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[T-Mobile LG G2x] littlecarlos:
Is the touch screen is half working or fully working?

sent from LG-P999 GALNET MIUI ICS -FAUX123 0.4.4 KERNEL, USING XDA PREMIUM APP
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Azuske:
It works but it still has the cursor. It works sorta like a touchscreen mouse and its very annoying. So i guess half working... Till that issue is fixed then we have a half working touchscreen
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Azuske:
Bs from nvidia

Note from Nvidia about drivers:

We do provide our Tegra kernel publically for our Tegra reference devices at http://nv-tegra.nvidia.com/gitweb/?p=linux-2.6.git. If you're looking for HAL components (ie drivers) or the kernel for a *specific* device it's up to the manufacturer to provide, as per the standard GPL license.

Now to harass LG
[T-Mobile LG G2x] davehasninjas:
How do we go about that?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Azuske:
http://www.lg.com/us/general/contact-us.jsp
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Dave778:
Is it possible to use the hardware drivers from 2.3, 2.4 or 2.3.7? (If need be)

LG is useless. I live in Canada & 2.3 OTA still h asn't been released officially
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Azuske:
Yeah, this is the last LG/Nvidia product im buying till i see both opensource the entire code.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] kingdomseed:
I also sent an email to nVidia. That's great that they took the time to respond. Should we update the part of the OP that talks about #boycottenvidia since it's not their fault anymore?

PS thanks devs and keep up the hard work!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] davehasninjas:
Cool, thanks
[T-Mobile LG G2x] chuckhriczko:
I had a feeling it would end up being LG. Note, lets also focus on T-Mobile as they could be holding LG back from releasing certain things.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] lotherius:
Seriously guys... P E R S P E C T I V E ...

No manufacturer gives out source code for their device drivers. They're proprietary. No manufacturer gives out source code for Linux kernels they haven't even written yet. How the HELL do you expect LG to deliver us a bunch of source code for ICS when they haven't even written it yet? C'Mon, I want ICS as much as the next guy on my phone, but guess what? It ain't gonna magically appear!!!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] booma428:
A lot of us are feeling the same pain..I def will stay away from lg/nvidia and reccomend friends/family do the same. It seems that lg has completely abondoned the g2x given all the issues and returns it faced when it first launched. This phone is grrrreat and has so much potential but will be hindered without proper developer support..imo it seems devs stay away from this device because of the headache it is to work with. That said im so thankful for the devs that have not abondoned us and continue to work hard and provide all of us with great roms. Thank you guys!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] s10shane:
well cant we just have someone port ics from the O2X? lg confirmed it will be getting ics update.

"LG firmly denies the rumors that claim LG will not be providing the Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) OS update for the LG Optimus 2X. These rumors are NOT true. LG is currently in the process of planning the ICS OS update for the LG Optimus 2X as well as other LG high-end smartphones. Detailed information on the ICS OS update schedule for specific models will be announced, once the ICS OS is publicly released by Google. Please stay tuned for more updates from LG.

Thank you very much."
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Smallsmx3:
Peace out booma....lg put together a great device...there are issues but most have been ironed out...people complain more than they praise....its funny the galaxy s line had a non working gps period...there was no fix...but it will go down as one of the greastest android devices...go figure..we will have ICS
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Azuske:
point is guys... out of all the android devices ive ever had... this is the hardest one to port or develop roms for and even CM developers have problems with this tegra device so this is something both LG and Nvidia did wrong.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Dameon87:
Touchscreen fully working in non-pointer mode now. :)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] zgjbeta:
lol thats what i like to hear instead of all the negativity going around. Good work guys even if this doesnt come through atleast you tried. The fact that you even got it to boot is incredible.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ultma75:
Beautiful :-)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Dave778:
I rest my case. LG is slower than a bloody snail. 2.3 OTA was just released in Asia. As I said canada still has 2.2. Theres something wrong w LG as a company. Either their devs are mentally retarded (literally) in which case I understand & its ok OR they are just a slow ass company w slow ass devs that are out of touch w reality. This will be LG's downfall in the mobile industry & the same goes for Nvidia. Lucky for these 2 companies they have other departments to rely on. This is the last LG & Nvidia product I will EVER buy!

A smart company would have worked something out w Google & gotten the ICS update set for January. I called LG on Friday & was told that they had no plans for ICS yet as they are still in the midst of 2.3. UMMMMMMM? Are we back at this statement again?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] booma428:
amazing to watch the progress the devs are making; dameons update of fully working touching screen :) touchdown sucka!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Dameon87:
Lotherius you miss the entire point. If we even had 2.3.x source for the proprietary drivers then we could modify them to work with 4.0.

