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[Vibrant General] Kameirus:
so i just for hoots and hollers i called the number that

gun posted

and asked them if there was a gingerbread update being tested

for the tmobile vibrant t959

and was told yes there is an update being tested but there is no

eta when it will be released

so i again asked is it a gingerbread update and was told

again there is an update being tested

i was like thats only part of what i asked

i know theres an update being tested and you have confirmed it

but i would like to know is it a gingerbread update

and was told we cannot confirm wether its a gingerbread or newer

os update ....but yes an update is being tested but no eta

on a release date ....

so all i got out of it was a 50/50 chance of it being a GB update

.......

now before yall start whinning about we need pics or more

evidence about it ..heres a solution for ya

try calling the number gun posted and ask about it yourselfs

and wow it took a whole 5 minutes out of my busy day to call and ask them

Thanks Gun for the info
[Vibrant General] dary.yang:
i hope its true,thank you!
[Vibrant General] rakeshchn:
Are you guys serious? People on the other end of these numbers dont usually know what they are talking about these things.
[Vibrant General] hd2life:
They are like gingerbread update sure why not just let me eat my donuts.
[GT540 Optimus General] scribbclubber:
great work man.. only regret you did not post this earlier for me,as i took about 2 days to flash my phone for first time.. lol

found that helped me using recovery.
[GT540 Optimus General] effortless.:
lol, I was going to post it for a while because most of it was a reply to another post, but only just got round to doing it and it only took about 1 hour to re-write, but hopefully it will save some time by not having to explain it again and again to first time flashers (when they appear lol) Also might do a boot logo and recovery repair one too so users can sort that out too as there isn't a clear guide with pics on XDA. Also, i'm going to contact Decad3nce and see if we can get this stuck.
[GT540 Optimus General] nutterbg:
I have a few theoretical questions about this. Firstly, what calling issues does this fix? My current configuration is based off a v20d Baltic fastboot kdz, and has no problems. What difference would it make if I were to flash this v20c Orange, and restored a backup of my current software, if any(difference)? Lastly, is there any way to chech what baseband/radio a kdz flashes, if possible, without flashing it? :) I would be glad if I learned something new today, thanks. :)
[GT540 Optimus General] effortless.:
It is meant to include a fix for calling while connected to 3G. Me and many other users encountered a problem where we could not recieve calls on 3G. I flashed this and my problem was gone. Also, i'm unsure how to check the baseband firmware, in 2.2 ROMs, this is visible, but I looked in the build.prop, and it was a set text (under ro.ril.baseband I think) but yes, you could flash this KDZ, restore backup and all would be well. But if you needed the modified partitions, just use the tutorial that is in my signature, then flash backup.
[GT540 Optimus General] scribbclubber:
Good idea

yep well said, when they appear and post without using search bar...lol think that i've did it myself but i used to save improtant notes and like that no need to search again and again, the thread should be stuck for noobs..

the guides are already here but posted on different threads and not at start, so agree that pics alongside instruction is a good idea.
[GT540 Optimus General] Buffalo Soldier:
Do I need recovery_clockwork_4.0.1.4_swift, that is on Mur4ik's site, to install SwiftDroid_v2.0_RC4, or I can use recovery clockwork 2.5.1.8 that I already have on my phone?
[GT540 Optimus General] Shieldeh:
EDIT:Nvm, fixed it.
[GT540 Optimus General] effortless.:
Added info on making sure 'Mass storage only' is unchecked before using KDZ to solve some peoples issues with the phone not being detected.
[GT540 Optimus General] DamDSx:
Noob friendly? hardly.

THis has no information on rooting. does the phone need to be rooted? is this flash pre rooted? how to root?

Lack of information everywhere, sorry.
[GT540 Optimus General] effortless.:
Obviously if you needed to root then I would have included the steps. Also around 99% of custom ROMs are rooted anyway.
[GT540 Optimus General] KenifJambo:
I have a rooted and already updated to 2.1.

