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[T-Mobile LG G2x] Core Memory:
I suppose that, if the developer is already doing it, but they don't have a G2X such as tonyp, they would welcome getting one to enable them to do their development much more easily. I think tonyp well deserves getting a G2X for his effort. I don't know about anyone else who doesn't have a G2X who is contributing as much as he has and still is. Wouldn't it be helpful to ask him and, if he wants one, easiest to donate to him directly so that he can buy the phone? I am certain that, if that happened, he would be very pleased.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] tonyp:
Unfortunately you can't count me in. I'm lacking the time and probably kernel knowledge to do that.

You need someone who got deep Linux kernel experience and skills.

Btw, offering someone like that a windows license is a little strange :p

(and just to brag about it: I got plenty of free win 8 licenses thanks to Microsoft MSDN aa :D ).

A potential dev has to have the phone. It won't work without one, that would take way more time.

The problem with donating a phone upfront is that it introduces expectations. If the dev fails it's always a bad feeling for both sides, that's why there are many devs who don't really like receiving phones.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] apolkosnik:
I'll throw in the $5 that was donated to me lately.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Core Memory:
Offering a Windows 8 license isn't that strange even in the Android/Linux community as many use Windows for some purposes that Android/Linux don't fulfil. The reward wouldn't be given until it was "earned". (And, also, but not to brag about it, I was also a member of MSDNAA but I've retired from that now.)

Kernel development/hacking is very difficult so anyone who would do it would have to have the phone anyway so getting the phone one already owns isn't an incentive. You're correct about giving a phone upfront implies that there is the expectation of a beneficial payback to whomever donates the phone which is a good reason not to give one and not to want one.

I am still committed to the reward I am considering offering. So far, the majority are in favour of it. When the poll is over, I will do what the majority wants.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Yuvin:
We'd probably need some dev who already works for LG or some other company to get the radio working.. or as stated before, some who understands android coding extremely well such.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Bulletblitz27:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't RC work with LG? If so can't he try to contact them about the kernel not supporting the G2x. I refuse to give up even though it seems hopeless at this point lol
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Core Memory:
I sent an email asking for assistance to someone at NVIDIA who does supervisory work with Tegra and Linux programming. I hope he replies.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] LostInNorth805:
He doesn't work for LG but he is in good terms with the developers at LG.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Core Memory:
Ricardo Cerqueira/RC/rmcc can't be on good terms with developers at LG because he hasn't been able to get LG's ICS working on the G2X which, if he were on good terms with them, he would have done by now. RC won't communicate with virtually anyone outside of Cyanogenmod and the Linuxerati and hasn't cooperated with anyone here who is trying to get LG's ICS or CM10.1 working except to rant about how unsuccessful he's been over a period of trying for 6 months to get ICS/JB in the form of CM9/CM10/CM10.1 working on the G2X then yelling at those who are now trying to do that about how they're on the wrong track but not offering to help them. When RC was working on getting CM10.1 on the Optimus 2X/P990, a lot of donations were given to him from owners of the P990 and from owners of the G2X/P999 but he has given up on the P999 in favour of getting CM10.1 to work on other variants of the Optimus 2X/P999, the relatively easy stuff. There are many who worship RC but I'm not one of them, I think of him as an accomplished programmer but not a god of programming. If he got CM10.1 fully working on the G2X/P999, that might change my opinion but, in his mind, I am a nobody and so are most others so our opinions of him are irrelevant but, even so, if he reads this he will probably be offended which he deserves to be.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] sunster:
Agree 100% with everything you said especially this. People still put him on a very high pedestal and are afraid to say anything that might offend him.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Bulletblitz27:
But how do you guys know that RC didn't try his best to port a fully working CM10? If he didn't care, why is he still releasing nightlies for CM7? I don't know the reasons why he's been so distanced from the G2x myself, but to assume he's just a prick and only cares about money is both arrogant and ungrateful given he's not paid and required to create anything. For all we know he is probably still trying to port cm10.

