Hi, can someone explain to me about baseband and RIL, I already have some idea but I need confirmations on some.
I updated my asian phone with LGP990AT-00-V20c-EUR-XX-AUG-02-2011+0_CP.fls as per instruction of this custom ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1254359. The name itself suggest european, does europe and asia share the same exact bands for their phones?
Can this mess with my reception? Is there an asian v20c .fls and matching RIL out there that I should have flashed instead?
Unrelated questions: I went with this ROM(lg o2x gb stock mod by topogigi) because it's based on the leak LG GB roms and has minimal bugs and from my understanding is that CM7 based ROMs are very buggy? Like the radio and a2dp doesn't work and when I look at the CM7 bugs thread(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1173229) I keep wondering why CM7 is so much more popular. Can someone give me an insight?
My LG 2x has about 100mb usable memory on fresh reboots, is this normal or is it limited to that ROM(lg o2x gb stock mod by topogigi)?
Thanks for any info. smile.gif
CM7 is popular because it's built from the ground up and contains many extra features. A2DP works fine FYI, but FM radio is currently a no-go.
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Sorry if these are stupid questions, at least they're short and I'm hoping for a good answer anyway.
Can one expect CM to include the fixes (or something similar) from the new LG update that are supposed to prevent freezes/reboots in their stable or in any of the nightlies any time soon after the update is out?
I do understand that this kind of depends on what the fixes are like etc.
Is there an easy way to change to stock+update from CM?
Does anyone know if we can hope for gingerbread on 2x (not g2x) any time soon?
Does anyone know if people experiences the same problems after flashing the gingerbread leak?
Thanks
Depends what the cause of the problems is determined to be. CM uses almost nothing from a stock ROM, just a few proprietary files are needed, everything else is built from source.
If the fixes are in those files, then it might be something they'd want. Currently the files that are being used are from the G2X gingerbread leak.
I might be completely offbase here. But people that have had the reboots on stock also have them on Cm builds iirc. That means that it could be the baseband ( I always refer to that as the driverpack when explaining it to my friends ) that will receive an upgrade. If that is the case then everyone who's running a CM build can flash the new baseband as well.
But those are just my very unfounded thoughts on the subject
Thanks to both of you for your answers.
A little OT, but regarding the baseband thing:
When I think of baseband I basically think of for example how my 2x differs from the t-mobile g2x and how that makes my cell unable to use 3g on the t-mobile network. This, if I'm not completely mistaken, is definitely hw, if not everyone would just have flashed to a baseband which supported t-mobile 3g.
I don't think this is the case, what am I missing? What advantages might there be from flashing another baseband? What are the basebands?
Thanks
Baseband is the radio firmware, it's the radio hardware that makes it unusable on certain frequencies.
Which ROM would be considered more stable, long battery ?
no need for overclocking
ido said:
Which ROM would be considered more stable, long battery ?
no need for overclocking
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Modacos FR 18 with 05 baseband
I dont think that there are any other roms in stable ^^ All other are variants
Noticed it doesn't have the LG launcher. Is that on purpose since no one likes it ?
any good rom with it ?
Modaco is clearly the most stable rom but it's not better than cm7 for the battery I find .... and cm7 is much more smoother
So it's up to you, test both
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Noticed it doesn't have the LG launcher. Is that on purpose since no one likes it ?
any good rom with it ?
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The LG launcher can be included in modaco roms if using the online kitchen. In fact, all original lg content can be included, or you can choose to leave out all LG content.
The reason why the lg launcher is not included in prebake is probalby because it's not flexible at all. LauncherPro and ADWLauncher offers much more functionality.
Stock ROM: Android 2.2.2. No good compared to modaco and cyanogenmod
Modaco: android 2.2.2. Offers all original functionality, performance tweaks and bug fixes. But, it is based on original ROM and bugs appearing randomly from nowhere is hard to remove, so many users still have reboot issues.
CM7: Android 2.3.4. Completely custom, built on generic android release. offers no lg functionality, but you don't need that. Even though it's no official stable release yet, it is very stable. I have been running it for some time now, and only problems I have had is the sound suddenly disappearing and I have to reboot. Much good functionality. After 1d 12h I am still on 50% battery. moderate usage.
I would highly recommend CM7, even on your everyday phone.
CM7: no fm radio...
wow, I hadn't noticed that
Maybe it's possible to port lg stock fm radio application..
no sry its not possible to port the stock radio app ... stock rom is froyo and cm7 is gingerbread ... and for gingerbread there is no support for the fm radio atm. I think we have to wait till lg releases official gingerbread (and we should pray that this is not like the bastardized gingerbread version of tmobile for g2x)
Hello...
Since there isn't a P990H specific forum or ROMs available, I thought I would my questions here:
1. Besides the baseband (i.e. RF) side, are the P990 and the P990H same? How about P999?
2. If #1 is true, I assume I can use the custom ROMs for either P990 or P999 for P990H. I looked the CM zip files, and there isn't a baseband update included, so I am inclined to think I am right. Does anyone know for sure?
3. What would you consider the most stable custom ROM at the moment? Modaco FR19, or CM7? I am after the ASOP experience as much as possible.
