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[T-Mobile LG G2x] Rocco0891:
On Sunday evening my phone was at about 60% battery from a full day, which was pretty impressive considering I had been played some games, responding to texts constantly and checking email. I decided to not plug in my phone that night to see how much battery life I could actually get continuing into the next day. I woke up the next morning and my battery had not dropped a %. At first I was ecstatic because I finally thought my battery woes were over....I was wrong.

As soon as I left the house Monday morning on my way to class, while streaming pandora, my phone alerted me of 'low battery'. I checked my battery again and it now said 58%. I assumed this was normal because streaming pandora does consume quite a bit of battery. Less than a minute later my phone shut off completely. I did not have a charger with me so I was not able to plug the phone in again til later that afternoon. When I did plug it in, the battery was was completely drained, at 1%. I'm assuming for some reason the status of my battery was not being updated correctly via my battery widget and through settings -> about phone -> status.

I fully charged my phone that same day and had no problems using it last night or even this morning. But on my way home today from class, my battery was at 70% which is normal for me, but for some reason it just completely shut off. No battery warning or anything. When I arrived at home today I tried pulling the battery and plugging it in the the charger and everything else I could think of. Even charging via my laptops usb. Nothing seems to be working.

The phone is not rooted and everything is completely stock. I don't any apps that effect the performance of the phone or anything of the sort. Just stock running adw.

Any suggestions before I call up T-mobile?

Thanks in advance for those who read this whole thing and provide useful feedback :)

EDIT: Also, I have not used any HDMI cables on this device. I read some people are experiencing similar issues when using HDMI, that is not the case here.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] madwolf27:
Call TMobile.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Mikeglongo:
I'd say call t-mobile like ^
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Rocco0891:
I did just that.

I was hoping someone could have provided a solution to this but I believe this is due to hardware failure. Lost lots of important photos/texts :\

I went to the T-mobile store today and even tried a new battery but the phone still wouldn't power on. They will be sending me a new one within the next week.

Which leads me to believe that T-mobile is in fact not "out of stock" as they claim to be in all of their stores and on their website. Definitely some quality control going on as they are holding back on selling this phone til the GB update.
[EVO Shift 4G General] PaulB007:
I have a feeling im using the wrong gapps for the cm7 nightlies, I am having a hard time finding the link for them and ROM Manager no longer has the 2.34 gapps for download for some reason.. can someone direct me in the right direction?
[EVO Shift 4G General] crump84:
Not sure if these are the latest but it's the most recent one have. http://db.tt/2mTwfvm
[EVO Shift 4G General] PaulB007:
There was a newer one but I don't think it really matters much, I think it just had the newest gtalk with video support. I don't really need it though so meh. Thanks for finding the link though.
[EVO Shift 4G General] c00ller:
Read the bottom of this page for an explanation for 3/7/2011 as being the latest official gapps

http://goo-inside.me/gapps
[EVO Shift 4G General] riggsandroid:
latest GAPPS updated in the nightly thread - the 0307 ones.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] BobbyDukes707:
so this wonderful phone we all have is a little... Buggy... I was one of those lucky people who wasn't having any issues with their phones now all of a sudden it gets a little laggy and the screen well shut off and not come back on (sometimes if I hit the power button repeatedly it will come back)... It kinda upsets me because I thought I had a good one... It was running fine after root, and after NVflash... It was after I started different kernels and roms that I had issues... Now I am running rooted stock with no other add ons and I am still having issues...

Question time.

Sounds like I am having the same issues as a lot of other people. True?

Should I get a replacement (sounds like a lot of the replacements are duds too) or just wait to see what the update brings?

I love this phone... I don't need perfect, just stable...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] JWhipple:
Check my thread here, will give you an idea of how widespread the problems are: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1107660
[T-Mobile LG G2x] m918v:
Same exact thing happened to me. One minute it was a perfect little baby, and next thing you know the booger starts acting up.

