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[Q]Worth buying now and rocking Cyanogenmod?

Hi guys,
Right now I have a Desire HD running Cyanogenmod and it is sweet but Optimus 2x is better hardware.
All I would like to know is Cyanogenmod stable enough on this phone to be a daily user yet?
Any show stopping bugs or things I should be aware of before I make a purchase?
I don't want to run the standard Lg rom, and the fact Cyanogen has one is 90% of the reason I want one. So should I buy now or wait a bit until there is a stable release?
Thanks for your opinions.
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Why buy a new phone when u got a desire HD. Stick to the desire and wait untill the nexus 3 will be released.
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I like it and would switch your DHD with an O2X, but its your call, not everyone likes this device.
Basically yes, CM7 is being used by a lot of people daily including me since build 0, and by arcee long before us all.
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I would say yes, since what's what I bought my O2X to do

K.D.M. said:
Why buy a new phone when u got a desire HD. Stick to the desire and wait untill the nexus 3 will be released.
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Definitely the best way, and dhd it's still a capable terminal and allows you to use all android potential right now
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O2x easy go for it..............

waste of money to switch unless you are that desperate to play HD games

I tried many devices and if u r a gamer. Ur option is only atrix and o2x. I went with o2x because the ips display and at that time atrix was locked.
U can get one noelw and enjoy it. Then by year end go with iPhone 5 or nexus 3. If ur not a gamer then get the gs2.
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I'm seriously considering the LG Optimus 2X as well. The prices of this phone recently came down in India. The only thing thats holding me back is the fact that it still sports Froyo as opposed to Gingerbread in similar speced devices. But I'm quite happy that Cyanogenmod has my back with a nightly for this phone
Should I make the switch from Samsung Galaxy SL i9003 (SLCD version) to the LG? The other phone that I'm considering is the Nexus S. How stable is the Cyanogenmod nightly?

anshulajain said:
I'm seriously considering the LG Optimus 2X as well. The prices of this phone recently came down in India. The only thing thats holding me back is the fact that it still sports Froyo as opposed to Gingerbread in similar speced devices. But I'm quite happy that Cyanogenmod has my back with a nightly for this phone
Should I make the switch from Samsung Galaxy SL i9003 (SLCD version) to the LG? The other phone that I'm considering is the Nexus S. How stable is the Cyanogenmod nightly?
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I would say go for it. The nightlies are very stable, and the O2X is actually going to be included in the 7.1.0 RC. Using the O2X on CM7 #56 for a while now, and performance, battery life and almost everything is working like a whiz. I have not actually encountered any major problems, such as the famous phone freeze. The phone is very snappy as well, and I don't see any reason why you should not make the change. =D

cha0sh3r0 said:
I would say go for it. The nightlies are very stable, and the O2X is actually going to be included in the 7.1.0 RC. Using the O2X on CM7 #56 for a while now, and performance, battery life and almost everything is working like a whiz. I have not actually encountered any major problems, such as the famous phone freeze. The phone is very snappy as well, and I don't see any reason why you should not make the change. =D
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Gracias for your reply! Just another question- which custom ROM is preferable? Cyanogenmod or Modaco? Also, when is CM 7.1.0 RC gonna come out?

anshulajain said:
Gracias for your reply! Just another question- which custom ROM is preferable? Cyanogenmod or Modaco? Also, when is CM 7.1.0 RC gonna come out?
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I tried FR17 Fear edition before the CM nightlies, and I would say that CM, being CM, was much snappier than FR17, but it is entirely up to individual preference though. For the RC, cyanogen has personally posted on twitter that he was hoping for it to come out by this weekend, but no promises though.

