hew dudes i am planning to buy this phone ie optimus 2x, and to sell my hd7 for the reason that its wp7. and nothing else. i found reviews and benchmark scores making 2x some what near to samsung s2. and that too in a low cost... i think this phone suite me.
so here are my doubts..
1) does this phone need to be s-off(changing/unlocking boot loader in order to flash recovery in htc phones) in order to flash a recovery? and if its so, is it easy on a non network locked( generic gsm) phone?
2) can i get any honeycomb rom for the phone, is it possible to load ics to it in future?
3) what about cm7 and miui support for 2x, ie is it in an active state like those of htc phones( i mean is it frequently updated)
4) what about the camera quality, is it good enough for hd videos and 8mp snaps?
5) what about audio quality from headsets?
6) how far can i oc the processor and gpu with out a crash?
7) is there any official gb updates out there?
pls ans me for my doubts, its my first lg phone, and i dont want to be disappionted. as i am selling my hd7 for this phone, i need a phone which is smarter than hd7. so you people should help me.
showlyshah said:
1) does this phone need to be s-off(changing/unlocking boot loader in order to flash recovery in htc phones) in order to flash a recovery? and if its so, is it easy on a non network locked( generic gsm) phone?
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No, it's extremely easy to install CWM on the phone. No special skills required.
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2) can i get any honeycomb rom for the phone, is it possible to load ics to it in future?
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No, and yes. No, because honeycomb is a tablet-specific android-version. ICS will probably be released by LG at some point, but it is no certainty. What IS certain is that CM9 (ICS) will come for the P990.
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3) what about cm7 and miui support for 2x, ie is it in an active state like those of htc phones( i mean is it frequently updated)
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Yes.
showlyshah said:
4) what about the camera quality, is it good enough for hd videos and 8mp snaps?
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Depends on what you mean by "good enough". It's not the best there is, it's not the worst.
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5) what about audio quality from headsets?
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Very good quality.
showlyshah said:
6) how far can i oc the processor and gpu with out a crash?
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That is device-specific. Most phones seem to reach 1.4 without any trouble, some can go as high as 1.65. It's a luck-of-the-draw thing. There aren't many kernels around which overclock the GPU, those that do set it at 350-365Mhz, default is at 300.
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7) is there any official gb updates out there?
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Yes. The first official updates started rolling out for Italy on November 1st, and are slowly and surely getting released for the rest of the world.
thanks for ur quick replay dude.........
and does flashing a custom rom/kernal voids my warranty, if i flash it back to stock before i go to service center? i mean is ther any way through they(LG SERVICE) can find that i had flashed the phone before?
showlyshah said:
and does flashing a custom rom/kernal voids my warranty, if i flash it back to stock before i go to service center? i mean is ther any way through they(LG SERVICE) can find that i had flashed the phone before?
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It will, depending on local consumer laws, void the warranty. (Italian courts say it does not, for instance.)
Nobody can know for sure whether LG can find out or not, but the assumption is that they can't.
I base that on the simple fact that nobody, ever, has posted a post saying that "Hey, I restored a stock ROM, and LG still found out I had rooted before."
Nobody has said anything of the sort, so I'd say it is 99% certain they won't find out. But you never know. (The Samsung Galaxy S2, for instance, has a counter for how many times you've installed custom ROMs on it ;-))
I don't want to be too paranoid (i'm not as I run custom ROM) but you could imagine a situation where restoring stock ROM is impossible lol...
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I don't want to be too paranoid (i'm not as I run custom ROM) but you could imagine a situation where restoring stock ROM is impossible lol...
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well in that case they probably would not find it out either;D
and on a sidenote, you sound pretty paranoid
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What are the differences in rooting, roms, etc.? Can all directions be followed for the O2x to root the G2x and install custom ROMs?
The root should work fine, CWM needs to be updated, so don't use that
KernelCrap said:
The root should work fine, CWM needs to be updated, so don't use that
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What recovery do you use ?
hah2110 said:
What are the differences in rooting, roms, etc.? Can all directions be followed for the O2x to root the G2x and install custom ROMs?
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As said, rooting works as on the O2X. CWM Recovery shouldnt be flashed now, since the partition layout is different and Paul has to sort that out.
Installing O2X custom roms shouldnt work correctly since the G2X and O2X have different basebands. The custom rom has to support the used baseband by using the correct RIL. In time G2X custom roms will be released .
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As said, rooting works as on the O2X. CWM Recovery shouldnt be flashed now, since the partition layout is different and Paul has to sort that out.
Installing O2X custom roms shouldnt work correctly since the G2X and O2X have different basebands. The custom rom has to support the used baseband by using the correct RIL. In time G2X custom roms will be released .