Manufacturers DO release source. LG just is not one of them. Nvidia has already stated it is up to LG to release the source
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mackpbj:
That's exactly what I thought. I sent Nvidia a few tweets but I was pretty sure it would be up to the manufacturer seeing as it is LG buys the tegra2 chips from NVidia but I am not in the tech industry myself so I wasn't sure. I will definitely be contacting LG to politely ask them to help us out.

Also I don't see why Tmobile would have a problem with LG giving us the source. Unless there is something I am missing?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] :
T-Mobile wants us to upgrade our phones, not software. / So does LG
[T-Mobile LG G2x] lotherius:
I suppose, coming from the Vibrant, which sufferred from no GB update and no drivers as well, I am somewhat used to manufacturers not releasing driver source. Show me where Samsung did for the Vibrant?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Charlie Brown:
Indeed! They want us to spend money!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Dameon87:
Coming from an epic 4g, i experienced it first hand. The nexus s was the godsend for the sgs development.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] xile6:
of course. There is no money in software updates. But tons in selling new phones. Thats why i hate this game of cat and mouse. Why cant everything just be released. Also why i hate apple. There stuff is great but they always change something small and you have to buy another one to get it.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] rew106ia:
Just sent this email to LG.

Dear LG,

On behalf of the entire G2x community I would like to express concerns about your lack of support for the G2x. This saddens us greatly to see such a wonderful device (which to date is still a better phone then most of the newest ones coming out!!) receive very little support from it's manufacturer. Right now your reputation is not very good at all. Why? Bad screens, random reboots, the Gingerbread update that was just thrown together to please users of the G2x (which it did not - way to many bugs!!!). Was it rushed because of the class action lawsuit against you?

As we all know Google released Ice Cream Sandwich and the development community would like to bring it to the G2x. This obviously cannot be done fully without the corroperation of LG. Open sourcing all the code necessary for the developers to help improve this device would be much appreciated. Doing so will show us that LG does care about it's customers.

Thank you for taking the time to read this.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] AllAboutAndroids:
Could I quote this and email it as well? I think if enough people do that, LG might actually take action :D
[T-Mobile LG G2x] rew106ia:
Fine by me
[T-Mobile LG G2x] siulmagic:
@dameon,kingnai,morfic take a look at this,the ics droid 3 port, got hardware acceleration working, by somehack the htc-linux guys made to get around some unsupported gl extensions, anyways heres is the news post http://rootzwiki.com/_/ articles/general/ics-booting-on-the-droid-3-r177
[T-Mobile LG G2x] redfarsi:
Time to occupy LG.

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T-Mobile doesn't care if we upgrade phones because if we upgrade phones at a discounted price then T-Mobile has to pay the manufacturer the difference. T-Mobile does want us to sign into 2-year contracts though and to get us to do that they put shiny new phones in their stores.

Right now the phone industry is in hiatus with plans,providers, and phones because its exploded massively in the past 5 years. 5 years ago I actually knew people that didn't have a phone (about 90% of my friends since we were 15).

With time it'll adjust.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] avio07:
You guys are doing some awesome work! Keep it up
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ttabbal:
When asking lg for code, perhaps ask for source first, but an nvidia style closed driver with some headers we can use to compile support in would work as well...

For kernel stuff, I need to know what we need. I'll join the irc tomorrow and see if I can help. the reports all sound like OS level things, but perhaps I can mod some kernel interfaces to make them more friendly to ics...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] xile6:
Easy post up LG info and we can get a ban of people to email im in.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Azuske:
Your missing a load of good stuff on IRC man
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ed116:
Hows it looking? Seems people are doing a really good job so far!! Others haven't even started on the port. Saw the videos good job guys

Sent from my LG-P999 running Weapon G2X - 3.0 RC1
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mt3g:
http://www.facebook.com/notes/lg-mo...40-ice-cream-sandwich-upgrade/316431148368212

Lg announcement, Optimus 2X is a device to get ICS :-)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mackster248:
Sweet! Thanks!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] chillwill11:
Link is broken...here u go

https://github.com/Hashcode/android_frameworks_base/commits/ics
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ttabbal:
I'm sure... But weekends are for the family. :) I sometimes get some time for stuff, but not that often. And between Thanksgiving and Christmas preparations I didn't have much time this last weekend. I'm browsing over the Hashcode git patches, looks simple enough. Sounds like someone already got the touchscreen driver hack in. Anyone have their changes on github so I can pull the latest patches?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Azuske:
New video on the first page showing that the touchscreen works perfectly
[T-Mobile LG G2x] booma428:
Just checked it out, the pure awesome-ness caused me to faint!!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] FatalityBoyZahy:
Amazing progress!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] siulmagic:
Thank you for lurky my server and leaking the ics build, but hey it was my mistake for leaving it in a public access folder, dont worry that wont happen again, so enjoy that broken build =).
[T-Mobile LG G2x] tdizzle404:
You hit the nail on the head.

