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[Q] Considiring to get a O2X

Hi all,
I'm considiring to get a O2X because it looks like the best option out there. I did read a lot of reviews and it looks great but i want to know more about using it in real live. so i have some couple of questions to O2X owners.
1. would you recommend buying a O2X?
2. What are the disadvantages of it?
3. Does it get slow sometimes?
4. do you expect more android updates form LG?
5. what about rooting and custom roms?
i always liked HTC phones but nothing is really new, they have the same CPU same amoutn of RAM. Galaxy 2 is to expesive and looks like a iphone (not liking this). so i'm betwen buying a HTC Desire HD or a LG Optimus 2x.
tell me what your experiences are. thnx
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I forgot to ask, i have a N1 and i'm sick of getting notification that i'm low on memory, how much space does the O2X has to install apps on it? all the 8GB?

hi,
i also think about ordering one ...
you think there will be official cyanogen support ?
i´m using galaxy spica with cyanogenmod right now and got use to the features
thx for answers

I think you will have better luck getting answers when the phone is actually released The version the few people have now, is not the final version being released an a couple of weeks.

commodoor said:
Hi all,
I'm considiring to get a O2X because it looks like the best option out there. I did read a lot of reviews and it looks great but i want to know more about using it in real live. so i have some couple of questions to O2X owners.
1. would you recommend buying a O2X?
2. What are the disadvantages of it?
3. Does it get slow sometimes?
4. do you expect more android updates form LG?
5. what about rooting and custom roms?
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I forgot to ask, i have a N1 and i'm sick of getting notification that i'm low on memory, how much space does the O2X has to install apps on it? all the 8GB?
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I'll give it a shot, even though I have a pre-sales sample, the rom is from Dec 14. I've used the phone since early January.
1. I would definitely recommend the phone, lightning fast, HDMI and all that makes a difference for sure (I've been bringing the phone around, so simple to connect and show pictures/videos/1080p movies! etc.
2. I'd say that it's a tad bit big but the screen makes it up. The Atrix has a bigger battery and I wouldn't mind that, even though the battery life definitely lasts longer than on my Nexus.
3. Never ever experienced any lags, I tested the phone against an iPhone 4 (cleared all history cache etc, removed the sims, wifi Only) and then ran the 10 top used websites (facebook, msn, google, myspace, youtube, blogger, wikipedia, live, etc..) the 2X loading time was quicker in every case and sometimes much quicker (facebook, myspace).
4. LG has confirmed that they'll release Gingerbread for the 2x, and there is update/OTA under settings, as well as LG Mobile Update from the PC.
5. SuperOneClick works, I've used Z4Root myself but it doesn't seem to work for all ROMs. You can count on custom ROMs, this will be the Mothership of all phones at the time of the release.
I had about 6.25 GB of free space when I got the phone. So the system does eat a bit of the 8GB cake.
//Dave

Thnx Dave. It looks like a really good phone, just waiting for the phone to come out.

dave79 said:
I'll give it a shot, even though I have a pre-sales sample, the rom is from Dec 14. I've used the phone since early January.
//Dave
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How bout those crashes anandtech mentions? Any sign of those?
also, since there's no LED for notifications, how do you know when a sms has arrived?

cynop said:
How bout those crashes anandtech mentions? Any sign of those?
also, since there's no LED for notifications, how do you know when a sms has arrived?
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It goes Buzz buzz buzz

cynop said:
also, since there's no LED for notifications, how do you know when a sms has arrived?
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Try the app "noLed"

drrogern said:
Try the app "noLed"
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This would make no sense on the LGO2X, 'cause theres no AMOLED.

