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Which rooting guide/roms do we use for optimus T, which is p509.. I understand its a version of the Optimus One.. but not only for the T, what about the U, the C, S, etc. etc.. do we follow for the optimus one?
only the optimus t can use anything optimus one. no other optimus phone should be using anything in the optimus one forum unless you want a brick as a phone (either that or your phone will have lots of problems)
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EDIT: the p503 can also use anything p500 (thanks dr.notor)
Awesome, so the T can work then for optimus one.. I have an epic 4g, theres only one of those lol, too many optimus, my cousing has the C so i guess he's out of luck? I see your on an optimus T, how does that rom work for u? My friend with the Optimus T just wants to update it to gingerbread lol
yeah your cousin is out of luck
and so far no problems on my optimus t. the optimus t is like a mirror image of the optimus one (both use the same hardware; only difference is that the optimus t is tmobile-branded)
Awesome.. what is the most stable rom for the optimus t right now? I clicked the link for yours and it says its a beta release? I got my epic on 2.3.4 custom kernel and urban decay as the rom lol runs smooth except for my sms, have to use a sms app because it force closes :-\ needone for the T that has no problems
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the rom might still be a beta release, but trust me, it is really stable. there are always two versions of the rom: a stable release and a testing release (and even the testing release is pretty stable). the rom has only a few minor bugs:
from the first post of the thread:
Divx/xvid playback don't work (use MoboPlayer)
(its a bug but theres a solution)
Strange crash in Camera (Restore defaults in video mode)
(my camera has never crashed before)
ADW: Widgets: crash after Choose Catalog
(i dont know how to get it crash, and i use launcherpro anyways)
Empty device serial number
(this is the only problem i have, but really, if you want to know your serial number, you can just take out the battery and there it is on the back of the phone)
sweetnsour said:
only the optimus t can use anything optimus one. no other optimus phone should be using anything in the optimus one forum unless you want a brick as a phone (either that or your phone will have lots of problems)
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Add 503 to the list (the Turkey one IIRC).
So, I'm thinking about rooting and installing a custom rom on my European Samsung Galaxy S II. But I've had some previous experiences regarding custom roms on my HTC Desire, whereas the quality of the still pictures and video recordings shot with the camera was drastically decreased. Still pictures looked horrible, and it was not possible to record video in 720 due to a huge amount of lag and stutter. This was the case with the three roms I flashed the HTC Desire with.
I'm not really educated on this subject, so I hope you guys can give me some information.
Will installing a custom rom affect the quality of still pictures/video recordings?
If so, what is the reason for this?
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Fureeze said:
Will installing a custom rom affect the quality of still pictures/video recordings?
If so, what is the reason for this?
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That doesn't happen on samsung phones at all, must be an htc thing.
If you care that much about camera quality, stick with Touchwiz ROMs. Flashing CM7 or MIUI will decrease the picture and video quality as they use AOSP apps which are worse than Samsung ones.
If you install a custom Samsung rom you should be fine but if you install cm7 or miui I've noticed the quality ain't as high
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Okay, thanks. What is the reason for the decrease of quality?
Fureeze said:
Okay, thanks. What is the reason for the decrease of quality?
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I've used both cm7 and miui and both cameras are noticeably poorer than stock. I may be wrong but may be due to drivers or something as they are aosp based roms. But don't go by my word on reasoning. The pictures look fine on the phone but once you view them on a bigger screen you see the differences in quality.
When I get time I want to test various camera apps and compare them to stock using same conditions, don't think we have a thread like that.
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Yeah, okay. I've been looking for threads like that, but I haven't found any. If you decide to go through with it, send me a PM with a link to the thread
Hello guys....i not familiar with lg devices......i want to knw better bw both...best build quality....strong hardware.....and i heard that desire x got kernel 3.4 support....is lg got that kernel support also???
I really want true experince of u guys...
