[Q] Porting G2X roms for our O2X? - LG Optimus 2x

Hey!
After looking through the G2X Forums, i see there is a hell of lot of roms out there. (Heck they even startet porting ICS!!) That's much more than the 3-4 we have. Is it possible to port a G2X rom to our O2X? Isn't it just a change of partitions?
'Off course we dont get radio, but how many of us actually use it
Oh, and BTW, i am not a developer... More of a dummy

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sorry, i dont thing there's much chance of it happening.
& dont worry about ice cream sandwich, we will probably get it soon enough after google releases the source code

so what is real difference between both of them? i mean from the outside they look the same...i have a optimus 2x and i really would like to know

schölli said:
so what is real difference between both of them? i mean from the outside they look the same...i have a optimus 2x and i really would like to know
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The phones are almost identical, though each of them have very different filesystems which is near impossible to change. plus i think it can run hspda 850mhz frequency i think. Other than that, they are exactly the same.

schölli said:
so what is real difference between both of them? i mean from the outside they look the same...i have a optimus 2x and i really would like to know
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Different partition layout and different radio hardware.

It doesn't really have anymore ROMs then we do, just some minor changes, but they're based on 2-3 different roms like ours (Ok, they do have ICS port also). There just are more cooks, not that many devs. BUT, they do have a few more kernels and I don't see a reason why we couldn't use their CM-kernels on our phone if we wanted. But maybe we dont? Their stock probably won't work on LG stock, so.
Edit: I changed my mind, there isn't even more kernels. We don't need them.

But is there not a way to make ROM's able to work on each others devices?
Im thinking:
You flash a ROM for the G2X on our O2X.
Then you flash some G2X to O2X ROM Converter changing the partitions and HSPDA freq?
Badabim badabum.. lockscreen!
Possible or? If possible, then we have the 2x dev power

Balano said:
But is there not a way to make ROM's able to work on each others devices?
Im thinking:
You flash a ROM for the G2X on our O2X.
Then you flash some G2X to O2X ROM Converter changing the partitions and HSPDA freq?
Badabim badabum.. lockscreen!
Possible or? If possible, then we have the 2x dev power
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This can be done. Although I don't know to which extent. You will need to have hardware checks on which drivers to load, config, partition schemes, etc. It's a actually a very neat idea. Good for experimentation
More like linux running on different hardware configurations I'd love to see the day when we have a generic Android base that works on all devices. Then for specialized drivers, you can get them from the vendors -- bliss!

That would actually be nice - But would the shared Rom then not be huge? 1gb+?
Maybe some developers would look in to it and maybe share a beta for us to test out on different Roms and types of 2X'es. .

Balano said:
That would actually be nice - But would the shared Rom then not be huge? 1gb+?
Maybe some developers would look in to it and maybe share a beta for us to test out on different Roms and types of 2X'es. .
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Yep. It could be significantly bigger than today's roms since you will bundle generic drivers for all supported devices. But that's easy to fix. The bigger hurdle is to make it work.
Sent from my Optimus 2X using xda premium

Balano said:
Hey!
After looking through the G2X Forums, i see there is a hell of lot of roms out there. (Heck they even startet porting ICS!!) That's much more than the 3-4 we have. Is it possible to port a G2X rom to our O2X? Isn't it just a change of partitions?
'Off course we dont get radio, but how many of us actually use it
Oh, and BTW, i am not a developer... More of a dummy
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because there will be lot more of rom choices then

Sorry but what's code for g2x i mean alike p990
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spica1234 said:
Sorry but what's code for g2x i mean alike p990
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P999 i think.
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Yeah it's the P999 for the G2X and WIND Mobile O2X.

Ok thank you
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I have made a 2.3.4 rom for the G2X (based on an unreleased LG-L95G device) and planning on porting your new Italian rom to the G2X. If the flash is CWM compatible you don't have to worry about partitions as you only flash the system image and maybe a compatible kernel. The updater script just tells CWM to mount the system parition (the kernel knows which one) and you copy the files to the system. The kernel (at least for the G2X) is just a file called boot.img and you tell CWM to flash the boot image in a similar manner. I think it is just a matter of replacing the RIL files with the correct ones so the rom can talk to the radio, and swapping out drivers for other differences in the hardware. Other than the radio, as far as i can tell, the phones have virtually identical hardware. I think it would be a good project for someone and not that hard to port one of our G2X roms to your O2X devices.

