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[Q] Which rom to use...please help

Hi guys,
I am really losing it with my girlfriend's P990 (originally vodafon branded on the german o2 network). On stock this phone was a nightmare: random crashes, laggy launcher, random reboots / powerdowns etc made it a completely aweful experiance. So I said: ok this should be an easy fix, just install a custom rom and those problems should be gone. Since then I have tried:
- several Modaco Roms
- latest Euro Open Stock LG update (Smartflash)
- Topoggigi with Service Packs and different kernels
- Gueste2x 2.2 with different kernels
- Gueste2x 3.0 and 3.1 with different kernels
- all sorts of different basebands on the roms mentioned above
While I really appreciate the work the devs are doing and the system works alot faster however none of the roms really fixed the other problems: some lost reception, some had non working / freezing wlan, others had gps problems and there are still random shutdowns when the phone is idle.
Can anyone recommend a rom / baseband / ril combination that just works? It's for my gf's phone so I don't need all the ramhacks, undervolt, overclock, underclock gimmicks, I just want a stable phone working for everyday use which does not shut itself off, she does not even care if it's froyo or gingerbread based.
I was trying to avoid pure cm7, which I use and love on my own phone, because well, I can already hear her complain how everything looks different
Big thanks in advance for your tips and suggestions.

For the simple user, with no UV / OC or any tweaks...and great stability and not matching your CM 7 in appearance(obviously urs and hers should not match mate....cause the BOSS is always different...dont take this serious...just joking)
one of the best ROMs I have used was the Topo's 2 with SP3...BBV20E with matching RIL(use GetRIL). If you want stability....the first thing I can think about is Topo's ROM....many developers themselves will agree on this point...he was a big inspiration for the upcoming devs.
Coming to the point of tweaks...this ROM with Spica's HP SR1 Kernel was one of the best results I ever had....three days of battery perf and almost 99.9% trouble free....dont look for 0.01%....you will probably never find tht.
Coming to the point of freezes....or random reboot...i found this hardly in this ROM....nevertheless, you also need to check the correct BB and matching RIL...which you will find in the relevant thread.
tweaks in this....they dont bother your stability....and still remains one of the best GB ROMs.
If you want more info...maybe u can PM me or add your comments to this thread....
But, a word of caution...you will never be satisfied, with the amount of variety and features the other ROMs offer....u still want more....Have flashed more than 14ROMs in less than 4months.thats how the life of a O2X owner is.....and I am enjoying it

SREEPRAJAY said:
For the simple user, with no UV / OC or any tweaks...and great stability and not matching your CM 7 in appearance(obviously urs and hers should not match mate....cause the BOSS is always different...dont take this serious...just joking)
one of the best ROMs I have used was the Topo's 2 with SP3...BBV20E with matching RIL(use GetRIL). If you want stability....the first thing I can think about is Topo's ROM....many developers themselves will agree on this point...he was a big inspiration for the upcoming devs.
Coming to the point of tweaks...this ROM with Spica's HP SR1 Kernel was one of the best results I ever had....three days of battery perf and almost 99.9% trouble free....dont look for 0.01%....you will probably never find tht.
Coming to the point of freezes....or random reboot...i found this hardly in this ROM....nevertheless, you also need to check the correct BB and matching RIL...which you will find in the relevant thread.
tweaks in this....they dont bother your stability....and still remains one of the best GB ROMs.
If you want more info...maybe u can PM me or add your comments to this thread....
But, a word of caution...you will never be satisfied, with the amount of variety and features the other ROMs offer....u still want more....Have flashed more than 14ROMs in less than 4months.thats how the life of a O2X owner is.....and I am enjoying it
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Thank you for your quick reply, and yes I agree on the boss part =)
I had topos rom on her phone (with another baseband though) but I had 2 problems:
on SR1 kernel:
with wifi sleep policy set to never wlan just stopped working after being connected for a while: it still showed the wlan connected + full reception icon in the statusbar but no data went through untill I manually turned it off and on again.
To fix that I switched the kernel on his rom (I cannot remember exactly to which one) which fixed the wlan issues but caused the phone to randomly lose all mobile reception until a manual reboot. Maybe this was caused by a wrong baseband. According to getril baseband and ril were a match though.
Other than that the rom was perfect (especially battery life)...but those 2 issues made it useless for an everyday rom. Especially because both bugs happend several times a day.
BTW: Topo recommends using the LGP990AT-00-V20c-EUR-XX-AUG-02-2011+0_CP.fls baseband, not the 20E you mentioned.

Why are you so sure it's software?
I bought a P990 almost two weeks ago, been giving it some nice usage (GPS, Wifi, 3G, a lot of gaming in the subway) still on stock software and I've had ZERO issues with it.
Why didn't you try to complain to your vendor about your faulty phone and get a new one?

you seem to be one of a lucky few then, because from what I hear from other owners of the phone it really IS a buggy phone. Have you tried to return a phone based on lags and errors which seem to occur randomly...it is not like I can reproduce the shutdown / reboot problems, anyway returning it is not an option anymore.

