Hey guys, anyone with a Wind Optimus 2x able to get the gingerbread update?
its a g2x not a 2x and use the LG tool after installing CWM incase of some sort of fault occurs.
The wind mobile Optimus 2x is identical to a g2x, it just has a different name.
Anyways the LG software doesnt work for me, it says im already up to date. Any other wind mobile people here?
if the phone is the same then you shouldnt have a problem flashing the rooted versions posted on the developer section, you really dont want to use the baseband on the official update it might not work with your carrier ~
My phone's also the P999 from Wind. I get this same message, can't update. According to LG, there is no GB update for this phone yet! (two reps said so! How is it working for all of you without them realizing!)
I'd hope to ask what the best thing to run at the moment is, especially on Wind, preserving functionality with the AWS band. I cannot flash this new LG update, and with limited time left until I must keep the phone, us with Wind want to know what the best stable/fast thing to get onto this phone would be. It must be reversible to exact factory state for returnability... I don't know how far the flashing goes but when the phone boots it shows the Wind graphic. Will I be able to get it back to this state?
and ya you need to root and put the tmobile rom on and btw to the guy who said it might not work wind is the same network as tmobile
ekolb123 said:
Hey guys, anyone with a Wind Optimus 2x able to get the gingerbread update?
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When I wanted to update, WIND representative told me that they will not be pushing any updates, so you'll have to do it yourself.
FYI, there are 3 phones that people confuse: Optimus 2x P990, Optimus 2x P999 and the T-mobile G2x. The P990 is usually not in North America. Wind's Optimus 2x P999 is the later, polished up version of T-mobile's G2x. Think of it that WIND's is the same phone, but with hardware bugs fixed. So, for ROM installations, use T-mobile's G2x's ones.
If you're going to update, you might as well try a custom ROM.
I am currently running CM7 GingerBread - much more customization options than stock, longer battery life, blah, blah...
And to answer your hidden question, no issue with WIND's network. It finds it automatically. Always.
On a different note, you don't ACTUALLY need the root, but it doesn't hurt to have it.
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I have seen many threads talking about basebands, but I can't find anyone clearly explaining in which country/region a given baseband in supposed to work well, and where it doesn't.
I need a Gingerbread baseband for my Optimus 3D that will fully work in Latin America region, I'm afraid to get in trouble if I flash the european GB baseband I found in this forum, and loose some (or all) frequencies in my country.
Thanks in advance!
Me too. I'm in Canada and when I flashed the euro gb baseband I lost all connectivity.
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thegregulator said:
Me too. I'm in Canada and when I flashed the euro gb baseband I lost all connectivity.
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Same!
Also on Bell.
Audi2Audi said:
Same!
Also on Bell.
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I know these boards have picked up a bit but it's kind of depressing considering all the action I see when I check up on the Sensation threads for my other phone. You'd think that because this phone is so sweet and comes completely unlocked there would be a lot of development going on.
Good Afternoon!
Just for fun I thought I would flash the recent GB KDZ file posted.
Still having the same issues registering on the network. :/
- Audi.
I flashed latest KDZ file for o3d even though i have a thrill 4g and 3g and all other things work great except i don't have 4g to test on this country
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Good Afternoon!
Just for fun I thought I would flash the recent GB KDZ file posted.
Still having the same issues registering on the network. :/
- Audi.
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I have no idea why it's not working. Both AT&T and Bell use the 850 and 1900mhz frequencies for their respective UMTS networks, but up in Canada we can't even get the phone to recognize our network. I'd be happy with 3G speeds for now, but that's not even possible. I wonder if AT&T uses other bands for 3G speeds as well?
My phone is a P920 of European origin and have had to put the 3G baseband of a Thrill. This in Froyo. Also the one I have worked p920h.
Until no one KDZ for America or get a baseband for this continent, you lose the 3g frequencies 850 and 1900.
Keep in mind that the baseband is independent of the rom, which means that after installing the baseband you can put any rom, whether European or American.
The Ginger there so far is European and therefore everything is lost that frequency.
Sorry for my language.
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Good Evening,
I wonder if a baseband from another Gingerbread device could be modified to work with the Optimus 3D. What about one from an Optimus 2X?