jboxer said:
I have made a 2.3.4 rom for the G2X (based on an unreleased LG-L95G device) and planning on porting your new Italian rom to the G2X. If the flash is CWM compatible you don't have to worry about partitions as you only flash the system image and maybe a compatible kernel. The updater script just tells CWM to mount the system parition (the kernel knows which one) and you copy the files to the system. The kernel (at least for the G2X) is just a file called boot.img and you tell CWM to flash the boot image in a similar manner. I think it is just a matter of replacing the RIL files with the correct ones so the rom can talk to the radio, and swapping out drivers for other differences in the hardware. Other than the radio, as far as i can tell, the phones have virtually identical hardware. I think it would be a good project for someone and not that hard to port one of our G2X roms to your O2X devices.
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Sounds good actually.
After you port the italian ROM to the G2X, tell us the difficulty and if you encountered any issues.
So, you are saying that a swap in radiodrivers and a modification to the updater script is all that is too it?

Balano said:
Sounds good actually.
After you port the italian ROM to the G2X, tell us the difficulty and if you encountered any issues.
So, you are saying that a swap in radiodrivers and a modification to the updater script is all that is too it?
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That plus other stuff. The thing that is concerning me is that in the installer script for the P990 rom there is a volume called "dbdata" being mounted. We don't have a mount called this on the P999, so I need to know what this is used for. Maybe we have something similar but has a different name. I need someone who is knowledgeable about the P990 roms to tell me what this volume is used for. But the thing that makes no sense is that the installer script is simply mounting it, doing nothing with it and then accounting it, so maybe it's a non-issue. The rom itself looks surprisingly similar to the one for the L95G with the exception of the UI customizations. I really think the only difference between the two devices is the radio chip because TMO wanted faster 3G (21Mbps vs 7.2Mbps). I don't know why memory is partitioned differently but that should not be an issue for putting the rom together, as the kernel takes care of all that. We have to hope that everything works using the kernel from the L95G. Due to partitioning differences using the P990 kernel is not an option.

There is nothing on the O2X that corresponds to "dbdata" and it certainly can't be mounted in recovery as there is no entry for it in recovery.fstab

Related

Useful sites for 2.2 port on GT540

If someone is interested in porting Android 2.2 Froyo to our phone, this site can be useful: h ttp://openetna.com/
They made a ROM for LG Etna which also has no recovery and only fastboot.
Also this 2.1 ROM from Russia for GT540 has fastboot (standard rom doesn't have it):
h ttp://narod.ru/disk/25473801000/out.kdz.html
I think this might be useful
I still can't post links so you'll need to remove space from the links above.
Cmon people port this 2.2 for gt 540, pleeease!
Well if someone could post a link to the Optimus Chic ROM I will gladly flash it to my GT540 to see what happens. Does anyone know if that has recovery?
NONONONONONONONONO!!!!!!!!!!
Don't flash the optimus chic rom on your gt540!
The optiums chic has a completely different chipset, it is made by texas instruments not by Qualcomm. I have a really bad feeling about this, so unless you know you can flash it back or if you can run the rom off an sd card I would be very very careful
tomascivinod said:
NONONONONONONONONO!!!!!!!!!!
Don't flash the optimus chic rom on your gt540!
The optiums chic has a completely different chipset, it is made by texas instruments not by Qualcomm. I have a really bad feeling about this, so unless you know you can flash it back or if you can run the rom off an sd card I would be very very careful
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I think they are absolute the same hardware except different screen resolution and capacitive screen. See here h ttp://pdadb.net/index.php?m=pdacomparer&id1=2274&id2=2575
A stab in the dark but worth a shot none the less!
i have got hold of a 2.2 Rom from another site and tried a few of them with no luck.
damjan006 said:
I think they are absolute the same hardware except different screen resolution and capacitive screen. See here h ttp://pdadb.net/index.php?m=pdacomparer&id1=2274&id2=2575
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I can hardly flash a touch pro rom on my diamond, or a g1 rom, or a magic rom, all have extremely similar hardware, but unless you have a way of unbricking, good luck, ps. they also chic/one has double the ram 512MiB vs 256MiB on the gt540.
BTW, I don't know where I got TI from, it is def a qualcomm chip, sorry.
On russian forum 4pda.ru they somehow made 2.2 working on GT 540. It seems it only can do outgoing call, and bluetooth,wi-fi,camera doesnt work now.
do the optimus one and gt540 have the same chipset?
then its possible to have 2.2 on gt540 as optimus one has it =]
OpenEtna's latest version seems to still have a lot of bugs so might as well wait for the crack version with fewer bugs

A few informations..