And if he doesn't, blame LG and Nvidia for not doing so. Don't purchase their devices and chips again. It sickened me how half of you went back on your words and sold out for a Nexus 4. This is the reason why they take advantage of people.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Core Memory:
The CM7 nightlies for the G2X have problems that haven't been paid attention to for quite some time. Once the build information is provided for CM7, it doesn't take any effort to keep them going. It would take a deliberate action to delete the G2X which was already done for CM9 and CM10 - deleted by RC who is the lead programmer of development for it and other LG phones.

If there are expectations, that's because of his own hanging the carrot before the horse/Optimus 2X/G2X owners.

Before LG released ICS for the O2X, he claimed to have it fully working but that, evidently, wasn't true and he accepted many donations while he worked on it including from owners of the G2X. He satisfied the O2X owners but abandoned G2X owners because it is too difficult/hard to get ICS/CM9/JB/CM10 fully working on the G2x/P999. He also withdrew the hacked version of CM9 for the G2X which, although he claimed he had to make some convoluted hacks to get it to work, at least worked enough and could have been improved by others if he would have allowed it.

It isn't arrogant to criticize his attitude and behaviour, particularly his exclusivity and unwillingness to help others when he has already spent time and effort on developing CM9 and CM10 for the G2X and supposedly has the technical ability to help (but may not according to his statement that he couldn't do it after 6 months of trying supposedly with the help of friendly "insider" contact(s) at LG) while others do the slug work and get his assistance with troubleshooting the code.

I agree with you that NVIDIA and LG are to blame for the problems with providing timely updates for phones which have hardware capable of running them. I also blame Qualcomm because its MDM6600 cell radio/modem is in the G2X and it has contributed to the problem almost as much as NVIDIA and LG. I also blame Google for not requiring that chip and device manufacturers which benefit from Android enable the phones to run the latest version of vanilla Android that the hardware is capable of running when that version of Android is released by Google. Instead, Google has allowed the chip and device manufacturers to use Android and make it, virtually without exception, extremely difficult or impossible. I also blame Linus Torvalds for allowing this mess to develop, including the convoluted and buggy programming code that makes development extremely difficult and not tightening up on commercially developed derivatives of Linux so that those companies' code must be totally transparent so that its operation can be easily traced, understood, and utilized by technically competent programmers. Consequently, Open Source Android is a farce.

I think that's enough ranting for now.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Freakthis08:
Amazingly said.... just wow. Amazingly! Of all the posts I have read, but hardly comment on. This is well stated.

100% agreed!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] sambodie:
G2x and CM7/9/10

For me, getting the Bluetooth call audio fixed for the new baseband and CM7 would be huge. Next, to have some version of CM10 with the radio working, (and BT).

If LB, NVIDA, etc. could provide enough info for that, there appears to be some Devs still around that can run with it and give us more fun for our phone.

Note that it is coming up on the 2 year anniversary of the G2x, it is old and there are other devices to work on. Just hoping for a couple of nuggets.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] thehumble1:
I think this thread is a good example of why RC isn't hanging around here much anymore. He isn't a god of course but capable of a lot, a lot that I can't do so I am thankful for that. No one owes me ICS on the g2x (except maybe LG for giving us some hints about it getting an upgrade), definitely not rc or any other developer here. Why someone who does this for fun and for free would work in any device where people complain and whine is beyond me. I sure wouldn't. Face it, the phone isn't a top tier programming device and isn't getting attention from the mfg., the dev community or Google. So what if it has the hardware to run it.

We need to use our complaints to pressure companies to support phones or to get Google to pressure companies to build kernels for a specific about of time for hardware that can run new versions.