I was happy in the beginning when it gave me an awesome experience and was wondering why people are complaining about such an awesome device, then it struck me out of nowhere and began rebooting like crazy.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] BobbyDukes707:
I want to ride this beast to the bitter end... I am hoping that the end is MUCH further down the road... so as far as we know, the "update" will be fixing most o these issues... i guess I am going to hold off on the replacement... seems like those have the same issues too...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] BobbyDukes707:
And now the battery is heating up like crazy... I don't like this! Why it's this happening?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] greengoldmello:
Man this things idle battery is horrible also. I'm on my second unit..and this one is brand new. I pretty much know for a fact that anybody that says that they get good battery life with the internet still connected is plain lying. The only time this phone has good life is when on wifi. Smh
[T-Mobile LG G2x] BobbyDukes707:
I was just checking my facebook and the temp of the battery shot up to 100 degrees... Wtf?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ~~Tito~~:
That happened on my old G2x, the new one doesn't heat up abnormally, but it does have more light leakage that is obviously noticeable. Gonna get another one when they receive the old one.

I have had a few random reboots, but thats about it. I think it was my fault for screwing around with faux's undervolt kernel lol.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jonathan3579:
I get good battery life .. on Edge.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ~~Tito~~:
That is my main gripe. Seriously this is worse than the HD2 I had, and that thing sucked.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jrwingate6:
Ill leave my WiFi off all day tomorrow, then post a screenshot of my battery statistics (not the ones provided by Android) but more accurate ones from a app called "Battery Monitor" that gives a break down of use and what you had enabled. I don't want you to think I'm a liar or anything. I guess you could call me lucky but I have had nothing but good experiences so far. I haven't had any reboots, no lag, no freezing and great battery life. Probably better battery life than any other Android device Iv'e ever used. I take my phone off the charger at 7AM and don't return it until 9PM. Throughout the day I am making phone calls, sending texts, surfing the web, reading news from 4 different apps and playing some games. I don't know why anyone would lie about there battery life but maybe some people who say they only get 5 hours of battery life are just plain lying? See what I did there?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] BobbyDukes707:
But does anyone else have a battery that is heating up for no reason? Should I look into a new battery or possibly a new phone?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jrwingate6:
Nah, the only time my battery heats up is when I am charging the phone and at the same time playing a graphically intensive game. Even then it doesn't heat up to the point of being uncomfortable.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] greengoldmello:
Yeah I see..but I'm not lying. I simply cannot believe that people actually get good battery life because I've had more than one phone and it exhibits the battery characteristics as the last ones. I wish I could experience what some people say, but it simply does not happen unless I'm on wifi. If only the phone didn't eat percents while screen off...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jrwingate6:
It also depends on how much your 4G signal fluctuates so it depends on your area. If your constantly going from edge to 4G then that is using up more battery than me if I am always getting a good 4G signal. The more work your radio has to do the more battery it will use. The phone is going to eat up percentages when the display is off but if it's eating up "Display" percentage then I would say you have a problem. If your device is in standby most ofthe day then "Cell Standby" will be at the top on the percentage list. It's doing what it's supposed to do. If there was something wrong, then display would be at the top of the list. Next time you take your phone off of the charger, play a game for 20 minutes right away then make a 10 minute phone call. At this point you should see "Display" and "Voice Calls" at the top and "Cell Standby" the bottom. If not then something is wrong. I know there are many people with bad battery's and ones who have had problems with multiple units. I am just not one of them.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] BobbyDukes707:
I just plugged it in to charge and it is at 103 degrees!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jrwingate6:
I hope that's Fahrenheit! I'll let you know what mine is plugged in. What temp does yours run after being on idle for 10 minutes unplugged?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] BobbyDukes707:
Charging on a non OEM charger but sitting idle overnight it was around 68 degrees...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] phburks:
What are the specs on that charger? How many volts and milliamps is it supplying to your phone?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] BobbyDukes707:
Dunno it's at home right now... I will check when I get home... But I was using the stock charger at work last night and it was heating up like crazy...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jrwingate6:
On the stock charger, mine is sitting at 29 Celsius. Nothing really new here since every phone Iv'e used sits around 30 give or take a few when charging. If your charging with a non OEM charger than that could be the cause of the higher temps. OEM chargers never put out the optimal wattage. Most are usually to high or to low. Your might be to high.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] BobbyDukes707:
I really only get a temp spike when I am not using wifi... 4g a little increase, edge big increase... that's why I was wondering if it has to do with the radio or base band or whatever...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] carlsbad0331:
I too felt I was one of the lucky ones. The first few weeks my phone worked flawlessly with no lag, perfect GPS, no rebooting, etc.