Mate,
you are right...Topo recommended the BB you have mentioned. But, if you have observed the complete changelog....then you may see the v2.0 with SP3 is made with V20E as the base. Personally, I used this and had no issues until unfortunately Topo's father fell ill and also the other ROMs came in, to give a variety.
Your wifi dropping might be a BB-RIL combo....you need to change the RIL according to region, operator and call quality etc....the app suggests a few RILs(if you have noticed in LG RIL Version or Get RIL app)....
In addition to this, there is also a V20M version made by another developer which alsy was working perfectly good...infact a few pple think that V20M is one good version which was a fix to BSOD and also better battery perf....
I am presently changing quite often between Django and Civato ROMs....and I have no issues with these ROMs. I have tried Gueste 3.1 which is very stable, great perf and fluidity...but the matter of changing to more what I am used to...
There are a great deal of variety and feature packed ROMs in the O2X cabinet and we need to be testing and staying which appeals the best in different terms for our satisfaction.
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tr0ner said:
you seem to be one of a lucky few then, because from what I hear from other owners of the phone it really IS a buggy phone. Have you tried to return a phone based on lags and errors which seem to occur randomly...it is not like I can reproduce the shutdown / reboot problems, anyway returning it is not an option anymore.
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Every phone has its plus and minus mate....I am proud of O2X not because it was made perfect(surely poor quality by LG) but the developers here are striving to make this a perfect smartphone.....and we are very close to that ....
Just believe and you can make it better....

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Just believe and you can make it better....
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lol that's what I have been trying and the reason for this post. My problem is that I can flash a new baseband / rom / ril after work and test everything like wifi, gps, mobile internet and reception when I am at home. When everything *seems* to work I give the phone back to my gf hoping it's fine now. When she has the phone over the day and comes back in the evening and reports errors, so I start over again. That makes the whole process pretty tedious and I was hoping for a recipe, maybe from another user on a german network to shorten the whole process. But you already gave me a few tips I will also try next!

tr0ner said:
you seem to be one of a lucky few then, because from what I hear from other owners of the phone it really IS a buggy phone. Have you tried to return a phone based on lags and errors which seem to occur randomly...it is not like I can reproduce the shutdown / reboot problems, anyway returning it is not an option anymore.
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I don't know where you're from, but from where I'm from you usually have a two-week no questions asked refund period. And yes, I have tried to return electronic devices based on random problems within this period and usually I don't have any problems. Especially if I'm looking for a replacement for the same phone and not just my money back (I know some people who abuse this two-week period and try almost every phone there is... they almost don't need to buy phones...)
If you're outside this two-week period it might be trickier, I admit. But still I was just trying to be helpful. No matter what we do there will always be products with faulty hardware, and this faulty hardware might cause random lags and errors... if this is your case nothing you do will solve the problem, except for a replacement, that's why I suggested it.
And yes, I do realize I'm lucky. Before I bought the phone I did a lot of reading and I read about the random crashes, and saw people saying that a custom rom usually fixed it, so I was already prepared for this. But I'm not experiencing any of it so I'm happy.
Nonetheless I wish you the best of luck!

Gueste2X v3.1 with Temasek Turbo kernel and 218 BB works great for me.
Best ROM I've ever tried.
Reception drops and Wifi problems can be caused by BB not correctly installed.
No offense intended, but are you sure you did that correctly? Because I've seen manuals for installing BB which are outdated, wrong or just lack important data. I flashed my BB in a wrong way before.
Since you are German:
http://www.handy-faq.de/forum/lg_op...-lg_optimus_speed_p990_aktuelle_baseband.html

I am using temasek`s latest KANG-54, its smooth and stable. No problems whatsoever. Oh, and just today i flashed the kernel to ETaNa. Will see how that goes.

Thanatos2x v5.1 -> been using this for a few weeks now, came from Modaco GR5. It's really a very good rom. Fast, stable, not to different from stock LG. I'm using the 725 BB from v20o (with the RIL that came with the rom), tho get ril suggests I get the RIL from v10d NL (since I live in Holland). Haven't tried it since this setup just works great. Reception is good, battery lasts the whole day easily, no reboots or freezes...

After testing several ROMs I decided to use a ROM which won't let me miss a call. I chose MACODO GR6 . It's the most stable ROM I've ever tested. I'm tired of using buggy ROM just for the speed.

thank you guys for your recommendations!
Now I know what to check out next =)

Rooting my phone has turned into a nightmare, can you help me?