One more (I know I'm asking too many...I apologize ) How does the O2X rate against the HTC Incredible S? Will the CM ROM+LG O2X perform better than the HTC ones? I do realize that HTC phones are single core...but have more RAM than the O2X.

o2x has a tegra 2 mate. In day to day usage there will be little to no difference but the o2x will destroy games.
Personally I've decided to wait until Christmas as further research has led me to believe that there isn't a great deal of benefit from being on dual cores at this stage. There is little to none apps which utilize them properly.
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anshulajain said:
One more (I know I'm asking too many...I apologize ) How does the O2X rate against the HTC Incredible S? Will the CM ROM+LG O2X perform better than the HTC ones? I do realize that HTC phones are single core...but have more RAM than the O2X.
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Hmm... It really depends on what you want with the phone. If its for gaming, then the O2X wins the Incredible S hands down due to Tegra. However, for daily normal tasks, both might be equally fast(not sure about this, haven't tried an Incredible S yet), as Android still does not fully support multi-threaded tasks, making the O2X's dual cores not being fully utilized. However, I think that in the near future, once dual-core support comes out in probably Ice Cream Sandwich, the difference between these two phones will be greater. About RAM, although the HTCs have more RAM, the O2X already has enough RAM as it is for about anything. So I don't really see why the bigger RAM will really matter.

Cool, thanks cha0sh3r0 & dr.m0x I'm not a gamer but a business user of Androids. So gaming performance is not a criteria for me. The reasons for going in for O2X are quite a few.
1. Its around 2000 Rs (45 USD) cheaper than the Incredible S.
2. It has Cyanogenmod support...Incredible S has a locked bootloader (which may change)
3. O2X has dual-core which future proofs me when Ice Cream Sandwich comes out...either as an official LG or Cyanogenmod release.
I'm done with Samsungs and their cheap plastic builds which I really hate. HTC phones seem to have some weird "death grip" issues. LG O2X seems like a good bet for me

anshulajain said:
Cool, thanks cha0sh3r0 & dr.m0x I'm not a gamer but a business user of Androids. So gaming performance is not a criteria for me. The reasons for going in for O2X are quite a few.
1. Its around 2000 Rs (45 USD) cheaper than the Incredible S.
2. It has Cyanogenmod support...Incredible S has a locked bootloader (which may change)
3. O2X has dual-core which future proofs me when Ice Cream Sandwich comes out...either as an official LG or Cyanogenmod release.
I'm done with Samsungs and their cheap plastic builds which I really hate. HTC phones seem to have some weird "death grip" issues. LG O2X seems like a good bet for me
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No prob dude

I have more faith in the community to provide help and support as opposed to a company, thats why I'm glad that Cyanogen is around
Besides, being an exclusive Linux user (yes, even at work)...hacking and modding comes easy to me

Most of the comments here are spot on. But remember CM7 doesnt support BlueTooth and A2SD. That is a basic function and the only reason many of us use Madacos. Including me
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why do you need a2sd there is plent of room for apps especially if your not a gamer, I only worried about that on my desire that had 100mb

[Q] so now the new O2X are (more) bug-free?

hi O2X crew. i'm considering buying this phone but upon reading a few forums this phone is pretty unreliable to start with. i've noticed there had been a major software update by LG. so does it mean now the phone people can buy from the stores are a lot better than before?

there has been no major update. you are better off with something thats not from lg.... i would recommend a nexus, maybe wait on the new one
the hardware (at least in most cases) is not the problem, the problem is the utterly bad software and support from lg.
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Run for your life!!!
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wow omg lol

If u haven't buy it, don't. If u bought it, go for cyanogenmod rom.

no i haven't bought it yet. isn't the v10d a big update?

ludeguy said:
no i haven't bought it yet. isn't the v10d a big update?
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no its not, though it fixes bugs present on initial release
I'd advice you to just forget o2x, and wait a while for the nexus release, you'll add a few bucks, and you'll get a rock solid phone + with awesome support, unlike the o2x(still has no official gb update)

OMG ppl...
Am I the only satisfied owner?
Dont know whats the fuzz about.
I got the 2x for 300 euros and am more than satisfied.
With Cyanogenmod its stable, super fast and good battery life.
Ok stock rom might not be the best rom out there but whatever device i would gotten, i would install cyanogenmod either way. So....
I recommend it if you are under a bit of a tight budget. If not go for SGSII

lorismarcos: when did u get your o2x?
so with the update, does the phone still reboot, freeze, bad battery life, etc etc etc?
i'm considering o2x cuz its the best phone right now for fido in which i can redeem my fido dollars on. i wish fido has a better lineup.