What they don't understand is that I've upgraded to the sgs2 but kept my g2x for my son. But I'm really wanting to sell it now and wash my hands of LG if they don't start supporting there phones. Yea they said we'll be getting ICS but it will be when all the new phones have 5.0 or some crazy **** like that.

Great job devs you guys are the only hope we have for this phone.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] tdizzle404:
What does that mean?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Azuske:
People have been poking around servers where we store the builds and asking questions about them which is what I have been trying to avoid. So we had to get a private webserver because some people just can't wait till the project is done even if the build is unusable
[T-Mobile LG G2x] booma428:
C'mon maaann, patience... so does that mean yall wont be using the irc anymore?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] rew106ia:
Why can't everyone just wait until it's done!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] xile6:
That sucks man. Some people just cant wait. Helpfully they didnt mess up your site or cost you money because you had to swtich servers.

Well keep up the good work. Seems like you guys will have this up and working way before LG even confirm there will be an update to the Tmobile G2x
[T-Mobile LG G2x] greatrafa:
Loving these updates! keep it up!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] SefEXE:
I'm no official, but everything is fine guys. irc is still being used. It was hosted on a public domain... so it was a mistake. It happens! ;P
[T-Mobile LG G2x] lotherius:
So... why can't someone at Nvidia or LG make the same mistake, ;)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] SefEXE:
Wouldn't that be outstanding? :) maybe someone out there readiiinngg... ;)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Dave778:
LOL, I wish!

Question for the developers... Does it look like there might be a chance to hack the drivers for hardware Acceleration like the HTC Linux crew did or is it different in our f^@%ed up Nvidia/LG world?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] SefEXE:
I think they were gonna look into that... probably after others things like sound and adb(unless that got fixed since I left irc, lol
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Azuske:
That is actually what Dameon is working on at the moment. WE WILL GET IT WORKING SOMEHOW. May take some time
[T-Mobile LG G2x] opethfan3:
So much negativity about ICS on the G2x... c'mon guys, let's be excited, there are devs making great progress on this device and just because they don't want to release binaries yet, didn't mean there should be an issue. Arcee from CM has said the same thing.

However, I do think that maybe a source release should happen at some point soon, in the spirit of helping the community and getting more people on board with development (a guy from Europe wanted to know progress and the potential for helping port to the P990, I told him what I knew as a bystander and got yelled at for being "off topic," didn't sound too collaborative to me)

Almost all of us here want this to work and want to help, be it through testing or donating or even code. While not wanting unfinished work floating around is a good practice, excluding people seems excessive.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] booma428:
Dont think they're excluding anyone..they said they will gladly welcome any dev who can contribute to the cause..they just dont want people bugging them every second about a beta/wanting to test. they have made tremendous progress and its fun to read how they collaborate on the irc. The videos azuskes posts will hold me thru (though I wish they where a little clearer) :)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Azuske:
Next video will be awesome if everything goes as planned
[T-Mobile LG G2x] running_penguin:
Everything is looking great! Would love to help out, but unfortunately I am no developer, so a donation is definitely in store for you guys.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ultma75:
I'm super excited :-)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] LurkerRWO:
Hear hear!! This is the spirit, Zeitgeist, that we need.

So what people found the early builds, shame on them if they then wasted time by reporting known issues. But we should still be glad so many people share curiosity. It may not help development and we all have to help minimize that, but its proof this device is alive and thriving.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] will748:
Just so everybody knows, I have a friend that works in the UI development section of LG mobile, and he says their kernel development section was being fully used up and other parts of LG were making the g2x software. So the devs were a bit out of their comfort zone. I have BEGGED my friend to give me the source but he says he would get fired for it. He said he would ask his boss, but there's no definite yes to whether I can get it.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Azuske:
The main reason I rather not have broken builds floating around is because they are useless and people send messages once they get the builds asking why things are broken even though its stated on the 1st page that these important things are broken. Messages like that get really annoying so i rather wait till Sound, Data, & wifi work before releasing a Beta build. Once I have a build with Hw acceleration then I will release a update to beta testers and once i get good reports i will make it public.

EDIT: I just posted how you can become a beta tester on the 1st page. Read carefully
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Dave778:
I'm SO excited. I feel like a kid in a candy store:D

Our device is more powerful than the Galaxy Nexus... if i'm not mistaken...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] s10shane:
so this means that the g2x will be getting ics officially from lg?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] LurkerRWO:
Sorry if my words were unclear, but this was my exact sentiment. I don't want to waste time :)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] McRabbi:
They announced the O2x is getting an official ICS release so one would assume that the G2x will also. They are almost the same phone.

Sent from my LG-P999 using THE FORCE
[T-Mobile LG G2x] s10shane:
i hope so. that can help the g2x out a bit. i think its a great phone just wish this rebooting bull**** would go away. for my first time my g2x shut down and i had to pull the battery out to get it to boot.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Dave778:
Question is when not if. I just hope its not Q2-Q4 2012.

