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I am thinking of porting some o2x roms.. perfect example is like MIUI. What files do we need to update to make it work on G2X. I do have some cooking exp from past.
To my Knowledge, Kernel is one, so i def, got to use new kernel.. System files are same? do i just extract and recook to g2x specs? possible swap ril file? some dev can help with my questions? thanks in advance.
No one??
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Im trying build miui rom too with mods.
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Maybe ask some people in the dev forum. BTW we have 3 miui roms but there is nothing wrong with more roms. Good luck.
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The kernel is the issue!
JBoxer and I have been working on some of these issues with a little progress, but we're not there yet.
MIUI can be ported from O2X to G2X because MIUI uses the CyanogenMod kernel, and there is a CyanogenMod kernel for the G2X, and thus it can just be swapped out. It is definitely possible to convert MIUI Roms to G2X this way.
However, O2X "official" builds require an equivalent kernel for the G2X. Currently we only have ONE 2.3.4 kernel that works on the G2X, and that's from the "leaked" LG-L95G build.
In theory, we can use THAT kernel on any of the O2X 2.3.4 versions to get them working on the G2X. However, it hasn't been done successfully yet. We're missing something, but the problem is being worked on.
Im unfamiliar with the names of new roms, and want to try a new rom out. In the past I have used CM7, MIUI, apex, etc.
I am currently on Pinnacle 1.2 and I love it. From what i understand this is a KH3 rom, and was a official captivate rom, and this is why my battery life is so much better compared to CM and apex roms.
From now on i only want to stick with releases like pinnacle, for battery purposes. How do i know which releases are captivate releases, and which are I9000 or other roms?
Which rom is out right now that is the newest official captivate release? Also is there any new kernels that are compatible with pinnacle/new oficial captivate releases?
Thanks in advance.
1. Samsung never released any official GB ROM for our captivates, KH3 is also a leaked build, though have been pretty solid build.
2. KF1, KH3, KI1, KI2, KJ1, KJ2 and KJ3 are Captivate (I897) GB ROM base leaked so far.
3. There are few KJ3 custom ROMs out there.
4. KJ3 kernels (Boog's, Corn Kernel, Samurai & Red Nebula) should work with Pinnacle 1.2/1.3.
IlluminatedOne said:
1. Samsung never released any official GB ROM for our captivates
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Samsung doesn't release the update, the carrier does. Rogers in Canada has released gingerbread officially for the captivate. And source code for the kernel.
Manufacturers are at the mercy of the carriers.
Cappy native builds usually start with k
I9000 start with j
Cm7 and miui are completely different altogether.
IlluminatedOne said:
1. Samsung never released any official GB ROM for our captivates, KH3 is also a leaked build, though have been pretty solid build.
2. KF1, KH3, KI1, KI2, KJ1, KJ2 and KJ3 are Captivate (I897) GB ROM base leaked so far.
3. There are few KJ3 custom ROMs out there.
4. KJ3 kernels (Boog's, Corn Kernel, Samurai & Red Nebula) should work with Pinnacle 1.2/1.3.
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Ah, i see. So just leaks of gingerbread have been released so far? Is that the order they came out in? Is kj3 a better rom than kh3?
I basically just want to know which rom is based on what release - and how old that release has been out for. I see so many roms on xda, but really know nothing about the initial release that they are based on.
Is there a site everyone watches to wait for releases?
studacris said:
Samsung doesn't release the update, the carrier does. Rogers in Canada has released gingerbread officially for the captivate. And source code for the kernel.
Manufacturers are at the mercy of the carriers.
Cappy native builds usually start with k
I9000 start with j
Cm7 and miui are completely different altogether.
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Do rogers builds work on captivate? i know the answer is yes, but i mean work like a (k) build does on my phone.
Like you, I like to stay stock as much as possible. Use Andromeda³ and Ursa Minor². It's Froyo and as close to official stock as you can get. It's a great ROM and really underrated with all the usual fixes you would expeect; exceptional performance, good battery life, GPS fixed, etc. It's really all you need. Slap on Go Launcher Ex and a nice theme and you're set.
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Ah, i see. So just leaks of gingerbread have been released so far? Is that the order they came out in? Is kj3 a better rom than kh3?
I basically just want to know which rom is based on what release - and how old that release has been out for. I see so many roms on xda, but really know nothing about the initial release that they are based on.
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Yes thats the order of Captivate GB updates....KH3 is most solid version yet with good battery, gps and over all performance...A new one has just popped up called KK1.....
The naming convention depends on the months and number of release...K is for 2011 in KH3 but H stands for the month and number(3) stands for the number of release that month...similarly for others...
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Is there a site everyone watches to wait for releases?