Just a thought...I wouldn't know where to begin!
just a quick question, my carrier works under 2100 Mhz I am located in Costa Rica, if I do put the euro version will the network not work....
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my question is since I do not live in Europe, what exactly euro open means
I'm using euro gb fw, and everything is working fine, although I have an edge icon instead of 3g, think it's cause of the region can't remember if it happened with my old x10.
this can be an issue unless it's showed like that when not having data enabled
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I'm on a 3g network and I have edge enabled :S, we need LAM baseband Q_Q
I happen to be in a 1900 umts AT&T area, but it was too spotty and I went back to Froyo. Though for those of us who have to wait, I have a froyo custom kernel with init.d support below (thrillz) that I've been running on my p925 on the roadrunner rom.
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Good Afternoon!
Just for fun I thought I would flash the recent GB KDZ file posted.
Still having the same issues registering on the network. :/
- Audi.
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Good Evening!
I figured I would install the GB KDZ again.
For no apparent reason after the reboot I was registered on the network (Bell) and have had no problems as of yet (Only has been an hour or so).
I wish I had an answer as to why it worked this time.
I will keep you posted!
Thanks, Audi.
yeah I'm in Canada too and eagerly await some usable Gingerbread with fully working baseband.
Apparently Rogers is one of the last carriers to get on board with Gingerbread and is holding up LG.
ARRHHG!
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yeah I'm in Canada too and eagerly await some usable Gingerbread with fully working baseband.
Apparently Rogers is one of the last carriers to get on board with Gingerbread and is holding up LG.
ARRHHG!
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Good Morning,
My device is a Rogers device unlocked and used on the Bell network.
After flashing the V21a Gingerbread KDZ a second time I am having no issues at all!
I wish I could tell you why it worked this time when the original baseband flash method and my first flash of the V21a KDZ both resulted in network issues.
I didn't do anything differently the second time I flashed the KDZ and was immediately registered on the network. I have had no issues since lastnight.
I will let you know if anything changes!
- Audi.
Hi Audi.
Thanks for the info. I guess since you got on the bell network, the rogers network should also work? Maybe not actually because rogers GSM. Is your connection Gsm Too? I am a bit nervous flashing kdz file. Its not standard zip flash through cwm is it?
I also worried about flashing baseband.
Do you know if I have made nandrroid backup of my 2.2 and need to restore, will my backup flash 2.2 baseband back on automatically?
Thanks .
I use the same gsm network as at&t think it's the same as rogers, I randomly get dc from the network but comes back fast.
I think you should be aware that maybe your 3g network won't work using euro open fw
i'm always on edge :S
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I use the same gsm network as at&t think it's the same as rogers, I randomly get dc from the network but comes back fast.
I think you should be aware that maybe your 3g network won't work using euro open fw
i'm always on edge :S
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Hello!
When running speedtests I average between 2.5 and 5.5 Mbps (depending on the time of day). This is pretty much what I saw on Froyo. No complaints here!
Thanks, Audi.
Hi audi
How is your phone running lately? Any lockups, slowdowns, disconnects or anything? Full hardware working including wifi? Do you get 3g icon or edge?
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Hi audi
How is your phone running lately? Any lockups, slowdowns, disconnects or anything? Full hardware working including wifi? Do you get 3g icon or edge?
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Good Evening,
The phone is running great. I currently have the Acura ROM installed.
Battery life is an incredible improvement!
The icon I have is "H" (so 3G not HSPA+ yet); and the speeds are as previously mentioned averaging between 2.5 Mbps and 5.5 Mbps depending on the time of day and signal strength.
No random disconnects; voice and data (3G/WIFI) work without issue.
Thanks, Audi.
As some of you may know, my O3D was sent to LG service repairers Evertec to fix a broken power button. I asked them to fix just the power button under warranty - my phone was on froyo (i was on the leaked GB but because of ghost calls and data dropouts i reverted to froyo) and i just got my phone back today with a note saying the power button was fixed and they flashed my phone to "the latest firmware"
Lo and behold I booted to a fresh install of an official Optus GB rom - baseband 20b but perfect reception. no dropouts or ghost calls. i think it may be rom related.... i do have some bloatware but at least i have no reception/data issues
im not sure if this rom is available ota or for download but the service guys seem happy to flash it on repaired phones!
yes,20b is online,but still not rootable
I had 20b installed before but it wasnt the Australian Optus rom... Whatever rom that was, it always gave me grief....now no problems at all. in fact optus even sent me a message with settings in it - i havent activated it as yet as my reception is currently working perfectly fine without it.
