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THIS IS GROUND ZERO for me. LG released a phone with one of the best hardware setups i have seen on any phone, especially with the dual ram dual channel memory. those 2 things coupled with the dual core processor, make this phone incredibly smooth. i am currently running Thriller on it, and though the Dev for said rom bailed out on us, i still have hope that this phone will continue to improve, and those of us who see the true potential of this device, will continue to have faith, and work with each other to make improvements.
personally, i'm wanting to start development using the ICS SDK and hopefully port a great version of the software onto this phone. i know it's ambitious, and i know it would take a long time, BUT, this is something that i want to do, to learn the skills of rom building, and possibly make a career out of it (i dunno, get on at Google as a Dev there or something?)
i know that to port ICS onto this device, i'm going to have to write drivers for the rom from scratch, and as i have no prior knowledge of how to do that, it may take a while, but seeing as it all runs of the same base kernal as Linux, as well as MacOS X, those who actually do have knowledge of how to do this, could be a great help. if anyone is interested in helping me in this journey, PM me. "There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" well, i say WHY NOT?!?! if there's a will, there's a way, right? who knows, maybe we'll get ICS ported before LG even announces that they're gonna be upgrading to it (newer-as of 2011 dunno exactly when-google polocies state that any phone launched with an android OS are required to update to the newest OS within 18 months of launch)? now wouldn't that be a smack in the face to LG? a bunch of unpatient people who were unwilling to wait for their bloody port to a new version of software, banding to gether to make it happen before they can. PM me if you're with me. i'll give personal, private contact information to anyone who sounds at least as serious as i do about this.- IrishPunk
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Use the search function on how to build roms and yeah we do have plenty of devs in here.
Agreed, when I saw gtg was gone it was like a balloon deflated. DG is gone too. We may never get fully functional CWM, and doubtful the O3D ROMs will port fully.
Guess its good I still have a few days to swap for the SGS II.
I guess I will have to take my humble pie as I do. I never thought I would take the Thrill back, I chose the Thrill knowing the SGS II was right there. But, I don't want to kick myself in a month when that window is done, and the used price of the Thrill has already tanked.
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I'm past my return window, and it just sucks that this phone is a month old, and everyone is losing hope and returning it. I'll just stick it out with my multiple batteries and learn to work on it.
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Everyone is bailing too early. I mean this Will get GB it's just a matter of time and patience which seems to be lacking with a Lot of people who bought this phone. Regardless though I assume building a Rom will be easier once GB get's rolled out although I could be wrong.
Patience will pay off in the end. If for nothing else, than to fix the battery life which seems to be what's running everyone off. I had the horrible Dell Streak when we waited for like a year for Froyo. If I can do that, I can wait on GB.
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yup yup
I learned alot about this stuff messing with my inspire.. when i heard about the thrill coming out i was like "finally theres something like the evo 3d for att" it was a no brainer when my upgrade came a few days ago.
I did tell myself that i would give the phone a week to wow me.. or id be exchanging it for a SGS2.. however.. every day i read these forums, and the O3D forums and im constantly being amazed.. ive found an excelent rom and have almost worked out all the mms, 4g issues from using a O3D rom..
everyday im just a little closer to friday and the trade back.. but every day im amazed just a little more.. id love to learn the rom building process but i frankly do not have time.. every dev. ive ever dealt with has been more than courteous as long as i did make an attempt to look into the issue on my own first.. im excitedly awating CM7 for this phone and its almost there.. all i need now is an OC kernel to crank up this 1ghz dual core and ive got my daily user for the next 2 years..
I eagerly log in each day looking for what new tidbit is up and running.. i love being on the ground floor when everyone is bailing... the same happened for a couple of weeks with the inspire if you remember.. it was a pain to root.. but those that stuck in there found the wait to be worth it.. the same will happen with the Thrill.. im sure of it..
just hang in there guys and thank you to all the devs that are more knowledgeable than me. your work IS greatly appreciated.. your all my heroes..
Thanks again.. I think im in it for the long haul with the Thrill..