Also I'm in agreement, why would any developer need a Windows license enough to go through hundreds of hours of work and possibly buying a phone to work on.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Core Memory:
No one expects anyone to do anything unwillingly but RC did brag about his abilities and that he has at least one helpful contact at LG and that he gets phones from LG and that he had ICS working on the O2X before it was available from LG to the common herd and got donations from many towards "improving" it to make it work as CM9 (which he did, somewhat, for the O2X and G2X then withdrew that and ported it to JB/CM10 but only for the O2X, etc., etc., etc. ... If he expects respect, he shouldn't play games with people by leading them on to believe in him and that he cares about them. His abandonment of XDA is because he can has a lot more control over what happens where he operates, read the posts on Google+ where he expresses disdain for those who dare ask for anything including help. As well, it is getting to the point where programming Android is becoming a pissing contest, and I don't mean the kind where people try to outdo each other but those on high doing to those below whose programming abilities are deemed to be unworthy or non-existent.

Companies don't G.A.S. about consumers, they just want ever increasing sales of their devices and, to achieve that, abandon perfectly good ones that could be OS upgraded and bug fixed but choose not to in order to sucker people into buying the newest and shiniest technological bauble. That's disrespectful of the consumer and the environment. In fact, some of the material in a cell phone is mined by child labour at the cost of lives and the environment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coltan_mining_and_ethics and most are manufactured by virtual slaves in a country run by a communist dictatorship and sold in a way that makes anyone who gets a so-called subsidized phone on a "plan" a contractually indentured debtor for 2 years in the U.S. and 3 years in Canada and, in North America we both the caller and the called get charged for the same phone call (it isn't that way in Europe) and outrageously costly roaming fees which service providers rake in absolutely huge profits from. The whole telecommunications industry, especially the cell phone industry, is corrupt and morally bankrupt, and theysteal intellectual property from each other then sue each other for patent infringement. Consequently, how can the ordinary consumer expect to have any effect on them?

If a free copy of Windows 8 isn't a desired incentive or reward no one is requiring anyone to accept it and, if they do but don't need it they can trade it or sell it to someone else.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] BionicSniper:
Honestly what I see as bring needed at this point is physically sniffing the busses to see what data is being sent if any at all.

This is dependent on a ton of factors, like the lines not being on an internal layer with no tp access, or sticking to much capacitance on the lines.

It's not terribly hard to do and if all your trying to do is determine if a port is open you could do it with a cheap uc. But it requires someone willing to do that to their phone.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Core Memory:
There are Qualcomm software tools such as QXDM which work through the phone's usb port that can show if the radio/modem is active or not.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Mazout360:
I think RC got pissed off working with unexperienced devs always asking him howtos and tips, and I can't blame him for this...furthermore he didn't promise anything concerning the G2X because he knew a while ago that radio wasn't working and that it was more profitable for him to work on something else than to debug this whole cr*p.

That doesn't surprise me as many devs from XDA tend to become somewhat selfish when they find "fame". Can't blame him for this either since he really does good work even though he's not getting a paycheck for it (well...almost). Though, if he really worked on this for 6 month he could've told us more instead of letting us debug everything and for this I'm not quite happy. Anyway...

@Core Memory Do you have by any chance any documentation on the MDM6200/MDM6600 chip ?

EDIT : Sorry, just read your post in the dev thread :p
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Core Memory:
Yes, it is more profitable for RC to work on the Optimus 2X as indicated at:

Ricardo Cerqueira aka RC aka arcee support/donation - Donated: 568€

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1958977

And probably more €/$ from other sources.

Here's one of my recent posts with links to Qualcomm's documentation about the MDM6600/6200 chip. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=36253592&postcount=643
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Core Memory:
The poll ended overwhelmingly in favour of me rewarding development which gets the Qualcomm mdm6600 modem/radio working fully with an ICS/CM9/JB/CM10.1 ROM and Kernel.

See the OP at the beginning of this thread for further information.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] tonyp:
Oh please don't get me wrong, I'm totally encouraging your initiative here and think it's great that you're trying to get people working on your device.