Lokesh001 said:
Hello guys....i not familiar with lg devices......i want to knw better bw both...best build quality....strong hardware.....and i heard that desire x got kernel 3.4 support....is lg got that kernel support also???
I really want true experince of u guys...
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Well for sure this LG has better hardware: more RAM, better screen, resolution, full HD recording. Kernel is 3.0.X and seriously I think it's not so important when you can get better hardware. One advantage of desire X is that it will probably hold longer on battery but stil LG L9 is fine for 1-2 days (depends on use). Now we have a lot of custom ROMs too (only P760&P765, less for diffrent version of L9). LG L9 is made really well too. If you are in place where you get other variants I would be think carefully if custom ROMs are important for you cause now there isn't much you can choose from and unlocking the bootloader is quite complicated in comparsion to P760&P765.
No one seems to talk about it... ? Does anyone know any time frame when we might get stock update?
https://www.lg.com/global/support/o...tegoryId=CAT00000001&osCategoryId=CAT00000002
Very few phones received more than one update, and a lot were never updated.
Doubtful that we will get an official update. LG never was the greatest with updates, as we saw with Jellybean for our device.
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Not likely, given the relatively small user base of this phone on ATT, and the fact that it's now 2 generations back on terms of LG devices on ATT (OG pro and G2).
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That sucks... The whole F'in purpose I bought into this phone was for the 2GB Ram + Quad core so that we can at-least get 2 updates.(2 versions of Android)
Googler_1976 said:
That sucks... The whole F'in purpose I bought into this phone was for the 2GB Ram + Quad core so that we can at-least get 2 updates.(2 versions of Android)
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Of a norm LG doesn't provide constant updates. Take a look at how long it took us to even get JellyBean? The odds of us ever seeing a legit update to 4.3 are highly unlikely. As someone mentioned two whole other phones have come out since the time of the Optimus G.
Luckily our phone is powerful enough to support the 4.2, 4.3... and possibly whatever new versions may come out in recent time.
At the end of the day though, phone suppliers aren't making phones to last or constantly survive years from now. In the long run of things, they budget it that by the time your plan expires you'll likely upgrade phones.
When I got my LG Optimus GT540 (Donut - Android 1.6) in 2010 I got it with the assumption of regular updates. Boy was I disappointed. Currently I still have it as a spare in the worst case scenario I brick/destroy my Optimus G... and guess what? It is presently running on JellyBean[If memory serves...SlimBean ROM] with no major issues.
Googler_1976 said:
That sucks... The whole F'in purpose I bought into this phone was for the 2GB Ram + Quad core so that we can at-least get 2 updates.(2 versions of Android)
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It's not a safe bet, for ANY phone, to count on more than one official android version update. Occasionally it happens, but not often. If you are counting on multiple updates, you have to be willing to get on custom ROMs.
With the exception of nexus devices.
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Not going to happen officially . I bet lg already stopped working on are device in favor of the pro and g2
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dandrumheller said:
It's not a safe bet, for ANY phone, to count on more than one official android version update. Occasionally it happens, but not often. If you are counting on multiple updates, you have to be willing to get on custom ROMs.
With the exception of nexus devices.
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Samsung and HTC seems to fit this exception as well. In either case, I believe it's time to dump this phone, and get a Nexus 4 instead. Only $240 shipped for the 8GB version.
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Samsung and HTC seems to fit this exception as well. In either case, I believe it's time to dump this phone, and get a Nexus 4 instead. Only $240 shipped for the 8GB version.
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Why would you get the n4. Lgog has more to offer hardware wise and we can boot n4 kernels n Roms.
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Also AT&T has a record of not releasing updates supplied to them by manufacturers. I know this from having a Dell Streak 5, and Sony X10.
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Why would you get the n4. Lgog has more to offer hardware wise and we can boot n4 kernels n Roms.