I just bought a P990H (to be used with AT&T SIM), when it arrives, I'll be diving into getting a custom ROM installed and wanted to make sure I don't end up with an expensive brick.
Your help is much appreciated.
As far as I know, most of the p990 Roms and kernels are not compatible with the P999. You should see the pages of the roms you would like and ask their coders. if they are compatible.
OK... so, if the P990 ROMs aren't compatible with the P999 ROMs, how about the P990H? I've seen people with P990H who flashed P990 ROMs, but I am not sure if these are limited to a specific set of ROMs or all.
have a P990Hn and customs roms are working for me... The best working rom i found is the Modaco Gr2
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have a P990Hn and customs roms are working for me... The best working rom i found is the Modaco Gr2
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Thanks for the confirmation! Did you just follow the same instructions as the P990H for loading custom ROMs?
I would love to hear your assessment of the Gr2. Is there any glaring thing that doesn't work?
By the way, are you using the stock baseband, or did you update it? If you updated, which one would you recommend?
enigma00 said:
Thanks for the confirmation! Did you just follow the same instructions as the P990H for loading custom ROMs?
I would love to hear your assessment of the Gr2. Is there any glaring thing that doesn't work?
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Everything is the same! No special instructions to follow
And everything is working on this rom and it's been pretty stable for an alpha the only issue i had it was because i didn't wipe before and after the rom installation.
There is also a Gr3 comming at the end of the month so it's only getting better
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By the way, are you using the stock baseband, or did you update it? If you updated, which one would you recommend?
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No change on the baseband, i use the stock one
From the research i made it look like the only difference between these phones are the frequency they can work on (yours is on 850/1900 i think) other than that i don't think the modem on those phones are different.
i was looking for some info as well. does flashing a custom rom change the baseband or 3G bands of the p990h?
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i was looking for some info as well. does flashing a custom rom change the baseband or 3G bands of the p990h?
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No, if you dont update the baseband (and you shouldn't) then you'll be okay.. You should probably also save the RIL from original ROM (and put back to the new one) so that everything is working as it should. the RIL is located in /system/lib/lge-ril.so
Thanks For the info guys
Hey,
ive just buyed a p990 and put my old Gw620 away.
I was looking at the Android development for this device quite some time.
But it kinda confuses me.
Firstly whats the difference between 2X / G2X ? p990 ? p999 ?
Ive looked in many threads, mostly people didnt answer it directly, some wrote they have different File Systems. Is that all ?
Im also following Ricardo's Development on G+, ics looks promising, but lack of media encoding is bad. Is there really not a fully working stable CM9 Relase Out there for this Device ?
Whats the last Official Kernel which got released ? 2.3.5 ?
Right now i cant decide which rom i should use, since i need a really stable but also kinda recent one...
(maybe waiting until april is best, ive heard LGs gonna put out a official ICS release for this phone?)
Sorry for many stupid questions and my bad english...
greetings
1) The differences between the O2X and G2X are AFAIK only the file systems. Therefore the roms for the O2X won't work on the G2X and the other way around. The hardware on both the phones are the same.
2) RC's ICS rom is the best one available, and it's actually pretty stable. Only video recording doesn't work properly because of the media encoding. (Link in signature)
3) You shouldn't flash original kernels. Use custom ones instead . They're better and have a better performance and battery life. Also, Roms always come with a stock kernel which belongs to that rom. So if you want to flash a kernel flash custom ones. (link in signature for ETaNa Kernel, CM/MIUI Only!!!)
4) CyanogenMod is the best rom out there IMHO. So you might wanna try that. They are very stable and perform really well. (Link in signature)
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1) The differences between the O2X and G2X are AFAIK only the file systems. ... The hardware on both the phones are the same.
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..except for the radio. P999 works on T-Mobiles 850Mhz WDCMA band, while the P990 does not. (P990h and P990hN do though.)
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..except for the radio. G2X works on T-Mobiles 850Mhz UMTS band, while the O2X does not.
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Aha, thanks for correcting me! Another new thing learned today!
Hi everyone!
I successfully updated my P925g to GB v20c, rooted and got rid of all rogers crap.
I installed PimpMyCPU app to throttle CPU down when phone is not used.
Now I'm ready for next challenge - install custom ROM.
I read that CM-nighties are the same for P920 and P925. So what about other ROMs?
I used to have Optimus 2x (European) and played with lots of ROMs and basebands because I couldn't get 3G data in rural Ontario. At the end I found the problem - European model doesn't have WCDMA850 capabilities. So I had to get rid of the phone.
I would just dive and start playing around. But I read some guys were softbriking their phones
From Optimus 2x I know there are different RILs for different parts of the world. What about Thrill (aka 925g)? Should I worry about it?
And what about baseband? Does it come separately from ROM (like in o2x) or it will be reflashed with every ROM?
Thanks in advance!
The CM7 rom's are different for the p920 and p925. More on that on a sec.
AFAIK there is no way to flash baseband separate from rom.
Of note: the p925 and p920 use identical hardware so the key difference is in radio and partitions. Ergo if you'd flashed v21a (which is for the p920) on your thrill, you'd use the p920 CM7 rom, but since you flashed the v20c thrill one you'll need the p925 CM7.
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Thanks!!!
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