Then it began with the random reboot and power off. 6 phone calls to Tech-Support, 4 trips to the store and a replacement being sent and BOTH the replacement and the original phone have the rebooting issue.

Today I spoke to three different levels of customer support, tech support, retention specialist and executive level customer service and all they can tell me is "an update" is scheduled for late July that will fix these issues.

I asked for one of two remedies.

1. Return phone for a full refund and buy something else.

2. Simply exchange for a different phone that is not having issues (other than G2X).

I was told at all levels that nothing could be done since I was outside my "buyers remorse" period. I attempted to explain the difference between buyers remorse and a customer who is unsatisfied because he bought something that cannot be used in its intended capacity.

Some of the other things that I was told today:

1. Use your old phone until the update comes out.

2. Call LG and see if they will offer you a different phone.

3. See if you can talk the store in to a return/exchange (tried that and it didn't work)

4. And this was the most interesting... Call your bank and do a credit card chargeback. BUT, the caveat to that is T-Mobile will add the cost of the phone to my monthly bill and when I refuse to pay, they will terminate the service.

I am the CEO of a rather large online company. I have 5 levels of people below me that would handle customer service issues. If I EVER heard one of them made ANY of these suggestions, the entire department would be terminated.

If I EVER had something come to my attention like this, the customer would get a full refund, a working item and my most sincere apology. And I assure you that my pockets are not nearly as deep as T-Mobiles.

I am seriously contemplating going the BBB, Attorney General, chargeback route simply as a matter of stating my displeasure for the customer service I have received.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Cubeology:
I have had somewhat of a median experience compared to what others report. For a month it was stock and I had absolutely zero problems other than bloatware that I would have done anything to remove. I have tried almost every ROM available and only Bionix gave me so much trouble I couldn't run it. Quite a number of times I installed a rom that gave me boots and such, but generally reinstalling the rom fixed everything. I have no battery heating issues even with the cheap $5 spare batteries off of ebay. In fact I get 8 hours of moderate use (50/50 wifi & 4G)03 out of the $5 battery and about 12 hours out of the original. If I'm going to be running around very long I just carry an extra battery or 2. Currently I'm running the latest CM and Faux kernel slightly both OC & UV. I have not had a boot in 2 weeks since my last bad rom install. That notification LED program also caused me to boot, so I no longer run that either. Oh and I'm current doing some experimenting with different settings and have run 30 consecutive benchmark tests without any heating issues. GPS is solid as a rock, and sometimes wi-fi goes away but it is probably because of juicedefender.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] BobbyDukes707:
Nice... I am back to stock and also removed the notification shop and haven't had any reboot issues since... I may invest in some extra batteries as well. Do you have an external charge dock?

