sammyz
LG Whiz Kid
vm.....................smhon virgin mobiles website, the optimus slider is the optimus s. Look closly at the picture, that and the optimus s dosn't have a virgin logo at the top of the screen. =p
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Root LG Optimus S on Virgin Mobile
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Phatninja55
Android Expert
They don't even know the name of there own phone. It's actually known as the Optimus Q on this forum.
AndyOpie150
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The Optimus Slider and the Q are similar. Same as the V and the S are similar. I managed and found info for both phones for the All things Root Guide sticky. They are not the same phone. Different carriers and firmware. The Q owners just used the Slider forum because they didn't have one of there own. And there where some things they could both use.
You don't want to flash the slider or Q firmware onto the V as there is enough of a difference with the physical keyboard to cause serious system crashes,freeze's, and corruption.
sammyz
LG Whiz Kid
Best explanation:
V=S=U are all triplets, identical.
M=C are twins, identical.
M~V are cousins, similar.
Slider~Q are cousins, similar.
Note: This is by hardware. Firmware makes everything different by carrier and look...
If you flash Optimus M firmware on the V you will permanently brick (ask Phatninja55)....same vice versa.
If you flash Optimus C firmware on the M, it will work fine (again same vice versa) I did it myself
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nitestalkr
Android Enthusiast
Best explanation:
V=S=U are all triplets, identical.
M=C are twins, identical.
M~V are cousins, similar.
Slider~Q are cousins, similar.
Note: This is by hardware. Firmware makes everything different by carrier and look...
If you flash Optimus M firmware on the V you will permanently brick (ask Phatninja55)....same vice versa.
If you flash Optimus C firmware on the M, it will work fine (again same vice versa) I did it myself
You forgot about the Optimus T
And the T would be the older brother, since its sporting the original LG Optimus One button layout.
sammyz
LG Whiz Kid
You forgot about the Optimus T
And the T would be the older brother, since its sporting the original LG Optimus One button layout.
Optimus T is for T-Mobile and it is a GSM phone, you could brick by flashing one of those ROMs
. Same with firmware.
sammyz
LG Whiz Kid
Yea its easy as heck, but no one is going to tell anyone how to do it, it's a figure it out on your own kind of deal
and if I'm not around check out my youtube channel 
asadullah
Android Enthusiast
I noticed what error did you get when you ran the homemade cab?I commented on one of your vids btw
sammyz
LG Whiz Kid
Umm let me reflash with kp500
sammyz
LG Whiz Kid
Log:
Code:
17:39:34 : *****WorkModelDLL Start*****
17:39:36 : strPhoneBinaryPath(C:\ProgramData\LGMOBILEAX\Phone\VM670ZV5_07.S5_07.P61007.wdb)
17:39:36 : strModuleDir(C:\ProgramData\LGMOBILEAX\Phone\)
17:39:36 : strModelDLLPath(C:\ProgramData\LGMOBILEAX\Phone\VM670_W_1_0_0.dll)
17:39:36 : m_nPhoneMode(2)
17:39:36 : Phone mode 1 = Normal
17:39:36 : Phone mode 2 = Emergency
17:39:36 : Phone mode 4 = CSE
17:39:36 : GetProcAddress Error(127)
17:39:36 : Page_ErrorBy donor phone, do you mean any virgin mobile phone or specifically an Optimus V donor phone. BC my situation is that I have an Optimus S and I have a crappy 10 dollar Virgin Mobile "donor" phone. Would that be sufficient?
OverByter
Resident Slide Rule Guru
No it isn't possible without breaking not only VM's TOS, but also the law. even so its still extremely difficult and not worth the risk
The original law was written when analog cloning was all the rage, the way the law is written fraud has to be an element involved for it to be a criminal act . This could take the form of using an esn that doesn't belong to you or having 2 phones ie: both the original and donor phones with the same esn on a carrier. Under the law software that allows cloning esn's is also illegal, putting programs like CDMA Workshop and QPST in limbo as far as people having them while not in an official capacity of working for a carrier. Also as far as I know Cricket is the only carrier allowing this without violating their tos.
sammyz
LG Whiz Kid
Cricket it is completely legal because you only have to copy the MDN and MIN, ESN is not rewritten. Cricket is the only carrier that bypasses ESN checks. I wonder, is it legal for a phone shop to change ESNs? There are several that do this at malls....
If it's legal for them, why?
MacFett
Android Expert
Because they probably have a bank of unused ESNs that they are allowed to change on a device. Where as the layman requires a second device to use as a source ESN, there by creating two devices with the same ESN. You could then sell the donor device and wait for the rube to activate it and then use their service.
sammyz
LG Whiz Kid
I meant I know of places that clone metropcs phones for like $50.....someone had his evo cloned to his optimus M...the esn is the same as the optimus m phone now.
MacFett
Android Expert
That I have no idea, probably the same kind of thing as game shops that used to chip Playstations.
sammyz
LG Whiz Kid
asadullah
Android Enthusiast
Phatninja55
Android Expert
Like I said, you can not activate an optimus s on virgin mobile they will not let you. Call virgin mobile if you must, the person you talk to will say sorry this phone is not made for virgin mobile.