Hi,
I recently switched from a Xperia X10 to the Nexus One due to the lack of update from Sony Ericsson.
We can't unlock the bootloader the X10 so even if I flashed a lot of custom rom and root ect... It's my first time with kernels ect...
So I was wondering on how the kernel is important and if I well understood, he is the one that will put the driver for the hardware as it's the one that can increase audio and put 720p ect..
And I also see a lots of threads about radios ect... I totally understood how to flash it ect.. but what is it exactly ? Is it like a better frequence for your antenna or ??
I'm currently running kernel version : [email protected] and baseband version : 32.24.00.22U_4.03.00.21_2 and I have Passion Recovery.
Could you please indicate me a good combo of kernel/radio/rom that would give me 720p, running at least Froyo or Gingerbread (for flash) and that is stable with a good linpack/quadrant score.
Thanks in advance,
Zyryck
Simplest thing for you, CyanogenMod 6. It is FroYo, has the audio mod and 720p camera kernel. And you should already have the best Radio.
There is no reason to really mix and match stuff at all. The state of the development scene isn't that way anymore.
Some people do fiddle with kernels and Korean radios and such, but they do it because they like doing that sort of thing, not because they have to.
90% do not have to worry about those things. Install CyanogenMod 6 or some of the other popular mods in the development section and you should be happy.
Don't worry about the individual parts until you get used to things, and even then it won't be needed, just a hobby.
Ok thank you it is certainly what I'll take. But Cyan 6 or 6.1 ?
But I still don't know why Radios stand for.
And yes I'm one of those Guys that will flash to another roms every 2 Days but since Nexus S and new Phones are out I know Devs are leaving Nexus One so that's why I was asking forr a fast and a stable one.
So I'd just like to know what's the Radio ?
The radio is hardware/software that deals with the communications side of your phone. GPRS/HSDPA/WiFi etc.
That's what I was thinking about but then what are the differences between a radio on an other one ? Are there some faster than others ?
Plus Radios are generic ? It doesn't depend from your Carrier or Country
zyryck said:
That's what I was thinking about but then what are the differences between a radio on an other one ? Are there some faster than others ?
Plus Radios are generic ? It doesn't depend from your Carrier or Country
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If you're go to run Froyo you'll be required to update your radio to 32.50.00.32U_5.12.00.08.
prettyboy85712 said:
If you're go to run Froyo you'll be required to update your radio to 32.50.00.32U_5.12.00.08.
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Well I'm running 2.2.1 with 32.24.00.22U_4.03.00.21_2.
Should I update it to the one you said because I don't see anything going wrong. Except perhaps that when I connect to internet without Wifi it's written 2G but when I had my X10 it was either 3G or H so I don't know if it is related or not since I've only been able to connect to 2G with the Nexus even when it was not rooted and flashed to any rom, radio or kernel
Wild monks have pretty good kernels but I have no idea about what radio to choose cuz theres literally a lot of them. I just get really confused with them and
Still looking for a good radio tho.lol. But cyan mod is freaking awesome. Combined with inexus theme and it's the best ui interface I can find. plus I have swype too so I'm not going to give up my nexus any time soon until tegra 2 phones arrive
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I'm gonna wait before putting my hands on the Atrix and other tegra 2 phones because I want to see if there won't be any problem with the bootloader ect... Because getting stuck with a device that can't get bl unlocked is very very frustrating.
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If you're go to run Froyo you'll be required to update your radio to 32.50.00.32U_5.12.00.08.
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That's actually not true.
There's no need to be messing with your radio unless you are having a specific problem. If your custom ROM requires a certain Radio to work, it will probably be included in the package anyway.
Flashing custom ROMS is almost completely safe but flashing Radios can lead to a bricked device in short-order.