I started out using ROMs on the Streak, but have never tried to build one until now. Have you ever tried searching the forums for Android ROM building? Yeah good luck with that. I've even tried just googling Android froyo ROM creation, most of what comes up is for HTC.
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im not giving up on this phone.. its one of the best so far.. its so much fun having it .. lets just hope for a better tomorrow .. with roms all over ... like the good old days with the tilts
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im not giving up on this phone.. its one of the best so far.. its so much fun having it .. lets just hope for a better tomorrow .. with roms all over ... like the good old days with the tilts
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Oh wow haha I guess it started way before my Streak. I forgot all about my tilt 2 that I put all sorts of roms on.
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well..
if were gonna go back..
the hardest thing i ever did was put "3d" custom flash menus on my SonyEricsson W810i...
among.. other stuff..
but i believe the SEw819i was when i got the modding bug.. lol
Right now my concentration is on modding my Thrill and these original Xboxes that were just given to me Woot! Lol
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I'm past my return window, and it just sucks that this phone is a month old, and everyone is losing hope and returning it. I'll just stick it out with my multiple batteries and learn to work on it.
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well how about you ask gtg465x for his kitchen, he's left the thrill, so he might be willing to help
If you do find the needed tools plz let me know. I'd love to try my hand at helping to develop for the thrill. I work for att and all my coworkers have ditched the thrill for the sg2 but I like the thrill way too much to leave it.
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Aah a fellow co-worker! Glad another AT&T employee is keeping it real with the thrill lol. I am always searching but don't come up with any results on LG Android Rom creation. Then if you ask in a post all you're gonna get is a smartass telling you to search for it. I'll find it one day!
Of course I've already got adb and the android sdk, I just need to know what I need to go with it.
Well you will need linux but here on the forums you can find something called Android Utility. Pretty much comes with everything you need to make roms, edit apks even some boot.img tools. For windows i have no clue, I do everything in linux. Good luck.
Aah once again Linux and I come face to face. I suppose it's time to bite the bullet.
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Aah once again Linux and I come face to face. I suppose it's time to bite the bullet.
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Linux can be fun. I would suggest Ubuntu, also a lot of people run Linux in a virtual machine inside windows. If you have any questions feel free to pm me. I enjoy playing with Linux.
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Awesome, thanks. Gonna start downloading.
Reason# 1,000,001 Android is better than the iPhone. I can download Ubuntu our whatever else I want with my phone while at work.
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Dude, loving some Ubuntu! Where has this been all my life? I have the Android utility downloaded, but will have to wait for tomorrow because I have to download Java. Always something lol
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Hi all. At o3d thread we got a leaked GB last night. Hope some of your devs can make it work for Thrill. All progress on either handset is great
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+1 to that.
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How to port GB
Does anyone know the steps to make the O3D leaked GB rom work for the Thrill? If there are any experienced devs out there, that maybe dont have the thrill to work with anymore (bc most switched to the SGS2), could give me a walkthrough or an idea of where to start that would be great! I have a machine running ubuntu, an 06 macbook pro w/ OS X Snow Leopard, and an hp running W7 and the Dev release of W8 (dual boot). I have never cooked any ROM before so i dont know what exactly i would need but i am sure i can find that info somewhere on XDA... but, the more detailed any help or ideas, the better!
Hey I have some experience porting roms and building cm7. When my donated thrill gets here next week I will look into this more.
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Sweet! I look forward to seeing your work. Welcome to the Thrill.
Excellent! PM me when you start working on it. I will be more than willing to help/test...
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It's running...
First backup/write down your apn & mms settings, there are lots of info here on the forums to do this, or an app like this: http://android.riteshsahu.com/apps/apn-backup-restore.
Do a full nandroid backup to your sd card to be safe.
Follow the instructions on this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1331814 to get the o3d rom running on the thrill, it's a fairly long process, but not too bad.
Replace your APN and MMS settings, 4g disabled, everything else is mostly working it seems, though my wifi is a bit wonky so far.
OOOOR
Wait for a dev to build a solid custom rom!
Good luck!