Hello

Well, I'm an x8 user, I'm gonna change the phone in some months and wanna ask if i really should buy this device
I know too much about roms cuz well I'm developing one
I wanna ask you guys, should i use it in stock and then wait for official ics or stock roms suck?
Does this phone really need all the stuff to work smooth? I mean custom kernel, rom etc because well its dualcore phone and looks that in some post i read, my phone works better
Thanks
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It's an awesome phone with cm7

well the stock rom it's not the best out there obviously... blatware apps, poor kernel make it a bad choice if you have alternatives.
for me, the best one is CM7, even better with a custom kernel like the Etana one. lots of tweaks and optimizations if you know what i mean

pidocchio said:
well the stock rom it's not the best out there obviously... blatware apps, poor kernel make it a bad choice if you have alternatives.
for me, the best one is CM7, even better with a custom kernel like the Etana one. lots of tweaks and optimizations if you know what i mean
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But an official update to ics wont be enough? cuz i guess LG will fix lots of things in ics
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Hi leroy.
I will give you my personal unbiased opinion about it.
I bought the phone and it came with stock froyo (android 2.2). And I thought it was fine. I could play games with no problems at all. Didn't experience any of the problems that lots of people were complaining about (SoD, bad battery life, etc). I "test-drove" it for three weeks more or less, just to make sure everything was working fine, and it was.
And then I flashed temasek's latest kang and vadonka's latest kernel. And I do not regret it one bit. The phone is smoother, more responsive, and battery life is better by at least 25%. Unfortunately I did not do a quadrant benchmark before flashing, so I don't have a before and after comparison, but the phone "feels" much better, no doubts about it.

LarsPT said:
Hi leroy.
I will give you my personal unbiased opinion about it.
I bought the phone and it came with stock froyo (android 2.2). And I thought it was fine. I could play games with no problems at all. Didn't experience any of the problems that lots of people were complaining about (SoD, bad battery life, etc). I "test-drove" it for three weeks more or less, just to make sure everything was working fine, and it was.
And then I flashed temasek's latest kang and vadonka's latest kernel. And I do not regret it one bit. The phone is smoother, more responsive, and battery life is better by at least 25%. Unfortunately I did not do a quadrant benchmark before flashing, so I don't have a before and after comparison, but the phone "feels" much better, no doubts about it.
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Thanks looks like a big change from phone to phone but i guess stock will be enough for a while, it will be a perfect phone and i will try development after using it for a while
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leroy_coco said:
Thanks looks like a big change from phone to phone but i guess stock will be enough for a while, it will be a perfect phone and i will try development after using it for a while
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I tend to believe that what differs from phone to phone is the "bloatware" that carrier dependent phones have installed. I bought an unbranded phone, so I am guessing that is the main reason why I was such a happy customer to begin with, even with stock ROM. A stock unbranded ROM, I might add.

LarsPT said:
I tend to believe that what differs from phone to phone is the "bloatware" that carrier dependent phones have installed. I bought an unbranded phone, so I am guessing that is the main reason why I was such a happy customer to begin with, even with stock ROM. A stock unbranded ROM, I might add.
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So, theres a way ti change that bloatware?
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Sorry But i dont know what bloatware mean
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My definition of "bloatware" is basically crap software that your carrier (for example vodafone or movistar or whatever) preloads in your branded phone (phone sim locked to your carrier). This software is usually very bad software poorly developed that has memory leakage and drains your battery.
This might be a very biased opinion from me, but usually I like my operating systems to be as clean as possible, only with the software/applications I really need and use. This usually makes for a very fast, responsive and efficient system.

