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. .
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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?
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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?
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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
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!
hey guys,
so ive been real down cuz of this BS with nvidias codes and such, and i started to think.... how on earth can lg provide a FULLY functional ics rom for optimus 2x if nvidia is not releasing/supplying any source code/kernels (3.0 kernel as far as i know ?) needed for the OS to work as it is supposed to ?
just think about it, lg released a gingerbread rom based on a FROYO kernel, what makes you guys think they wont simply slap ics sources on the same old shi**y froyo kernel with hacked (or worse- none) hardware acceleration ? I mean really, lg has no devs better than our beloved devs here on xda... so i dont see how this can work out well.
i hope someone can clarify this... and hopefully i am wrong.
ICS discussions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347118
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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Okay really nooby questions here but what the hey lol;
What are the advantages of CM7.1 over 2.3.4 and are there any areas that do not work in CM7.1 properly (read a few posts about things not working and heard the cam is poop on CM7.1?)?
I have never used CM before and always stuck with stock but seeing as i'm stuck on 2.2.2 at the moment as LG update tool will not install on my pc at the mo i'm looking into alternatives.
Also in case i end up needing to return to stock, can someone please point me in the direction of where i can find the latest stock roms for the optimus 2x p990?
Cm only misses the gesture thing of LG rom, rest all is present in CM along with many ultimate features too...
If you wish to downgrade, you can find necessary files in development section
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Cm only misses the gesture thing of LG rom, rest all is present in CM along with many ultimate features too...
If you wish to downgrade, you can find necessary files in development section
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I heard that CM7.1 does not have tv output? Also i cannot get the stock rom from here as all the file share sites are down which the stock roms are listed on.