lg vortex

While there are a few existing threads not many of them seem to answer questions I think a noob has after, of course, "why should I? " 1. Do you HAVE to get a rom specifically designed for your phone? 2. If so whats a good one to get that goes up a few versions from android 2.2.2 on an LG...

The only thing I can possibly think of to make my Vortex usable is root. I am intimidated by it, but I really just want to remove the bloatware. Any walkthroughs, or suggestions I should look into?

I need a link to a custom recovery that works on the Vortex....anyone have anything on this. Thanks

Reserved for upcoming ROM post.

I tried to free up some space earlier today because the phone was saying it was full. However I deleted some info in Account and sync settings and now my contacts are gone in facebook. If I search a contact I can find it and it reloads but the rest of them are gone. How do I restore this factory...

Everyone home screen is unique so lets see them :cool:

so i need some battery advice...whats my best bet on keeping its life up to standard ...because i have problems with it having a high precentage take up on standby or idle..i mean isnt that ironic and i know it is going to die if you dont have service very well ..which i dont but i have wifi but...

My wife and I both have the Vortex. Hers holds almost nothing in the way of memory, she has 1 app.....ONE. And it still gives the "Low storage space" message. I'm starting to get those same messages as well. However I have 10 times the amount of apps and such on my phone. It is beyond...

I have rooted my LG Vortex and have been able to remove most preinstalled apps that I didn't want. I am still trying to remove FB, TWTTR, and Slacker without any success. I have used Super Manager APP and deleted the Slacker app but it is still showing on my phone after turning off and back on...

since my wife has this phone and it can be rooted with a revocery id like to take a stock 2.2 rom base and make a rom for her to flash. is there anything like this or can someone point me in the right direction? i don't see much rom support for this phone anywhere.

I was wondering the steps to go from custom rom back to factory. Never mind this question I figured out how to restore from my nandroid backup

Hi all I am new to this whole android thing and could use a little help. I have a vortex running 2.2.2 that has been rooted. I have been trying to install custom recovery with terminal emulator. # flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-GNM-thunderc-vzw-1.1.0.img So when I get here it says...

This post is for all those people who get the Vortex and spend forever reading and trying all the different root methods. Gingerbreak 1.2 and higher works! You can get it here: GingerBreak-v1.20.apk Enjoy !!

I have a lg vortex 2.2.2 rooted. How do i add a custom recovery to add a custom rom or do i need to downgrade to 2.2.1?

I was wondering if I could transfer a word document from my PC to my LG Vortex android phone. If there is a way, can I have some help in doing it?

I don't need them now, but you never know when you will. I made a Nandroid of my phone after I rooted it but I'm not sure whether it was before or after I started to delete the bloatware. Thanks! OK - I found a Stock Recovery, but I could only find a Stock ROM of 2.2.1, and I have 2.2.2. If...

I've got a Samsung Continuum, and my wife got an LG Vortex, and she really likes the "buddies now" widget on my phone, and she wants to know if there are any apps that are similar to the Samsung "buddies now", that will work on her LG Vortex? I've done a bit of Google searching, and quite a...

Phone locked by google. Google username and password work on computer but error appears "too many pattern attempts" on phone. I would really like to not have to reset phone to factory and lose all the data. please help!

Hello. I was running Netflix on my LG Vortex for the past couple months. The image was imperfect and the program was glitchy. It appears I can not download the new app, and the one isn't working. Anybody else have this problem?

I recently rooted my LG Vortex & ever since I did, I've been unable to get the Android Market or my browsers to work. I've upgraded the Market and installed the Market Enabler 3.2b. Does anyone have any other ideas???

Is anybody currently working on a custom rom for this phone? Supposely there was suppose to be a so called gingerbread breakthrough but that died down in a matter of days. So im wondering can anyone give a heads up or something please. :)

i can NOT get adobe flashplayer to download to my vortex can anyone help me out on this as to how to get it to work also i have rooted my phone and i'm on verizon network thanks :mad:

I rooted my phone using Superoneclick and everything was ok, except i think i deleted lghome.apk.(my search button was not working right). So I decided to do a hard reset and start over, but when i did the setup wizard started, asked what language I want and then pops up an error "The...

I have been using a file manager to try and find the text files for my Vortex, but can't seem to find them. Everything i've read says I should either look in the SYSTEM folder and then find the sms folder, which doesn't seem to exist, or look in data/data/.... but there is no "data" folder...

I have been trying to pull up my mobi flashcard on my phone, it(phone) say the cards have been installed, but when i go to the main app. the cards are not there. Is it my phone or the app.? Anyone else having issues with mobi flashcards and this phone.