LarsPT said:
My definition of "bloatware" is basically crap software that your carrier (for example vodafone or movistar or whatever) preloads in your branded phone (phone sim locked to your carrier). This software is usually very bad software poorly developed that has memory leakage and drains your battery.
This might be a very biased opinion from me, but usually I like my operating systems to be as clean as possible, only with the software/applications I really need and use. This usually makes for a very fast, responsive and efficient system.
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Well, so installing custom rom will replace craping software or just similar unlocking phone?
Also i have hear this is a great phone for developing, but why there's not too much moves as in our threads? Couldn't it be because the phone doesn't need too much developing?
Another question, will official ics fix that or i should upgrade to cm9?
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leroy_coco said:
Well, so installing custom rom will replace craping software or just similar unlocking phone?
Also i have hear this is a great phone for developing, but why there's not too much moves as in our threads? Couldn't it be because the phone doesn't need too much developing?
Another question, will official ics fix that or i should upgrade to cm9?
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Trust me, the devs for the O2X are awesome. They seriously do great jobs and even create miracles for this device. Just about a month ago, CM9 wasn't available. Many things didn't work, but now thanks to awesome guys like RC and Owain, they made it available to us.
If I were you I wouldn't wait do the official LG release. The GB release was way overdue. LG promised release dates they didn't met and I think this will also happen with ICS. LG said that they would release ICS during the 2nd quarter of this year. I bet that LG won't release it then but probably in 2013 .

SP1996AC said:
Trust me, the devs for the O2X are awesome. They seriously do great jobs and even create miracles for this device. Just about a month ago, CM9 wasn't available. Many things didn't work, but now thanks to awesome guys like RC and Owain, they made it available to us.
If I were you I wouldn't wait do the official LG release. The GB release was way overdue. LG promised release dates they didn't met and I think this will also happen with ICS. LG said that they would release ICS during the 2nd quarter of this year. I bet that LG won't release it then but probably in 2013 .
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Crap
But cm is always better, more customization etc the only thing that worries me is that cm can me the phone lose some characteristics
I mean, i lose HDMI, the 8 MP camera is 6 MP camera that's what i mean
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leroy_coco said:
Crap
But cm is always better, more customization etc the only thing that worries me is that cm can me the phone lose some characteristics
I mean, i lose HDMI, the 8 MP camera is 6 MP camera that's what i mean
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Who needs that anyways?

HerrKuk said:
Who needs that anyways?
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Me, camera: i need an HD camera because i don't have one
HDMI: i have an LCD and i wanna get the best experience in gaming, movies etc
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leroy_coco said:
Crap
But cm is always better, more customization etc the only thing that worries me is that cm can me the phone lose some characteristics
I mean, i lose HDMI, the 8 MP camera is 6 MP camera that's what i mean
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I don't know if there is HDMI out or not in CM, because I've never used it while using CM, but it does work fine in MIUI.
And what do you mean by "8 MP is 6 MP"? I thought the resolution just stays the same. Either way, the stock camera app has been ported over to CM7 based roms, and it works just as good as in stock ROM.
Honestly, using MIUI (Wiui to be exact), the experience is alot better, and there is almost no feature sacrificed compared to stock

silentmelodies said:
I don't know if there is HDMI out or not in CM, because I've never used it while using CM, but it does work fine in MIUI.
And what do you mean by "8 MP is 6 MP"? I thought the resolution just stays the same. Either way, the stock camera app has been ported over to CM7 based roms, and it works just as good as in stock ROM.
Honestly, using MIUI (Wiui to be exact), the experience is alot better, and there is almost no feature sacrificed compared to stock
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I have lots if things to learn, but this is a good start
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For me, this phone is best in its class and value-for-money phone.
I only have 1 complain, The battery.
But once you get an extended battery, this phone is perfect.

But once you get an extended battery
What you mean?
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There are batteries you can buy with more capacity than the stock battery that comes with the phone.
However, I can easily get two day battery life with the stock battery, so personally I don't understand why so many people complain about their battery life. As far as I know it's about the same as other smart phones.

[Q] Just got a p990 (need advice from experienced users)

Hi, new to android. new to p990 (*just brought one)
have modded fones b4. used to be a geek on (modmymoto.com) makin monsterpacks and firmware hackin etc on v3x's.
anway
i talked to a professional today about the X2
he said dont ROOT it because of some voltage glitches with will damage the cpu eventually, also. not to install android 4.0 until it comes out from LG for my country.
I thought hmm well . I will find the community and talk to them
WHAT SAY YOU P990 USERS.
anyone had problems once rooted?
anyone had problems installing 4.0 (is it faster and i hear 30% more batt life?)
any glitches. whos bricked there fone?
Thanks for your interest/attention.
Look forward to your advice(s)

No problems here
Only thing with ICS ROMs (cm9) is there is NO HW acceleration yet... Means you can't video record with stock camera. Use a app called Camera Illuision. And for playing videos use MX Player.
Battery life, hm.. The same really. Try to match RIL and BB (use GetRIL from Google Play), try differents kernels..