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in a subforum i hope :S
Im sure ive read somewhere that they are going to make the partition layout the same or something, so there wont be any need for seperate roms
dazzle999 said:
in a subforum i hope :S
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yes we do have a g2x forum now
any roms/releases will be put there =)
Moonie17 said:
Im sure ive read somewhere that they are going to make the partition layout the same or something, so there wont be any need for seperate roms
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They probably do need a seperate rom, because of the different baseband and most likely ril.
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Cheers for correcting me! good point read that the roms need to support the baseband also! perhaps a rom could support multiple basebands?
I think O2x and g2x can share roms. The devs will just have to tweak a little to make it work on the other. Am i right or wrong?
Do you guys expect the vanilla Android rom from G2x to be released for the O2x as well?
Between G2X and O2X, which one have higher benchmark on stock rom??
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Between G2X and O2X, which one have higher benchmark on stock rom??
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If you would post benchmark results of O2X, I will post G2X results after I get it today or tomorrow (quadrant and linpack).
I get 2614 Quadrant score on completely stock rom
Please at the stock ROM, try to run second test immediately after first. I think you should take better results.
peacekeeper05 said:
I think O2x and g2x can share roms. The devs will just have to tweak a little to make it work on the other. Am i right or wrong?
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Seems like it: http://twitter.com/CM_arcee/status/60312815839350784
spawndk said:
I get 2614 Quadrant score on completely stock rom
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I got best at 2650 (some were slightly lower) with G2X.
Linpack really sucked - could not break 40 (had done better then that - into the upper 50's with MT4G - overclocked of course).
I got 2680 for my O2X on stock rom. Best record.
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I got 2680 for my O2X on stock rom. Best record.
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Here is the picture.
The G2X seems much faster than the O2X.
I am getting an offer to exchange my 1 year old x10 with LG optimus 2x.Is it a good deal.Does LG deliever good service and support.What are the pros and cons.How is the audio quality..
Pros:
+ Its fast
+ 3D Performance is very good
+ Kamera is ok
+ Custom Rom support is quite good
Cons:
- Stock Rom is not really good (too slow, high battery drain, old version!)
- LG Software Updater does not work with my LG P990
- Some devices have serious issues like hanging system, unwanted reboots
All in all it is a good device, but there are far too many "monday-devices"....
Which means that they have problems that can't be solved by the user.
The downside is if you do not want to customize / root your phone it is nothing special, since the stock rom is Android 2.2 and there is no software update (which has been promised for late July).
So software support is sadly really bad. On Hardware side I have no experiences, but I heared that getting a replacement device is no problem if there is a hardware issue that can't be repaired.
Nontheless I really like my P990, it has great performance if you install a custom rom. The voice quality really depends on your baseband and kernel versions.
With my setup it is ok. (MIUI Roadrunner, latest Kernel and BB)
I hope this helps...
EDIT:
Relating to the updater problem, this could be interesting for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132293
are the custom roms functional and stable?
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are the custom roms functional and stable?
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Once you go cm7, you will never go back....
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-sandro- said:
are the custom roms functional and stable?
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It's an amazing deal, do it for the love of god! Then flash MIUI or CM7 and roll like you've never rolled before
whatsek said:
Once you go cm7, you will never go back....
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+1
CM as of 117 is very stable.
im using CM7 #115 and it's a huge improvement over stock form.
Just a heads up for all you people thinking its gonna take ages
http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/13/cyanogenmod-developers-slap-jelly-bean-on-an-optimus-4x-hd-teas/
not really. He has a developer edition with already open bootloader.
Does not help us !
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not really. He has a developer edition with already open bootloader.
Does not help us !
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Sorry my ignorance but... he needed to flash that phone right?
If that is possible, why we still having people here with bricked devP880's ???
If he can put that phone running on CM10, why we can't even flash a regular .kdz file?
I have no idea
RuedasLocas said:
Sorry my ignorance but... he needed to flash that phone right?
If that is possible, why we still having people here with bricked devP880's ???
If he can put that phone running on CM10, why we can't even flash a regular .kdz file?
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seems u misunderstand that
I think the meaning is that guy having CM10 has a different phone from our retail version
so we can do nothing now
hmm, maybe we should find some ppl who have skills with LG dev, f.ex. 2X or 3D
updates?
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updates?
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We need to wait LG, again...
But now not for update, but for the bootloader unlocker.
But if LG choose to lock bootloader, i think that there is a reason..
MrGioba said:
We need to wait LG, again...
But now not for update, but for the bootloader unlocker.
