yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
Omg thank you so much jhonny, the camera button worked lol. Funny, I tried it before but it didn't work. I wish I could "thank" you but for some reason I am only limited to 5 thanks per day-- lame -_- haha.

I am crossing my fingers that it goes past the blue droid screen.

Update: Now it's doing the loop thing between the "LG logo, green swift droid logo, and blue cyanogenmod7 logo" O_O Before it was stuck on cyanogenmod.

Update: I know what the problem was now. I can't be connected to the USB or it will continue to loop. I put the battery back in with the SIM Card and now it works. Hope I helped someone who has the same problem that didn't know of this "solution" beforehand! :D

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Thanks to all who helped me install 2.3.7!

I would truly have been stumped without the help. =)

Now I just need to try if I can get 3G. (I am so so sorry if you're tired of me mentioning this. :D But without 3G, the 2G connection is wicked slow. And the point of me getting this phone was so I can get data outside of my home. I would rather use my laptop at home with wifi instead of the tiny phone lol, but I don't want to haul it outside.

If anyone has any pointers on how to do this, then I will be crying in joy! Really. :p
[GT540 Optimus General] jhonnyx1000:
Have you tried Settings --> Wireless and networks --> Mobile networks, and then untick 'Use only 2G networks'. (As said before) lol :D
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
I didn't try in the 2.3.7 CM7 Update yet, but I did try in the 2.1 before I updated to 2.3.7 and it didn't work -_-.

I'm pretty sure New Zealand gets 3G automatically though so you don't really have to mess with so many things. Seems that only the USA has this problem. Have you seen anyone in the USA who has 3G on this particular phone that's with T-mobile (my carrier)? :confused:

UPDATE: The option for only using 2G is unchecked, but I didn't put in the APN Settings yet so there is no connection. I tried to put it in now, but the "Access Point Names" Options takes me to a blank black screen (no text, no options to click) when I press on it. Like there is nothing at all on it except for "APNs" on top on the grey header bar. Yikes. And the "search for networks" thing has an error.

I cannot find any information on this problem. Everything seemed to be working fine in this rom until I hit this. FIXED. I had to press the MENU button on the phone then select NEW APN! Lol this is new, makes me wonder why they did this.

UPDATE: jhonny, your method to uncheck "only use 2G" doesn't work in 2.3.7 either. At least not in my current APN Setting. Aren't all of them the same? >_<
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
IM back!! Lol
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
Lol welcome back!!! I'm still playing with my phone. Still can't get 3g to work...so I decided to download some apps. Will I need to root my phone or something? I don't want to download too many things and have to deal with data loss later.
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
na all custom roms come with root and dont worry about data loss just download apps like mybackup root or titaniuam backup so you can backup all your apps when moving on to another rom and later restoring them

if you are really desperate for 3g data then maybe

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1335317

its oxygen rom also 2.3.7 but better battery life it comes preset with lots of apns like for me it enable data by itself and i dint have a data bunble plan so i had to rush and disable it

to me its more stable so i recommend you use it??

if you do decide to use it then go to the page and download the rom,put it into the sdcard and reboot phone into recovery mode. if you want you can backup your current rom so you can return to it anytime, if not factory reset the phone and select zip from sdcard select the file you downloaded earlier i think its called OXYGEN2.3.7byDevSwiftRC2.zip
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
Aren't you using SwiftDroid now, bs828 (it says that in your skin)?

Or are you using Oxygen ROM?

If you've used both, which one do you think is better?:rolleyes:
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
i dont really change my sig much too lazy but im now using 2.2 to me oxygen uses less battery :D
[GT540 Optimus General] androidboss7:
Are you saying 3g doesn't work?

Cause 3g worked for me on every Rom i tried
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
Androidboss7- Not in Tmobile USA, other countries get 3g automatically I believe because it is the right 3g frequency between the carrier and the phone. At least, I couldn't get it to work. :confused:
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
Slow phone

Okay guys, so I've been installing apps into my phone. I've noticed that my phone is kinda slow even though I've moved all the apps I could to my SD card and deleted the ones I don't really need altogether. What is causing it to be slow?

Some people say that the app "Advanced Task Killer" that I downloaded may be the culprit, so I uninstalled it and it is still slow.