Do you guys think this'll resolve wifi reception issues? I've been tolerating this crappy phone for awhile thinking GB will solve the battery issues but in the past few weeks I've been doing some business travel to Boston, Dallas and LA the GPS has been completely inadequate on all three trips. It would take up to 20 minutes to get initial GPS signal and then even when it does have GPS it would go in and out of GPS reception every minute or two. I'm so fed up with this thing. Yes, I read the 'GPS fix' thread and had already implemented the 'fix' but it's not any better.
I bought it at Costco, therefore, I'm thinking Atrix2 since the Galaxy S2 is a huge price diff. If I had the option, I'd trade it in for iPhone4S.
GPS has been working well on quite a few users phones, and I can personally attest to the the same. I also haven't had any battery issues with the phone at all. It might be a software issue or hardware, but you might want to try exchaning it for another to isolate it. For me, it has been a great phone so far, and I expect a great GB rom to only solidify this.
My wifi and gps work fantastic... you might have a dud... if its within your month swap it out... it sounds like 25% of these phones have bad bugs...
Seriously this is one of my favorite phones of all time... wouldnt say that if i had those troubles...
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Gingerbread has brought some great changes to the infuse for me. Better battery life and overall performance. I would say that the same would go for the thrill. I will be getting my thrill just in time for my Las Vegas trip so I will put the stock rom with root access to the test!
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Back to the topic of getting the leaked gingerbread rom running on the thrill.... has anyone else tried the instructions I posted? Would like to hear others results especially concerning wifi...
I might try it later tonight or tommorow... trying to write a research paper on precambrian evolution at the moment though.
i'll try it out and post my results hopefully by sunday though...
Its not looking good for the leaked gb running on Thrill. The rom itself will run but Apparently LG changed the baseband for gingerbread. You can install the o3d baseband and you will probablly be able to call/text. But you wont be able to use data. I NEED my data connection for sending emails out in the field so that's a big no-go for me.
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I love quoting myself....mispost.
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I currently have an HTC HD7S but being a tech head, I'm getting bored.
Is it worth getting the Thrill or is its already dead in the custom rom area?
Not dead, but calm. In actuality, though, there's been a jumpstart in posting the last couple days and a few have been promising to me. Additionally, GB is now scheduled to be released the 27th for the optimus 3d which should give the thrill a custom gb rom in days by that point. I'm days away from my trade deadline, but I'm staying pretty devoted to the phone I've decided I love. Now if only we could get a stock browser without this damn toolbar at the bottom...
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Now if only we could get a stock browser without this damn toolbar at the bottom...
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Just go into browser settings the very first thing is weather you want the browser toolbar on the bottom
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I just picked mine up last Friday. I'm coming off an Atrix, and so far I'm not looking back.
The screen is fantastic, the phone is smooth, and it doesn't seem to have some of the issues the Attic suffers from.
It was between this and the Galaxy S II, and I wanted the HDMI. Also, the Thrill felt better.
Besides gimmick or not, the 3D is cool.
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Thanks for the opinions. A family member of my has it and I've had the pleasure of using it. But I'm pretty much set on getting it.
Also, I was reading yesterday the ICS source code is released. Any devs interested in that?
EDIT: Honeycomb is available as well
I was going to say I don't know if I had an upgrade right now if it would be the phone I'd pick. I'd more than likely get a Note. But I've come to really like this phone and wouldn't trade it unless a Thrill with a 4.5 inch screen, 16 gig storage, and ICS came out.
Of course, then it'd still be a Thrill
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Just go into browser settings the very first thing is weather you want the browser toolbar on the bottom
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I don't see that option at all.
i too don't see that option on my thrill, and I also hate that stupid toolbar on the bottom
xScope.
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Hmmmm...I downloaded xScope pro when it was the Amazon free app of the day. But I have yet to use it as my browser. Guess it's time to give it a shot.
IMO, I wouldn't waste my time on the Thrill. I stuck it out for a while thinking that LG actually gave a crap about us, just to be let down. They have committed to a Gingerbread release on the 21st to the International version. No commitment at all to the Thrill other than maybe by the end of December or early January.
