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[General Questions and Answers] 1BadBoy:
Lol :)
[LG Optimus 2x] umirza85:
I just recently broke my old android and was looking to upgrade. The 2x stuck out because of the price/specs to me. Why is a phone thats compared in reviews to the galaxy sII which costs used around 450/500 (canadian$) so cheap? I can find a perfect condition 2x for around $200???? Is there something wrong with these phones? I can imagine when a good build of ICS comes out that these phones will fly...... so I guess my question is, howcome?
[LG Optimus 2x] tzarp990:
De O2x is a good phone the price is really worth it, you won't be missing much. The only thing I can think of that makes it cheap is because LG don't spend much on marketing and support.
[LG Optimus 2x] krajova:
LG and Nvidia dont care for their consumers enough. The phone had lots of problems in the first few months and that made many people sell it/return it. Its true the price is incredibly low now and if the price difference is so big, then you should go for the Optimus 2x. Also we don't really know when ICS will come for our device. LG said Q3.. this could mean december( I personally bet on that ). Nvidia could help developers by releasing some code, but they won't so screw them:D
[LG Optimus 2x] tzarp990:
Can you believe they only just released gingerbread for Optimus 3d? Lol I was about to get rid of my o2x but then there ain't much other phones are offering that I'm missing out on and selling wud make me lose. If there wasn't so much support on here I'd sold it for anything lol
[LG Optimus 2x] umirza85:
Thanks for the replies. I was just wondering if I was awaiting a nasty surprise when i buy for for $200, but it doesnt really seem like it. I guess the phone at least keeps up with other phones that have just come out. Is there a rom that is heavily favoured on the o2x forums - in regards to free ram/speed/not a lot of junk installed?
[LG Optimus 2x] SP1996AC:
CyanogenMod KANG of course, along with a custom kernel it works perfectly. Look at my signature for the links...
[LG Optimus 2x] umirza85:
Thanks for all the help. Still a little skeptical .... but only because its so cheap :D im going to go ahead and buy it. One more question, what is the difference between all these kernals? I assume I flash the rom, then flash one of the following kernals:

Normal version

32M ramhack shared

32M ramhack

64M ramhack
[LG Optimus 2x] SP1996AC:
First of all vadonka explained everything in his thread so you could've found out if you read it, yet maybe you didn't understand it so I'll explain it

Base version: no extra ram memory, everything works like how it's supposed to be. This one I recommend if you just want a stable phone with everything working.

32MB shared version: AFAIK, this version has 32MB extra ram memory because it shares this extra 32MB with the GPU (correct me if I'm wrong guys :D) this isn't really important anyway, all you have to know that this version used to be a little buggy, so if you want a stable phone I won't recommend this one.

32MB Ramhack version: this version also gives you 32MB extra ram memory, but this isn't shared with the GPU. Therefore this version is also really stable and I'm using it too. However, only reboot doesn't work with this version because of the ramhack from the GPU.

64MB Ramhack version: this version gives you 64MB extra ram memory. This one is also very stable I think and because of the bigger ramhack compared to the previous version more things don't work. The things that won't work with this version is reboot and 1080p (and maybe 720p) video recording.

For more information go to the original thread (link in signature)
[LG Optimus 2x] umirza85:
I didnt really understand it in the thread, thanks for taking the time. I just went out and bought the phone, I got it for $200 canadian (Still cant believe its this cheap).
[LG Optimus 2x] ongkal:
make sure first the phone doesnt have faulty hardware that causes annoying random reboots. sometimes hidden faults are the reasons why phones are sold cheap. learned this the hard way.
[LG Optimus 2x] umirza85:
Is there anyway to tell if I have a device thats faulty?
[LG Optimus 2x] xilw3r:
what i'd do is leave it charging over night with an alarm set for morning. i remembr lots of people having problems with these actions. basically theres no real way of finding this fault. I for one never had it :) good luck
[LG Optimus 2x] tablerone:
Nothing is wrong but when the phone started to be sold the software was sad. This now it´s the past. The 2X works fine and it´s powerfull. And the G2? You have to remember it´s a newest phone and with the first android company on back.
[LG Optimus 2x] LarsPT:
A lot of people have said this problem disappeared with software upgrades, so I'd say this is not a hardware problem.