But that's why we have such a talented team of devs. We are lucky, We will have what is rightfully OURS 1 way or another. Much love to our devs, u have each Optimus owners happiness in the palm of your hands :cool:

I'd rather keep this phone than jump ship to Bell or Virgin & sign my life away on a 3yr term just to get a Galaxy Nexus.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] cervantesjc:
probably with in 6 month period.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dw9906:
Just wanted to chime in and say that i really like what i see here. Great job guys.

Sent from me, @SlashDW on Twitter!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Dave778:
Do u know something the rest of us don't or are u guesstamating?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] s10shane:
i just think its funny how developers take time out of there day to make ics work for the g2x and dont get paid and yet the guys at lg get paid and cant get the ics build to work as fast as the developers here can (if they even do it for the g2x). this is why i love xda and all the kick ass developers out there. thanks for ur hard work!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Azuske:
LOL :) Because LG is the worst phone manufacturer ever. #BOYCOTTLG
[T-Mobile LG G2x] albertorodast2007:
Precisely bec they (LG) work for a paycheck and XDA spend their effort for something bigger, for the pure passion of developing...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] cervantesjc:
it usually is the time it takes from manufacturers to release the update, but is just a guesstimation.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] rew106ia:
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/eeh9ig
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Dave778:
I hope your right. Actually I hope your wrong & its sooner :)

As I've mentioned before the Canadian Optimus 2x (which is a p999) still hasn't seen an official 2.3 update from LG. This worries me on so many levels :eek:
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Azuske:
To all the new developers. Please don't flood our IRC asking how to port ICS. You need to understand that the devs are busy and they use IRC as communication between each other.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Core Memory:
I don't think most, if any, of those posting, other than your established developer group, onto your IRC channel are developers. If they were, they would respect your group and just monitor and if they really could contribute meaningfully they would state that and what they can contribute, other than being a "tester". Unfortunately, you and the others who are actually working on this will have to make your communications exclusive by not allowing anyone else to participate in that communications channel and, if they want to communicate, they will figure out how to do it another way.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Azuske:
If people keep flooding the IRC then I'll just make it password protected.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Simer03:
At this point in the development of this port, I honestly would do this if I were u! It seems like the port is progressing so fast that now random people are gonna want in to try it!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Core Memory:
LG does have all the info to write hardware level code for every phone they manufacture but they are restricted from releasing any information which is not their own intellectual property if the chip manufacturer doesn't allow it. The stumbling block with any phone which uses NVIDIA's chips is NVIDIA because they refuse to make essential information available for their chips except for OEMs which purchase humungous quantities from NVIDIA and sign a non-disclosure agreement. Your friend who works in the UI development section of LG Mobile probably doesn't have access to NVIDIAs chip-level code and tools although his manager may have access to it but they will both get fired and probably never be able to get another job in their field if they do leak the information.

Consequently, we must continuously attack NVIDIA in various ways to force NVIDIA to make their chip-level code and programming tools Open Source which they should because Android is a derivative of Linux and Linux is Open Source and derivative code is also supposed to be Open Source http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/press_102108.html http://source.android.com/ and the information from chip manufacturers necessary to develop for Android should also be Open Source. As well, there's a cell phone Open Source organization, the Open Handset Alliance, which the phone manufacturers and chip suppliers, including LG and NVIDIA belong to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Handset_Alliance http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/oha_members.html#mobile which should be lobbied too.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] sukhochir:
Any new news? Improvement ics for g2x development
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Azuske:
Devs are working on the two hardest things to work on... HW acceleration and sound. So this time it may be a while before you hear any updates
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jeremyritzmann:
Ok the open handset alliance guidelines and ANY open source licensing guidelines are both honestly being followed by these guys. Nvidia has every bit of info needed out there for people. Manufacturers are who develops most drivers for their specific hardware configurations to utilize different aspects of the CPU/GPU. Nvidia however could be urged to lean on LG for that code. As far as someone working in the UI development section, he would most certainly need low-level access to ensure working integration with framework and kernal structures(if I'm not mistaken, its been a while since I've done any android development). LG doesn't want those drivers opensourced for a reason, including the communities ability to beat them to the punch and warranty reasons.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] x0xhellx0x:
Lock it down
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Azuske:
Keeping it open till someone decides to screw it up for everyone
[T-Mobile LG G2x] booma428:
Damn you "MikiCAR"..he almost ruin things by asking for help on the irc by asking for help for a completely diff phone
[T-Mobile LG G2x] bjcolema:
Reading updates about ICS on our phones is exciting. Reading all these other posts that have nothing to do with development is plain annoying. You all that are making this a social...all this guessing about guesses and such.. should move your discussion to Q and A.