Guys, please be aware that LG version numbers ARE NOT CONSISTENT, at least not the way we think of it. European v20b is not the same as India v20b.
In fact, each region has it´s own version branch, so you can perfectly have, for example, Romenia v21a with the same baseband of Croatia v20b.
So, don´t be fooled by equal version numbers: you can only compare version numbers when comparing software for the same region. If you cross regions when comparing, you will get it all wrong.
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I had 20b installed before but it wasnt the Australian Optus rom... Whatever rom that was, it always gave me grief....now no problems at all. in fact optus even sent me a message with settings in it - i havent activated it as yet as my reception is currently working perfectly fine without it.
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I installed the same rom as you, 20B Optus, took my external SD out and formatted the phone to factory, for one day the phone worked well then the problems started as before 3G getting stuck can't go to airplane mode I had to restart the phone, after it happened over 4 times I installed froyo. Same thing exactly happened to my friends O3D, Evertec changed the board on my phone when I took the phone for service for the random rebooting problem, now it is very hard to sell the phone if I tell the potential buyers the phone was serviced. So I am stuck with it.
I use it like Thiaz as a media device now and I use My Iphone 4 as my main phone.
what is the use of a phone if it can't be used as a phone?
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I noticed you're posting from a 925... Mines a 920.... I never had a random reboot and I've installed the Acura and Thiaz roms - used stock roms, OC'd and the only GB rom working properly is this one....
I'll keep my fingers crossed that it stays this way....
Admittedly I never had any issues on Froyo - If this rom does play up I'll downgrade asap. I won't miss the GB features all that much
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I noticed you're posting from a 925... Mines a 920.... I never had a random reboot and I've installed the Acura and Thiaz roms - used stock roms, OC'd and the only GB rom working properly is this one....
I'll keep my fingers crossed that it stays this way....
Admittedly I never had any issues on Froyo - If this rom does play up I'll downgrade asap. I won't miss the GB features all that much
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You noted correctly, but my one is an Optus 920, I was so desperate so I am using Froyo Baseband and the CM GB for the 925, this was my last resort, the phone works very quick with no lag, and I charge once a day, hdmi does not work, and I can't view photos in 3D, but this phone is good for playing games, that is all I use it for.
I have intalled the update to my optus lg optimus 3d thought lg update tool, i have had 2 missed calls i did not receve that i know of and really bad battery life. i might have to do a factory reset if this does not fix i will not be happy.......back to lg
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I have intalled the update to my optus lg optimus 3d thought lg update tool, i have had 2 missed calls i did not receve that i know of and really bad battery life. i might have to do a factory reset if this does not fix i will not be happy.......back to lg
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Good Luck mate, they will tell you that you are the only one in the world that is having this problem, all the staff at the LG service center (evertech) are using GB without any issues what so ever.
you will be told (you are special)
Ok... Here's the weird thing - I know people seem to be having problems using this rom... I am not one of them (so far) I had issues on every other GB rom but this one. Maybe it's related to signal strength, carrier specific settings or something else. I really can't explain my lack of issues. I do set my phone to 3G only - as I don't want it jumping from 2G to 3G but that's it as far as any phone changes.
*I am using the Optus GB rom on Virgin Australia (they piggyback on Optus - slightly different settings but same network).
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Ok... Here's the weird thing - I know people seem to be having problems using this rom... I am not one of them (so far) I had issues on every other GB rom but this one. Maybe it's related to signal strength, carrier specific settings or something else. I really can't explain my lack of issues. I do set my phone to 3G only - as I don't want it jumping from 2G to 3G but that's it as far as any phone changes.
*I am using the Optus GB rom on Virgin Australia (they piggyback on Optus - slightly different settings but same network).
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Please keep us posted, I am on Vodafone and the signal is shocking where I live (inner west) Vodafone will be updating the network next month.
but I do not have any issues with my iphone at all, and when I go to my other house (castle hill) where the signal is perfect -50 db I still get the baseband crashing.