Ok firstly I'd like to say I just rooted my phone last week, this was my first time doing it. I decided to do it to get rid of various problems (I was led to believe rooting fixes everything). Some of them went away, some of them stayed, and new ones came up with the rooting.
I was coming a stock LG Optimus 2X P990 with Android 2.3.4 (had been updated because the phone was originally older 2.2.2 I think.. I'm not sure), and rooted to Nova HD Rom (ICS 4.0.4) using this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1508492. Oh also, I'm using SPB Shell launcher.
Problem #1 : Signal interuption. This one is probably the worst problem I have. I rely on my phone a lot as I don't have a ground line I need it to catch all my calls. About 2-3times a day I'll check my phone and I'll have no network. Sometimes the signal bars are frozen, they don't flutuate as I move to different areas. Sometimes there's an X on the signal logo. Either way, where I go inside/outside.. my phone can't get network. At first I tried to activate/de-activate 2G, turning on/off airplane mode to somehow reset the damn thing, but it just won't pickup. Then I tried a reboot, after the reboot.. still stuck at no signal. Then I finnally found how to fix it.. a full power OFF, and back ON. That's right each time I peak at my phone and it seems to be doing this, I need to make a complete shut down to wake his ass off.
Problem #2 : Battery drain. Well after days of reading on the subject apparently rooting my G2X was gonna improve it's battery life. Result is : no difference. I've bought a bunch of apps to try and keep track on what's wrong (BetterBatteryStats, Battery Monitor Pro). Just this morning I unplug my fully charged phone at 7:00:AM, and by 1PM (6hours later) it was done. There was about 1½hours of awake time, and about 50mins of screen on (perhaps half of this was using my 3G internet with various apps), no SMS or Calls. Usually if the phone is kept sleeping it can last about 24hours, do you guys think this is normal battery drain?
Problem #3 : Phone Clock off? Last week I was woken up by my alarm in the morning to find out I was about 40minutes late. Only happened once so far. I checked to see if I had set my alarm incorrectly.. nope, then I saw my phone time.. It was was OFF by 40mins... WTF? I went in the options and everything was fine... "Automatic date & Time" checked. I unchecked/checked it, and it didn't fix it, I had to reboot the phone for the time to come back to normal. Now hopefully that was only a one time problem, only now I have to live with the stress every morning my phones time might be wrong and I'll be late for work.
Problem #4 : Seriously where the hell is my FM radio. I use to listen a lot of FM radio before I rooted my phone , this is a feature I enjoyed. After rooting the FM radio application was gone, I said what the hell I'll just get another app from google play. NOPE, not a single FM radio app (that works). I tried a bunch of stuff, read on the forums and searched google for like 3hours and couldn't believe how much work I had put into such a simple thing.. this is so infuriating. The next day I kept looking but was never able to get anything working.. Oh and every where I look people say "lol why use FM radio when you can stream 1gazillion radio with given apps or whatnot". DAMMMMMMNN CAUSE MAYBE I DON'T HAVE INFINITE DATA PLAN? (In fact I have only 500megs/month). Seriously I'm so mad about this.
Problem #5 : Can't copy MKV files?! . I swear to got now that I rooted my phone each time I try to do something, something ****S UP. I just wanted to plug in my phone and copy some episodes of a serie I watch. Each time I tried copying the files : BAM "Windows Explorer has stopped working". So after another 2hours or so of trials and errors I figured the damn thing out . If I try to copy anything, it works. If I try to copy a *.MKV file, explorer crash. A solution I found is renaming my files to *.****YOU and then copy it and rename it back to MKV after it's done copying. Then I wondered, what if I rename a txt file to mkv, will it crash when being copied? Nope won't crash. So it's not just the extension? But why does it work if I remove the mkv extension.. oh good god how the hell am I supposed to understand anything.
Problem #6 : Can't play that MKV file?. Hey I finnally copied my file, the next day at work during my break I open my phone to watch it and.... well I realised there wasn't any video player included in my ROM, so luckly this time I found apps on the market that could play it. I used MX Player. Oh alright time to watch it? NOPE The video is all laggy and skipping frames like hell. Also audio is off and about each 10sec it mutes as if it was re-syncing the sound. Later the next evening I wasted another couple hours figuring this one out. What comes out often : they say use Dice Player instend! LOL Funny! The damn app won't even open my file!.
Playing with my phone I opened an APP I've pushased : System tuner pro. Looking at the CPU stats I noticed the first CPU was at 1.01Ghz, and the second one was at 216mhz? What the hell? I thought isn't that suposed to be 2x1ghz dual core?. So I cranked up the thing up to 1.01Ghz just like the other CPU, opened MX Player and already my video was almost watchable (a definitive improvement). I went back in System tuner pro, and overclocked the damn thing (even tough I had no idea if it was safe to do so) to 1.4ghz on both cores. Another significant improvement, this time when set this way I could watch my video! And the app onlyl reports a 5Celcius increase so I guess it's fine.
My only problem/question about that is why does each time I reboot my phone does the damn thing turns back to 216mhz? In fact why was it set to 216mhz in the first place? Considering all the problems I have and that I reboot my phone about 10times a day, I can't just go in system tuner the re-set my CPU settings each time?
Hopefully you guys can help me.. I'm exhausted I''ve been searching this forum and the web for the last couple days, I have like 1000tabs open in chrome. Btw this forum is a goldmine for information but damn it's a lot of reading.
Thanks in advance for your help

First, I'd like to say that I admire your keenness to detail in writing all of your issues down. Thing is, most of the problems you have are mainly because you flashed a modified ICS ROM. ICS roms by themselves are in beta stage, meaning there are some things that people compromise in flashing them (such as the missing FM radio), and you flashed a modified one, which might be the reason for certain power saving features such as your 2nd core down stepping to 216MHz.
Thing is, most of those were discussed in the NOVA ICS thread.
I would recommend flashing the more stable ROMs. Temasek's CM7, DjangoManouche by Carburano, Nostalgia by Topogigi (Froyo ROM) are the ones that pop-up in mind.
For a panic button, you can do a smartflash and it will restore all partitions to stock LG (wiping all user data of course).
Anyway, read the threads carefully. The opening posts and the last 5 pages at least. In order to get a feel of user experiences with the ROM.
Goodluck and happy flashing!
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I also noticed that you mentioned you have a G2X? But you also mention having a P990. If you're on a G2X, you have a different forum section my friend. This forum section is specifically for the O2X.
Flashing an O2X ROM on a G2X may result in softbricks.
(Please disregard my advise about ROM choices if you're have an LG P999 G2X, those are all intended for the LG P990 O2X.)

yea my mistake when I typed G2x.. I meant O2X.
Thanks for the advice.
If I change my ROM will it wype all my user data again? (sorry im a newb at this)

The ROM itself might not. But I highly recommend you wipe your device since you're moving from 1 version of android (ICS) to another (Froyo or GB).