With the very slow development going on it, I decided I had enough and jumped to the SGS2 Skyrocket instead. Do I miss the 3D ability?.....Of course. But I gained LTE (when available in my area) and an 8MP camera instead with increased speed over the Thrill and a lot more dev potential (and is going on already).
I would have a hard time now recommending anyone to the Thrill that cares about overall speed and performance, let alone support from the manufacturer. If someone wants 3D and doesn't mind a luke warm device, then the Thrill may suit them fine.
Just my opinion. I had such high hopes for it when I bought it.
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xScope.
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Hmmmm...I downloaded xScope pro when it was the Amazon free app of the day. But I have yet to use it as my browser. Guess it's time to give it a shot.
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I have this program but its very slow. Firefox and Dolphin browser is very fast compared to this Xscope Pro.
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IMO, I wouldn't waste my time on the Thrill. I stuck it out for a while thinking that LG actually gave a crap about us, just to be let down. They have committed to a Gingerbread release on the 21st to the International version. No commitment at all to the Thrill other than maybe by the end of December or early January.
With the very slow development going on it, I decided I had enough and jumped to the SGS2 Skyrocket instead. Do I miss the 3D ability?.....Of course. But I gained LTE (when available in my area) and an 8MP camera instead with increased speed over the Thrill and a lot more dev potential (and is going on already).
I would have a hard time now recommending anyone to the Thrill that cares about overall speed and performance, let alone support from the manufacturer. If someone wants 3D and doesn't mind a luke warm device, then the Thrill may suit them fine.
Just my opinion. I had such high hopes for it when I bought it.
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Seriously, some people forget it's a phone. Without fast development, it's still a damn good one for now, and with development, it'll be amazing in the future. How many MP my camera is, I couldn't care less. It's more about the size of the cmos sensor than the resolution, and the only phone I'll trade for when it's available, nexus of course, will have one nice 5mp cam. Samsung let me down for way too long with my craptivate, so I can wait a bit for GB again. As for the O3D version, that'll be close enough. Oh, by the time LTE reaches my house (and most), I'm sure I'll be eligable for another upgrade. Loving this phone, despite my few hates.
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Ask yourself this question: Do I want ROM selection? The answer to the title of this thread is the opposite of your answer to that question.
If you don't flash ROMs, the Thrill is better than the Atrix or Atrix 2, its definately the best phone in the <$99 price range. But for a little more the GS II (i777 not skyrocket, the skyrocket will be only slightly less of a ghost town than here) is teasing you with so many ROM choices it will burn a hole in your SD card.
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The funny thing is Ive got all the bugs worked out of my Thrill. The thing has ZERO issues for me. I cant think of a single reason not to recommend the Thrill. I could care less about a selection of Roms. Most are just re-themes of the same..exact..thing. All I need is one solid rom and Im golden. That was the thing I LOVED about my Aria. For the longest time there were only 2-3 roms available for it but they were all rock solid and offered everything you could get out of a rom. We had ONE kernel available to us, but it worked flawlessly, so we didnt need anymore kernels. Move along to the Captivate and while I had 200,000 roms to choose from none of them felt finished, half of them were the same rom I had just flashed with a different battery icon, and they all had issues. Even CM7 for the Captivate never felt as solid as it did on my Aria. I never ended up being happy with my Captivate even though it was the "superior "phone to my Aria.
The Thrill is a solid phone. It had a lot of issues upon release and a LOT of people didnt stick around because of that. Gingerbread is here, and from what ive been hearing its already made the Thrill into even more of a beast and its only a pre-release leak (unfortunately I dont have a Windows machine so I cant flash the baseband to even try it ). And with the ICS source released we will have ICS fairly quickly. Gingerbread was a tough port due to ZERO Omap4 devices running it (it wasnt just the Thrill) so we had to try to start from scratch, but the first ICS device has almost the exact CPU (higher clockspeed and better imaging capabilities) and the GPU IS the same. That alone will kickstart development of ICS as we can port ICS rather than try to build it from scratch.
But enough of my ranting Im going to sleep!
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I don't see that option at all.