I used the phone for 2 weeks back in November when they released the Europe Open before I stated getting complaints that I am not answering Phone calls and I missed out on couple Jobs worth over a grand!!!
Quick update.... 1 week later and still no issues - strange but true! No missed calls (that I'm aware of and no loss of data... Perfect reception... For virgin mobile customers on Optus GB rom - no issues.
GPS lock perfect - regaining signal after airplane mode perfect, over 400MB in data in a week and no loss of reception, perfect... This is the only rom that works for me on GB without ghost calls, internal reorganizing crap or loss of reception/data
I can't root and have some bloatware but I can live with that...
Will update if things go bad but for now I'm VERY happy!
Thank you so much for getting back to us, I will be trying the 20A Australia again, this time around, I will take the SD card out, will fully format the phone and only install couple important apps that I need, I am doubtful but at this stage I am willing to try anything. will try the 20A for 3 days and will report back.
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Day one: No Freezing and no missed calls at all.
The G2x is my third Android phone. Prior to this, I had the Optimus M on MetroPCS, then the Optimus V on Virgin Mobile. GPS and navigation worked amazing on the Optimus V and would lock on instantly.
When I first got the G2x,I noticed that GPS was practically unusable. By the time it takes for the phone to acquire a lock, I'd either be lost or already at my destination. Before I had my phone rooted, I'd access the LG secret menu and try to make changes there, but it didn't seem like anything made a big difference.
I've been rooted for a few months now and running various ICS ROMs and GPS is still hit or miss. Sometimes it'll lock at a reasonable time, others it's just wasting my battery and not helping me. Then, even when I am locked, or often will lose the GPS signal and have to search for it again.
Is this a T-Mobile thing or a G2x thing or is it my location? I live near Oakland in the SF bay so I'd think we'd have good service over here.
What is your experience with GPS on this phone and carrier? I honestly want to switch to Sprint once my contract is up (and might even terminate early). Thanks to the development community here, the G2x is finally a decent phone, but I've only been unimpressed by T-Mobile's service since coming from Virgin Mobile.
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GPS has nothing to do with T-mobile. It has more to do with the phones hardware and some with it's software. The newest baseband that was just released for the G2x has fixed all my GPS problems I get a lock quickly now and it works great for navigation and it also improved my call sound quality, but there is a lack of custom ROMs for the new baseband currently the best you can do is the rooted stock V21Y.
So basically stuck with nad GPS unless o want to update baseband or get a different phone?
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The G2x is my third Android phone. Prior to this, I had the Optimus M on MetroPCS, then the Optimus V on Virgin Mobile. GPS and navigation worked amazing on the Optimus V and would lock on instantly.
When I first got the G2x,I noticed that GPS was practically unusable. By the time it takes for the phone to acquire a lock, I'd either be lost or already at my destination. Before I had my phone rooted, I'd access the LG secret menu and try to make changes there, but it didn't seem like anything made a big difference.
I've been rooted for a few months now and running various ICS ROMs and GPS is still hit or miss. Sometimes it'll lock at a reasonable time, others it's just wasting my battery and not helping me. Then, even when I am locked, or often will lose the GPS signal and have to search for it again.
Is this a T-Mobile thing or a G2x thing or is it my location? I live near Oakland in the SF bay so I'd think we'd have good service over here.
What is your experience with GPS on this phone and carrier? I honestly want to switch to Sprint once my contract is up (and might even terminate early). Thanks to the development community here, the G2x is finally a decent phone, but I've only been unimpressed by T-Mobile's service since coming from Virgin Mobile.
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i basically had the exact same experience as you are describing. But, only while I was on the march 2011 baseband. is that the same baseband that you are on? Fortunately once i upgraded to the July 15 2011 baseband i now have instant locks. (and can flash any custom rom with instant locks. primarily stock 2.3.3 roms. Any higher i usually run into slow lock times Ex:Cm7 based roms.
The new March baseband is the only to fly. Here's my lock in under 5 seconds.
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You genuinely want to upgrade to the new 21y firmware, I was Oakland CA today and I had no problem using Waze to navigate around the big mess on 880S on way to airport. GPS on my g2x was way better than the iPhone from work, but never would have been able to do that with the older 21e firmware.
