[LG Optimus 2x] tonyp:
Q & A

Q&A

This Q&A has been written mainly by noahk423 from the G2x section.

If you appreciate his work please head over to the original post and leave him a Thanks there!

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Q: Some apps Force Close for me

A: Some apps don't like non-stock DPI values and will FC.

If an app Force Closes go to Settings - Paranoid Settings - List of apps and apply "Stock DPI (Phone)" (or custom 240 which is the same thing).

For apps with widgets also check the "Force Scaling (widgets)" option. After a reboot your problems are gone.

This fixes 99% of all app FC's!

The next 0.5% are caused by restores from TitaniumBackup. Please try to avoid any unnecessary restores!

Q: My status bar disappeared?

A: Hold power button until Power Menu comes up, click Expanded Desktop.

Q: Video recording isn't working

A: Yes, that's LG's fault, we need the official ICS release for that. You can use "Videocam illusion" from the playstore. No HD but at least recording is working with it.

Q: Paranoid Android settings force closing?

A: Clear data for "Settings" and see if that works. If it doesn't, did you do a full wipe before installation? If you didn't, then that is most likely the problem.

Q: My Youtube videos won't play?

A: Turn phone to landscape mode, and turn off the HD option.

Q: I saw something about a hotfix in the thread, do I still need to flash that?

A: No, you only need to flash hotfixes if they're mentioned in the first post. If not the hotfixes are already baked in into the newest version.

Q: I don't have the on-screen navigation buttons? I want those bacause it looks nice in Tablet UI!

A: Go to Settings> System> Navigation bar> Softkeys, also works without Tablet UI.

Q: No USB mounting support for my SD card?

A: The stock kernel doesn't support UMS. Flash a custom one (like Harsh's) and go to Settings> Storage> Menu> USB computer connection.

Q: The Stock browser crashs from time to time.

A: Yes, the Stock browser crashes when turning from landscape to portrait. There is now a fix by tonyp here: http://bit.ly/R6afjw

Q: What are the major bugs in this ROM?

A: Nothing ROM related! There are only the typical ICS bugs. We need the official ICS release by LG to solve them. Examples are no video recording(Camera does work though).

Q: Does Chrome work?

A: Nope! Cnrome does not work because of missing drivers. We need the official ICS build for the Optimus 2x.

Q: My font size is rather small?

A: Increase either the default or the apps specific density at Settings> ParanoidSettings or go into Settings> System> Font Size> and choose another font size.

Q: I've changed some things in Paranoid Settings. After rebooting, these Settings now force close, what do I do?

A: Just reflash the ROM without wipe. This will fix it because it replaces the (modified)pad.prop in /system with an unmodified stock(as the ROM came) pad.prop.

Q: When switching through homescreens, I get a blue outline of the screen and I don't like it, how do I get rid of that?

A: Go to Settings> Launcher> General> Disable the "Tablet effects" option. Then go to the Homescreen settings an change the Transition effect to Standard.

Q: My alarm didn't ring today, so I was late for work, then I got fired, then my house got reposessed, then my car gave out of gas, so now I'm just sitting under a bridge with my phone and what little battery I have left. Why didn't my alarm go off?!

A: This was probably a bsod (black screen of death). All phones react different to different kernels, you have to try yourself which one works best for you. Don't undervolt! Undervolting increases the chance of bsods a lot. If this only happens during charging it's a charging bsod with an easy solution: Go into Settings - Developer Options and check "Stay awake"(No man's financial life was harmed in the making of the above question)

Q: Does the HDMI connection work?

A: Yes! The HDMI connection works at full 1080p HD, just not at 720p though(just like CM7, and any other ROM). Just plug it in and it recognizes it just fine!

Q: When using a root checker, I got a failed root check(saying I'm not getting root access). What do I do?

A: Try wiping the data of Superuser. If that doesn't work, try updating the SU binary, or the app itself. If that doesn't work, the ultimate solution is to wipe data(a complete data wipe/factory restore in CWM to be specific), and reinstall the ROM, this might not work however, a trick that has been used by a fellow Optimus 2x user, found that he had to erase all internal memory in "Mount Storage". But, in reality, there is NO need for a root checker if everything else Superuser related works, so don't worry!!

Q: Can you include the Optimus 4x lockscreen?

A: Unfortunately: No - and there's nothing I can do about that as long as the ParanoidAndroid team doesn't release it's source.

Q: Why isn't Opera working?

A: The newer versions aren't working on on P99x ICS unfortunately. You need to use Opera Mobile v11.5.3 or Opera Mini v6.5.2.

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Extras/Fixes!

Some settings menus are not reachable in TabletUI and Portrait view, the problem is the too small screen size.

For example: Settings - Security - Screen lock - Pattern: The Next and Cancel buttons are missing in TabletUI.

There are three workarounds:

Most of the times it's enough to just tilt the device into landscape, the missing settings will appear due to a specific landscape layout.

Setting the Tablet DPI (128) does make it work, but it will get pretty tiny.

Last but not least: Apply PhoneUI (and if needed even a dpi of 240).

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