Would this still work?
[GT540 Optimus General] effortless.:
Of course, you would have to do this anyway if you want to install custom ROMs :)
[GT540 Optimus General] Danzano:
This should be added to mygt540.com
[GT540 Optimus General] effortless.:
It already has been lol
[GT540 Optimus General] pcfighter:
In 2.1, you can check baseband in hidden menu.
[GT540 Optimus General] Aktivehate:
Will this also work with the GO version of the GT540?

As my girlfriend have this i she want to run Cyanogenmod because the phone is terrible slowly.
[GT540 Optimus General] effortless.:
As far as I am aware, it works perfect, GO is just some branding from some providers.

^^ Could someone back me up on this,

Thanks
[GT540 Optimus General] Aktivehate:
Well that's good to know, i had one with 1.6 but made some things go wrong with the drivers, and the usb settings in android, but know i have this guide so i am gone try it.

When I tried it i had some trouble with the kdz flasher, but i did'nt knew of the msxml stuff and it was with windows 7.
[GT540 Optimus General] mohnim:
Could someone upload another fastboot rom,preferably a version v20a or v20b
[GT540 Optimus General] Rejwen:
Hi everyone and sorry for my english. I need your help guys :).

My uncle has LG GT540 with stock Android 1.6 and some problems from time to time. I can update it to oficial 2.1 but maybe I could do smth more for him. Could someone write a little tutorial what should I do to get [ICS] AOKP Milestone#6 r2 rom? :) I should install Android 2.1 with fastboot and one of recovery versions, right? Also change partition size, but no idea how.

I would be very greatfull for help :).
[GT540 Optimus General] Hellboybazinga:
Thanks man, nice thread.You helped me alot :)
[GT540 Optimus General] bardnb:
Thanks a lot!
[GT540 Optimus General] Vlajko76:
Clockwork link is dead :(

Please post link!
[GT540 Optimus General] uykucu:
you can try this: recovery 6.0.2.8 : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2183841

or this: 5.5.0.4 : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1485915
[GT540 Optimus General] 1mdc:
blank black screen fastboot mode

I went to a step of booting into fastboot mode, but I got blank black screen. I have to take out the battery to make it boot back to the normal mode. Please help. Thanks.
[GT540 Optimus General] corvenik:
thanks
[GT540 Optimus General] effortless.:
I'll upload V20A Europe Open now.
[GT540 Optimus General] Aktivehate:
I have one problem after flashing the recovery trought fastboot, i can enter the recovery but it does'nt is on the screen. I can check that it is in recovevery trough adb but is just doesn't show up at the screen, the backlight is on but there is nothing more to see than just a black screen. Someone know how to fix this?

It's a GT540GO, can it be that it have something to doe with that?
[GT540 Optimus General] effortless.:
You can try running adb devices and you should get your devices serial number and it should say recovery next to it.
[GT540 Optimus General] Danzano:
Awesome post I remember my first time using kdz. Etc

Wasn't nice grabbing snippits of info good to see it all in one place
[GT540 Optimus General] Aktivehate:
I did that, that's how i know that's in recovery mode.

But i don't have a bootanim or so, just same as with the recovery, but this problem already was there before I flashed it.

Maybe try to erase the system partition before flashing it?
[GT540 Optimus General] effortless.:
You will have to follow these steps (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10238074&postcount=41) and you will get recovery and boot animations back. BTW, i'll add this to the guide for anyone who gets this issue.

EDIT: Added it now under the 'flashing recovery' step.
[GT540 Optimus General] rekcah_ogami:
Hi guys. I'm really a noob when it comes to these things. So basically, I do the said steps first then I could flash any rom right? I downloaded everything that was mentioned. Thanks for the replies.
[GT540 Optimus General] effortless.:
Any GT540 rom, yes.
[GT540 Optimus General] Danzano:
Although remember when switching between 2.1 2.2 and 2.3.5 to make full backup before hand and a full wipe you may run into issues otherwise
[GT540 Optimus General] rekcah_ogami:
Thanks Man. It took me hours and determination but it all worked out. More Power!
[GT540 Optimus General] Peahnuts:
I kind of screwed myself over, I installed V20A_00.kdz and out.kdz from the no boot animation link before trying to install clockwork and such, any help on where to go from here?