Repeat!! Do not buy LG phone...
Or you will join us to angry LG poor software service......

alrighty then

LG Optimus 2X!!!!! its a lost cause, just do your best to stay way from it or any other LG phone.

I concur with other people's opinions that the software part really needs improving from LGs end. However, as far as the hardware is concerned you get your bang for your buck. It plays well with other dual core phones so with a custom ROM you can really exploit the capabilities of the phone. Even on the stock ROM (Which I am using at the moment) the phone is running fine, no randon BSODs for me at the moment, and battery life pretty good, actually last a few more more than a day. So, I'd say it's a good phone but LG has reduced the quality of it by not releasing updated software for it.

when did u get yours Soul?

The problem with optimus 2x is in 3 parts
1st it was delivered with a really BAD software (random reboots etc)
2nd They promised gb update at may-june (whick never happened till today they postpone it all the time)
3rd they dont release their propriaty software so no stable aosp roms wet
2.2 IS stable now but if you try 2.3 youll see a speed and battery and api improvment. So eveyone wants 2.3
If lg had said "People I sell this phone but youll get 2.3 in a year noone would qq now.
If lg opened their sources unrooted people would qq now
As things are now all are qqing.
My advice is get this phone. The price / value is very high. That if you can live with 2.2 froyo which doesnt have any problems nowdays but still its not 2.3 gingerbread.
psI was one of the first people that got optimus 2x (snif 500€) and I had numerous of problems with 10b version but it was ok with 10a. after 10d with 725 baseband it was buggless

lorismarcos said:
OMG ppl...
Am I the only satisfied owner?
Dont know whats the fuzz about.
I got the 2x for 300 euros and am more than satisfied.
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Nope, there are more of us
Never had any problems, really. And our phone is getting better and better, there is no doubt about it. Even if LG sucks - our developers did wonders out of beta leaks

Also beware of the BSOD problem, that hasn't been yet fixed, even in the leaked GB ROMs (it's probably a hardware issue). It occures every 3-4 days and the only way to unblock the phone is to take out the battery.
Do NOT buy this phone until you're sure LG sorted this bug out!

buy it, its a god phone i never had a problem and i gad it the day it come out

I have o2x for me and my wife.
My boss bought o2x 2 weeks before me (they stole it though).
My recommendations for you is better pick another phone.
Reasons:
My wife runs on stock rom 2.2.2
For facebook, phone, sms camera and some silly games is just fine with the stock rom and good phone for its money.
On the other hand my phone runs on custom rom (topogigis) because the battery, customization, stability isnt what i like on the phone and i want more than a few apps like my wife. Stock 2.2 was a nightmare for me. Reboots, bad reaction and generally not stable for my taste.
My boss had 5 times reinstall stock rom etc because he had issues with the phone. He said at last installation that the phone runned smoothly although BSOD was a daily bases (at least once a day).
Conclusion:
If u want a phone with stock roms and never care about anything else look for another phone. LG support sucks, just forget stock rom.
If u want a phone with good hardware and low money but u want to custom everything then buy one but get in mind that u might have to learn how to cook roms because many developers might quit developing on this phone and buy another phone, considering LG support.

Haters gonna hate
Wow, there are so many haters in this thread, lol
I love my 2x. It is the best phone I ever had.
I didn't have any problems with the original stock rom (except for the fact that it was a little sluggish). After the last LG update (10d), everything is nice and smooth.
I am on a gingerbread leak (topogigi) because I am a nerd, but I found the 10d fast and stable.
Also, lol at having to learn how to cook roms to use the phone. I think developer support for our phone is awesome and nothing makes me think that it's going to be changing any time soon.