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try Samfirmware.com and XDA....but it will be all over the news if the official updates comes for captivate....like it came for Epic
I used a KJ3 ROM for a while, then went to KH3 (Pinnacle). I saw no difference in memory usage, etc. except that the KJ3 ROM was missing a bunch of ringtones (only came with digital phone), and the Gallery was pretty much unusable (black screen issue). For me, KH3 has been less buggy. Now there's a new leak out, but I'll wait to see if there are any real improvements before going through the trouble of flashing another ROM and configuring my phone again.
KK1is out now!
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The naming convention depends on the months and number of release...I forgot whats K is in KH3 but H stands for the month and number stands on the number of release that month...similarly for others...
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The first K stands for the year K=2011, the stock shipped firmware was JF6, J=2010. At least this is my understanding of it.
Dnorwood said:
The first K stands for the year K=2011, the stock shipped firmware was JF6, J=2010. At least this is my understanding of it.
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yes, that's correct!
Hello,
According to Radio thread ATT has 2.3.6 ROM (KK2) but majority of custom ROMs are using KJ version (2.3.4). Why is that?
Unrestricted band selection and removed data throttles mostly.
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Having tried both, I can give my personal opinion that 2.3.5 based roms are much smoother and have better battery life than the 2.3.6 OTA KK1 update that was pulled. The way I see it, there's a reason AT&T pulled that update; it's probably a little unstable.
I'm still on (rooted) Stock 2.3.5. Even the the last round of 2.3.6 failed to install, so I never got any of the new 2.3.6 goodness I heard some describing -- new modem, drivers, etc. for better connectivity and longer battery.
Does the ICS leak brought to us by DesignGears include all of that extra goodness I was supposed to be getting in 2.3.6?
You will get a new modem, new firmware, new OS that will be better than 2.3.6. ICS 4.0 and GB 2.3.6, comparing the two, are like comparing apples and oranges.
That's what I was hoping.
When 2.3.6 made the rounds I read some stuff got skipped if you just flashed the ROM (i.e. the newer modem?)
I guess this leak is more than *just* the 4.0 ROM then.
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Trinition said:
That's what I was hoping.
When 2.3.6 made the rounds I read some stuff got skipped if you just flashed the ROM (i.e. the newer modem?)
I guess this leak is more than *just* the 4.0 ROM then.
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yup, its an entire **phone** update, and I'm jealous :-D
This something i had stumbled on accident trying to dual boot my LG G2x (p999) using the LG Optimus 2x (P990) Dual Boot tutorial.
If done correctly, your your LG G2x will be model P990 instead of P999. you will be using Optimus 2x Roms instead of G2x Roms. Everything Should you need will be on this besides the 2 roms you want to dual boot http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1856090
Well... Thanks for sharing but...
The Baseband and RIL still working with the G2X??
I doubt so. I have the dual boot for the G2X it works well but even if you use the p990 files the baseban and ril would have to be for the g2x, and i doubt thing will work out. It is better to port the roms instead.
I am looking for a straightforward explanation of the file systems for the P990 and the P999 especially a comparison and, better, a utility/script that would enable selecting the one to be used to format memory. I am also looking for information about how to port between the P990 to and from the P999. Do you have it or know where any of that information is located?
Rafase282 said:
I doubt so. I have the dual boot for the G2X it works well but even if you use the p990 files the baseban and ril would have to be for the g2x, and i doubt thing will work out. It is better to port the roms instead.
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In theory, If you were using the current March 2012 baseband (v21y), couldn't you just flash OWAIN's NewBaseband.zip, and then run GetRIL to make sure the RIL is updated to the baseband?
That should get you a working phone (in p990 mode).
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In theory, If you were using the current March 2012 baseband (v21y), couldn't you just flash OWAIN's NewBaseband.zip, and then run GetRIL to make sure the RIL is updated to the baseband?
That should get you a working phone (in p990 mode).
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Maybe I was not clear on my post. The devices are most similar. The differences are on the radio (baseband, irl, etc), partition scheme, and the p990 has fm radio while the p999 does not. They are made for different carries so while you may be able to use those files, what they are intended to do is to change the partition scheme to allow two roms to fit, and then use some scripts to switch roms using the boot.imgs you provide and changing system, data, and other files like that to a different name so each rom has independent files, they are all store on data.
So the problem is that your radio stays the same, so by flashing the wrong baseband/radio you will just brick your phone. It can be recovered on these particular devices using nvflash but overall it should not work as just changing every entry from p999 to p990. That can be done when building the rom, just change the assertion script or turn it off and you can flash anything on the partitions given that they are the right size, it will still not work tho.
This will be really usefull when a Full stable ICS O2X rom come out...
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This will be really usefull when a Full stable ICS O2X rom come out...
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No, when such thing comes out it will be ported, no need to change the partition scheme or anything.
Rafase282 said:
No, when such thing comes out it will be ported, no need to change the partition scheme or anything.