My Internal memory is @ 74/138mb.

My SD Card is @ 181mb/ 31 gb.

My RAM is @ 97/121mb.

:confused:
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
;)

do both

go to settings -> cyanogenmod settings -> performance -> cpu settings -> set max cpu frequency to let say 710 mhz??(for different phones the cpu is different so go to 710 first ifs the phone is stable and you want more speed go up to 806 NOT ANY HIGHER!!!) -> select set on boot

go to settings -> cyanogenmod settings -> performance -> scroll down -> vm heap size -> set to 48m

reboot phone

NOTE!!!: the first thing that i ask you to do will drain battery a bit faster but it should be ok if you dont go above the number i told you.
[GT540 Optimus General] androidboss7:
It may be cause ur phone is old if u are using swiftdroid then this had happened to me too. Just flash a new rom.
[GT540 Optimus General] nunorelvao:
Great Info foe newbies...

Good to see there are those who cares about...;)
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
Phone dies really fast- battery issue

Hey guys,

So I've noticed that my phone runs out of battery very quickly O_O. I know that the CPU settings I did had something to do with it running out a little quicker, but even before I changed the settings to make my phone run faster; it wasn't exactly that great in terms of battery power.

The old phones I had started out with lots of battery and then slowly got less (due to daily use), but still lasted longer than this phone.

On this phone, if you hit the "power" button once, it only shuts the screen off right? But the phone is still running? Doing that doesn't seem to help with battery life.

My old phones went to sleep whenever I don't use it to save power. They however, were not smartphones. If I don't use my old phones to talk (I didn't have a data plan), most of them can last for 4-5 days uncharged (on standby). This LG GT540 barely lasts one day on standby, I think it only lasts a few hours (like my laptop).

Am I missing something or is this how the phone (and all smartphones) are intended to be? Any tips? Thanks.

Oh and I know that apparently Oxygen ROM has better battery life that SwiftDroid...but I assume that it is a small difference?
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
well i theory yes i did not use it long enough to tell... well there is some thing called task killer that you downloaded before usign that you can set it to kill all task when you switch off the screen which WILL help with battery and all smart phone battery dont lask long like the iphone at best 1 day???
[GT540 Optimus General] jhonnyx1000:
Such phones (e.g. the LG GT540) do need more power to run as they need more resources for what they intended for. As your old phone was not a smartphone it took less resources and it didn't need as much charging.

Some ROMs do have longer battery life than others. Have you tried Pcfighter's CM7 ROM?
[GT540 Optimus General] chrisd1a1:
hi folks,

i've had a request to sticky this and after reading it i agree it's a good idea.

so stickied:)
[GT540 Optimus General] Marcel510:
hey guys ....

i want to get 2.3.7 by mur4ik ,but i'm not sure,that it works.... Now can anyone make a video tutorial about installing recovery and installing custom Roms ?
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
Isn't the tutorial here easy enough but if it is not there are many such vids on YouTube if you need help just ask them here:)
[GT540 Optimus General] mgkilla:
Can you refresh the dropbox links the files are gone :( Other than that great job!
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
He is not active any more maybe u can tell us what u need??
[GT540 Optimus General] policeboy0:
Ugh! I did this and I get the following error:

Upgrade error

WParam: 100

LParam: 1000
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
Phone is frozen

Hey guys, long time no post!

So everything has been going pretty well with my phone. There has only been one time that it wouldn't turn on even though I was on full battery. I popped the battery out and put it back in and it worked. This was about 2.5 weeks ago.

However, now there is a huge problem. I don't know what happened but I didn't charge it yesterday and let the battery just die. Today I went to charge it and while the lock screen is loading, it keeps freezing and cannot go beyond that point. I cannot even unlock my phone because the whole phone freezes. The buttons (home, end call, etc) does not work either. I have tried taking out the battery and putting it back in and it still doesn't work. I tried this 3 times. Oddly, it is now almost fully charged, so the phone is working to a small extent. I just cannot get past the lock screen because it freezes completely. I cannot turn it off without taking out the battery.