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What version of the browser are you using I have 2.3.5 and its there for me but I use opera mobile as my default browser anyway cuz I like all my webpages to be in desktop mode by default, and opera is super fast.
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The funny thing is Ive got all the bugs worked out of my Thrill. The thing has ZERO issues for me. I cant think of a single reason not to recommend the Thrill. I could care less about a selection of Roms. Most are just re-themes of the same..exact..thing. All I need is one solid rom and Im golden. That was the thing I LOVED about my Aria. For the longest time there were only 2-3 roms available for it but they were all rock solid and offered everything you could get out of a rom. We had ONE kernel available to us, but it worked flawlessly, so we didnt need anymore kernels. Move along to the Captivate and while I had 200,000 roms to choose from none of them felt finished, half of them were the same rom I had just flashed with a different battery icon, and they all had issues. Even CM7 for the Captivate never felt as solid as it did on my Aria. I never ended up being happy with my Captivate even though it was the "superior "phone to my Aria.
The Thrill is a solid phone. It had a lot of issues upon release and a LOT of people didnt stick around because of that. Gingerbread is here, and from what ive been hearing its already made the Thrill into even more of a beast and its only a pre-release leak (unfortunately I dont have a Windows machine so I cant flash the baseband to even try it ). And with the ICS source released we will have ICS fairly quickly. Gingerbread was a tough port due to ZERO Omap4 devices running it (it wasnt just the Thrill) so we had to try to start from scratch, but the first ICS device has almost the exact CPU (higher clockspeed and better imaging capabilities) and the GPU IS the same. That alone will kickstart development of ICS as we can port ICS rather than try to build it from scratch.
But enough of my ranting Im going to sleep!
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I hope so. It's such a great device. It sucks some good phones are left out. I used to have a backflip, so I remember the pain of not having a good, stable rom.
Just like you though, I have faith someone with jump into the phone.
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What version of the browser are you using I have 2.3.5 and its there for me but I use opera mobile as my default browser anyway cuz I like all my webpages to be in desktop mode by default, and opera is super fast.
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Please, if you have other concerns, make your own thread, don't use mine.
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Please, if you have other concerns, make your own thread, don't use mine.
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O noooo its about to be a cat fight ( Raaaaawwwwrrrrr ) lmao
https://www.facebook.com/notes/lg-m...40-ice-cream-sandwich-upgrade/316431148368212
There you go everyone it is official we are getting ICS from LG. So even if CM9 never gets released for our phones we are getting ICS for sure.
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You think this will be a pretty bugless port to our device from O3D?
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You think this will be a pretty bugless port to our device from O3D?
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Pretty sure it will be just like GB release. When the kdz comes out just flash it.
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Cool, so if we base this off of history with the GB release, 2013 seems about accurate right?
I just hope someone is able to make a rom soon
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hopefully a rom comes out soon . If one does come out soon id jusr forget about puting GB on on my phone and just use ICS.
Well you might as well flash GB in the interim. Hopefully arcee doesnt give up development for our phone with ICS.
I know LG has a horrible reputation on this forum but, I am going to be positive here and give them a chance. If they are announcing in December the roll out dates then I am hoping for a first quarter 2012 release.
Who knows though, I am happy with GB right now and soon you guys will have the option to install GD as well GingerDoom is on its way.
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Well you might as well flash GB in the interim. Hopefully arcee doesnt give up development for our phone with ICS.
I know LG has a horrible reputation on this forum but, I am going to be positive here and give them a chance. If they are announcing in December the roll out dates then I am hoping for a first quarter 2012 release.
Who knows though, I am happy with GB right now and soon you guys will have the option to install GD as well GingerDoom is on its way.
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isnt there a guy named Ricardo whose developing ICS for the Optimus 3D ? Or did he drop that project and move on to another ?
that doesn't mean it will officially come to at&t. It does not say LG Thrill. It will probably be up to AT&T
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isnt there a guy named Ricardo whose developing ICS for the Optimus 3D ? Or did he drop that project and move on to another ?
