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    Root An odd thing happened with link2sd

    I've been running link2sd for 2 weeks now & I love it! But an odd thing happened last night. First, I got a notification from the play store that there was an update for titanium backup, so I did it. When it was finished, I got a l2sd notification that linking had failed, and the error said...
  2. sushifor5

    Root 3G not working, signal fix not working

    Hi All, I have a 3G signal and the arrows blink when I try to access data for apps. But nothing is working, and the message tells me I have no connection. So I did the *#*#4636#*#* trick, but it isn't working. ANy idea of what I can do? I'm totally lost about why I have no data connection...
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    Root I think hubby inadvertently bricked his phone (not by factory reset)

    I think I have an accidental brick on my hands. Hubby & I both have OVs, both are rooted, with the standard gingerbreak method (cm7, backside IHO). He hasn't used his phone in somewhere around a month or more. Tonight, he put it on the charger, booted up, and installed a new app (he also...
  4. N

    Root gingerbreak - need space

    Finally decided to root my lg optimus V. According to phone specifications, I should be able to do a gingerbreak root. I downloaded the file to my phone. But - alas - the file won't open. At 4.48mb there is not enough space to open it. My phone is about as clean as can be. All apps uninstalled...
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    Help Play Store

    Periodically my LG Optimus V has lost the Google Play Store icon since I bought the phone a few years ago. Google help gives me some mysterious story about me needing to contact the phone manufacturer because Google controls what devices it can be installed on. Howver, then Play appears again...
  6. K

    Root Optimus V black screen with no bootloader

    I did what many complain about due to inexperience. I did a settings restore on a rooted android. I apologize in advance for my ignorance. Now that I have done that though my phone only boots to a black screen after the LG logo. No bootloader or anything at all, and it just remains there...
  7. M

    Help GPS activates only for/after using google maps

    I turn on GPS but it won't actually work until I open google maps. The problem is, I try to turn GPS on to use in other apps (ie. asking skyvi for local weather) and GPS won't work unless I first open the google maps app. My phone is an optimus V, cyanogen mod 7.2 Any input? Thanks!
  8. britchick88

    Root Oh Crap! Now what?! trying to return V to stock.. used sammyz 'brick trick' and no dice

    Help! I sold my V to a friend. They tried to reactivate it. It was rooted with BACKside IHO and had to be returned to stock so they can activate. I tried sammyz ' [GUIDE] Unbrick ANY Soft Bricked Optimus V with Official FW and KP500 and did everything it said. Now it started up with the...
  9. N

    Root optimus root

    My lg optimus vm670 v.2.2.2 seems to be slowly dying from insufficient storage. Today there was 10mb, yesterday 14mb. I uninstalled and cleaned every thing there is; used a file manager to see if there are big files, did a factory reset - My last resort is to root the thing to see if it can be...
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    Root Problems Flashing MiRaGe 07132013 build

    Tried to flash MiRaGe 07132013 build ran through the process, cleared caches, formatted partitions, flashed zip and GAPPS 20110828. Get the following response when I try to boot: Fastboot mode started gpio_i2c: invalid khz: 0 bl: i2c write error udc_start() Only way to get out is to pull...
  11. TDOW

    Help Is the phone borked?

    Today, my daughter plugged her OpV in to charge and first got a message with a dimmed battery screen that said something like "wait until enough charge" or something. Later the initial LG screen (just the LG logo) would blink on and off and do nothing else. I swapped batteries (we have another...
  12. G

    Root Can I activate a rooted phone?

    I have an inactive Optimus V and would like to activate it for a month so my son can use it while he goes out of town. It has Harmonia 2 on it. Can I activate it with it rooted or do I have to bring it back to how it was from the factory? Also, can it be activated with a top-up card?
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    Root Need to root my phone. . .

    Because I am sick and tired of all the stupid add on programs updating every time i have to reboot my phone because it has locked up several times a day. All the directions i can find are not an easy to follow sequence, but instead go on about typing in command lines and stuff and I don...
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    Root Mirage ROM - voice texting missing?

    I just flashed Mirage ROM to check it out. (I have been using Harmonia for the last year) I am trying to send a text message, I used to have a little microphone option I could use to speak my message, but I no longer see it there. Is there some setting or something I have to install to get...
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    Root Bad uninstall

    Was trying to uninstall an app and the uninstall failed. I got an error msg that a process had stopped working. OV now missbehaving. gReader won't load, says not enough room for database (untrue). Other apps hanging or very slow to start. Have run app cache cleaner, clean master, and checked...
  16. 350X

    Root Whats your guys new goto upgrade phone?

    Whats your guys new goto upgrade phone?
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    Root Rom Suggestion

    Hi everybody, I just activated Optimus V VM670 on my Virgin Mobile account. I see that there are numerous roms available for the device. I am wondering which would offer best balance of stability, battery life and performance. I've been a fan of CyanogenMod for ages. Any input is greatly...
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    Root Kernal Panics in MIRaGE

    Hey, all: Switched to MIRaGe 07132013 build from BACKSide a while back and have been suffering from what I presume are kernal panics ever since I restored all my apps - when I use certain apps (it's always within an app that this happens - almost always YouTube and Google Maps, although...
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    Root Fixed!! Updated.

    So I factory reset my phone via the settings within the phone like a dumbass and now im stuck in the ClockworkMod Recovery v3.2.0.1 menu. Each time I restart the phone, it just boots into recovery. I found this thread and followed the steps as mentioned. To start off the thread says to...
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    Root Using Ring Plus on Old Optimus V

    I have an optimus v that is not currently registered with virgin mobile. I would like to get inexpensive service for my daughter, and Ring Plus seems ideal. I am having trouble registering - "service area could not be found, be sure your billing address is correct (CSA not available).
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    Root Phone keeps freezing after BACKside ROM

    I've only had the ROM for a couple days and it's frozen at least a dozen times. I pull the battery but it just keeps happening. Is there an error code I can look for or something? Or should I reflash the ROM?
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    Root Alternative way to root?

    I'm extremely new to the whole rooting concept, and I seem to be having some trouble. I've read a multitude of guides and just general posts on how to root at this point, but my problem lies in that I can't seem to get Gingerbreak to work, but I also can't use the ADB method because I do not...
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    Root Can't connect to PC with BACKside ROM

    I just flashed BACKside ROM and now when I connect the phone to my PC there's no notification for turning on USB storage in the status bar. I can't find anything in settings other than USB debugging, but that doesn't help. The same thing happened with the GTR ROM. Anyone know what's wrong...
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    Root Choosing which browser to launch

    I had to restore mirage on my OV. Now, when I click on a link in various apps the stock browser launches. Before, I was given a choice among the various browsers I havd installed. I figure the problem is in the settings bit I can't find it. Any suggestions? Thanks!
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    Help new poster, odd problem

    I have AVG antivirus and in the data usage monitor area theres a suspicious entry called "Service Programu". its Icon is an anime character with a blue background and it states its version 2.2.2 . its used 115mb of data in the last month and ive never noticed it before. killing it makes my...
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