Hi!
There are no disadvantages by rooting your phone I believe, at least I haven't encountered any...
As far as I know, there are also no voltage glitches on our phone which can harm the CPU. Tegra 2 is actually quite good, only their support sucks...
But, you need to know that once you want to undervolt your CPU, you can only undervolt to the minimum of 770 mV. The Tegra CPU, won't go any lower than that. I mean, you can UV lower, but it won't have any effect... , so 770 mV is the minimum.
Also, if I were you, I wouldn't wait for the official LG release of ICS, because that might take months before it is eventually released, just like Gingerbread. LG and NVIDIA are to blame for this. They are responsible for the delayed release date, because of their poor support.

k. so from what i gather. just root it. stay on 2.3.4?

i dont what to substute " acess to camera facilities and playback facilities" with other apps etc. (work arounds_) i know where this leads.. lol. its HELL!
so having stock P990 rooted is pretty much sufice to do all the major "should i say" hax.. modern... 4.0 is still bad?

R0B3RTF1SH3R said:
k. so from what i gather. just root it. stay on 2.3.4?
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If you can't live with the bugs in cm9, yes.. I don't have any problems with it.
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just tried to root. ended on "OK psnueter" or whatever it said.
so thats AUTO ROOTED>
means i dont need to do anything...
ok?

R0B3RTF1SH3R said:
just tried to root. ended on "OK psnueter" or whatever it said.
so thats AUTO ROOTED>
means i dont need to do anything...
ok?
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What method? Superoneclick?
Run a root test at the end..
Got "Superuser"-app?
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Easiest way to test, install Titanium Backup, which you will need to backup your apps anyway for when you start flashing custom ROM's
One very good reason to flash a custom ROM, I think you only get gtalk with video on android 2.3.7, so that for me is a very good reason not to stay on stock, apart from the better performance, smoothness, battery life, etc!

im on 2.3.4 just got the fone. dont care about whats on it. wont bother backing up.
unless i need to backup the firmware right?
ill get superuser. thanks

If you've really just got the phone then I wouldn't recommend doing any warranty voiding activities.
If you search around this forum you will find a testimonial from an user that got a faulty equipment, sent the phone once for repair, checked the IMEI and it was still the same phone, se he sent the phone again and the second time around he got a different phone (different IMEI) and the phone was perfect.
So why not taking the time to make sure everything is working properly? (GPS, Wi-Fi, radio, etc...)
Titanium Backup is still a good app to check if you have root though, even if you don't want to backup anything.

Or get the app ROM Manager, to install CMW (ClockWorkRecovery), for flashing customs ROMs..

R0B3RTF1SH3R said:
Hi, new to android. new to p990 (*just brought one)
have modded fones b4. used to be a geek on (modmymoto.com) makin monsterpacks and firmware hackin etc on v3x's.
anway
i talked to a professional today about the X2
he said dont ROOT it because of some voltage glitches with will damage the cpu eventually, also. not to install android 4.0 until it comes out from LG for my country.
I thought hmm well . I will find the community and talk to them
WHAT SAY YOU P990 USERS.
anyone had problems once rooted?
anyone had problems installing 4.0 (is it faster and i hear 30% more batt life?)
any glitches. whos bricked there fone?
Thanks for your interest/attention.
Look forward to your advice(s)
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The professional is definitely not a professional lol.
Root, install cwm with ROM manager, and run happily Ics.

thanks alot guys.
ok well ive instaled 5 (games + apps) so far.
skype,angry birds,nfs,etc and nothing has failed.
using ASTRA. to filemanage.
so its probably rooted. i will test "root test" in a minute. just busying recording for my band and partying (its my birthday) flat out.
ill post back soon
btw.
so android 4.0 is not ICS yet? and thats why the vid recording etc is not working properly or is that just certain 4.0's that ppl have made?

