set of interactions with smartphones from the South Korean company than the Support Tool and also allows you to update the software of your LG mobile device. We connect the device to the PC and click the “Connect” button in the upper left corner of the program window. After the device is detected, information about the phone will be displayed, including information about the installed software. You can check for the latest version of the software by clicking on the “Check for updates” button or click on the “Mobile device” tab, and then on “Mobile device software update”. The process of installing the update does not require any professional skills, so we carefully read what is written and make the necessary choice of action.

Update via LG Bridge program

Like previous proprietary software for synchronizing smartphone data with a computer, Bridge offers almost the same set functionality, But distinctive feature is the presence of the LG AirDrive application (for remote access to phone files) and more understandable and simple interface. This program was released last year and is mostly intended for the previous flagship G4 device, but according to information from the manufacturer, the utility can be used in conjunction with all mobile devices 2015 and older. To install the update, you need to connect your smartphone to personal computer, in the program go to the “Software Update” tab and click on the “Software Update” button. Next, follow the tips from the developers.