But if LG choose to lock bootloader, i think that there is a reason..
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why wait?
i got JB on my o4x, although all is not perfect, it does work.
Dexter_nlb said:
why wait?
i got JB on my o4x, although all is not perfect, it does work.
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How? Do you have a dev phone ?
Regards
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How? Do you have a dev phone ?
Regards
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no, i just used my cwm recovery and hijack. i believe i even showed that htc one x rom runs on our o4x.
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no, i just used my cwm recovery and hijack. i believe i even showed that htc one x rom runs on our o4x.
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can you atleast tweak the stock 4x rom?
not libraries but atleast porn some other apps?
especially LS and contacts?
Dexter, how far is your progress on the jb Rom? Can you release it here (as alpha/beta), so we can test it?
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Dexter, how far is your progress on the jb Rom? Can you release it here (as alpha/beta), so we can test it?
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i would rather not. having too many posts saying not working or similar, is not fun, ive been around too long to find that interesting or positive.
and personally i find it less worth testing in public, since its basically stock jb and hardly nothing works.
Dexter, hello.
Maybe you already saw this but, if it helps here it goes.
It?s the android_device_lge_x3 , CM10 device tree for LG-P880 :
https://github.com/TeamNDVRu/android_device_lge_x3
Maybe its worthless or maybe you can do something with it, hope so...
Best regards
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Dexter, hello.
Maybe you already saw this but, if it helps here it goes.
It?s the android_device_lge_x3 , CM10 device tree for LG-P880 :
https://github.com/TeamNDVRu/android_device_lge_x3
Maybe its worthless or maybe you can do something with it, hope so...
Best regards
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that could help i will maybe try one last time, to get my build environment to work, which would help alot, but somewhere my ubuntu seems to keep bugging me.
ok, just noted it was m-deejay's upload, that will do nothing good. i need the one that was build for the developer device.
So it is possible to flash a custom rom with CWM without touching/unlocking the bootloader ?
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So it is possible to flash a custom rom with CWM without touching/unlocking the bootloader ?
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many define a custom rom by the option to compile a kernel from source.
we cannot include a modified kernel, without semi-bricking our devices.
but we can change startup and we can init kernel parameters a second time, to allow loading of different services and libraries, which for some is enough to load a customized kernel for graphics mod, removing adware, loading modules and porting cm10,aokp and other roms, like sense or similar miui roms.
i personally believe a port of highly modified rom, is custom. other believe its not a real rom
anyways with the clockworkmod i made its possible, as long as you do the same hijack when needed to change kernel init services or libraries to load.
Dexter_nlb said:
many define a custom rom by the option to compile a kernel from source.
we cannot include a modified kernel, without semi-bricking our devices.
but we can change startup and we can init kernel parameters a second time, to allow loading of different services and libraries, which for some is enough to load a customized kernel for graphics mod, removing adware, loading modules and porting cm10,aokp and other roms, like sense or similar miui roms.
i personally believe a port of highly modified rom, is custom. other believe its not a real rom
anyways with the clockworkmod i made its possible, as long as you do the same hijack when needed to change kernel init services or libraries to load.
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good enough..
whats stopping us?
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good enough..
whats stopping us?
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lack of support from more developers i guess, seems other hardware devices are more popular, and propably much easier to get donations on that on a device with locked bootloaders where development stops at the locked device. today, donations is very popular and driving many towards popular devices.
Hi guys, I ve just ordered an LG Optimus 4X HD, Hope I did a good choice, cause I m quite worried now, reading many threads about lagging issues mostly users who have updated the phone to Jelly Bean.
What should I do when I receive the phone to have the best performance on it? Is it worth the hassle to update to Jelly Bean? Or should I keep it running on ICS?
I m almost new to smart phones. I m using this phone for daily usage, browsing the internet and playing some games.
Thanks
You made good choice, not great. JB sucks energy faster than ICS. Games lag less in JB. Best choice would have been S3. For daily use JB is good but CM RC2 may give better performance if you don't mind to lose warranty, though I don't think it is a good idea. Go with stock JB.
Don't make more than one thread for same reason. I think you are new to Xda. You should have modified the old thread to question thread.
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You did good choice not great. JB sucks energy faster than ICS. Games lag less in JB. Best choice would have been S3. For daily use JB is good but CM RC2 may give better performance if you don't mind to lose warranty, though I don't think it is a good idea. Go with stock JB.
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The samsung S3 was 100eu more. I dont have any warranty on my smart phone. And from what I ve read, with Jelly Bean the phone lags a lot even if you do factory reset after the update, should i keep it with ICS or there s a better solution?
thanks
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The samsung S3 was 100eu more. I dont have any warranty on my smart phone. And from what I ve read, with Jelly Bean the phone lags a lot even if you do factory reset after the update, should i keep it with ICS or there s a better solution?