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How can we boot Nexus 4 ROMs? The only way to do it is to convert the Optimus G to a Nexus 4 last I checked. Same goes for kernels. My E971 has 32GB of internal storage, and everything else is the same as the Nexus 4, minus LTE support, which I don't use. The only downside with the Nexus 4 to me is the smaller internal storage, which OTG might fix, and the on screen navigation buttons.
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How can we boot Nexus 4 ROMs? The only way to do it is to convert the Optimus G to a Nexus 4 last I checked. Same goes for kernels. My E971 has 32GB of internal storage, and everything else is the same as the Nexus 4, minus LTE support, which I don't use. The only downside with the Nexus 4 to me is the smaller internal storage, which OTG might fix, and the on screen navigation buttons.
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My aosp kernels are n4 kernels with device specific fixes. The n4 kernel will still boot without the fixes but in the case of the e970 you loose captive buttons, sdcard and the volume buttons are backwards. The aosp Roms are all n4 sources with device specific changes. The changes are very minor. The changes are too support what are device has and the n4 doesn't. In theory ( don't do it ) you can flash anything in the n4 forums if you use an update script n binary from are phone.
Otg ain't 100% on the n4. Are micro USB lacks the pin to power a USB devices. The otg cable needs to be modified to supply power. I can easily add the changes for otg to are kernels but I don't have a otg cable for testing.
So what do you gain by going to the n4. I plan on being here for awhile. I can compile Roms if I like but choose not to. If I'm the last standing Dev then I will. I still got another 1yr+ before I'm eligible for an upgrade
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MysteryEmotionz said:
My aosp kernels are n4 kernels with device specific fixes. The n4 kernel will still boot without the fixes but in the case of the e970 you loose captive buttons, sdcard and the volume buttons are backwards. The aosp Roms are all n4 sources with device specific changes. The changes are very minor. The changes are too support what are device has and the n4 doesn't. In theory ( don't do it ) you can flash anything in the n4 forums if you use an update script n binary from are phone.
Otg ain't 100% on the n4. Are micro USB lacks the pin to power a USB devices. The otg cable needs to be modified to supply power. I can easily add the changes for otg to are kernels but I don't have a otg cable for testing.
So what do you gain by going to the n4. I plan on being here for awhile. I can compile Roms if I like but choose not to. If I'm the last standing Dev then I will. I still got another 1yr+ before I'm eligible for an upgrade
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Would you be able to figure out what in the flashing process break GPS for some devices/ROMS while others work? I have tried everything to fix it. GPS works great on some stock ROMs but not on any AOSP ones.
Joecascio2000 said:
Would you be able to figure out what in the flashing process break GPS for some devices/ROMS while others work? I have tried everything to fix it. GPS works great on some stock ROMs but not on any AOSP ones.
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It's the efs partitions. Back them up when you gave working gps, and flash it when flashing a Rom breaks gps.
Reference this guide for details. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41420215
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It's the efs partitions. Back them up when you gave working gps, and flash it when flashing a Rom breaks gps.
Reference this guide for details. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41420215
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Did this already. I made sure my GPS was working and I was on fully stock because I had just got my phone when I made the Backup of the EFS. Still doesn't fix the GPS.
Also, It still doesn't explain the issue. The efs partition shouldn't just get corrupt unless there is an issue with the recovery and/or ROM being flashed.
geokilla said:
Samsung and HTC seems to fit this exception as well. In either case, I believe it's time to dump this phone, and get a Nexus 4 instead. Only $240 shipped for the 8GB version.
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Only zero dollars if you convert instead... Just sayin...
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dandrumheller said:
Only zero dollars if you convert instead... Just sayin...