PS. When I launch the phone normally I seem to get lots and lots of force closes, can't even go into settings and do a factory reset or turn on debugging (don't know how it isn't on since I couldn't turn it off since settings kept force closing)
[GT540 Optimus General] effortless.:
Follow the steps that are after the boot logo steps. (Installing custom ROMs)

As for the force closes, do a factory reset in fastboot or recovery. Fastboot involves using the fastboot.exe file, and running the fastboot -w command (when the phone is in fastboot mode) Also, be sure to factory reset before flashing a new ROM to avoid these force closes again.
[GT540 Optimus General] Peahnuts:
Hey thanks, got everything sorted out, running CM7 Gingerbread and all that jazz, though the new Android Market and small icons/fonts is some places kind of f'k up my eyes lol. Anyway thanks for the detailed thread. Appreciated.
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
a quick bump some newbies have trouble finding this thread( was at page 4 O.O)
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
I think I must upgrade my phone in order to get the 3G network working. But I'm intimidated by the big, bold, red message in the beginning about bricking the phone. O_O

Maybe I should pay an experienced person to do it....lol.

Is this newbie friendly for real? I've never updated any phones before, especially not like this haha.

All I want to do is upgrade my android v1.6 to 2.3.7 or something that would work with 3G...and I'm not totally grasping the steps of doing this yet. A lot of new terms I need to research as I am unfamiliar with it.
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
well we all started this way like me :) 13 years old (now 14) dint know what the hell to do but this is worth it! all you need to do is to follow the thread! well if you dont believe that it is better interms of performance then go to the market and download quandrant (its a benchmarking app) i scored 1416 using 2.3.7 so im very sure you will only score at best less then 1000 all of us here arnt pros at this but give it a shot!

the choice is yours!

as for the terms like kdz and etc it grows with time. after awhile you WILL get it or just ask :)!
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
Okay I'm doing this right now.

I noticed that the Software Updater [KDZ] says that I should back up the files/data of my phone before proceeding, how can I do this?

I don't have any important info stored on my phone yet, but I assume it wants me to back up the actual software, the Android 1.6? right?

---------- Post added at 02:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:42 PM ----------

Okay, that's where I started having problems. My phone reboots automatically when I press the power button (instead of turning it completely off). After I pressed and held the "Camera + Power" to fastboot, all I get is a blank black screen. Yes the phone is on. No message came up that said "rebooting" so I couldn't hold the HOME key.

My computer is a Windows Vista and it couldn't install the fastboot driver update, so I went to the suggested website (junefabrics.com) to download that PdaNet driver. That had problems installing. It says I had to go into my phone to Settings---> Applications--> Development and enable "USB debugging". I did that the first time, but I assume that since I no longer have version 1.6 in my phone I would need to do it again. Problem is, my phone is stuck at the blank black screen and I can't go into my phone.

What's the issue here? Thanks!

*UPDATE: I am currently trying the method here :http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10238074&postcount=41 to see if it can fix it. I have noticed that right after step 6 (when FrenchV20C it is finished updating), I do see the LG logo. I don't know what comes after that though as I followed step 7 and pulled out the USB right when that appeared. Now I'm downloading "out.kdz", like the steps said to do*

*UPDATE 2: So as I'm waiting for out.kdz to download, the KDZ updater suddenly pops up an "Step : Upgrade Error error code = 6" for the FrenchV20C update when my phone isn't plugged into the computer anymore...I'm worried. This didn't happen the first time I did it.*

*UPDATE 3: So now I followed all the steps and installed "out.kdz". When I put the battery and SIM back in my phone and turn it on, the logos are all there but I get an annoying error message every 1-2 seconds "Sorry! The process com.android.phone has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again." OMG. Please help. FIXED, thank you. I did a hard reset by pressing the volume up + home + search button. The BIG question is what do I do from here? The phone says I have the 2.1 update already. Should I still try to fastboot + recovery + get custom rom? All I want to do is get a 3g internet connection on my phone. (If the phone itself can be faster, that will be a bonus for me...but it isn't that bad as-is now.)
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
WAIT ONCE U GET A BLACK SCREEN BY HOLDING POWER AND CAMERA IT IS FASTBOOT!!!! ONCE IN FASTBBOT PLUG IN PHONE INTO COMPUTER AND SINCE ITS WINDOWS 7 IT SHOULD INSTALL. SOME DRIVERS ITS SELF IF NOT KEEP TRYING ITWILL INSTALL SOONER OR LATER ... phew
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
My computer is a Vista and it had problems installing the driver..it couldn't find anything. It asked for the CD that came with my device. But there was no CD in the box.