I'd recommend you CM7 (not CM9) based ROMs but since you need the FM radio, they have none AFAIK.. but you can try stock based ROMs that are still in active developments by the dev. Usually they worked just fine and will fix most of your problems.. again, don't use CM9 based..
Now for the network that is constantly disconnecting in background, this bug is actually introduced (at least for me) after the GB update (i assumed because of the changes LG has made to the baseband). There's no surefire fix for this problem.. try different combinations of basebands and RILs.. stick to whatever works for you
For battery, if you're in constant mobile network, 24 hours standby time is incredible IMO.. our battery is just too low in capacity to make it last any longer than that.. my only advice is minimize the number of apps in your device, because some of them always stay in RAM doing god knows what..
Good luck
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Patbach said:
yea my mistake when I typed G2x.. I meant O2X.
Thanks for the advice.
If I change my ROM will it wype all my user data again? (sorry im a newb at this)
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Yes it will wipe them.. for baseband changes too.. so if you have apps that you'd like to preserve, back them up before flashing anything.. Titanium backup will do the trick, but some instability issues might appear if you choose to just backup and then restore everything up.. so choose all your important apps and leave the rest.. this way if something is wrong with the rom after restore, you can at least pinpoint which app is causing it
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amateru said:
I'd recommend you CM7 (not CM9) based ROMs but since you need the FM radio, they have none AFAIK.. but you can try stock based ROMs that are still in active developments by the dev. Usually they worked just fine and will fix most of your problems.. again, don't use CM9 based..
Now for the network that is constantly disconnecting in background, this bug is actually introduced (at least for me) after the GB update (i assumed because of the changes LG has made to the baseband). There's no surefire fix for this problem.. try different combinations of basebands and RILs.. stick to whatever works for you
For battery, if you're in constant mobile network, 24 hours standby time is incredible IMO.. our battery is just too low in capacity to make it last any longer than that.. my only advice is minimize the number of apps in your device, because some of them always stay in RAM doing god knows what..
Good luck
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CM7 has a working FM radio since late last year.
Just an FYI.
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salisbury_steak said:
CM7 has a working FM radio since late last year.
Just an FYI.
Oh great.. that means you wouldn't mind using CM7.. i just don't bother checking for working FM radio app since long ago
why not try Temasek's kang build? I believe it is still the best stability wise..
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is there ICS Roms which are CM7 Based? I figure might as well have the latest version of android...

Patbach said:
is there ICS Roms which are CM7 Based? I figure might as well have the latest version of android...
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CM 7 is Gingerbread
CM 9 is ICS
The numbers indicate Android's different iterations, so no, you can't
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CM 7 is a fantastic phone, but it has 2 big problems:
-huge battery drain, specially when you enable Wifi!
-sporadic BSODs...specially when the phone is on charging...
Sadly i had to remove CM7 because i use a lot Wifi...i flashed Topogigi's nostalgia now..good rom
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markop90 said:
CM 7 is a fantastic phone, but it has 2 big problems:
-huge battery drain, specially when you enable Wifi!
-sporadic BSODs...specially when the phone is on charging...
Sadly i had to remove CM7 because i use a lot Wifi...i flashed Topogigi's nostalgia now..good rom
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Which both are solved to about 95% by using etana kernel.
In short CM7 is the most feature complete ROM without sacrificing performance on our phones.
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Just to give an update I have changed my ROM to a CM7 based rom like u guys said. Temasek's kang build
Problem 1. Signal interuption : problem is definitly solved.
Problem 2. Battery drain : definite improvement, battery now last at least twice longer
Problem #3 : Phone Clock off? : Didn't get the problem again, so solved.
Problem #4 : Seriously where the hell is my FM radio. : Well I got an FM radio app, but I can't make it work. It doesn't pick up the stations..
Problem #5 : Can't copy MKV files?! : Well this is solved yes and no. If I manage to make my computer detect the damn phone, I can copy whatever I want to. Thing is for some reason I can't seem to be able to plug my phone into Mass Storage mode anymore. It worked a couple of times and all of sudden even tough I didn't change any drivers, my computer just doesn't see the phone anymore. I get a "USB Composite Device" with a yellow "!" mark in my device manager.
I tried a bunch of stuff in the options, rebooting the phone and/or computer, nothing worked. I decided to try reinstalling the rom, and boom right after I pluged it in, the USB Mass storage mode worked. Once again after a couple of times it started doing the same thing (yellow "!" mark in my device manager), and no new drive being detected. This time I'm completly clueless on what's going on, and I have no idea what I can do about it.
I'm currently copying files using Samba Filesharing over Wi-Fi, but sometimes I'd prefer using my USB cable, and I just can't...
New problem!!! : I had my phone at work yesterday and pluged in my headphones to listen to music, start my music and the sound was playing in both my heatphone and phone speakers. I tried unplugging/replugging the headphone, now the sound only worked on the phone speaker. Looked up every phone option possible regarding sound or headphones.. couldn't find nothing. I did a reboot on the device, and bam fixed everything. Couple hours later I re-open my phone for music, same problem occured. Had to reboot the device for the sound to be back in the headphones.
Most problems are fixed, I Guess I'm satisfied, but damn can't everything just work...