---------- Post added at 06:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:08 PM ----------

I read the other day here in xda that they have confirmed they will release the code for the drivers, so we can expect good stuff on the way :)

---------- Post added at 06:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:10 PM ----------

I also just recently bought the phone. From what I've ready LG has bad stock software and sub-par support. So I'd say they sell the phones cheap because they don't have a large development team. But we have Cyanogen, so it's a fair compromise for me :)
[LG Optimus 2x] RohanAJoshi:
cm7 rocks..

do it first bro..

I was in same condition as you, but took this phone and using it.

I tried every custom roms, and finaly stable on cm7 kang.

.

can u tell me that ur all 2 speakers (right and left) are working ?

cause in my phone only right speaker is working.
[LG Optimus 2x] temasek:
1 is speaker

1 is mic
[LG Optimus 2x] Mungulz:
There is only 1 speaker.
[LG Optimus 2x] reverendhtc:
The O2X is a capable phone. I have been using it for 4 months with no major issues other than reboots mentioned above. Temasek's CM7 KANG is well recommended. I'm happy with the performance and stability. The only gripe is the fact that the camera software with CM7 is not on par with the stock software regarding video recording in low light. The frame rate drops considerably. If the camera software was changed to fix this issue then I'd be 100% happy with the phone.
[LG Optimus 2x] xilw3r:
i agree. but i really do not understand why is the CM7 camera so much worse than stock LG (im actually amazed that lg did something better than cm :D ) the video is completely unusable and lg's camera has better brightness. also if you move just a LITTLE bit with CM7 camera you will get blurred out images, whereas on Lg's acmera i could move quite a lot and get much better results (anti shake was off cuz it made the pic taking slower for me)
[LG Optimus 2x] silentmelodies:
I assume you're talking about how CM7's camera handles auto exposure. The overall quality however is admittedly worse due to lack of drivers source.
[LG Optimus 2x] Wadka:
It used to be very expensive and by the look of the hardware it sure was the phone when it got out. But what users couldn't see until they use the phone is, that the stock lg firmware was unstable and buggy and many customers had problems with that. That was then spread to public and suddenly nobody wanted that phone.

But good for us that Android is Open Source and we have those Developers caring for us! My phone runs CM7 nightly 204 with Beene's Vorkkernel. And it runs great!
[LG Optimus 2x] umirza85:
Ive had the phone for a few days now and I am completely happy with my choice. Thank you for the help everyone. The LG stock rom was pretty terrible and after putting CM7 Kang on I couldnt be happier. I only have a few questions.

1. when i installed the rom i booted it up, then i shut it down and booted back up into recovery and loaded CM7 Kang kernel - normal version. Is this the correct order and way to load the custom kernel?

2. also the first few times when i go into mobile network and select 2g networks only so that i can save some battery and only use 2g the phone freezes and the i cant go back into mobile network settings bc it force closes and I have to restart the phone. It then restarts back in 3g. after a few times of that i use the power control widget to switch between 2g/3g. It does the switch but it takes a long time to switch? on my Xperia i would switch and it would change right away. is this normal that it takes a while to switch?
[LG Optimus 2x] Mungulz:
nah my 3g/2g switching works fine. try flashing latest baseband and ensure you have getril from market.
[LG Optimus 2x] umirza85:
So on top on flashing the rom and kernel, i should be flashing basebands? will just the latest baseband be fine? or do i need a specific one for being on Rogers in Canada?
[LG Optimus 2x] Mungulz:
Latest should be good. And I can say I noticed data was more reliable with the newer baseband.
[LG Optimus 2x] Wadka:
No, the latest Baseband is not always the best. Make sure your Baseband and Your RIL match.(Download GetRil from Market)

CM7 in general runs 0218 RIL so the best Baseband to use is the 0218.

Many useres say it helps saving battery.
[LG Optimus 2x] umirza85:
So if i get the 218 baseband from here (temaseks mediafire) http://www.mediafire.com/temasek#ee8t9l8ubv8jk do i just use recovery to flash it? the other post i saw it uses and app but it deletes everything, is that the only way to flash a baseband?
[LG Optimus 2x] Wadka:
Yes unfortunately thats the only way. You can't flash a baseband with CWM or any recovery.