---------- Post added at 05:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:57 PM ----------

I'm guessing the version of 2.1 I have now is the standard stock version? What are the exact benefits of fastboot + recovery + custom rom to 2.3.7? I'm trying to see if it is worth the risk of further messing with my phone. Thanks.
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
na its 99% impossible to brick the phone now that you have a unlocked phone and fastboot mode cus now you can manage system,boot,data,cache and recovery partitions it is only (bricked) cus there are things missing or corrupted in the system partition but now you can remove the whole system and put in a new one... erm as for drivers (im on win 7 ) i got my fastboot drivers from the windows update so did my bro (winxp) its called google fastboot interface i think
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
Thanks bs828, I'm playing with this 2.1 version I have now and trying to see if 3g will work. Still getting 2g. I'm not sure if the APN settings that I used are correct for that. I am sure I have 3g/4g where I live as I called T-mobile. Do you happen to know a working APN setting to somehow "unlock" the 3g network capability? I feel that is the thing I'm missing at this point unless this phone really cannot get 3g in the USA due to frequency and blah blah; but I know for a fact that people have gotten it to work so I don't know what I'm missing....:confused:

Update: So I spoke with a T-mobile USA representative again (this time a different person) and she basically told me this:

"At this time you are only able to use 3G or 4G with a T-Mobile device. In order to connect with the 3G. 4G network, a device needs to use both of the AWS 1700/2100 bands (not just one or the other)."

From what I researched the LG GT540 has these bands: GSM 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS 900/2100. Wouldn't that mean that it will never work since it doesn't have the 1700 band which is what the 3G runs on? I have no idea how some of you got it to work. Neither does the representative. She was greatly puzzled.
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
i seriously recommend going to 2.3.7 but you must get the drivers first... for me i could not get root for the 2.1 that you are using
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
What does "rooting" a phone actually mean? New term for me. Does it enable the user to do anything with the phone and bypass the set parameters of the carrier? For example, T-mobile doesn't think I can get 3g/4g on my phone, so will "rooting" the phone allow me to gain access?

Also, is there a link for 2.3.7? I don't see it anywhere in the thread.

Thanks!

---------- Post added at 10:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:23 PM ----------

Okay, you sound very convincing so I'm attempting this again.

I am resuming from fastboot. The problem is, now I can't even get to the blank backlit black screen. It just starts normally when I press camera + power. Oh noes. Could it be that this current ROM I'm using "outz.kdz" doesn't come with fastboot?

When I plugged in my phone to my computer now it says

"Android Platform Sooner Single ADB Interface Device driver software has installed successfully"
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
er you must hold camera and power button till the phone turns on to a black screen maybe you can keep trying ? if it still does not work then maybe kdz again?

if it gets to the black screen and hopefully windows installs the drivers

go to here

WAIT IM UPLOADING THE FILE GIMME TIME!!!

and download the file

unzip the file and there should be something called open me, open it

it should then do some stuff and you will be able to tell if it is done

it should boot with 2.3.7

any probs post it here
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
Okay thanks =)

Also, what does it mean by this in the directions:

"Open a command prompt and type the following:

Code:

cd Desktop

fastboot devices (if you see ? fastboot then your device is recognized)

fastboot flash recovery name_of_recovery.img

fastboot reboot"

Does that mean type that in "CMD" in my windows PC or should the command prompt be in fastboot on the computer?
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
lol thats why i want to upload the file for you all you need to do is click on it and the rest does it by itself :D so can you get to fastboot??
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
K, I could not get the fastboot to work after trying like 10 times. So now I'm kdzing again. Scared me because an error message came up that says it "Stopped working unexpectedly" when it was in the middle of the update. So I tried it again. Seems to have worked this time.