JuiceDefender Premium will make it that your device loses 1% every 10 hours if screen is off.

Stock 20Q from LG is free of bugs and full of functions.

Might be a stupid advice,
but you do know that you need your headphones plugged in for FM radio? (they are the actual antenna)
In the settings you can also set your region (e.g. North America or Europe), since the frequencies differ a bit (e.g. Europe uses 0.1MHz 'jumps' and some regions 0.2MHz).

Zorkman said:
Might be a stupid advice,
but you do know that you need your headphones plugged in for FM radio? (they are the actual antenna)
In the settings you can also set your region (e.g. North America or Europe), since the frequencies differ a bit (e.g. Europe uses 0.1MHz 'jumps' and some regions 0.2MHz).
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yea I know all of that don't worry.
The FM radio app is pretty buggy, today I made it worked. Once the app was started with the station selected, I hit the home button then I pulled down the tray and click on the FM app from there. All of sudden I started hearing sound.. it had worked.
Turns out the app is also the source of what is messing my headphones up. When I close and re-open the app, the sound will come out from the phone speaker, and that messes up every sound from the phone then on.

Patbach said:
yea I know all of that don't worry.
The FM radio app is pretty buggy, today I made it worked. Once the app was started with the station selected, I hit the home button then I pulled down the tray and click on the FM app from there. All of sudden I started hearing sound.. it had worked.
Turns out the app is also the source of what is messing my headphones up. When I close and re-open the app, the sound will come out from the phone speaker, and that messes up every sound from the phone then on.
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That FM radio thing is a bug that I haven't heard of actually. When you have the opportunity (or maybe on the next build #94, I'd suggest a full wipe then reflash).

[Experience] Why I am back to stock Firmware

After months of using different Custom Roms, I decided to go back to the Stock Samsung Firmware 2.3.4.
Why?
Here are some answers because I wanted to share my experience whith you:
- I am Tunisian, and I cannot use a Rom not supporting Arabic, then no MiUI roms although they were really pretty (but slow) and a multitude of other GB roms
- I move alot, I can't accept that my phone doesn't stand a hole day without charging, with some roms like EXTRA or OPEN KANG, sometimes in 2 hours of using H connection I had more than 90% of my battery going
- I tried to use CM7 and CM9, but one of the biggest (and my the weirdest) is even with charger plugged, and while playing games or connecting my phone ran out of charge and closed
- App compatiblity issues: I like audi books, and I use Sparse RSS reader cuz it's the only one which loads the full article, but they are not compatible and they both force close, so I dropped off Slim Roms, Darky and others, I also had a great rom, but I wasn't able to change the Keyboard (forced reboot) and I can't live without swiftkey.
- Low storage notification : flashing the script didn't help it, and the phone became really slow
Sadly I was forced to go back to GGB 2.3.4., I don't even have the value pack (not yet released for arabic contries), I can't make screenshots and soon my phone will look like a 3310
That's my experience with my beloved I9000, and I hope my "temoignage" meant somthing for you
PS: sorry for my english, it's my 3rd langage

well I can't agree more with you I am syrian and I face the language issue too. I don't want the rom to be in arabic but I want the language support in SMS, MMS, Internet.
fortunately ICS roms (dark night, icssgs) have both the language UI and the support so the problem solved.
I am using ICSSGS 4.2 now and it seems good (although there are problems but most of them can be avoided).
may be your needs led to this (rss reader, swifty,.....) but you may find a rom that satisfy your needs.
Finally I can't in any way imagine my self back to GB ..... :s

I really can't argue with the language support...
...but for most of the other problems you faced: nothing of that happend to me in any ICS rom I used. (Well yeah so far it has only been ICSSGS, clean AOKP and infinium, but still). Battery lasts with 3g active about 16-18 hours on moderate use. On 2g its more like 24-28 hours. Also can't life without swiftkey and had no problem with it on any rom / kernel. Working as intended...
I don't really know what to write, maybe some of your problems could be solved but then again if u need additional language support I can't argue with that.

ROMS, kernels and their bugs

hello all
i would like to discuss about bugs in roms + kernels that you use or have used, so we can easily choose the one we like/need/choose
so far i have tried:
1. CM9 + Nova HD 1.1.0
- couldn't get over the fact of non working camera and video acceleration
2. CM 7.2.0 stable + default kernel
- main problem was random network loos and bricking over night while charging...
- any other CM7 nightly or stable rom + any kernel haven't solved those 2 problems...
3. DjangoManouche 1.2.1 + Harsh kernel
- when starting Wifi hotspot, it reports error
My current setup:
ROM: DjangoManouche 1.2.1
Kernel: guestekrnL-v1.8.1-HighOC-BestBattery
ICS Transformation Pack
been using my current setup for 7 days now, no bugs detected yet...
What about you, your setup and bugs you've noticet in time...please write here...