You need the smartflashtool for that.

1. When you flash the baseband, your Phone will be reset to stock, so make a nandroid backup and backup all your data(Apps,Contacts,SMS...)

2. Download and run Smartflashtool as Admin (downloadlink above)

3. If you haven't installed the LG drivers yet do that. LG Driver

4. Turn off your Phone, take out the Battery, press and hold the bottom volume button and plug in the usb cable unto your computer. If the display says S/W Update you're good to go.

5. Go to Smartflash tool and click on "'ROM Copy D/L'-Tab"

6. Make sure "Normal mode" is activated

7. Make sure "Erase Cal" is NOT activated

8. Click on the search button next to "CP bin" and choose your baseband file(abc...xyz.fls)

9. Click on start and let it do it's job

Edit: When recovering your phone I'd suggest you recover your nandroid backup, because the baseband is not affected by CWM backups or recovery. But still make sure it worked so double check with GetRil.
[LG Optimus 2x] umirza85:
Thanks so much for the detailed help. Guess its not so bad if you make a complete backup - can just restore it after and be right where you left off.... I hope.
[LG Optimus 2x] markyrevilla:
this phone also caught my attention with its price point but now im really loving it so don't hesitate and go for it dual core tegra2 and the price no other phone can break this great deal.
[LG Optimus 2x] eraldo:
I remember 1 ad on british TV but i only ever saw it once maybe twice then it was gone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RecH4tCToQ0
[LG Optimus 2x] strollaco:
because this phone has got a lot of mistakes!
[LG Optimus 2x] grognaz:
rofl at that ad... i feel sorry for the guys who put all their effort into the ad and probably found out pretty fast that the phone doesnt hold up to the claims and is super laggy...
[LG Optimus 2x] C.Ronaldo7:
In my city, all the 2x in every shop is doing promotion.

It costs only US$320
[LG Optimus 2x] Goldenmeadow:
Hi umirza85,

where did you find Optimus 2x for $200 in Toronto. Was it new or from kijiji?

I'm looking for this phone too so would appreciate your info.

Thanks!
[LG Optimus 2x] umirza85:
Yea i found it on kijiji, it was just the phone and charger. Was in perfect condition. Just have to keep looking - they seem to be around the 220-250 sort of price range.

heres 2 links:

http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-...IDO-Lg-Optimus-2x-WITH-BOX-W0QQAdIdZ348838557

http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-...ual-Core-8MP-Camera-Unlock-W0QQAdIdZ348839071
[LG Optimus 2x] sind500:
In Romania 2x costs 500$, so it isnt so cheep .
[LG Optimus 2x] baghy:
In Romania the lowest price for a new o2x is 400-450$ , the cheapest dual core available
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] TheFrankenstain:
Hello i9003 developers!

XXJVU for i9000 have face unlock

How Porting face unlock to KPQ ?

it's realy ?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] marcbra:
It's unuseful... Developers should think to optimizate the kernel instead of port the Face unlock...
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] shariqa12:
ICS / CM9 is a better thing to focus on.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] arajuri:
But it is useless? It's a good idea. We will not be less than the i9000 users
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] supergaijin:
i9000 users have learned it's not perfect yet, especially in darker areas, so in most people's opinion's it's a waste of time.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Wahaha123:
Better focus on porting ICS first before doing the face unlock. its easier to port one at a time.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] marcbra:
I Will never smile to a Phone between the People... As i Will never talk to a Phone!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] dorukc:
it's hard to use at night man. at daylight its okay but as i say its useless at night. for example i use video calling at some nights but even under the spotlight it shows me in darkness. barely seen.

focusing on ics/cm9 is more important
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ggclanlord:
Did he even ask any of you for your suggestions on what he should work on?

Just answer the question if you know , or stay shut.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] supergaijin:
call me a smartass or whatever, but he left the last question open. I interpret it to be "it's really useful?", hence my answer of no. if he wants, he can come back and clarify what he intended to ask ;)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ggclanlord:
Cool.

Probably he means to ask , is it really possible to port?!

And you haven't much suggested to work on x project or some ****, so my above post obviously doesn't apply to u. :-D
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] shariqa12:
1. His question / sentence / whatever is open to any interpretation.