The Windows 8 and my "brag"ging phrase just were jokes. Don't take them seriously.

As a P990 owner I do know how it feels to be waiting and waiting and waiting, even if we did get the ICS update in the end. Still LG is a huge disappointment, if not the worst I recently encountered.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Core Memory:
Thanks.

It is very discouraging that there are so few left trying to get ICS/JB/CM10.1 fully working on the G2X/P990. Those who are trying need whatever useful help they can get. That's why I offered the reward for accomplishing that goal. I already know a few who will qualify for a reward , if and when it works. I hope there will be more.

LG could have done the right thing, provided a vanilla/unbranded ICS update for the P999, but hasn't. I haven't seen any other phone with Tegra2 AP20H and the mdm6600 modem/radio provided with ICS or JB by a manufacturer. I wonder if there's a technical and/or financial and/or political reason why. I think the mdm6600 should be renamed to mdm666.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] phitch:
How similar are the mdm6200 and mdm6600 because I know that the Atrix 4g has a MDM6200 modem and had an ICS leak.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Core Memory:
The MDM6200 and MDM6600 are differentiated by the number of radio bands they have.

The code for the Atrix 4g is unuseable for the G2X because Motorola and LG programmed Android for their phones differently.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] phitch:
Wouldn't they both require the pins used to activate the modem via the tegra 2 to still be listed somewhere in the code?

Shame we can't just build a wrapper. :(
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Core Memory:
The GPIO pins are multipurpose and are set for different functions by software which varies from manufacturer and device. As well, the way dedicated pins work also varies likewise. Not only is Android version fragmented it is also fragmented by the various methods used by device manufacturers. Now Ubuntu is jumping into the smartphone OS arena and I don't think it will be any different with their OS either.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Yuvin:
Hey Core Memory, I want to thank you for making this thread and supporting us. I don't know why some people are trying to hate but thanks for doing something to encourage Devs to get the radio working. (:
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Core Memory:
Thanks for your encouragement.

I noticed that you're interested in running a Raspberry Pi as a web server. Here's how to do it with a router:

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-set-up-OpenWRT-on-a-pocket-router-WR703N/
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Yuvin:
Ah, thank you! But my sig is outdated.. I just went out and made myself a Debian server. I actually want to try the pocket router web server out to see how it works for fun. (:
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Core Memory:
I have a few unused Linksys WRT54G wireless routers of various versions which I've been thinking of turning into web servers but they don't have a usb port so that one on Instructables looks very interesting because of its small size, usb port, and I already have an Arduino to use with it and I am interested in remote sensing and control. Here's another TP-Link wireless router: TL-MR3020

Here's a discussion about the TP-Link TS-WR703N and the TL-MR3020:

http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.tolug/59028
[T-Mobile LG G2x] butterbeam:
I have same one. I got it for free. Not hard to come by. Comes with all the bells and whistles...even gets updates.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Core Memory:
Is it legitimate?

I know that many IT/computer science students get it through the MSDNAA program at their college or university. Some people are members of a similar program for developers. Is that how you got yours?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] sunster:
The way it's worded screams "pirated"
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Core Memory:
Yes, it does read like that.
[HTC One X] jepehd:
It seems all custom ROM's have their own boot.img file...

Why, and what are the differences between them (and the original)?:confused:

Do I have to flash correct boot.img from each custom ROM if I want to test other custom ROM?:confused:

Regards, Jens
[HTC One X] Dougi:
WRONG section

why opening a all thread for a simple question like that ... , come on men , you have answers around you , just search , bla bla bla .....

Answer is HERE
[HTC One X] jepehd:
A (proud) newbie I am for sure and thanks for the good sense of humour :laugh:

It seemed correct to ask a custom ROM related question in the Android Development section after searching and not finding any useful answer here. However, I took your advice and searched in other sections and found part of my questions answered. However, it is still not clear to me why it is necesssary to have separate boot.img files for each new ROM. I understand the boot.img contains the kernel, but I expected many ROMs to actually use the same (stock) kernel....?