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No one is certain if he has ditched the O3D or not, he is a developer of Cyanogenmod. It is just nice to know that if CM9 never comes and no one is able to get a full working rom we will at least get ICS from LG at some point.
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that doesn't mean it will officially come to at&t. It does not say LG Thrill. It will probably be up to AT&T
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Whether ATT releases it or not doesn't matter, if LG releases it for O3D we get it too. All you would have to do is flash the ICS kdz the same way you flash the GB kdz. ATT hasn't released GB yet but, I am running it just fine.
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Whether ATT releases it or not doesn't matter, if LG releases it for O3D we get it too. All you would have to do is flash the ICS kdz the same way you flash the GB kdz. ATT hasn't released GB yet but, I am running it just fine.
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Is everything functional?
I cannot run the euro gb rom on my phone as it kills 3g in my area. As for ics it is being actively developed for cm9. Just like other devices you will just have to wait.
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Is everything functional?
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I was told it works fine but I might experiment with that soon.
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Is everything functional?
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only hsdpa doesn't work currently...
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only hsdpa doesn't work currently...
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I use simple mobile so it doesn't really matter.
I just flashed ICS on my son's Captivate last night and it's pretty awesome; can't wait to get it on the Thrill.
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Has LG abandoned the thrill with the gb update? I havent seen anything about it coming soon and there hasn't even been any leak like with the o3d update.
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Has LG abandoned the thrill with the gb update? I havent seen anything about it coming soon and there hasn't even been any leak like with the o3d update.
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The Thrill is the Optimistic 3d, which they have not abandoned. The difference is the ATT branding.
If an Official Thrill update doesn't show, its not LG. At this point all ATT needs to do is add their tweaks and push it.
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What I don't understand is why nobody tampers with the baseband to make it support Euro and American frequencies. Every other phone I've ever delt with could support that, but it's like the Thrill and Optimus 3D are two complete phones.... Even though they aren't? Nothing makes sense to me anymore
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I only have a Thrill because AT&T was handing them out for free in my state (Montana) because of their service hasn't been too great. But from what I see, the Thunderbolt has a better community going on here. I came from a Captivate, and have atleast modded 15-20 different phones, but this phone seems like the red headed step child.
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What I don't understand is why nobody tampers with the baseband to make it support Euro and American frequencies. Every other phone I've ever delt with could support that, but it's like the Thrill and Optimus 3D are two complete phones.... Even though they aren't? Nothing makes sense to me anymore
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I only have a Thrill because AT&T was handing them out for free in my state (Montana) because of their service hasn't been too great. But from what I see, the Thunderbolt has a better community going on here. I came from a Captivate, and have atleast modded 15-20 different phones, but this phone seems like the red headed step child.
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I think is they try to do the frequnecies thing it might require more work so it might be easier to just use the Euro KDZ for GB or ICS. I'm not sure though they might end up doing it sooner or later. It all dpeneds on the developer.
Hey guys, need some advice. TL;DR at the bottom.
So I currently own a DX2 and my father owns a D3. I've rooted and custom ROM'd my DX2 and get great battery life which my father is jealous of. He is older and isn't very tech savvy so I tell him to wait and see if his phone will get ICS.
Today, he comes back to me and says he doesn't want to wait for ICS because he is fed up with his battery life. Says he wants to ROM and do this and that blah blah blah...
I haven't been following D3 ICS news, but should I try and tell him to wait for an official OTA to be released again? Or should I go ahead and ROM it? Keep in mind that he is not very tech savvy so I'm not so sure that all that customization would be a good thing. If I ROM it, are there any good ones I should investigate further?
TL;DR - Father want's ROM on D3, not very tech savvy. Wait for ICS or ROM it? Which ROM?
The ones we have the blutooth does not work right and video recording but if he has to have one cm9 for droid 3 is the best and i like it let him give it a go just make a back up if he does not like it go back to stock and flash any of the ics roms listed but i think cm9 is the best
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Just use safestrap so that you leave the original rom intact and install whatever you want to along side it knowing you can just switch back if it breaks... as for actual word on ics motorola still has the d3 listed as "evaluating" meaning they're dragging their feet still on even respondong to an official d3 ics release.