R0B3RTF1SH3R said:
thanks alot guys.
ok well ive instaled 5 (games + apps) so far.
skype,angry birds,nfs,etc and nothing has failed.
using ASTRA. to filemanage.
so its probably rooted. i will test "root test" in a minute. just busying recording for my band and partying (its my birthday) flat out.
ill post back soon
btw.
so android 4.0 is not ICS yet? and thats why the vid recording etc is not working properly or is that just certain 4.0's that ppl have made?
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Android 4 IS ICS.. But Nvidia haven't released the Tegra2 drivers yet, and will probably don't do it before LG release a official ICS to the phone..
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oh i get you now. makes sense. not signed drivers. so the other dependant software/hardware wont operate its like um. that on motorola codegroups also. some of them had the no cert codegroups mixed and the flex/flash/seem edits you had issues with some russian firmwares that had the codegroups of other fw's that had NO RSA. so you couldnt use certain drms and installs (native intergrated mods) and (additional mods like itunes etc) into the fone because of RSA.
so it was up to the communities to find RSA removed codegroups and compile fw's from them.
is it similar to this?

Don't know
But cm9 works for daily use, for me
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What's a good ROM to go with

Okay so looking at the roms usually I'd use cyanogen on a phone but idk if 3d works on it and well no point in a 3d phone with no 3d now I noticed a few stock roms and read someplace the optimus 3d and thrill at the same similar situation to the optimus v and the optimus s can I flash a optimus 3d ROM with no out of the ordinary worries
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Well. Frankly that's a question everyone asks at some point. I did it a few times myself. Also why your not getting a flood of replies. There is no correct answer here. The rom you choose should be based on some criteria. My personal criteria is as follows.
1. Battery life: The rom should never suck the battery dry. Keep in mind its dependant in you following the directions on the rom and how you use your phone. I like to see atleast a full day of stock battery life with moderate use.
2. Stability: Tricky to gage. Must follow the Dev's directions to the letter. Test apps in batches and make sure its not the app causing the issue before passing judgment. Also seek help from the Dev.
3. Speed: Not to important as long as it isn't slower than stock and won't mess with #s 1 and 2.
4. Communication : Wifi, bluetooth, and network signal are paramount for me. My thrill replaced my netbook for al my needs. All this must work flawlessly. Keep in mind there is work to be done on your part. Setting APNs and so on. All listed in most Dev's install instructions.
5. Basband: is it comparable with yours? Do you know what you have? Do you know what you need? Read the rom's requirements carefully.
6. Support: as it turns out Dev support can make or break a rom. Roms can be very needy and time consuming. A Dev takes on a huge burden making then offering support for there rom. Its crucial you become involved to help the Dev out so he can spend more time manufacturing awesome for you. If a Dev has ditched a rom understand you venture in to nomans land.
Seeing as we have no clue what your needs are and what you want in a rom. I suggest you pop over in the Development forum and snoop around. Personally The Dark Lestats Kitchen Rom has more than fit me needs. The tutorials he has made taught me everything I needed to know about how to pull the pants of my LG Thrill and have some fun.