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Why no warranty?
Anyway I have lesser lag in JB stock but battery sucks like hell.
Subhajitdas298 said:
Why no warranty?
Anyway I have lesser lag in JB stock.
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I bought off from ebay uk, i dont think i have any warranty
Is it that risky to Root it?
Will it be a good idea to keep it with ICS?
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I bought off from ebay uk, i dont think i have any warranty
Is it that risky to Root it?
Will it be a good idea to keep it with ICS?
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Ebay is a popular site, are you sure you don't have warranty? Where is the link? Why don't you ask local customer care about it too? Warranty is more important. If you really don't care about warranty, go for cyanogenmod rc2.
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Ebay is a popular site, are you sure you don't have warranty? Where is the link? Why don't you ask local customer care about it too? Warranty is more important. If you really don't care about warranty, go for cyanogenmod rc2.
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sorry my mistake, i have 1 year warranty!
What can i do about the ICS or JB?
There alot of ppl on this forum that wants to go back to ICS, because JB lags alot
Should I update it from Lg Support Tool?
thanks
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sorry my mistake, i have 1 year warranty!
What can i do about the ICS or JB?
There alot of ppl on this forum that wants to go back to ICS, because JB lags alot
Should I update it from Lg Support Tool?
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With my personal experiences I prefer LGFlashTool.
Install kdz via LGFlashTool->Root->Install SuperSu with SuperSu pro->Integrate SuperSu as system app (it will replace Superuser with SuperSu. SuperSu works best)->Install titanium backup pro->Disable apps you don't use and MLT too.
Remember you can clean install kdz with LGFlashTool or kdz update to recover warranty.
Wish you good luck.
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With my personal experiences I prefer LGFlashTool.
Install kdz via LGFlashTool->Root->Install SuperSu with SuperSu pro->Integrate SuperSu as system app (it will replace Superuser with SuperSu. SuperSu works best)->Install titanium backup pro->Disable apps you don't use and MLT too.
Remember you can clean install kdz with LGFlashTool or kdz update to recover warranty.
Wish you good luck.
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From where do I get lgflashtool?
the s3 isn't that much better.
only thing is that it doesn't heat so much.
with a costum kernel everything is very smooth(iodaks kernel on PAC Rom) but you will loose warranty as it was said above. Stock JB sucks much battery if you don't eraese LG software, disable mlt and freeze some apps. But it's smoother. Its your decision. I personally liked JB more.
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tobixdev said:
the s3 isn't that much better.
only thing is that it doesn't heat so much.
with a costum kernel everything is very smooth(iodaks kernel on PAC Rom) but you will loose warranty as it was said above. Stock JB sucks much battery if you don't eraese LG software, disable mlt and freeze some apps. But it's smoother. Its your decision. I personally liked JB more.
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Ok I dont want to Root it and loose warranty. So you re telling me is the best way is, as soon I receive the phone I update it to JellyBean via LG Support Tool, then Factory Reset it, then how can disable mlt? what is mlt?
And remind me, hoe to factory reset it?
thanks so much
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From where do I get lgflashtool?
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Search xda about kdz update. You will find a step by step method with images. In that thread you will find a single zip. It contains LGFlashTool.
How much on ebay?
284,15€ on amazon.de NEW
jojopi said:
Ok I dont want to Root it and loose warranty. So you re telling me is the best way is, as soon I receive the phone I update it to JellyBean via LG Support Tool, then Factory Reset it, then how can disable mlt? what is mlt?
And remind me, hoe to factory reset it?
thanks so much
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as it was said above search in xda.
To disable MLT dial 3485#*880#(I'm not 100% sure but I think there is a thread somewhere in General Section) go to the tab MLT and disable it. Then reboot
i dont understand it i cant flash gummy,slimkat,or any razr/photon q even if there ported for the atrix hd i can flash cm 11,cyanfox i dont know if other people have had this problem but if there is someone having this problem it may help them,i am running philz touch 6.0.45
Nothing wrong with phone i guess. Is just some atrix hd phones just dont like any aosp base roms. I guess it will be fix once we get an official update which is coming right after all the new droids phones hype.
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Nothing wrong with phone i guess. Is just some atrix hd phones just dont like any aosp base roms. I guess it will be fix once we get an official update which is coming right after all the new droids phones hype.
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do you think flashing it back to stock could fix the problem
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do you think flashing it back to stock could fix the problem
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I'd suggest try flash Retail MX and going from that.