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Hello people..... I've tried Nova Hd, Cyanogen, Hellfire, Chuck Norris etc....they are all amazing and the amount of work that went into these ROM's is quite apparent... But my LG Optimus 2X will not connect to the Videotron 3G network.... Rogers remains its preferred network with all the ROM's I've installed and with none of the ROM's do I even get Videotron as a choice... Videotron is present in the apn .xml files and I did also input APN settings manually on the phone but to no avail... Is it possible that the phone will only connect to the Rogers network since it was originally a Rogers phone?.. Could it be a SIM problem? I am at a loss... I've been working on this piece of s**t for two weeks now and my head hurts... help please, thank you, Frank from Montreal.
After more testing i realised that I am able to connect to Telus and Bell as well as Rogers....still no Videotron...what is going on?
Just posted in main lg g2 forum QA. just thought Id cover my bases here to. Can I install a stock Tmobile rom with kernel/radio/modem/ on to an unlocked At&t LG G2 and it work as if it were a Tmobile LG G2? I'll of course be using a tmobile simcard. Thanks for any info
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Just posted in main lg g2 forum QA. just thought Id cover my bases here to. Can I install a stock Tmobile rom with kernel/radio/modem/ on to an unlocked At&t LG G2 and it work as if it were a Tmobile LG G2? I'll of course be using a tmobile simcard. Thanks for any info
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I don't know the answer but my question would be why would you want to do that? I'm on T-Mobile and except for this T-Mobile G2 I have always used an unlocked AT&T phone on T-Mobile. I get 4G LTE and certainly in the case of the G2, it is rootable whereas the KitKat T-Mobile G2 cannot be rooted (easily) and there is no recovery. I think you would be losing more than you gain by going to the T-Mobile rom if it is possible. Having said all that I'd certainly be interested to see how you get on if you can do it.
In the beginning of my tmo service I brought my gs4 over and just had to change/add APN settings. Still had to use Verizon ROMs, but had tmobile service. I would assume it would be about the same.
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i actually wanna know the opposite of this. I got a Tmobile G-2 and am using it on AT&t (AIO Wireless techinically), but im getting super slow speeds. My DL is 1.1 and UL is 1.4 somehow. I havent rooted it yet because i have to RMA it back to LG due to the dead spot on the lcd issue. So after i get it back do i just need to switch the radio modem out to get on the at&t bands? Also would att roms work on my phone (d801)?
Thanks in advance for the help guys.
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i actually wanna know the opposite of this. I got a Tmobile G-2 and am using it on AT&t (AIO Wireless techinically), but im getting super slow speeds. My DL is 1.1 and UL is 1.4 somehow. I havent rooted it yet because i have to RMA it back to LG due to the dead spot on the lcd issue. So after i get it back do i just need to switch the radio modem out to get on the at&t bands? Also would att roms work on my phone (d801)?
Thanks in advance for the help guys.
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Double check the APN settings just to be sure. Also check different location / different time of the day. The speeds you list are HSPA so it seems you are connecting fine. I am on H2O (an AT&T MVNO) with a T-Mobile G2 and just measured 6.2 DL / 1.3 UL.
Double checked my apn and I'm all good there. Are you using a different radio? I'm still using the stock tmobil radio. I haven't been able to figure out what the issue is.
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No, stock radio.
it possible flash d802 radio(euro vertion) to d801 for change lte frequency ?
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Just posted in main lg g2 forum QA. just thought Id cover my bases here to. Can I install a stock Tmobile rom with kernel/radio/modem/ on to an unlocked At&t LG G2 and it work as if it were a Tmobile LG G2? I'll of course be using a tmobile simcard. Thanks for any info
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Well, this is what happened when I tried to do that. Whether it was just a bad ROM, or the ROMs are different because of e.g. slight differences in radio frequencies, I don't know. I do know, I'll never do it again -- that was the first time I've bricked a phone since having flashed my first ROM on the original Android, the Dream/G1. But YMMV.
On the other hand, there are ways to install features specific to TMO like boot animation/sound, wifi hotspot authorization, the TMO account app, and enabling wifi calling, to help "brand" it more T-Mobile. That's what I'm working on right now, in fact.