The latest Temasek CM7 build along with his kernel. Currently I'm using the Etana Kernel without OC though. Works fine too.
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ALL CM9 ROMS - after flash - smooth and fast, after few days of using slow as hell

I am using WIUI 2.3.7 for 10 days now. It's so bugless and stable and responsive that it's boring to use after I've set it up to my liking. It just works and it's so battery friendly. Three days phone usage with music playing like 1 hour a day and talking for like 15-20 minutes. Oh and yeah, data is OFF only during night. It's the best ROM I've used. Ever.

cm7
Cm7 kang 121 or what ever i think tesmaks kernel had a other but was to compliqated but now i still nit happy because for driver with any over clock app i only have power save or perfemance, but i like ondemand but yeah so
Same ass you cm7 phone off after charge at night need pull out battery and put it back in to restart phone..... ow and i have a sd bug
Some times the phone doesnt see my 16 gb sd card but keeps looking for it, so the sd card slot is over heating but realy hot like to hot to touch so yeah.
Somw bugs but yeah wait for cm9 i mean full ics and then cm9
But battery is okay i have baseband 725v10(something) and rill same and is realy good and i think powersave helps to but voila.

My setup
I am using
ROM CM7.20120701 with
Kernel CM7 ETaNa_LOC_DS
overclocked to 1216 MHz
only issue so far is the dock dissapears once in a while and i have to reset ADW EX. then it comes back... other than that its an amazing setup and kernel...BIG thanks goes to the developers :good:

1. Temasek Build 130
- best ROM without any BSOD problem im using temasek rom stock kernel
- no leakage of ram after 60hrs up time
- BUGS: i dont konw if its bug but the widget of application that i installed is not shown in widget selections
2. Paranoidandroid
- super smooth perfect font size but the ram is too low as i remember its around 140-200mb newly flash
3. chuck norris
- great rom but after a few minutes it have BSOD i test it by locking and unlocking my phone quickly in temasek rom i do that also never experienced it when im using stock cm7 kernel
- low ram because of the go launcher it have a lot go launcher processes
4. MIUI
- iphone experience very smooth but same thing as chuck norris lot of background process because of the go launcher

heavencanwait said:
I am using WIUI 2.3.7 for 10 days now. It's so bugless and stable and responsive that it's boring to use after I've set it up to my liking. It just works and it's so battery friendly. Three days phone usage with music playing like 1 hour a day and talking for like 15-20 minutes. Oh and yeah, data is OFF only during night. It's the best ROM I've used. Ever.
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can you send me a link to this rom and kernel...i can't find it anywhere for download...

Temasek kang 130 with etana_loc kernel..
Very smooth but noticed experienced twice after using ums, the phone freezes and needs to pull out battery, overall outstanding...:good:
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Using Holo laucher and locker to give it ics/jb feel while waiting for official cm9/cm10 hopefully.

skymario84 said:
can you send me a link to this rom and kernel...i can't find it anywhere for download...
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You can find it in optimus 2x android development section
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Tried many, including owen's cm9 and temasek's cm7. Problem is they all end up being sticky as syrup unless you do a factory reset every fortnight or even more frequently. So for me, the best solution is stock LG ROM with stock kernel, rooted. I still need to do the resets, but I am experiencing fewer bugs. I still appreciate all the hard work from all of you developers, though.

Temasek 135 on v20q(italy) BB : gps drains battery
Hi all,
my first post on XDA, hope it helps.
Temasek 135 on v20q(italy) BB
Phone sold (and bought) in Italy.
LG original USB Charger
LG original included Battery
(LG FL-53HN 1500mAh)
Battery age: about 1 year
OPERATOR : WIND Italia
initial ROM : Stock V20Q (italian original ROM)
phone rooted, CWM installed
installed TEMASEK 135 (all default : ril 0218, Temasek135 kernel)
installed gapps
installed Google maps 6.11.1
CPU : Default (frequency range : 216/1000)
TESTING :
Short version : everything ok, except
- battery drain with gps/wifi localization
- volume keys sometimes don't wake up phone.
Long version:
OVERALL STABILITY : OK
1) RADIO HW:
1a) 2G : ok ; 2G/3G : ok
1b) WIRELESS
-Wireless client : seems ok
-AP(hotspot): no encryption : ok ; encrypted : ??
1c) GPS : may fail to fix. Solution: start gps and reboot phone.
(this appears to be a generic android gingerbread problem)
1d) Bluetooth : still to be tested.
2)TEGRA2 HW Acc
2a) GAME : GUERRILLA BOB THD v1.0 : 1hr of continuous playing, OK.
2b) VIDEO RECORDING (internal memory; temasek135's stock camcorder): ok
2c) VIDEO PLAYING
MXplayer + "codec armv7" (optimized for tegra2) : seems ok
3) UI/SYSTEM APPS
Volume keys to wake phone : faulty
4) BATTERY
phone had battery problems:
-reduced cpu mhz range to 216-500 : didn't help
-lowered display light, didn't help
- locked to 2G, helped a bit
- stopped localization : (close GPS AND wifi localization) : PROBLEM SOLVED
so, it seems that google maps 6.11.1 + gps AND/OR WIFI location is a problem.