Right then thanks sorry I'm not really a noob just having a little trouble getting acclimated a also my requirements are the same but I must have speed and battery is a must
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And what about 3d on cyanogen
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My apologies. I reread that and it did come across assuming you where new lol my bad.
As far as I'm aware most of the Ginger roms have full features ie: 4G and 3D. I did notice that the baseband plays a big part in how your phone interacts between hardware and rom. Just speculation but seems to be the case.
Last Froyo rom I used was the Doomed froyo. Got all the phone features and exceeded my requirements. For ginger rom I did not try cynogen but I went threw 3 others. Lestats Kitchen rom was the only one I could use to meet and exceed my requirements. Its flexible enough you can drop another kernal that is overclocked. I did notice its not the best on V20P baseband (thanks AT&T bleh) . After I loaded the V21D baseband and APNs my phone suddenly had great battery 2 days moderate use, Bluetooth worked stable and I have not had a single ghost call.
I had to try it a few times though. First reload didn't go well cause I didn't follow the directions. After I followed the each "how to" step by step my phone was cured.
In being fare I would note that the issues were fixed after I made the above changes. I haven't tried the previous roms after the change. Thays why I didn't name them. I can't say they work well or not without proper comparison. I would suggest paying attention to the bugs that appear in multiple roms you try. Might just be the baseband and not the rom.

Lestats it the best there are so many options to go with thrill seeker I think was ditched and Acura team is good
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hey you should try erwinP! cm9 unnoficial rom its seriously awesome, not sure if it has 3d or not but worth havin a look

jeebz420 said:
hey you should try erwinP! cm9 unnoficial rom its seriously awesome, not sure if it has 3d or not but worth havin a look
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And just where did you download this unofficial cm9 rom?
I think he's talking about a rom for LG thrill not wildfire....
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if it's for the thrill then yes cm9 would be worth looking at for me links?
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What rom?

hi ppl;
i have a new LG 2x i read a lot in the forum and i dont get any conclusion :S
can someone tell me what are the rooms stable and bugs free?
thaks a lot

If you want a stable and bug free rom i would recommend temasek's cm7 rom.
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riptuga said:
hi ppl;
i have a new LG 2x i read a lot in the forum and i dont get any conclusion :S
can someone tell me what are the rooms stable and bugs free?
thaks a lot
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No rom is perfect or completely bug free - even stock isn't. So the choice of which rom you'll use depends on some tradeoffs. If you can live with some forced closes and the lack of hardware acceleration isn't an issue, I'd say go with CyanogenMod 9, since ICS brings a fantastic user experience. Otherwise, CyanogenMod 7 is a great choice, but it lacks some convenient stuff from stock, like HDMI settings and some cool widgets, for example, but is definetly faster.

If you are looking for stable, a stock rom free of brand software, but it's always recommended to try and see what fits you. You have some gb tweaked roms, CM7 and WIUI which is the one I'm currently using (and loving), have had some randoms reboots but it's still worthy.

More stable i think CM 7 but more costumized are cm9, you choose
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thx ppl, for me bugs are ´t a force close ... aplication not responding .. or something like that is for example gps don´t work, radio, batery drain.... etc

Dont pick any CM rom at all, the rom's cant handle a baseband that work 100% so you get a lot of system FC and statusbar is gone, and also a lot of instability and battery drains.
If i were you go for stock, the AmnonRom V20q
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544105 is a nice one.
Baseband : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500443 get 313 only one working for me of so many basebands, and i have a SU660 :S
If you have a normal 2x go for 420, my mate says he waited a year for a working baseband and it is the only one working for him.
People who are saying that CM is stable on 2x is ether A. Protecting the dev so he can continue working, or B. lieing to make them self feel better(or pick a reason).
Too many tests have been done on the basebands and none of last year basebands work.

ok i go try this one, ther no vercion 2.3.7 working good?
for the post i see ICS is working like crap..

There is no baseband for ICS so you will loose signal and voice in phone will be bad.
And ofc no HW drivers for ICS.