Funny thing is that I noticed my phone is in black screen DOWNLOAD mode now and not EMERGENCY MODE with the blue screen like the first time I did it . I did not press the vol - button to get to DOWNLOAD mode.

---------- Post added 2nd December 2011 at 12:02 AM ---------- Previous post was 1st December 2011 at 11:55 PM ----------

Kk, now I got the black screen (which is supposedly fastboot) again after I KDZ'd with the FranceOrange.

Computer says "Installing device driver software".

It says "Insert the disc that came with your Android" again. Wtf. I don't have the disc!

There is a button for "I don't have the disc. Show me other options." But that was really where I got stuck because it couldn't locate any drivers in the computer.
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
oooooo this is bad O.O
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
Yeah it is =(

I read the guide in this thread and it says that if the drivers cannot be installed then I should follow the steps and go here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1126671

But the first time I did it, I ran into problems because the PdaNet program (the alternative driver) said that I already have an existing driver on my computer. And I'm not quite sure what to do with those files anyways in relations to this update. O_O
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
maybe this??

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1035853

ok if this work then go to here

http://kulkoff.com/swift/

download the swiftdroid_v2.0_ASIS.fastboot.zip

unzip the file to the desktop and delete the file called flash_all_no_wipe

once done download the files attached below unzip it and put it into the same folder.

now the folder on the desktop should contain

system.img

boot.img

recovery.img

open me

fastboot

adb

adbwinapi.dll

adbwinusbapi.dll
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
Whoa okay, something new happened. The PDANET thing seems to be installing itself this time!!

It says "Android Original ADB Interface installed" in a separate window called "Driver Software Installation"

The window for the PdaNet is still at the "Installing PdaNet to your phone" stage.
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
ok now try doing what i said ealier
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
So I can skip this step below that is in the instructions and go straight to installing the ROM you gave me? I don't need the recovery rom? :D

"Open a command prompt and type the following:

Code:

cd Desktop

fastboot devices (if you see ? fastboot then your device is recognized)

fastboot flash recovery name_of_recovery.img

fastboot reboot

When fastboot says rebooting, hold down HOME and wait. You should see clockwork pop up. Recovery is now on your phone. You can delete the fastboot, kdz and recovery file from your pc because we won't be needing them again. Unless you need to use fastboot.exe again, but just download the fastboot.zip again if you need it) The other files, we don't need."
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
its a longer way but i will work (more steps..) or just use mine its auto :D
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
Okay, I'm about to install your SwiftDroid ROM, but now my screen still looks like this and it has been like almost 20 minutes:

Should I just install your ROM anyways or wait for the PdaNet to finish installing on my phone despite the "Android Original ADB Interface" being ready for use? :D

Thank you so much!
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
im not sure and ITS NOT MY ROM just the auto bat installer thing dont want people to get the wrong ideas and btw the original rom maker is mur4ik he left but somone else is continueing his work
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
Wow, you are a genius (and of course, the original swiftdroid creator(s) and my life saver bs828! Everything seems to have worked. (I skipped the annoying PdaNet problem and just closed it out). The command window closed itself out so I'm pretty sure it installed successfully.

Should I unplug the phone now? Cause it keeps cycling itself over and over again at the cyanogenmod7 screen (it has the teal/turquoise/blue Droid character with a circle with an arrow around it).
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
hmmm to be safe unplug it ony when it reaches the home page it should takes less then 5 mins to cycle...

well im going out for dinner hope all goes well!
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
Okay thanks! Have a great dinner!

But now it stopped cycling/moving and the droid character is still on the screen being static. O_O

I'll just wait a few minutes and unplug though.
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
if the prob persist take out battery

hold power and home buttons till recovery mode comes up use volumes keys to scroll and call button to select

select factory reset and once its doen reboot the phone. hope it works..
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
I know you're at dinner now, but I was hoping you could help me when you get back (or someone else can). I followed your instructions and went into recovery mode. The problem now is...while I can scroll + highlight the options with the volume keys, I cannot select with the call button O_O. I'm kinda stuck lol. If anyone knows what is happening, please kindly help this newbie! :p

As always, thanks a bunch!
[GT540 Optimus General] jhonnyx1000:
Try camera button.