Eagles blood ics build 4 seems to be great working camera video and pretty much everything else.
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This thread is very close to a what is the best ROM/Kernel thread, I'm very happy to leave this thread as it is, providing that no one starts trolling ROMs or Kernels.
Thanks
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s.d.oconnor said:
This thread is very close to a what is the best ROM/Kernel thread, I'm very happy to leave this thread as it is, providing that no one starts trolling ROMs or Kernels.
Thanks
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New Sheriff in town?

with NOVAHD i had a strange bug... i kept loosing the networkkk over and over...
paranoid android is the best ICS rom so far! with only cm9 native bugs cause of drivers and etcetera.... =)

Hi guys, I've tried some roms and here are my experiences:
Gueste2X v3.6 Hybrid Revolution: Really smooth rom, had to remove the battery when I charged at nights and when the phone wake up the airplane mode was on
ParanoidAndroid [Build 10]: Smoothest ICS rom I've tried, had problem losing the network, only a reinstalling I could fixed the issue and stability issues.
DjangoManouche 1.5 RCQ 4 SpicaKernel : Stable rom, it's not the smoothest but does the job, no random FC or bsod issues. It's the rom I've always returned.
MIUI v2.3.7f: Had some issues with it, performace related and some bsod when charged at nights.
WIUI 2.5.25: Nice rom but for me Django's performace was better.
Nova HD Rebuild v1.1.0: Good at the first days but then went all laggy and lot's of FC.
Eagles Blood: good rom but had a problem where my battery stats disappeared and the only way to fix it was reinstalling.
Hope it helps. Sorry for my bad english.

dante501 said:
Eagles blood ics build 4 seems to be great working camera video and pretty much everything else.
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Are you sure? Because the usually, the CM9 roms have working camera app, when you switch to video you still have running picture, but then you hit the button to record, the app goes FC.

Ola amigos !!!
Its nice to have everyones opinions ! Pritty easy to find out whats the best rom currently out!
So here is my short report!
ROM - MokeeOS -v1.10.436-V2 for O2X
Im using this rom for about 7 days (1week) and the complete rom is perfect. The 1 and only reason Im hitting an other one is becouse Mokees port is getting every single night a BSOD! Oh, Im sorry, and when you make a longer call, about 10 mins or more, It just freezes. Wont let you back into it. Just black screen and you can talk onwards.
Pritty sad about that point but what can we do hopefully the devs are gonna fix it !

draugurio said:
Hi guys, I've tried some roms and here are my experiences:
Gueste2X v3.6 Hybrid Revolution: Really smooth rom, had to remove the battery when I charged at nights and when the phone wake up the airplane mode was on
ParanoidAndroid [Build 10]: Smoothest ICS rom I've tried, had problem losing the network, only a reinstalling I could fixed the issue and stability issues.
DjangoManouche 1.5 RCQ 4 SpicaKernel : Stable rom, it's not the smoothest but does the job, no random FC or bsod issues. It's the rom I've always returned.
MIUI v2.3.7f: Had some issues with it, performace related and some bsod when charged at nights.
WIUI 2.5.25: Nice rom but for me Django's performace was better.
Nova HD Rebuild v1.1.0: Good at the first days but then went all laggy and lot's of FC.
Eagles Blood: good rom but had a problem where my battery stats disappeared and the only way to fix it was reinstalling.
Hope it helps. Sorry for my bad english.
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I tested Nova HD Rebuild v.1.1.0: At first it got my approval. But after a while it got laggy. So I share your experience.
After that ParanoidAndroid now on build 11: Great rom. I had no problems losing network. Even battery life ist good. I got stuck on it so I can recommend it.

[Q]: Few problems

Hello,
recently my phone P880 ceases to function correctly. For example the problem with the gsm signal and 3G, someone still say me that I am inaccessible and he can not call me. When I try to call someone, the phone say SIM card disconnect, the signal is out and then after seconds again say reading sim card and then everything looks normal (this happen mostly when data are enabled, but sometimes also on wifi). Then in 70% calls (does not depend if incoming or outcoming) the mic does not work at all. I can hear anyone on the other side but he cannot hear me. When I hang up and call back everything works fine. And the last but not least the phone is really slow, sometimes I have to kill all apps if I want do something (write message, read email) or wait until the phone unfreeze (very annoying when I want to recieve call and I have to wait aprox 10-15 sec till the screen light up). In the phone there is almost nothing installed (just few apps which I really use), but still the RAM is always full at >80%.
I am curently running on stock 4.1.2 and decide to try something more lightweight to save battery and ram, but I have absolutely no idea which ROM is currently stable and working, so if you can recommend me some (I would prefer something on 4.4.x but it does not matter).
Thanks to everyone for response

Hello,
First Question: Which Baseband-Version is installed?
I can say that 4.4 is not as good as Stock.
Root, install CWM (Dont know if you had to open bootloader when only installing kernel and script?), install Titanium Backup or similar and remove the Bloatware! Then Install Iodak v9.5 and maybe Tegra4Binary and Phone is quick.
Some Links for You:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2765770
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2270308
http://d-h.st/Xlw
Good Luck!