dinmorerbedst said:
Dont pick any CM rom at all, the rom's cant handle a baseband that work 100% so you get a lot of system FC and statusbar is gone, and also a lot of instability and battery drains.
If i were you go for stock, the AmnonRom V20q
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544105 is a nice one.
Baseband : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500443 get 313 only one working for me of so many basebands, and i have a SU660 :S
If you have a normal 2x go for 420, my mate says he waited a year for a working baseband and it is the only one working for him.
People who are saying that CM is stable on 2x is ether A. Protecting the dev so he can continue working, or B. lieing to make them self feel better(or pick a reason).
Too many tests have been done on the basebands and none of last year basebands work.
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Rofl.. can't take this ****..:banghead:

dinmorerbedst said:
Dont pick any CM rom at all, the rom's cant handle a baseband that work 100% so you get a lot of system FC and statusbar is gone, and also a lot of instability and battery drains.
If i were you go for stock, the AmnonRom V20q
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544105 is a nice one.
Baseband : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500443 get 313 only one working for me of so many basebands, and i have a SU660 :S
If you have a normal 2x go for 420, my mate says he waited a year for a working baseband and it is the only one working for him.
People who are saying that CM is stable on 2x is ether A. Protecting the dev so he can continue working, or B. lieing to make them self feel better(or pick a reason).
Too many tests have been done on the basebands and none of last year basebands work.
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On your "CM is stable" choices, you forgot to add a third option:
C. smart enough to know what they're doing. And are enjoying their O2X alot.

CM7 runs great, CM9 runs good.
I will never go back to stock.
@dinmorerbedst:
It sucks that you have had that bad experience but this doesn't mean others have that, too. I don't know if you're just unlucky and got a bad phone or didn't read enough to flash the right CM builds.
Most people are very happy with Cyanogenmod builds and they run great for them. Period.

I hope you all who have updated your device would care to share a little bit more than "it's great" or "it's crap". This thread now seems to get a little bit better, but it could be really good if you guys could open up a little bit what did you do etc. so that it's easier to determine what worked / what didn't.
I'm frustrated with LG at the moment and want to get a custom ROM. Therefore I do really appreciate your comments and experience as some of you have been already experimenting in this area. Now I'm just trying to figure out what did each of you do and I'm willing to write / update instructions what to do for this device if I get it to work.

dinmorerbedst said:
I have personaly tested all the roms i could get from this forum on 2- 2x phones+ all the basebands.
I can tell you that CM9 is the most unstable rom to date.
If my phone's hardware is bugged why is it the same for 2 versions of the mobile?
It seems like you dont look at your status bar very often, cause "crash bands" that will say pre 2012 basebands crash on both mobiles, and on another of my friends P990.
3 devices, 2 identical(P990) and 1 SU660 with the same problems all over, they need the 313(SU660) and 420(P990) basebands to work, that cant be faulty hardware, that is faulty LG.
Ril dont matter at all, i cant see difference and log cat reports the same, nothing different.
You guys can bang your head to my reply's but 2 months of hardcore testing should speak for it self.
TBH i could care less about people that dont even test they phone and just state CM7 works fine, when it dont.
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I'm on CM9 since arcee's sk, and though it's not perfect it's fast becoming pretty stable, to me at least. My baseband is 405 with matching ril and all works fine, no reboots, no bsod, no nothing. Tested nova hd, owain since 1 to 74, even MIUI V4, and all works really well.
Also temaseks CM7 is the most stable rom i tried, so either you have 2 faulty devices or i am one lucky bastard.
Just my 2 cents.
Rz
Sent from my LG-O2X.

dinmorerbedst said:
There is no baseband for ICS so you will loose signal and voice in phone will be bad.
And ofc no HW drivers for ICS.
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That's a lot of nonsense in just two postings. :O
CM9 is quite fine for everyday use, just video makes problems. That's why I am on temasek's CM7. Flawless, and I am a heavy user.
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I am also on Temaseks CM7 and enjoying it a lot. Especially since the latest overclocked kernel
I didn't bother to read the whole thread, but basically what I did was:
1. Root phone
2. Install Clockwork Recovery
3. Flash latest Temasek rom
4. Flash latest Temasek kernel, which can be found on the same servers as his roms.
I used to miss my (stolen) Galaxy S when I got this 'inferior' 2X. It was slow and development wasn't as plentiful. Then I got AlienRevolution, also a CM7 rom. It was good, but development stopped. Then I tried the ICS roms too, but had random problems, slowness and usually no GPS fix. Along with the 'no video' thing, it was a no brainer to go back to CM7.
I don't miss the Galaxy S anymore. The 2X is stable, fast, GPS fixes are rediculously fast (10 seconds, no matter where I am). Battery life lasts me more than 24hrs (but thats with 2G, using 3G only when necessary). Friends who adore their Iphone4 are also impressed by the snappyness, so it's not just me. Infact, I'm so happy with this stuff that I won't buy a new phone for at least a year. How's that?
To be fair, I never tried the modded stock roms.
edit: Apperently some guy in this thread is bad mouthing CM7 and its users. Quite weird that 100's of happy users all lie to themselves to keep a developer happy... Anyways as for stability, I use my phone for gaming and benchmarking, and not once has it crashed or FC'd.