[Q] buying?

hi,
im thinking of buying a optimus 2x, but hear da lot of negative stuff about it, do you regret buying one/ why. i mainly heard the updating/ support wat bad but are there good custom roms to solve this?

pp2241 said:
hi,
im thinking of buying a optimus 2x, but hear da lot of negative stuff about it, do you regret buying one/ why. i mainly heard the updating/ support wat bad but are there good custom roms to solve this?
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Hi there,
I never regretted the decision to buy an O2X. It's a great phone for the price that you have to pay. However, it's true that unrooted the phone really sucks because the stock rom is laggy and slow. It's also true that the LG support sucks because we had to wait a long time for the official GB update.
Nevertheless, when you root the phone and remove the bloatware the phone becomes mush better and there are many customers roms and kernels which will improve your phone even more. You can find them in the dev section.
Don't worry about the dev support for our phone, most of the roms out here are updated daily, and there are many things to choose from.

pp2241 said:
hi,
im thinking of buying a optimus 2x, but hear da lot of negative stuff about it, do you regret buying one/ why. i mainly heard the updating/ support wat bad but are there good custom roms to solve this?
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I fully agree with the previous post by SP1996AC.....i have not regretted buying this phone at all....thanks the magic of our developers...there is always some surprise and some interesting thing added to the ROM for this phone....I am happy and i am sure you will be too....
So many Custom ROMs and so many features with stability and performance....IT ROCKS man...so jump on

Hello!
As always it is about your needs, how much money you want to spend etc.
IMHO the LG O2x is one of the best phones you get for the money.
Just in short - why did I buy a LG Optimus Speed...
1.) I wanted a fast Dual core Smartphone. At the time (end of Aug. 2011) there where others like HTC Sensation, Samsung Galaxy S2)
2.) I wanted a the phone not to be so big (4" was a border I didn't want to cross) - therefore HTC Sensation and Samsung Galaxy S2 didn't do the race...
3.) ...and the LG O2x was 140-150,-€ cheaper...
I knew the LG standard software is crap, but I hoped for the community to fix this and the community fixed it...
With CM7 and custom kernel the phone is blazing fast and everything works as expected.
The only thing not working perfectly is the FM radio - but honestly nothing I really need/use/miss...
So if you feel confident enough to root the phone right away and flash a custom rom, either closely stock(i.e. Guestes ROM or Django Manouche or whatever) or ASOP like CM7 you will get a fast Smartphone for relatively small money...
Even ICS is on the horizon and as CM7 is already working good - I can wait patiently...
IMHO - I wouldn't recommend using pure stock.

Thans, this certainly helped me a lot and i think i will buy one. In a while ( i first have to repair my pc )
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I'm hoping to buy one this weekend

I have one!
Is a good phone for the price.

i just bought it one month ago, agree the first thing you have to do with the phone is to remove the stock lg rom, very slow and sluggish, in the coming future hopefully there will be ics fully functioning, with the required nvidia drivers that was due to be release

Hi pp, so many votes in favor of p990 & my thought about it also same, its not the perfect phone but price performance looks features makes it one of the best phone.
If u buy use custom rom with custom kernel, u will never regret.
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not a bad phone for the price. esp with so many custom roms available.

Congrats to those who liked the phone and bought it..

Would you advise me getting LG Optimus 2x?

So yeah, the title pretty much says it. Basically, I could get any phone on the market (except iPhone, it's too expensive and I don't like it). I thought about Galaxy S II, but I have heard it overheats and they don't sell the G model in my country. I also thought about the HTC EVO 3D, but I've heard it has bad cameras and a bad CPU (old architecture). So are there any other good choices? If you do think there are, please choose from here: http://elisa.ee/et/Eraklient/Pood
Thanks for the answers!

just get the galaxy s 2.
thats what i would have done if i knew that there would be such huge problems with nvidia and their damned source code.