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I glad many dev's are are trying to port N4 roms and I'm thankful to them.. But it's Not the same as stock to be frank. there is always a compromise.. for e.g if something works.. something else doesn't. I can live without LTE but the main issue is lack of signal strength.. I tried every single radio out there... Same issue. I have even posted the pictures in some of the threads here comparing Stock vs ASOP signal strength, and This issue is not only for our device.. Its for all the devices. If your home/work is located in High signal area then you are fine, but for ppl like me where the signal is very low (on AOSP its zero) at home. NO AOSP Rom is go. Also look at the camera.. LG stock is better than AOSP (Many might agree some may not). These are few things which are a must for the phone.. As I told screw LTE but lack of signal? Anyway Its sad if they dont push another update for this beast of a phone.
The following PSA is brought to you by, "how not to brick you phone":
DO NOT FLASH N4 zips/roms/kernels
without changing the edify script so it uses by-name instead of flashing the boot partition by number. The nexus 4's boot partition # matches our rpm partition. Thus it'll hard brick it. If you adjust the script to use the by-name nomenclature then you are good to flash, minus the few features already discussed above.
MysteryEmotionz said:
My aosp kernels are n4 kernels with device specific fixes. The n4 kernel will still boot without the fixes but in the case of the e970 you loose captive buttons, sdcard and the volume buttons are backwards. The aosp Roms are all n4 sources with device specific changes. The changes are very minor. The changes are too support what are device has and the n4 doesn't. In theory ( don't do it ) you can flash anything in the n4 forums if you use an update script n binary from are phone.
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Well that ain't very useful. I thought you meant it was like back with the Samsung Galaxy S and Samsung Galaxy S Captivate. All you had to do was flash a reoriented/Captivate kernel, thus you can run Samsung Galaxy S ROMs.
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The following PSA is brought to you by, "how not to brick you phone":
DO NOT FLASH N4 zips/roms/kernels
without changing the edify script so it uses by-name instead of flashing the boot partition by number. The nexus 4's boot partition # matches our rpm partition. Thus it'll hard brick it. If you adjust the script to use the by-name nomenclature then you are good to flash, minus the few features already discussed above.
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Yup. Instead, buy a Nexus 4.
Hi there,
I'm about to buy a phone and I have the Samsung galaxy note 3 for 350 € or the LG g2 for 400€
So,if I bought the LG and flashed a custom rom, would I lose any useful LG feature like the double tap to unlock the screen?
Hello,
No the knock on works on AOSP ROMS and LG based ROMS.
but you will lose other feauters like q slide, some fuctions in the main camera app. And other LG stuff to. Im running an AOSP Rom, some bugs here and there but overall good.
Good luck.
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That note is hella cheap
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you wont loose any features if you use custome stock mod rom or flex rom.
Snap buy the Note 3 imo
"Custom" as in aosp/pa/4.4.2 running on international d802? Sure, you will lose some lg functions and get some new ones.
"Custom" 4.2.2 roms? They add functionality from a different lg model (flex).
PS: that note 3 is a second hand one, right?
Alepvn said:
Hi there,
I'm about to buy a phone and I have the Samsung galaxy note 3 for 350 € or the LG g2 for 400€
So,if I bought the LG and flashed a custom rom, would I lose any useful LG feature like the double tap to unlock the screen?
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Weird, in the UK the note 3 is about £200 more than the g2.
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I know but I found an offer which give you the note 3 for 450€ but there is an offer on which is 100€ off
geonahta said:
"Custom" as in aosp/pa/4.4.2 running on international d802? Sure, you will lose some lg functions and get some new ones.
"Custom" 4.2.2 roms? They add functionality from a different lg model (flex).
PS: that note 3 is a second hand one, right?
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Yeah I suppose but the only feature I think is absolutely needed is the double tap to unlock the screen, would I lose that one?
Both are 1st hand
Q-remote is the only thing I miss
Alepvn said:
Yeah I suppose but the only feature I think is absolutely needed is the double tap to unlock the screen, would I lose that one?
Both are 1st hand
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As said.. Knock-on works fine. There's also the LG camera, IR remote, etc, in the Apps and Themes section.
Some other nonsense like q-apps, q-slide, etc are gone, but you can replace them with other things if you really liked them.