2. Read it again... he's asking for someone's / anyone's opinion.

3. "stay shut"... seriously? Gotta learn to not take things so personally kid.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ayush95gupta:
After all the work....

Yes face unlock is not very usefull....but it is fun....

Its true that we r having more imp. Issues...

i still remember there was a thread started in out forum...long time back...speedinessbeast

It was having that feature...faceunlock.....but v:cool:ery buggy......i guess so
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] saywhatt:
lol I AGREE.. it's sort of ridiculous even
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] BassBlaster:
I don't think theres any use porting Face Unlock to KPQ because the value pack that is going to be released for i9003 will probably have that anyways :D. Speaking of value pack, where the **** is it?!? :mad:
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] luiseteyo:
All that people who are agains porting a lockscreen are against android development, and thats why I dont understand what are they doing in a development thread. U know how to port?? Ok then help him. U dont know how to? Say thanks to him for trying or shut up. U dont like the idea? U dont like development...so just shut up. Keep it up frank, good job man, :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vivekkalady:
you can have the faceunlock from galaxy w.i have tried the files and the preview is showing.you have to use settings.apk also for getting faceunlock option in settings.

but due to the camera overlay problem it will not take the picture of our face.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] luiseteyo:
@vivekkalady What did u exactly used from galaxy w? Settings.apk and what more? I imagine camera.apk and some libs... I ask this because we could try those files from:

Samsung I9000 Galaxy S.

Samsung I9001 Galaxy S Plus.

Samsung I9003 Galaxy SL.

Samsung I8150 Galaxy W.

Samsung P1000 Galaxy Tab.

If u told me I could make some combinations to see if it works :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] chismay:
wow
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vivekkalady:
I dont remember the file names.

settings.apk,faceunlock.apk,lib file for facelock
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bethanensinger:
Battery life is a huge issue to me cause I hate charging my phone twice a day. So I am wondering what rom has provided the best battery life for others?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ElectronicYank:
aokp 4.0.3 works great for me with 15 hours and i also just got francos kernel so that should improve it even more
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bethanensinger:
This is what i am on, and I installed francos kernel, but now it is draining my battery even faster so I think im gonna switch back
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wayneb02:
what governor r u running?

did u open up the camera and back out to make sure it was keeping ur phone awake?

how often do u have things sync?

do u have something running in the background like a messenger app? or push email?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrc87:
I reas that android revolution hd is really good! I'm working on rooting my phone (having problems, I'm a newbie) them that is going to be my choice. I saw that everybody talks very well about it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bethanensinger:
Figured out it was largely the camera app that kept waking my phone, also I use delayed lock which drains it a lot as well
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ElectronicYank:
how do you go back to the original kernel?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MattSkeet:
http://www.shopandroid.com/qmadix-snap-on-cover-w-holster/AA9506.htm?utm_source=ac&utm_medium=review

What do you think?

The idea of holster is quite good to me specially when I have skinny jeans... trying to have pack of fags, house and car keys wallet and phone on top of that.. than on the other hand it could look gay (no offence )
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] The_Tech_Ninja:
Re read what you said. A pack of what ? Skinny jeans ? 0_o
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] berz:
In UK they refer to cigarette's as fag's and its been used way before the US of the A's started using it as slang for homosexuals.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] plasticdarlow:
Just bought one of these on eBay. I'll let you know what I think....
[Galaxy S II General] nenol:
Hey, can somebody post a screen with their top speed (wifi) from their phone? I'm curious what real-world performance is between the "42mbps" radios is.

Ps-my home internet is rated at 18meg, so with devices connected, this is probably most of the pipe.
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
How can you have a WiFI speed test .

Its dependant upon the speed of the users connection and those are many and varied 3meg can be a good connection for some .

Mine is within about 1% next to the router but drops the further i move away .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] ctomgee:
Not a flame, but what are you talking about?

Wi-Fi has nothing to do with what the "42mbps" radio is. That is HSPA+, and is not in use when Wi-Fi is connected. And it is totally dependent on your carrier, and their APN.

On AT&T, H+ can be different depending on which APN you are on - either "wap.cingular", "phone", or "pta".