So does this mean that my phone is screwed? Do I need to re-flash it again? How can I fix this? You guys have helped me a lot and I truly thank you. Please try to save my phone. =(

Happy New Year!
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
Ok go to recovery mode and backup the rom. After that select the factory reset button in recovery and reboot. Tell us the result
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
Hi, how do I load the stuff from the SD card back onto the system? The icons are not there in the menu. I am able to use my phone now. :P thanks a lot
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
ok now go to recovery->backup /restore-> advanced restore->choose your latest backu and select the data only
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
When I press "advanced restore" it says "no files found"....I was sure it says backup was completed when it was backing up...weird!

I took out my SD card though when it was resetting so the SD card's files are still there, which is most of my stuff...

Thanks!
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
hmmmm try mounting the sdcard from recovery mounts and storage->mount sdcard and try agian
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
Hmm when I press "mount/sd-ext" in mount and storage it says "Error mounting /sd-ext!"

Is there a straight-forward way to transfer the files from my SD card to my phone and make the apps show up in the menu again? Not in recovery?
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
well you wiped the phone earlier on so no........... and dont mount sdext isint there a option to mount just sd???
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
Lol...so now I see a "-mount/sd card"...weird cause I swear I did not see that one there before and I looked really carefully. I shut down the phone for a bit and turned it back on it's there....O_O

I pressed "-mount/ sd card" and it became "-unmount/ sd card" so I assume that it is already mounted...but I turned on the phone like normal and all my files still aren't there. Am I missing a step after mounting the sd card?

In recovery mode there is also:

- apply update from sdcard

- install zip from sdcard

maybe I would need to do one of those after mounting it?

*Update: I went into "backup and restore" again and this time pressed "restore" instead of "advanced restore" and there is a file there that seems to be from yesterday...so maybe this will work? We shall see!*

*Update 2: Okay so now I managed to get past the lock screen but everything is still frozen...I'm convinced there is something wrong with the backup file as well..T_T so the original problem hung on to the backup file. That's because..before I restored the file, my phone was working very quickly and smoothly. Think I'll have to wipe again.*

Question: Should I take out the SD card before resetting so that it does not erase the data/format in my sd card or does it have to format my sd card for it to properly reset?
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
Looks like the problem is with app u had??
[GT540 Optimus General] jhonnyx1000:
Was it overclocked?
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
What does "overclocked" mean?

If there's absolutely no other way to load files from my SD card without recovery...then I'll start over.

I'm having a problem getting the APN to work now though...but I'll keep trying since I only tried it once last night before going to bed.
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
@johonny looks like oc is not the prob ;) looks like the error lies somewhere in the data or cache partition... a app maybe??
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
Well..I can't figure out which app it is...but some apps have had to force close....I think I'm going to have to start over. T_T
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
yeah try to remember which apps u installed latest so u can pintpoint the prob
[GT540 Optimus General] pinkhearts777:
Yikes, now I have encountered another problem- I cannot save APNs...like when I press "save"...nothing happens. The "APN" window is still blank with no APNs and I tried it 3 times. I did everything exactly the same as last time.

Any ideas as to why I cannot save and the APNs I typed in aren't showing up on the screen?

How can I fix this? Do I need to reset?

Fixed. I did another reset and it saves now..these resets on my system seem to be a little buggy lol.

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Well its not like I can erase the app from the backup file right even if I am suspicious of a few apps? The only thing I can think of doing with that knowledge is to not install that app this time around. Unless you guys know something that I don't. :P
[GT540 Optimus General] jhonnyx1000:
Isn't there an option to fix permissions in Clockworkmod Recovery? I'm not quite sure since I've been using RZrecovery for a while now.
[GT540 Optimus General] andreas__:
yes it is ;)
[GT540 Optimus General] nitro912gr:
Hello there thanks a lot for the step by step guide.

Just a side note, maybe you should add an advice to preload the ROM in the sdcard before they start the guide.

;)

In my case I did had to get back a few steps to get the rom in the sd card and resume the guide afterwards :D

Now I am a happy CM7 user :D
[GT540 Optimus General] QCTX:
The link for the fastboot.exe is down, could you re-up it, please ?
[GT540 Optimus General] Jesson_M:
Finally.....
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
finally what?
[GT540 Optimus General] Gokh:
Can someone can upload KDZ and the fastboot rom, link are dead.