I am back on 4.1 stock just to test some things and after 10 hours on it i cant wait to get back to 4.4.x roms...I cant see any advantages of stock rom except visual ones (lg gui).U should write why is for you stock better i am curious.
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Thank you for reply,
For the radio I include screenshot. The bootloader is unlocked, I did it about a 3/4 year ago but since this time I did not make any SW changes so now I am totally lost in the number of roms which are avable nowadays (last I was to change the system there was only bugged and not stable version).
E: For the GUI, it is not bad but when the homescreen (launcher) have to reboot everytime when I close (jump out) some apps there is something wrong.
E2: And also sometimes the light sensor does not work (I can move with the brigthness slider but nothing happen,I have to uncheck the automatic setting then I can change the brightness)

Did you try fleahing stock again via lg flesh tool ? Or.restoring backup if u have it ?
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Because of the high battery drainage on use at CM. Stock has about 6 hours screen on.
There are quiet nice functions, like Quickmemo that i dont want to miss. (And better App compatibility sometimes... see "Whatsapp SIM")
The Performance is better than CM11 if you remove bloatware and flash Iodak Kernel/T4-Binary. Then gaming is nice too.
+ FM-Radio
I know that a phone with the newest security updates is nice, but when i flash CM i flash back in the next 1-3 days ...
But you can think otherwise over this!

DerMoonEclipse said:
Because of the high battery drainage on use at CM. Stock has about 6 hours screen on.
There are quiet nice functions, like Quickmemo that i dont want to miss. (And better App compatibility sometimes... see "Whatsapp SIM")
The Performance is better than CM11 if you remove bloatware and flash Iodak Kernel/T4-Binary. Then gaming is nice too.
+ FM-Radio
I know that a phone with the newest security updates is nice, but when i flash CM i flash back in the next 1-3 days ...
But you can think otherwise over this!
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If u manage to get 6 hours on screen time then u have 7000 mAh battery or you have some other phone since no one managed to get more then 4+ hours on this phone especialy on stock so this thing that you said is completly nonsence.There are apps that can replace quickmemo app on custom roms,iodak kernel is NOT working properly on stock rom (that is know fact evey iodak sayed it himself u can read it on iodak kernel thread) and for the last option u can use Spirit FM which is working great on CM-Liquid -Slim and all others custom roms.
P.S.Show us some proof for that 6 hours on screen time or your coment will be probably deleted by moderators since it is as i sad completly nonsence.

Will add Screenshot ASAP.
PS: Having no issues with Iodak 9.5 ... but 8 should work for everyone.

And here we go again. I want to call, signal lost, dial has been suspended, than I've got black screen with message "Reorganization of internal processes. Try it later". There is probably some problem with the firmware or something like that, I don't think it is HW problem. I will try some alternate ROM then I will write result.
EDIT: I try to find if someone have same problem and I found it on LG Optimus 3D:
Problems on Rogers Canada too. Both Rogers and LG deny any knoledge of the exsistance of this issue. I updated my phone in the middle of February, seemed ok for a week or so, then ghost calls and missed texts started happening. I have restored it and even reinstalled the firmware fresh a few times and the problem just keeps getting worse, in addition, I now have random loss of data connection, "reorganizing internal process" for 2-3 minutes wen I try to make an outgoing call and occasionaly my phone will ring and ring indeffenately when I miss a call even though I have voice mail, and I must restart my phone to stop the ringing. Thank you for running this story as I want everyone on earth to know I will never buy any LG product again due to there "deny the problem" approch to customer support, and I hope no one else does either. BTW, anyone want to buy a used LG Phone, TV, DVD Player, Sterio or Washer and Dryer? Next time I buy a different brand period.
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I am on the same carrier as CaptianJack, same exact issues. Called "Carlos" at LG Support, said ICS 4 was due in 2nd or 3rd quarter. He then said possibly July.
My issues on 2.3.5
- Occasional missed text messages
- occasional missed calls
- long "reorganizing internal process" delays, can't make calls until it finishes.
- having to restart phone when phone when in 2G, loses signal then fails to regain 4G in known good area unless reboot
- longer camera loading times than previous 2.2
- choppy 3D video recordings
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DerMoonEclipse said:
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I can say that 4.4 is not as good as Stock.
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http://d-h.st/Xlw
Good Luck!
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Stock kernel is good at keeping the phone cool, actually that's the only thing it is good at.Stock ROM + iodak kernel burns your phone, for real.Try it on CM11 and stock ROM, stock ROM heats it up a lot more.
Stock ROM is only good if you don't know how to customize a ROM properly.CM11 gives you the ability to have the control over your phone.In stock you can just change kernel, remove a few apps and just keep going on.
If you think 4.4 is worse, it's only cause you have no idea how to customize a ROM.
"The Performance is better than CM11 if you remove bloatware and flash Iodak Kernel/T4-Binary. Then gaming is nice too."
That's totally a lie.CM11 has less system requirements afterall.And LG is famous for making crap ROMs.For how many minutes have you used CM11? 1 or 2?
S.M-A-RT said:
Hello,
recently my phone P880 ceases to function correctly...
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Remove bloatwares, services, whatever you want but stock ROM is full of bugs that you can face even from the first day.
If you want a phone with less bugs, install CM11.You don't expect us to fix an old ROM which is full of bugs, minor or major.

What? CM11 was daily driver in official and inofficial builds...
But i know, the most are in love with Cyanogen, what do you mean with customize?