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You've heard it a thousand times but I am lost.. HELP.. Bought the M was bad .. got another one with a lot of yelling on my end. Wont replace any more. have tried for a week to post here. phone kept shutting off then get spammer error on forum. finally decided to use regular computer. I have read until blue in the face. can someone please help me understand what to do.. in laymans terms? I get lost in forums with the hundreds of responses. maybe do a simple sticky with no comments on exactly what to do. simple form? please... or I am gonna be out of a phone when I take my 21oz hammer to it if it cuts me off again.. I guess y'all call it root? and yes I tried software upgrade.. nope.. please and thank you sooo much. Dave
 
R u running 2.2.1 or 2.2.2 on ur android cause I read 2.2.2 cantbe rooted yet. Try gingerbreak to root ur phone if ur trying z4root its outdated.
 
Go to settings<about phone and tell us what version of android are you running. It will either be 2.2,2.2.1 or 2.2.2.
Please report back so we can help you. Also how long exactly have you had your phone?
 
It says 2.2.2 And per MPCS CSR after so many Hours on phone they stop replace and goes to fix. since no fix I am screwed....
 
it reboots, freezes, is very slow, everytime I start an app it shuts down within minutes. specialy internet. my friend up north has this phone and it was much much better and faster! he said he had "tweaked" it? I was told by MPCS CSR that I cannot get a new one since last because I have to many minutes on this one. only repair. since no repair they have no options.. and I can't just up and buy new. I even tried different browser. Opera. help please?
 
sorry for delay I had to litterly find a wireless signal to use... and browser to get it to temporarily work. I should be installing my wireless today if time exists... thank you so very much for everything.
 
You will want to downgrade, root, flash a recovery, and then flash a rom.

You are on 2.2.2 which was supposed to fix the crashes. Cyanogenmod Rom will fix more crashes than metro could ever dream of.

http://androidforums.com/optimus-m-all-things-root/415485-downgrade-lg-optimus-m-2-2-2-2-2-1-a.html

Then you can gingerbreak.

Use these instructions:
http://androidforums.com/optimus-m-...nally-custom-recovery-2-2-1-stock-phones.html
But take the recovery from here:http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo...rums&txt=CWM&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13166948592121

Once you get this far head over to all things root and look for a new rom, there are 3 different cyanogen roms to choose from.
 
Kaos187 said:
so i have the base version meaning that i dont have to downgrade to do the fun stuff.
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If you have Android 2.2, no, you don't have to downgrade. You can use z4root or gingerbreak.


storm86 said:
does the phone still have to be plugged in when u press root on z4root
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No, I didn't have my phone plugged in when I used z4root. It didn't take a long time though, either. I'm not sure why yours didn't work, unless it's not 2.2. If it's 2.2.1, you will need gingerbreak, preferably 1.2 (unless there's a newer version out that I'm unaware of). If 2.2.2, then you will need to follow the post previously mentioned about down grading to 2.2.1.
 
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