I removed the widget that showed my battery temp... Maybe I am only worried about it because I can see it... it charges at a normal temp and is gravy on wifi...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jrwingate6:
Damn man, sorry your luck ran out. That sucks. Your right, if you have a phone you cannot use in it's capacity then your provider should do something about it. Not just tell you the only option you have is to wait for a update that might fix it or use your old phone. I have had mine for about a month and a half with no problems and I hope it stays that way. If not, T-Mobile will have yet another person calling about the G2X.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jrwingate6:
Yea, delete that thing. It's making you paranoid. All phones are going to get somewhat hot when charging and using it at the same time. You just feel it more on some devices because of the material used in the back plate. Some material will conduct heat more than others.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] phburks:
Is everyone remembering to wipe several times (that statement makes me chuckle) before flashing a new ROM? Not wiping properly (chuckle) can possibly cause your phones to act very buggy, not to mention creating some awkward social situations.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] phburks:
I just removed a battery widget I had running. I found I actually had worse battery life with it running lol. Shoulda been obvious I suppose. Anything running needlessly in the background is making the processor run more, which is using more power. *facepalm*
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Cubeology:
Yes the external charger is necessary, there are batteries of varying quality on ebay that include chargers. I have 2 batteries that were dirt cheap and 1 that I paid a little more for that also came with a charger. The more expensive one is almost as good as the stock one http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170649597544#ht_4013wt_1139
[T-Mobile LG G2x] BobbyDukes707:
Yeah, I removed the widg... It was updating EVERY 5 SECONDS! lame... Outta sight,outta mind right?

Thanks for the link... I think a back up battery is the way to go...
[Optimus One, P500, V General] webosguru:
I am using a P506/THRIVE rooted with clockworkmod recovery. I have installed several P500 variant kernels & ROMS all of which have the same display issue when installed. Afaik everything else works great and I have done significant testing.

My question is to see if any devs would be willing to port over a stable kernel at the very least that would fix the display issues and allow for overclocking? At the most port over a custom ROM for us Thrive owners to use as well as a kernel.

I am coming from WebOS so my Android knowledge is minimal that and the fact that ATM I have minimal access to a PC has left me to ask someone else to do this else I would try to figure it out myself. From the small amount of information I was able to gain by installing different P500 kernels & ROMS I am under the impression that their isn't much difference between the P506/THRIVE and other P500 variants. This leads me to believe that a kernel port might be an easy & fast solution. The same is true for a ROM port which I am guessing is just a kernel issue anyway.

So please if their are any devs thy would be willing to give this a look I will assist in anyway needed and you would be making us Thrive users EXTREMELY Elated! Thanks in advance. ;-)

Isaac.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] raenye:
Did you install P500 CWM from Rom Manager? or some other version?

Do you have color problems only in recovery, or in the original AT&T rom as well?

I'd like to make experiments (e.g., a bloat-free deodexed version of the stock rom) but cannot start without first getting a nandroid backup.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] webosguru:
I installed CWM using ROM Manager and selecting the LGP500 option.

The display is fine with stock ROM. When flashing a LGP500 kernel and or ROM the display goes into a non-color glitchy looking mode but everything else seems to work fine.

I have a nandroid backup of stock rom so pm me if you would like a link to it.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Y.u.v.i:
mics 6.5.2 beta Rocks Must use

hey Guyz

i m also a new bey here in custom roms and all ..bt i rotted my p500 2 days back ..

mics 6.5.2 beta i m using with Franco kernal its working like a cham very smooth ..and i analyze tht battery back is really improved as i m using my o1 448/729 (smartass) its really working very good you all should try this rom wid franco kernal

:D

neocore :59.8

quadrant : 1200+
[Optimus One, P500, V General] raenye:
That's a relief, now I'm free to experiment :)

Have you tried to install a P500 rom with the stock P506 kernel?

As far as I get it, the only difference is one graphic driver.

Although we don't have kernel source (bad link on LG website), perhaps we could compare the kernel config (/proc/config.gz if I'm not mistaken) between stock P500 and P506 to see what is this different driver.

My P506 config.gz, decompressed, is attached below; if someone has a stock P500 config.gz I'd love to get it.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] webosguru:
Do you have a P506 / THRIVE config.gz? And need a P500 or P509 config.gz to compare? I can't help with a non P506 variant but I can ask around and look

I'm sure with all the non P506 users lurking around someone can upload a stock one for us.

I believe LG changed the display on the P506 variant because att would not accept the touchscreen bug on the device. That would explain why the P500 / Thrive doesn't have the bug (or I haven't noticed it on mine anyway) and why att was the last of the major US carriers to get their own variant.

