Am I retarded orrrrr? - Optimus One, P500, V General

So, I have been messing with Android for approximately 4 months on and off. I had a Nook Color, two actually, that I installed HC on and they both worked great.
I recently had my iPhone4 stolen from my car and I needed something fast, so I picked up an Optimus V from Virgin.
I was able to Root it using the FastBoot method. Perfect. How the F bomb do I install custom Kernels and or Roms on this thing? Before I just formatted an SD card with CWR and flashed the kernels that way. Can I still do that on here or is a different method? All I see is ADB crap.
If you research my name on here, I am far from stupid, I just find it odd that nearly no one has taken the time to create a REAL step-by-step guide. Although, I do see a lot of people saying things like "maaaaaan, if you can't root fo shizzzz, don't be doing this stuff, you aint smart enuffzzzzzzz" ... which is bull****. The whole point of having access to this type of stuff, the internet, and most technology is so that we can teach one another. Since when did it ever become a "every man for themselves" world?

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http://forum.androidcentral.com/opt...optimus-v-rooting-roming-modding-hacking.html

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Here you go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=900905
Its everything you need, be patient and read the whole thing

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Try this guide
[HOWTO] Rooting, Installing -Android SDK, Custom Recovery, Custom ROM's
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1007244

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Easiest way to install cutom recovery(hence, giving you the means to install custom ROMs)
My mini-guide on installing Amon_Ra custom recovery

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Thank you all for the replies, however, not one of them references the Optimus V specifically.
I suppose what I am looking for is someone that has this phone, has rooted it, and installed custom ROMs to overclock it.
I ask not because I don't think I can figure it out, but rather I don't have time to go digging through 34534859034805934805 posts of other platforms and then apply it to my platform, the Optimus V.
I guess I would go ahead and say that it doesn't exist, and when I have time I will create a step-by-step to make it easier.
I just want to install a simple rom that allows me to OC the phone to 806MHz. I don't want Cyan, I don't even want Gingerbread. I just want the 2.2.1 installed to be running at 806MHz.

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What I mean by the last comment is that there is not a step-by-step guide that shows from point A to point B. How to get from HERE to THERE.
For example:
Ungaze - While your post is quite simple, it doesn't address the fact that you also have to have many other things installed, correct? For instance, the Android SDK, and if that is the case, where does one get it? (I have it, I am just using this as an example). Where do I type the lines of code you are referring to? On the phone, or on the computer? Do you see what I am saying?

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nootered said:
What I mean by the last comment is that there is not a step-by-step guide that shows from point A to point B. How to get from HERE to THERE.
For example:
Ungaze - While your post is quite simple, it doesn't address the fact that you also have to have many other things installed, correct? For instance, the Android SDK, and if that is the case, where does one get it? (I have it, I am just using this as an example). Where do I type the lines of code you are referring to? On the phone, or on the computer? Do you see what I am saying?
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No. You got it wrong. Ungaze's method for installing recovery does not depend on anything other than the requirements mentioned in his post ie. you do not need Android SDK or anything else.
type the lines of code in the terminal emulator app installed on your phone.
You can get it HERE.

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If you read my post, you would see that I was using that as an example. There are clearly steps missing there. In other words, if someone just purchased the Optimus V, brought it home, and did those 4 steps listed, they would not be able to root and install custom ROMs.
I did some digging and just installed the Bumble Bee ROM and Kernel. Works great so far, and the phone is much snappier. I will be posting a step-by-step guide for the "stupid noobs" of the world later tonight. I think that the average joe should be able to enjoy these customizations as well. Call me crazy.

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those steps (on ungaze's post) are not meant to root the phone or install custom ROM's on the phone, but only to install custom recovery on a rooted phone.
Haven't tested it myself, so I cannot guarantee that it will work.
I had used the instructions given in the 'step-by-step guide' I mentioned earlier. ie.
[HOWTO] Rooting, Installing - Android SDK, Custom Recovery, Custom ROM's
And, I had no problems in rooting, installing recovery and custom ROM on my phone which is an unbranded LG P500.
I have no experience with Optimus V, so to give instructions regarding installation would be futile.

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Exactly, I am not putting you down, I was just stating that there is a not an easy step-by-step guide for people who are not Android savvy.
I will be posting a How-To and Troubleshooting Guide soon. To go from a new phone off the shelf to rooted and Bumble Bee ROM or the like.