I would keep him on GB as to have full functionality instead of what we accept as dev bugs in ICS. If he's not very tech savvy, I'd suggest not giving him something lacking flash, video recording, and other codecs.
As for GB ROM's, I think Liberty has the best battery life, but they're all better than stock.
ICS isn't easy on the battery life currently. I'd advice on a gb rom, like liberty or darkdroid
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Guys if you read he's dad wants ics not no stock rom and by the looks of it we will not get ics from Motorola any ways so the roms we have is what we get and steel Droid 5.0 and cm9 are better on battery life then the ics roms are but if he's dad wants ics this is the only way to get it and he's dad will like ics also hell every one I know does not won't to set my phone down when they see it but any ways if your dad has to have it do it and let us know how it goes
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leerpsp said:
Guys if you read he's dad wants ics not no stock rom and by the looks of it we will not get ics from Motorola any ways so the roms we have is what we get and steel Droid 5.0 and cm9 are better on battery life then the ics roms are but if he's dad wants ics this is the only way to get it and he's dad will like ics also hell every one I know does not won't to set my phone down when they see it but any ways if your dad has to have it do it and let us know how it goes
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I guess the answer to his question is opinion then. Given the info that he gave about his dad not being tech savy I would say wait and see what happens with kexec over the next week or two instead of flashing a semi-working ics port to his phone where he might/will run into constant problems with bluetooth, using websites (flash), problems with camera, no video recording etc etc. From my experience non-techies just want it to work 100%.
Will he's dad can still give it a go and can all ways go back to stock but only thing I have issues with is wifi and hotspot my cammra and video recording works just fine for me
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leerpsp said:
Will he's dad can still give it a go and can all ways go back to stock but only thing I have issues with is wifi and hotspot my cammra and video recording works just fine for me
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Then I would stick to my original answer of using safestrap to install ics alongside (pretty sure you have to anyways) and be prepared/show him how to turn off the safe system so he can get back to stock when something he wants to use doesn't work.
Thanks for the advice guys. Looks like I have some reading to do
If I do flash a new ROM, I want one that is going to be pretty low maintenance. I do enough tinkering with my phone and it eats up my very limited free time, and adding another device that I have to maintain and backup is just a pain for me. But I digress...
Also, leerpsp, I never said he wants ICS. He wants something with decent battery life, which is why I'm waiting to see if an official ICS build is going to be released or not. I would take a low maintenance OTA build over a high maintenance custom ROM any day
Omega360 said:
Thanks for the advice guys. Looks like I have some reading to do
If I do flash a new ROM, I want one that is going to be pretty low maintenance. I do enough tinkering with my phone and it eats up my very limited free time, and adding another device that I have to maintain and backup is just a pain for me. But I digress...
Also, leerpsp, I never said he wants ICS. He wants something with decent battery life, which is why I'm waiting to see if an official ICS build is going to be released or not. I would take a low maintenance OTA build over a high maintenance custom ROM any day
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Then use mavrom 3.5 very good battery life
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Guys if you read he's dad wants ics not no stock rom and by the looks of it we will not get ics from Motorola any ways so the roms we have is what we get and steel Droid 5.0 and cm9 are better on battery life then the ics roms are but if he's dad wants ics this is the only way to get it and he's dad will like ics also hell every one I know does not won't to set my phone down when they see it but any ways if your dad has to have it do it and let us know how it goes
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I did read that, but as said earlier, with someone blatantly branded as non-tech savvy, the ICS ROMs are shotty at best by general consumer standards. What we accept and get excited over earns a disappointed blank stare from 95+% of the consumer market. If he's ok without basic Android features like video recording and flash, then I would suggest SD5, but if he wants 100% full functionality, ICS isn't for him.
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Today, he comes back to me and says he doesn't want to wait for ICS because he is fed up with his battery life. Says he wants to ROM and do this and that blah blah blah...
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If what he mainly wants from ICS is battery life, now isn't his time to get it. From my time on GB, Libtery3 2.0 had the longest life.