Thanks
[GT540 Optimus General] Riotr:
can i just use the KDZ Updater and install swiftdroid v2.0 ASIS fastboot intead of going through all these steps?? is it really necessary? and can someone pleeassssseeee supply a link to the fastboot.exe file pleassssseeee????? its been down and i cant do anything with this phone as yet till im sure i have it..... unless i can just flash the "swiftdroid v2.0 ASIS fastboot" file i download intead of doing all of this.... is it possible?? :/
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
hello guys i have

fastboot files (fastboot.exe , adb.exe) here

kdz updater

here

i dont have a fastboot rom but (thanks lavero.burgos!!)

here

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@up no you MUST use kdz updater first the rom your are using does not have any fastboot or recovery so this is the only method

GUYS IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS ASK HERE FIRST BEFORE DOING ANYTHING ELSE OR YOU MIGHT JUST KILL YOUR PHONE
[GT540 Optimus General] Gokh:
Thanks for files.

If i have understand, first i have to flash the fastboot rom, after i flash the new rom with KDZ too or i can use recovery?

Send from my awsome ZTE Blade!
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
ok once you flash kdz you should be able to boot into fastboot but one step at a time when your done with kdz flash tell me :)
[GT540 Optimus General] trymebro:
ohh poop. I tried it everything is ok except i cant enter setting`s and browse lol. It shows me. The applications settings (process com.android.settings) has stopped unexpectedly Please try again. any idea`s what could couse this or how i could fix this? Also i saw some dude getting the same prob in page 4 i tried to boot in too the fast mode didnt work this time O_O...if i change it too 2.3.7 would it fix my probs?
[GT540 Optimus General] andreas__:
if you have recovery already installed then try the factoury reset ( you can do it fron android settings too but apparently you can't enter) and wipe the dalvik cache and the cache.

then it should work

if you don't have recovery, but fastboot-able (via kdz updater) then you can do it via cmd

first boot your phone into fastboot mode (power+ camera), then in cmd:

cd <path-of-fastboot.exe>

fastboot -w

fastboot reboot

if you use another rom it will work 100% - if your hardware isn't corrupted
[GT540 Optimus General] trymebro:
Umm i cant get into the fast boost mode. Everytime when i try to do it it just turns like normal on..also if i manage to get in the fast boost mode which rom do you say is the best and could i have the link for it please? Also i tried it with out fast mode and the usb plugged in the phone it turned on it self..
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
so u tried using adb to reboot into fastboot? best rom (stable and good battery life) to me is sdsl revo final
[GT540 Optimus General] trymebro:
I fixed it in the phone i pressed the button above pick up call button i think and there i picked search i think or some off those buttons and there i got in too the systme restore lol. I cant remember sorry.
[GT540 Optimus General] SirMisiek:
Can i use http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1364416 this rom version

instead of Orange France and follow instructions in its topic.

Where can i find drivers because link is dead (i'm win 7 64 bit user)
[GT540 Optimus General] paulpaulwong:
Hello all,

Newbie got stuck while installing the Fastboot ROM...

I have followed the steps until I have got the France Orange ROM installed...

"Next put your phone in Fastboot mode by rebooting then holding Camera+Power, make sure USB Cable is plugged in. Also let Windows search Windows Update for drivers."

I can't get into the Fastboot mode no matter how long did I hold the Camera+Power buttons....

Please help!

Thanks in advance!
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
try this

(might not work but pls try)

on phone as per normal.

download this

http://www.mediafire.com/?ag28tz4dd7i0lai

unzip it with winrar winzip 7zip or whatever.

plug phone in

open the all_flash_no_wipe.bat (or something like that)

phone should reboot to fastboot and flash the files(phone should not reboot)

then you can flash any rom using fastboot or the new recovery that you just flashed.
[GT540 Optimus General] paulpaulwong:
Thank you so much for ur reply, I got passed the Fastboot problem b4 reading this....(I did a Factory Reset, then I can get into the Fastboot Mode)

I am trying to read more about the recovery mode before I am going any step forward.....