I believe the display used on the P506 has had to have been used on a different LG product which is what I am going to find out. That way we can recompile one of the custom P500 kernels with the new driver.

I will also try to get a copy of a stock P500 / P509 config.gz to link here for comparison.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] webosguru:
I have a copy of the LG Ally kernel source and it runs off of the same adreno 200 with a 3.2 display of the same resolution as the P506. I wonder if there is any chance to compile a new kernel using the display driver in the ally source? Is it worth a try?

I am not sure how device drivers work for Android SoC is there specific drivers for every device even I'd they are utilizing the exact same hardware? I find it hard to believe considering webOS is not like this at all. I think this may be worth a try.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] raenye:
No need, I got the official sources off LG website today as they fixed the link.

Comparing the kernel configs of P500 and P506, the differences are:

- IPSEC/VPN/PPP support in P500

- Two framebuffer drivers (novatek and hitachi) in P506 rather than one (just hitachi), with runtime detection of hw. [CONFIG_FB_MSM_MDDI_NOVATEK_HVGA=y]

I think I'll be able to compile a version tomorrow or so. But could you please try flashing any 2.2.1 P500 rom without flashing its kernel and see if colors are OK? this would mean we just need a custom kernel and we're good to go with the plethora of P500 roms.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] webosguru:
This is awesome news! I sent LG an email complaining about the broken link. I wonder of that had anything to do with the fix... Anyway I will run a backup now and flash a ROM without flashing the kernel. I will post results shortly. Thanks a lot for putting in the time and effort!

-Isaac.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] raenye:
You should be thanking yourself, as you caused LG to put the link there (and you have my thanks as well)...

Sorry for not doing all these tests myself, this is my dad's phone and I can't take it away from him for too long ;)

BTW, I wonder how Rom Manager knows the right partition to use when flashing the recovery; it's different on every phone model.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] webosguru:
Is there an easy way to flash a rom without it touching the kernel? If so I can't figure it out. The only thing I can think of that would work is to prepare a flashable copy of my kernel flash a P500 rom then flash my backed up kernel. I just don't have access to a PC right now to do that.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] webosguru:
So after some more research I have discovered that the partitions are different on the thrive and that's why the colors are messed up in recovery as well as when you flash a new rom using the cwm recovery. So before we can even begin to flash a new kernel / rom the cwm recovery will need to be ported.

This was taken from AndroidCentral forums concerning the Thrive.

( The partitions are in a different order for this phone than for other phones. For example, when I did my image pull of a clean, stock Thrive, I got the following mtd partitions: mtd0 = boot mtd1 = system mtd2 = recovery mtd3 = lgdrm mtd4 = splash mtd5 = FOTABIN mtd6 = FOTA mtd7 = misc mtd8 = cache mtd9 = userdata The two (unexpected) partitions, as far as order goes, were system and cache; at least, they are unexpectedly located at mtd1 and mtd8, respectively, as compared to their respective locations on the Optimus V (i.e., mtd7 and mtd2, respectively, on Optimus V). )
[Optimus One, P500, V General] giandeli:
could u post from and kernal files
[Optimus One, P500, V General] giandeli:
ive got the source code files to build one I'm posting them later and please post stock from for me so I can flash back
[Optimus One, P500, V General] raenye:
You can do one of two:

replace the boot.img inside the rom with the backed up boot.img, and then flash the rom; or

correct the installer script to skip flashing boot.img (and possibly remove it from the rom altogether).

I think the first option is easier as it only requires replacing one file in the zip file, and not changing the scripts within.

Actually, according to this post, the partitions in P500/P506 are exactly the same.

Definitely the colors issue has to do with the change in the kernel; I suspect recovery uses the same kernel as the rom, so once you flash a P500 rom with its kernel you get messed up colors everywhere.

Edit: recovery uses a separate kernel, so I don't understand why the CWM recovery has no color issues on your device.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] giandeli:
Please guys I'll test but can I have the stock rom pm it to me