TheAmazingDave
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Root [ROM] GingerbreadCM7
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reppard
Android Enthusiast
need any beta testers?
As far as I am concerned everyone in this forum can test drive the beta
nomorefear
Member
A big thanks once again to all of our developers for making our small phone into the little engine that could! Big love to joneidy, asadullah (ive seen this guy on all sorts of forums!), reppard and anyone else who is proactive in the community. WE <3 YOU ALL....no homo XD
ps- im down for beta and long walks on the beach XD XD XD
ps- im down for beta and long walks on the beach XD XD XD
alexxseven
Well-Known Member
i can try to test this myself but just the thought of flashing and redoing my phone twice mid week is a major con in my willingness >.<
i know they have this issue with the ascend one too though because one of my friends has it and he flashed that rom with the same issue as what you're having
reppard
Android Enthusiast
i can try to test this myself but just the thought of flashing and redoing my phone twice mid week is a major con in my willingness >.<
i know they have this issue with the ascend one too though because one of my friends has it and he flashed that rom with the same issue as what you're having
That's what nandroid backups are for
alexxseven
Well-Known Member
That's what nandroid backups are for
would it back up all my app data, apps installed, and all the good stuff?
i've never really understood what all went into a nand backup
93stallion302
Newbie
would it back up all my app data, apps installed, and all the good stuff?
i've never really understood what all went into a nand backup
x2
can some1 direct me to a thread, or explain what a nand backup is? and what exactly it does? and how I can make one.
Wrenchin4life
Member
It is a back up of have you phone is at the moment that you make the back up. If you are rooted with 2.2.1 use this link http://androidforums.com/optimus-m-...nally-custom-recovery-2-2-1-stock-phones.html hope this helps. If you did the step in this link then you just need to boot into recovery
alexxseven
Well-Known Member
if you had stock 2.2.1 use jonidy's recovery, a nand backup as far as i know is a backup of your android system as it stands, but im not exactly sure if every part of the system goes into one or not, but you can make one through a recovery menu
http://androidforums.com/optimus-m-...nally-custom-recovery-2-2-1-stock-phones.html
93stallion302
Newbie
Ya I already have the custom recovery from joneidy for 2.2.1 phones
I also have Joniedy's Sense Rom on the phone. I love the way that rom functions So if I can keep that intact and test this gingerbread rom and then go back to my fully working Sense Rom with all my apps, Id love to do that. Just dont know how
I also have Joniedy's Sense Rom on the phone. I love the way that rom functions So if I can keep that intact and test this gingerbread rom and then go back to my fully working Sense Rom with all my apps, Id love to do that. Just dont know how
Wrenchin4life
Member
You should have quick boot. open it and click recovery. The phone will reboot into recovery. Then just do a nandroid back up, then wipe data, and flash the new rom. If you want to switch back and forth faster after you make sure the new rom boots good make another nandroid. Then its a simple as restoring the nandroid backup. Switch back and forth with ease. Ive done this a few times trying to figure out which rom I liked.
nomorefear
Member
we will also need a recovery for 2.3 since the current one does not load the nand backup
ChazzMatt
Android Enthusiast
I don't know how much wider we can get! the Optimus is being used by Verizon (LG Vortex), Sprint (Optimus S), T-Mobile (Optimus T), Virgin (Optimus V, and subsidiary of Sprint), U.S. Cellular (Optimus U), several phone companies in Canada, and coming to AT&T (Optimus A).
Between Verizon and Sprint (plus Virgin), you have the widest market available right there. Those are CDMA companies like Metro. And their phones can be "flashed" to Metro easily. So, any Gingerbread ROM on those phones should take only minimal work to translate to Metro?
alexxseven
Well-Known Member
well you would think, but this is porting a rom from one phone over to another, and while the phones are relatives just like a human relative to you, there are slight internal differences. the ascend has two markets that are using the exact same phone, so it literally has two markets, not many with multiple models
ChazzMatt
Android Enthusiast
well you would think, but this is porting a rom from one phone over to another, and while the phones are relatives just like a human relative to you, there are slight internal differences. the ascend has two markets that are using the exact same phone, so it literally has two markets, not many with multiple models
tell me the two Ascend markets to which you are referring. I do not understand your distinction when I have listed many markets for the Optimus worldwide.