Thanks for ur reply :)
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
recovery very important but if you cant choose which rom to use i will recommend sdsl final best 2.3 out there
[GT540 Optimus General] onoyhac:
what the best recovery?
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
Depends. To me best will be rzr recovery (lots of features) but simplest will be clockworkmod recovery
[GT540 Optimus General] paulpaulwong:
Finally got the 2.3.7 installed....but after putting the SIM back into the phone, can't make the mobile network work even I have checked the Data Enable...

What's went wrong??
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
Erm sounds like the apns need to be set
[GT540 Optimus General] paulpaulwong:
I don't know..... but no matter how hard I tried, i did not work...

I think this maybe the problem of the ROM that I have chosen...

So I decided to choose another ROM instead and now problem solved!

Thank you so much for all the advices and information that you have given!

The most important thing is.... I got the recovery ROM installed, I can do this all over again even I encounter any problem with the existing ROM....

Thanks a lot!!
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
which rom are u running now?
[GT540 Optimus General] paulpaulwong:
I'm now using CM7.2.0-RCO-SDSL-04022012-REVO

performance is good~~ (so far)
[GT540 Optimus General] biluris:
recovery-backup

before i put the recovery what do i have to back up? :confused:

when i finnaly put the recovery i would have deleted all my files in my phone?

I have 2.1-update 1 (official) on my android can i put recovery?

Could you explain the problems if i want to update it after? :confused:

How much risky it is?

Very Nice thread i loved it...it was very simple and understandable keep it up!!
[GT540 Optimus General] ItsHumf:
Broken link?

Edited -

Nevermind found what i was looking for afew pages back.
[GT540 Optimus General] masterismos:
Last time that i used this tutorial i totally brick my phone and i send it to LG. i get my phone after 1 month and I GET IT 2 HOURS BEFORE. i will try again hope this time i will do it well.

Everything done!!!
[GT540 Optimus General] -Asskicker-:
Link to fastboot.exe is dead? :(
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
fear not bro im here ;)

hope its the right file

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?glzeiinrdbq8b39
[GT540 Optimus General] abumaha:
cnat go in fastboot only retsart mormal ehy pls help
[GT540 Optimus General] bill_kevin:
How Add language Spanish on Custom Roms?
[GT540 Optimus General] ham4ever:
Thanks for he guide really helpful:D
[GT540 Optimus General] LogicDaemon:
Hi all. I was in the process of updating LG GT540 to 2.1 with KdZ, but it stuck diring flashing (here are the logs: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/y2fk7e0f2kw2q1p/O35TTwifOm

There were no activity for 25 minutes, so I unplugged the cable.

Now it does not react neither on powerbutton alone, nor on VolDown+power or camera+power. When I plug cable, it does not appear in device manager in windows (XP). KDZ in CS_EMERGENCY does not find it.

Have I got any other option except service center?
[GT540 Optimus General] mechzombie:
Problem flashing KDZ

I tried flashing 2.1 Fastboot on lg stock 2.1 through kdz, the whole process went smoothly, restarted normally, but with no changes to the stock rom.

Have tried repeating the procedure many times (including on different systems), but no luck.

Its acting like as if it is write protected.

Kindly note that I have flashed before many time, its the first time I am seeing this.
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
Replied with pm.
[GT540 Optimus General] ham4ever:
huge thanks

this is awesome tutorial , helped me alot :D
[GT540 Optimus General] CoolApps:
I know right, a custom rom also has that shown in the About phone/Device/Tablet (I don't have a Android tablet so I don't know really whats it called XD) :rolleyes:

Send from my LG GT540 Android 4.0.3 Polishblood PreRC CM9
[GT540 Optimus General] tsabrakar:
There seems to be problem with the links in the first post i.e. ht.tp://*******/2OIgr

Can you fix the links?
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
:O the OP no longer seems to be active.. but what do you need?
[GT540 Optimus General] marC00Linho:
thnx!

Fantastic guide! Thank you very much. I did the job right! Thank you for the re-up-ed links also.
[GT540 Optimus General] stevicc:
do i need to put my phone in download mode?
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
By starting the kdz updater it should go to download mode by itself.
[GT540 Optimus General] manthos1978:
can someone please re-upload the phone drivers or give me a new link? the link on 1st page is ***** something for a reason...

ty :)