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nootered said:
If you read my post, you would see that I was using that as an example. There are clearly steps missing there. In other words, if someone just purchased the Optimus V, brought it home, and did those 4 steps listed, they would not be able to root and install custom ROMs.
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When I was reading your first post I interpreted this:
I was able to Root it using the FastBoot method. Perfect. How the F bomb do I install custom Kernels and or Roms on this thing? Before I just formatted an SD card with CWR and flashed the kernels that way. Can I still do that on here or is a different method? All I see is ADB crap.
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as, "I already have root so just tell me how to install custom ROMs already!!!!!", but it seems that it translates differently in your country/planet.
I hope you find someone to help you.

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nootered said:
Thank you all for the replies, however, not one of them references the Optimus V specifically....
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The very first reply that had the very first link was to a step by step guide just for Optimus V. It has every single recovery, rom, kernel, and hack for the Optimus V and a step by step guide on how to install them. You're just too lazy to read.
So to answer your question: yes, you are.

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mmarz said:
The very first reply that had the very first link was to a step by step guide just for Optimus V. It has every single recovery, rom, kernel, and hack for the Optimus V and a step by step guide on how to install them. You're just too lazy to read.
So to answer your question: yes, you are.
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LOL, you're so harsh. But I'd be lying if I say I don't agree .

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Too lazy? I have it done and completed. I was referring to the fact that, for those who are not super savvy, there is no guide that leads them step by step from the time they get the phone home from the store.
I just think it would be nice to have sometime easy to follow. It has nothing to do with laziness, it has to be with providing users with a better experience. I work 60+hrs/week, and travel non-stop, I am far from lazy. I just don't have a lot of time, like many other people as well, to be reading through 8923843 "guides" that are misleading, filled with misinformation, or are incomplete.

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nootered said:
Too lazy? I have it done and completed. I was referring to the fact that, for those who are not super savvy, there is no guide that leads them step by step from the time they get the phone home from the store.
I just think it would be nice to have sometime easy to follow. It has nothing to do with laziness, it has to be with providing users with a better experience. I work 60+hrs/week, and travel non-stop, I am far from lazy. I just don't have a lot of time, like many other people as well, to be reading through 8923843 "guides" that are misleading, filled with misinformation, or are incomplete.
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Well, I guess 83948720 of people here have got it right with no complaints at all about the guides which are misleading and filled with misinformation and are of course incomplete.
Let's get the facts straight. If you made this post/thread of yours asking for help, then here we are, helping you out to the best we can, did we not? Now, if you come here whining about the guides being incomplete and incomprehensible to your "far from stupid" intellect then you're getting no where as no one is paying anyone here. these guides are here to help each other in exchange of nothing. The guides we make, we make it with our free time. Post as many threads like this as you want and trust me, you won't get anywhere. Now, if you come here asking people to make you a guide for you, then I suggest chaning your first post message to something like this:
"go#$am(it, make me a guide specifically for people with no time to research and easy enough that even my dog can do it for me. I have no time to check everything so don't even think of missing one bit of information. I don't care if you don't have enough time cause I don't have enough time to understand your situation. So get to work and give me my damn guide NOW"
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I guess that would clear up most of the misunderstandings.

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HOLY SHAT! It's like talking to a retard with a plastic bag over his head.
I don't need help, I was/am able to figure it out. I just wanted a simple step by step guide. Point A to Point B. Simple.
I am referring to all of the other posts I have read on here. Look under the Nook Color information for guides that I have created for others. I am about helping people, and making things simple.
For some reason it seems as though the majority of the people here have huge egos. Sure they have this facade of helpful gleam, but they all write crap like "if you question is stupid don't bother" ... "if you don't know what this is, you're an idiot don't try this" ... since when is that a logical and helpful way to making people learn or understand concepts they are new to?

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You obviously never clicked that link.

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mmarz said:
You obviously never clicked that link.
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I did click the link, actually. It was the most helpful. Thanks.

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Actually after clicking the first link i get "only registered and activated members can see links" about 400 times
That's not what the OP, or I, am looking for!
And the other links with 800 different fonts and colours are not helpful to people. try and format your stuff like you mean it, not like a fairy threw up on your guide! this isn't geocities!