The Optimus is used worldwide as the Optimus One P500 but that's mostly GSM only. Worldwide it's called the "Optimus One". Whereas in North America, the markets I listed in U.S. and Canada are CDMA. That's at least "two" markets with several carriers.
tell me specifically what you are talking about instead of just repeating the same vague statement.
Any phone like the Ascend used by Metro and then by another carrier like Cricket is the same as the Optimus used by Metro and also Cricket.
TheAmazingDave
Android Expert
Ummm...
The Ascend isn't even an LG...
What other Optimus is exactly the same as the Optimus M?
The Ascend isn't even an LG...
What other Optimus is exactly the same as the Optimus M?
ChazzMatt
Android Enthusiast
Nobody said the Ascend was LG. The point they were making was if a piece of crap like the Huawei Ascend can have a 2.3 ROM, why can't our nice LG Optimus?
LG Optimus One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Worldwide, this phone is known as the Optimus One. In North America (U.S. and Canada), it's been re-named according to the carriers. Optimus S, T, M, U, A, etc.
Telus in Canada (CDMA carrier) calls it "LG Optimus 3G." Bell Canada calls it the LG Optimus Chic. Rogers in Canada calls it the Optimus One like the rest of the world.
Do you want me to list every country in the world that sells this phone -- across Europe, Latin America and Asia? It's the SAME phone worldwide in 100 markets.
The GSM and CDMA variants have different chipsets of course, but otherwise same hardware specs across all carriers (CPU, camera, RAM, etc). Some carriers wanted buttons positioned slightly differently and in a couple of cases the side hardware buttons do different things. But internally it's the same phone.
LG sold over 2 million of these phones within 40 days of release. They estimate they will sell over 10 million soon.
This phone has been a huge success worldwide -- hitting the "sweet spot" in features and price.
TheAmazingDave
Android Expert
Seems to me that if they were identical, things like GPS, the accelerometer, USB mode, etc, would work without fuss.
Look up the Verizon Moto v710 and e815. They're old phones I had when I first really started hacking these things. They look the same, right?
They're not.
Look up the Verizon Moto v710 and e815. They're old phones I had when I first really started hacking these things. They look the same, right?
They're not.
ChazzMatt
Android Enthusiast
The LG Optimus One is the same phone being sold in 100 countries/markets/various carriers.
TheAmazingDave
Android Expert
So why doesn't everything work with this ROM?
sans the cell radio, obviously.
Just trying to understand what the difficulty is in porting this over.
sans the cell radio, obviously.
Just trying to understand what the difficulty is in porting this over.
reppard
Android Enthusiast
A lot of the hardware is pretty similar but they require different libraries in binary to make them functional. I have all the hardware ported and functioning with the exception of usb mass storage module. I believe this is a kernel issue. As soon as the mms is working I will release the beta.
nomorefear
Member
I dont know how some of you guys get the ideas about the optimus being this universal phone but it is not. It is one model of a family of phones. You and your sibling arent the same are you? That is how it works between the V, One, M, etc etc. while on the other hand there is the EXACT same phone (Ascend) being used on two different networks and thus twice the size of people wanting to hack the same phone. We have it a bit more difficult but we shall overcome our obsticles. Just make sure to please respect the devs and not harass them with when wheres and whys. they have lives too and none of us pay them for their hard work. You can donate to their coffee fund so they have the black gold to sustain them during the darkest of nights.
ChazzMatt
Android Enthusiast
WRONG.
It's the LG Optimus One.
End of story. Go do some research.
I have posted all the links for you to peruse, so please do not make make ignorant (lack of education) statements.
LG has different chipsets for CDMA and GSM but so do all other cell phone manufacturers. LG has accommodated the carriers by making the hardware buttons do different things sometimes or by exterior material (cheap plastic, or expensive looking plastic). But it's the same phone internally.
LG is not making 100 different varieties of this phone, believe me. It's the same phone, with some customization for the different carriers.
That's why LG shows they sold 2 million of these in 40 days, bucko. 2 million. Not different phones, the same phone sold to different carriers. They say they will sell 10 million by end of this year.
reppard
Android Enthusiast
If it is exactly the same then why is this rom not fully functional from the beginning? Keep in mind it wasn't just the radio that didn't work. Nearly all the sensors with the exception of the touch screen were not functioning. And with newer optimistic v kernels even that doesn't work.