The Newbie
[HTC One X] Dougi:
dude ;)

we flash them , that's it ... :p
[HTC One X] ClydeB1:
The main reason is that some devs include tweaks of sorts to the ramdisk portion included in the boot.img (whereas some others don't), and therefore the correct boot.img file needs to be flashed to match to the rom it was tweaked for.
[HTC One X] nemer12:
if u flash a JB ROM (with SENSE UI) ..I think that all BOOT.img are the same.
[HTC One X] nashshafrulrezza:
No.. It not the same.. Look cylde post.. It answer why it is different.. Therefore.. We always see different size of boot.img but the same kernel..
[HTC One X] jepehd:
That makes sense! Thanks a lot.

Jens
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xXFl4sh:
Hi, I just bought Galaxy S3 yesterday from Rogers and within hours it started lagging (home scrolling lag). When I start any application and come back to home screen it lags for about 1 sec and goes away. I have turned of power mode off and the window and transition to .5x. I was surprised that it lag. Any one have to same problems?
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xXFl4sh:
Wrong place sorry
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MicroGeek:
This is the galaxy 3 forum. Not the s3 forum and try a full data wipe/hard reset of the phone or throw it in the bin and buy a galaxy 3 :p
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] piCool13:
Don't b so rude brother plz respect others.

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ROM: Ultimate HD 2.0.3 by Jader

Kernel: Alliance Kernel v 1.5

Device: Xperia Neo V MT11i (Unlocked)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DaemonAshra:
I've been looking all over Google trying to find a way to remove superuser without rooting my phone again. I'm trying to be legit and use my phone completely stock, but somehow when I did the Odin restore, the superuser app still got installed as a system app.

Is there a way to remove it without rooting?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ming3r:
Did you flash the rooted stock image?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DaemonAshra:
Now that I think about it. I did. Then when I did the OTA, root got taken away
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] x714x:
For future reference 2 things you would want to remove to unroot fully are the supersu/superuser apk in /system/app and /system/xbin/su. Its just better practice to flash a stock unrooted image instead though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DaemonAshra:
Okay. I will wear the dunce hat for this one. I'll root and remove those.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ghost_j1:
Required The Official Sony Xperia Sola ICS FTF Version 6.1.1.B.1.54 For all regions

Thanks ! :D

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[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] itachilinux:
wrong section,, mate
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Anthrax:
obviously wrong section....... but before posting you could just have checked the threads for your query..........
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ghost_j1:
ummm ok thanks i thought thinks related to ftf in development section
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] akp.ajinkya:
Here's indian version:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2080751

Hit Thanks,if i helped.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ghost_j1:
guys another for Xperia Sola FTF except the Indian one pls ??
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ashwin Prabhunerurkar:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1937792

c this and get wht u want and surf around before asking
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ghost_j1:
thanks I really did but i did not found thread like the one u provide and I am looking for the USA and Arabic Official ROMs which are not

available at the thread u provide Thanks in anyway

and I want the most official ROM that has the minimum apps

Thanks with all respect :cool:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ashwin Prabhunerurkar:
i dont think sony releases such ftf files

itz mainly

indian

european

and generic
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ghost_j1:
100% sure about that there ftf of it for GB

hope someone will ganna help

Thanks
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Aultex:
The world version is posted in the development section. Atleast google it before you post mate :)
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jandroiid:
Can someone help me with an easy simple way to fix my "locked" rooted device.

Most urgent.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deadman_raziel:
Do you have the Razr HD XT925 or XT926? One is for Verizon, and the other isn't.

One can unlock the bootloader (XT925) via Motorola & void warantee, the other (XT926 for Verizon) can't be unlocked.

What are you trying to accomplish? What is "locked"? These are things that are needed to be known to give any kind of suggestions or ideas.