Developing Sense ROM

Hi guys!
Since two days I'm trying to create a ROM based on HTC Sense, porting from HTC Desire to our Nexus One using, as a base, the RCADSmixHD ROM.
I've been able to complete the entire package .zip and installing succesfully, BUT at reboot I'm stuck at the Nexus logo...
Do you think it's a kernel-related issue?
I really don't have any other ideas...
EDIT: I'd also like to know how to develop/modify a kernel for our Nexus One, but based on HTC roms... Someone has guides/links?
Try to Flash this Kernel: 2.6.35.6-eViL--10-7--1-wmcfg by eViL D:
You can find dl link here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16995049&postcount=2
I had problems with the kernel include in RCADS on my N1
Thanks but no changes here... BTW the kernel included in RCADS rom works with my Nexus.. But here in this new ROM that I'm trying to develop I don't know what's wrong...
My guess there's something wrong with the ROM itself you probably have a few lines of code somewhere that are not working right. Were you able to compile the code on your computer?
Well, actually I'm trying to port a Sense ROM from HTC Desire with 250mb fit into /system/... I think that's the problem because my Nexus One could have bad blocks and/or less space into /system/, so this ROM wouldn't fit. I think so.
Regarding the code, I haven't written any kind of code, apart from looking at updater-script to be ok... Other suggestions? Thanks anyway, much appreciated
Now I'm trying to port a different ROM, the Desire S Gingerbread 2.3.5 with Sense 3.0!
But after replacing many folders and files from a Sense Rom of the Nexus One and the target Sense Rom that I'm developing, I have replaced boot.img and edited the updater-script properly (I think).
After installation, it's stuck at the Nexus logo... always!
What's wrong????????
Look at your logcat.
And at your /proc/kmsg.
If you don't know what these 2 mean - read up on those, use some googling.
If you can't - I believe you won't be able to develop anything worthy, or anything at all.
Moreover, Nexus has 145MB on /system partition. You need to utilize SD-EXT partition and symlink parts of the ROM to make it fit.
If I'm speaking Chinese and you can't figure it out - read the previous paragraph
From your posts I can't detrmine if you are developing or just trying to flash the rom to your phone, since you haven't done any coding. Am I misunderstanding?
rugmankc said:
From your posts I can't detrmine if you are developing or just trying to flash the rom to your phone, since you haven't done any coding. Am I misunderstanding?
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You're right, because I'm not coding for a completely new ROM..
I'm just trying to "assemble" different pieces of ROMs together, a porting!
The only thing to "code" is the updater-script (or update-script)...
I have some errors there and I can't really determine why certain things goes wrong.. for now I don't have full knowledge of system partitions of Android.
And now I don't have enough time to fully explore this complex world
I have just tried for a couple of days...
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You're right, because I'm not coding for a completely new ROM..
I'm just trying to "assemble" different pieces of ROMs together, a porting!
The only thing to "code" is the updater-script (or update-script)...
I have some errors there and I can't really determine why certain things goes wrong.. for now I don't have full knowledge of system partitions of Android.
And now I don't have enough time to fully explore this complex world
I have just tried for a couple of days...
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What did you add to the updater-script? And which folders specifically did you replace and change? And did you use a rooted ROM or the OTA one for the desire?
@Ace42:
Hi, I had used a rooted ROM from the Desire thread and I have followed this pretty useful guide which illustrates how to port Sense Roms:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1222746
I have also had a look at almost all the files into each folders to see if there was differences in the code between the 2 roms..!
BTW the problem is in the updater-script...
For example I'm not able to mount "sd-ext", which is one of the most important steps to do for the Rom to being able to run into the device.