I personally like my P990, but if NVIDIA/LG doesn't release something soon it might be not very interesting...
the galaxy II seems like a very good phone, I would go with that one
otherwise maybe the Xperia arc S?
I think the freexperia team is doing a pretty good job

So guys, I still decided to buy the 2X. The Galaxy S2 was 500 euros and I just thought that I could put that 200 euros that was left over into building a bad-ass gaming PC in the future. I'm satisfied with it right now, the stock ROM doesn't lag nearly as bad as I thought although the newest available in my country is 2.2.2 FroYo. Of course, I will root it and slap a custom ROM on it later.

Well, welcome to the family then, and I will see you around .

If you think the stock rom works fine, you should immediately root and install the lastest CM7 nightly and see how it blows your mind =D

kaspar737 said:
So guys, I still decided to buy the 2X. The Galaxy S2 was 500 euros and I just thought that I could put that 200 euros that was left over into building a bad-ass gaming PC in the future. I'm satisfied with it right now, the stock ROM doesn't lag nearly as bad as I thought although the newest available in my country is 2.2.2 FroYo. Of course, I will root it and slap a custom ROM on it later.
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root and put CM7 nightly on it, you won't be disappointed
(do a back-up so you can easily restore stock, just in case)

I would avoid this stutter lag piece of hardware the worst phone that I used in my 17 years of phones...
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awf said:
I would avoid this stutter lag piece of hardware the worst phone that I used in my 17 years of phones...
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If you don't know how to use a smartphone better shut up.
@Topic starter:If you can get a S2 then go for it.It's a little bit better.Even so, 2 of my friends had overheating problems.
I still recommend O2X and I don't regret that i bought it.With a custom rom it runs very smooth and gaming is a pleasure.LG/Nvidia support could be better.
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are you hurry with the smartphone??, because there will be LG 4x quad core with tegra 3 and ofcourse exynos chipset with quad core but not released yet. you should see gsmarena.com there are HTC, ZTE, huawei(if not mistaken) will get tegra 3. so the question are you really hurry in buying smartphone?? if you're in hurry yes take o2x, it's good price, and it will come CM9 based on ICS(4.0.3). but CM7 is good with KANG and etana kernel or ironkernel

I would advise you reading a bit more... there are far too many "comparison" thread floating around.
Cheers!

Problems

Hey, im about to buy an optimus 2x but i heard there were ****loads of problems with it
is this all fixed in custom roms? and how is the battery in the rom?

2x user
this phone is great you should buy one specially if you're a gamer type this is the phone i will recommend to you
the battery in gb is slightly worse but i cant compare it to other rom i never try another rom

i had to choose between SGS i9000 and this phone but im not sure if lg is stabil enough with custom roms and such

From what I've gathered around the forum it seems to me that the ones who bought it back when it came out they had some problems with SoD's and random reboots and shut downs. The ones who bought one of the most recent batches (like me) are very happy with it. So if you're buying a new one you should have a good experience.

could the old ones be fixed with a custom rom?

Personal opinion on the LG O2x:
If you use only Stock ROMs, I wouldn't buy this phone.
Support on this device from LG and Nvidia aren't the best.
If you use custom ROMS, there's for me no big reason to switch my device. No bigger problems here. Community on O2x is quite nice, better than LG

If you like games that requires good hardware, buy one.
If you like to play around with ROM:s/Kernels, buy one.
If you like to have good support and many updates, don´t buy one.
+ This phone is almost unbrickable
+ Good performance
+ Good camera
- Bad support
- Don´t expect help from LG
- Not so good stock UI/Feeling

shiyou said:
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Flashing custom ROMs help because using the hardware more efficiently will lead to less overheating, etc, but the hardware will still be better (I've heard they've done some hardware revisions on some components) if you buy a new one.
So if you're aiming to buy a second hand phone maybe you should go for samsung if you want to be sure you don't have any problems, as you won't even be able to return your phone under warranty.

The original galaxy is nothing compared with this phone. Even when on stock. But yes, even in the latest updates of stock gingerbread 20Q, there are no more problems at all, you could say its almost bug less
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