Sörnäinen said:
That's a lot of nonsense in just two postings. :O
CM9 is quite fine for everyday use, just video makes problems. That's why I am on temasek's CM7. Flawless, and I am a heavy user.
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What do mean by that? do you test out the basebands or are you just trash talking about stuff you know nothing about?
Video is not the only problem for these "kangs"
Lets see... this forum is basicly dead, what i mean is that alot of people already left, and you guys that are left are talking nice and backing up the devs, when they work is not really all that good and most of the time the so called "fixes" dont fix anything.
All cause you are scarred they might leave or get a better phone.
And btw why use 218 ril as standard for CM roms when i and others get data loss and most of the time no signal at all, when using old basebands and they obsolete ril's.
I mean come on guys so many basebands with unstable data connection and you guys say it is working? i have to lol at you guys, it is the same in the goverment :
"It is working not perfectly but just.... so it is fine."
That is your attitude and it is lol, really.

dinmorerbedst said:
What do mean by that? do you test out the basebands or are you just trash talking about stuff you know nothing about?
Video is not the only problem for these "kangs"
Lets see... this forum is basicly dead, what i mean is that alot of people already left, and you guys that are left are talking nice and backing up the devs, when they work is not really all that good and most of the time the so called "fixes" dont fix anything.
All cause you are scarred they might leave or get a better phone.
And btw why use 218 ril as standard for CM roms when i and others get data loss and most of the time no signal at all, when using old basebands and they obsolete ril's.
I mean come on guys so many basebands with unstable data connection and you guys say it is working? i have to lol at you guys, it is the same in the goverment :
"It is working not perfectly but just.... so it is fine."
That is your attitude and it is lol, really.
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I pretty much echo JohnnieDarko's sentiment, followed those four steps (but only installing vanilla CM7 7.2 RC2) and my phone felt like it was a totally different thing. Heck I didn't even match my RIL yet (725 BB but on the 4xx RIL or some stupid thing).
If you're so fed up with this, why even bother posting in the forum anymore? Just move on...

dinmorerbedst said:
What do mean by that? do you test out the basebands or are you just trash talking about stuff you know nothing about?
Video is not the only problem for these "kangs"
Lets see... this forum is basicly dead, what i mean is that alot of people already left, and you guys that are left are talking nice and backing up the devs, when they work is not really all that good and most of the time the so called "fixes" dont fix anything.
All cause you are scarred they might leave or get a better phone.
And btw why use 218 ril as standard for CM roms when i and others get data loss and most of the time no signal at all, when using old basebands and they obsolete ril's.
I mean come on guys so many basebands with unstable data connection and you guys say it is working? i have to lol at you guys, it is the same in the goverment :
"It is working not perfectly but just.... so it is fine."
That is your attitude and it is lol, really.
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I have non of your problems. Data connections are stable, with CM9 as well as CM7. No idea what you did with your phone(s). You either live in deepest Tadjikistan and it's simply your network that fails ... or you should reconcider this awful habbit of making your phones swim in your garden pond. It WILL damage the hardware.
As I said: Video is a problem still with CM9. That's it.
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I use NOVA HD rom but it bugs a lot and updates a lot but it is pretty cool and I like it.