Look at that link properly, porting sense to OTHER SENSE DEVICES.
N1 isn't a sense device.
First, porting is more than replacing your boot.img and changing your update-script.
Like the other user said, you need to symlink files to your SD card cause N1 just isn't big enough.
Second, you're taking roms from other devices, most probably you'd have to re-write or mod the drivers.
Third, Porting just isn't that easy.
@illuminarias:
-> I know that, and in fact N1 becomes a Sense device when it has a Sense rom already installed... so it can be compared with other Sense devices.
-> I also know that we must symlink files, and you do that by adding lines of code into the updater-script (or update-script)!
-> If no one starts from something, how do you think that development for N1 can continue??
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@illuminarias:
-> I know that, and in fact N1 becomes a Sense device when it has a Sense rom already installed... so it can be compared with other Sense devices.
-> I also know that we must symlink files, and you do that by adding lines of code into the updater-script (or update-script)!
-> If no one starts from something, how do you think that development for N1 can continue??
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The n1 also runs miui, is comparable to the m1? No.
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illuminarias said:
The n1 also runs miui, is comparable to the m1? No.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium
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I'm sorry but personally I love HTC Sense, not a-bad-copy-of-iPhone such as MIUI.
And since now I don't have money to change the device, I'll stick with this for other time.
Cheers
Iperzampem0 said:
I'm sorry but personally I love HTC Sense, not a-bad-copy-of-iPhone such as MIUI.
And since now I don't have money to change the device, I'll stick with this for other time.
Cheers
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Yes, the same for me. I Love my nexus one with sense. Currently i also working on a gb sense rom for my nexus. Update Script is done and system should fit now with 151mb into the nexus rom. I ll will try to install & boot it at the weekend. Base was the currrent 2.3.3 Desire Release... Hopefully it fits into the small system and boots , to get logcats to work with...
If someone want to help & try, please contact me. I can upload the rom then to test. Currently i don´t have a lot of time , maybe together we get a working release...
@Deep-Knight:
Yep, I was working yesterday evening with the official Desire gingerbread update from HTC, but, as always, I'm stuck at the Nexus logo, after the installation is done... :/
I think I'm doing something wrong with system partition.. I know that our N1 can handle only 150mb for /system...
But I must admit that I'm using almost the same updater-script and boot.img as the N1Sensation v0.5 rom or RCADSmixHD rom..
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Yes, the same for me. I Love my nexus one with sense. Currently i also working on a gb sense rom for my nexus. Update Script is done and system should fit now with 151mb into the nexus rom. I ll will try to install & boot it at the weekend. Base was the currrent 2.3.3 Desire Release... Hopefully it fits into the small system and boots , to get logcats to work with...
If someone want to help & try, please contact me. I can upload the rom then to test. Currently i don´t have a lot of time , maybe together we get a working release...
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Just make a thread and upload your beta version, theres a plenty of people here able to test and help.
Thank you Menelkir for your interest!
But first I'll have to create something useful.. Maybe later on I'll create a new thread..
Till now I'm using some HTC Desire's ROM from the dedicated section here at XDA.
Stay tuned guys
As always graphical glithces will not be solved, until HTC releases Desire's Source Code..
The code is released already.
Unfortunately, the real trouble with porting ROMs is fixing the things that don't work - which will include trackball, hotspot etc - and this is the part where most of ROMs fail, because very few developers are skilled enough for that.