If you are connected to Wi-Fi, your speed will be totally dependent on your Wi-Fi connection's speed, and will have nothing to do with the HSPA+ radio or your carrier.
[Galaxy S II General] nenol:
Processor? What I know is this - my Sensation can't pull these numbers over WiFi. I realize that it's not the best test, because it is not cell data. However, I wanted to see what kind of throughput my phone is capable of, and how an S2 does. And yeah, internet speeds differ, but somebody out there has an S2 and WiFi as fast as mine. I suppose my curiosity is more toward "does it utilize it fully" more than "I live by a tower and my cell speed is X" - which seems far more arbitrary to me.
[Galaxy S II General] ctomgee:
No offense, but this is worse than arbitrary. You have no way of knowing if someone else's Wi-Fi is the same speed as yours, which already makes this "test" invalid.

If you want to know a true comparison between S2 Wi-Fi performance vs Amaze Wi-Fi performance, you'll need the two phones side-by-side hooked up to the same Wi-Fi.
[Galaxy S II General] BigMrB:
My s2 pulls from 10Mb to 24Mb
[Galaxy S II General] dubzah:
Connection is 50Mb
[Galaxy S II General] nenol:
Thanks to those who informed why it was a silly question, thanks especially to those who managed to overcome the silliness and post numbers. My question is answered.
[Galaxy S II General] planetf1:
It goes quite fast

SGS2 BT infinity fttc
[Galaxy S II General] limmes:
My ISP is 100mbps

With wired PC I get ~90mbps down and ~80mbps up

So phone results are not very good
[HTC Tornado] g_dinos:
Orange had posted this update for the SPV C600. It was dated August 16th 2006 and it was 34Mb.

Now the direct link http://www.orange.co.uk/business/download/c600_aku2/c600_email.exe it's actually dead!!

Does anybody know another link or can anyone upload this ROM or can anyone pm a live link?
[HTC Tornado] g_dinos:
After hard work and much luck I found the new live link!

http://www1.orange.co.uk/business/download/c600_aku2/c600_email.exe
[HTC Tornado] tobbbie:
Did you not SuperCID the device yet? Anyway a good find - completes my collection :-)
[HTC Tornado] g_dinos:
I found an old used device that was locked and I didn't know the security unlock code.

I had first to put the original Rom as a device to unlock and then to try if I can do SuperCID unlock.
[HTC Tornado] tobbbie:
Did you succeed finally?
[HTC Tornado] g_dinos:
After SPV-Services stop working I try without SPV-Services and now I have corrupted the "encrypted block" with the following message "Data Crashes Please Contact Your Service Center".
[HTC Tornado] tobbbie:
Sad - another Tornado died :-( R.I.P.

How did you kill that? I thought SPV Services will not write to the device if it cannot connect? Lokiwiz is working Ok if you do it right - I unlocked many Tornado with this. What did you do?!

Last resort:

If you like to invest some $$$, you can recover the encrypted block with the procedure from http://www.imei-check.co.uk/c600_unlock.php I did this 2 years ago for a device with the same problem and it worked. The verify procedure for payment is a little nasty though.
[HTC Tornado] g_dinos:
At the past I had unlock to many phones with SPV-Services.

For first time I try to unlock with other way and now I have a phone with corrupted "encrypted block.
[HTC Tornado] tobbbie:
If you are a little more verbose about what you did, I can advise you possibly how to recover. Otherwise, the last resort is mentioned in my previous post - still no reason to dump the device.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] Symmetric:
The glide was rooted a few days after its release, a few months ago and the development of ROMs, etc has been stagnant. CWM was made available for the Glide this last sunday (I believe) and there are already 2 ROMs available. The lesson here?

Rooting does not dictate devolpment, Clockwork does.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] vil33:
I agree. CWM provides a safety net to Devs and makes things a lot easier do.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] eggwolio:
I was an early adopter of the Backflip and development for that phone seemed to take forever. Then my lady got a Captivate(and got me one later) and by that time it seemed like there was so much going on it was impossible to keep up. It's very exciting that development for this device has started so early in its life cycle, and it's really neat to be witnessing it from the ground floor.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] lambgx02:
True, but of course, no CWM without root...

The real lesson is that manufacturers should remember who the customers are: consumers. Not hollywood. I'm looking at you, Motorola...

Locked boot loaders and anti-root provisions are a scourge on the mobile industry.