New to Optimus x2, Some questions

Hello!
I have just bought my new LG Optimus 2x, and I have some quesitons.
With this phone i have shifted from symbian to android and i have some questions.
Firtsly, (not sure if this is legal to discuss here) do cracked apps exist? Is there something like jailbreaking on iOS?
Secondly, I have seen a lot of talk about rooting. What does rooting actually do?
Thirdly, I have checked the CM7 topic but it is just so big, and the last opdate on the first post is very outdated. Can you explain where to find the newest updates for 2.3 version of CM7 and how to mod my ROM?
And lastly, which launcher do you suggest to replace the stock LG one.
Thanks!
Rooting is jailbreak equivalent, getting "root" admin access.
Apps, well you just search for .apk files on the usual sites, filestube etc.
Cm7 I don't think is the best option at the moment, but I'll let someone else cover that.
Goodluck with your new phone.
Sent from my LG-P990 using Tapatalk
iZver said:
Hello!
I have just bought my new LG Optimus 2x, and I have some quesitons.
With this phone i have shifted from symbian to android and i have some questions.
Firtsly, (not sure if this is legal to discuss here) do cracked apps exist? Is there something like jailbreaking on iOS?
Secondly, I have seen a lot of talk about rooting. What does rooting actually do?
Thirdly, I have checked the CM7 topic but it is just so big, and the last opdate on the first post is very outdated. Can you explain where to find the newest updates for 2.3 version of CM7 and how to mod my ROM?
And lastly, which launcher do you suggest to replace the stock LG one.
Thanks!
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Rooting gives you access to admin account so no need to jailbreak something lol, more simple.
Same for apps, Market is full if apps and most if the time you have free ones that will suit your needs.
At the moment you have to choose between CM7 and the leaked GB (like the one I run).
CM7 is still in RC stage but is usable clearly in daily use, leaked GB roms have still some bugs but very active dev are working in it and performance is great !
Not very hard and long to go from one to another BTW... Help yourself and hop in the train!
For speed and clean android-software I would recomend CM7 (android 2.3.7). If you would like LG Software built on android, like stock, there is some leaked customized Roms to install (android 2.3.4)
CM7(CyanogenMod7) : http://www.cyanogenmod.com/
You'll know how to navigate to download of CM7 for Optimus2x when you click on link
As for how to root and flash (install) it, you'll find the answere in the forum if you just search a little.
good luck with your new phone, and welcome to Android comunity
I am running cm7 after being on miui for months and I really cannot fault it so much faster!
Sent from my Optimus 2X using xda premium
Hi!
Thanks for your replies.
leaked GB
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I am guessing that means the same as SimDroid said "stock LG"
So, what advantage does stock LG firmware have? If its 2.3.4 it's older. Is it better optimised for optimus 2x?
I have checked the developer subforum for 2x but haven't been able to find any usefull information on the leaked roms.
Could you help me with that?
Cheers!
iZver said:
Hi!
Thanks for your replies.
I am guessing that means the same as SimDroid said "stock LG"
So, what advantage does stock LG firmware have? If its 2.3.4 it's older. Is it better optimised for optimus 2x?
I have checked the developer subforum for 2x but haven't been able to find any usefull information on the leaked roms.
Could you help me with that?
Cheers!
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The gingerbread rom we're all using at the moment is the 2.3.4 gingerbread rom, but there are multiple variations and community edits of it.
I'm guessing your phone is on 2.2.2 at the moment, which is a pretty horrible release.
Anyway go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1002 and pick one. I'm currently using Topogigi 1.9 which is the fastest ROM i've tried, no errors that I know of, fast boot time too.
You need to flash baseband and kernel also, see:
Baseband
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1008070 for how to flash
And http://adf.ly/2SKAm for the rom to flash.
Kernel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1200726
iZver said:
Hi!
Thanks for your replies.
I am guessing that means the same as SimDroid said "stock LG"
So, what advantage does stock LG firmware have? If its 2.3.4 it's older. Is it better optimised for optimus 2x?
I have checked the developer subforum for 2x but haven't been able to find any usefull information on the leaked roms.
Could you help me with that?
Cheers!
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The advantage of stock = leak GB is that every feature of the phone is working. With Topogigi ROM you have many bugs that have been corrected, and a custom kernel with many tweaks in the system that makes this MOD extremley fast, and very good. The remodded 2.3.4 GB firmware are very different from the original leak.
On the contrary, as it is a leak version, there isn't any official source available, so it's often hard for dev to fix things. And it's not opensource.
CM7 is opensource at 100%, based on Google android sources plus all the dev work. Recently a big improvement was made as Aramcee (the dev leader of O2X CM7 branch) managed to make A2DP work, so now you can have Bluetooth headsets working in CM7, which was not possible before.
Still no Radio FM app in CM7 as radio stack sources are not available, and HDMI mirroring works only at 720p and not 1080. The differences between 2.3.4 and 2.3.7 are not major,in Android versioning the third number means minor improvements most of the time not noticable by user.
Both enable overclocking/undervolting if that's interest you. They are both very smooth and snappy. In CM7 there is a very good support for HID (keyboard, mouses and so on) via Bluetooth. Not in stock GB (no sources).
CM7 was a bit instable those past few days but it should be corrected. Every night you have a new build, but you don't need to reflash every day as there are not at each time new things for Optimus 2X. Upggrading is trivial as it doesn't wipe your data, takes a couple of minutes.
For custom stock ROM, updates are more irregular, but very frequent too.
So no real objective differences between those two families of ROM. If you need HDMI and FM Radio you have no choice.
Okay,
Thanks a lot for your answers and your time!
One last thing:
Lg launcher
Launcher pro
ADW.launcher
slidescreen
go launcher EX
Which one?
iZver said:
Okay,
Thanks a lot for your answers and your time!
One last thing:
Lg launcher
Launcher pro
ADW.launcher
slidescreen
go launcher EX
Which one?
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That's like asking "Red, Green, Blue, Orange, White. Which should I choose?"
Try them out and see which one you like the best. Personally I'm partial to Launcher Pro.
I like launcher pro but it's rather limited in free form
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Personally I like ADW. Its more customizable than other launchers. You can also try ADW Launcher Ex. Its a paid version but worth it.
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I would go for Go Launcher or Launcher pro. Both fast. ADW for me has been known to be laggy at my end.
Screenshot is power+home button ;-)
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[Q] 2X / G2X differnece ? most stable rom ?

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)
SP1996AC said:
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.)
TrymHansen said:
..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!

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