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Not necessarily true! No O2X OFFICIAL Rom has ever been ported successfully to the G2X. CM7/CM9/MIUI yes, because we have source. Factory/Official ROMs? Never 100% successfully.
I had a GB O2X Rom running on my G2X once before, but I forget what I had to do to make it happen. DId nothing with KDZ's, I modded the kernel somehow. But, as others discovered, it wasn't possible to get the radio working. Curious if Owain's fix would work as a port as suggested previously in this thread.
Would be nice to have a native O2X Rom to run... I think 9/10ths of the "crazy bat**** stupid" problems the G2X has are due to the fact that LG basically stripped out LG Framework to make it appear AOSP without actually being AOSP. The problem is, they didn't strip out all of the LG Framework, only the parts that you see. So the G2X has a lot of unused and half-connected code on stock Roms.
And, as others said, it could be very useful for ICS...
But as I've said... Several of us have had O2X roms ported. The hitch has always been lack of cellular radio.
Rafase282 said:
I doubt so. I have the dual boot for the G2X it works well but even if you use the p990 files the baseban and ril would have to be for the g2x, and i doubt thing will work out. It is better to port the roms instead.
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Is there a thread for G2X dual boot? This is the first I've heard of it, I'd hate to have to try to rewrite the O2X scripts myself, but dual boot sounds very nice.
Core Memory said:
I am looking for a straightforward explanation of the file systems for the P990 and the P999 especially a comparison and, better, a utility/script that would enable selecting the one to be used to format memory. I am also looking for information about how to port between the P990 to and from the P999. Do you have it or know where any of that information is located?
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I hate to say it but probably the best explanation would be the compile scripts for source. From the limited research I've done(kanging the CM10 blind builds), once you build the P990/SU990 source with the P999 script, you pretty much "fill in the blanks/diff" by using a full P999 rom aka CM10 kang (somewhere I remember seeing a list of what the source doesn't include). I know someone ran df or fdisk or something of that nature on a SU990 and posted the results with the ICS rom so the differences are sorta documented....Or you could ask wkpark.I might myself as I speak and write his native language!
bakedpatato said:
I hate to say it but probably the best explanation would be the compile scripts for source. From the limited research I've done(kanging the CM10 blind builds), once you build the P990/SU990 source with the P999 script, you pretty much "fill in the blanks/diff" by using a full P999 rom aka CM10 kang (somewhere I remember seeing a list of what the source doesn't include). I know someone ran df or fdisk or something of that nature on a SU990 and posted the results with the ICS rom so the differences are sorta documented....Or you could ask wkpark.I might myself as I speak and write his native language!
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Please ask.
Yes, you can easily dual boot ROMs with the G2X, I do it with Temaesk and my stock ROM. Very convenient. Search through the thread and there should be someone who posted the proper partitions for our phone for use with NVFlash.
If you don't know what you're doing, or are new to this stuff and don't know what the word "troubleshooting" means, then stay away from it as most of the help is for the O2X and I've semi-bricked/bootlooped my phone before I got the complete feel for dual booting it correctly and how to update kernels for it and such.
buru898 said:
Yes, you can easily dual boot ROMs with the G2X, I do it with Temaesk and my stock ROM. Very convenient. Search through the thread and there should be someone who posted the proper partitions for our phone for use with NVFlash.
If you don't know what you're doing, or are new to this stuff and don't know what the word "troubleshooting" means, then stay away from it as most of the help is for the O2X and I've semi-bricked/bootlooped my phone before I got the complete feel for dual booting it correctly and how to update kernels for it and such.
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Isn't the partition setup in the .cfg file used with NVFlash?
I just want to simply know if it's it possible to flash any O2x rom on the G2x? I don't care if the radio isn't working, I already use my Galaxy Nexus for calling/texting etc. I just want to get a touch of ICS/Other O2x roms.
breadland said:
I just want to simply know if it's it possible to flash any O2x rom on the G2x? I don't care if the radio isn't working, I already use my Galaxy Nexus for calling/texting etc. I just want to get a touch of ICS/Other O2x roms.
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Answering your question the answer is not. If you don't care about the radio then use the dualboot method or just properly change the partition scheme and flash your rom and let us know what happens. Since it doesnt seem to be your main phone you wont miss anything if it bricks. As far as I know our phone is "unbrickable".
Core Memory said:
Please ask.
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I posted on daum(my name roughly translates to 'angry at butt') but I think wkpark thinks i'm some sort of script kiddie or something due to the name...hah.
I had no luck installing an O2x rom on my G2x. The nvflash part worked, but the installation part was too confusing for me so I probably did something wrong. I'm wondering if anyone actually managed to install an O2x rom on the G2x successfully.
breadland said:
I had no luck installing an O2x rom on my G2x. The nvflash part worked, but the installation part was too confusing for me so I probably did something wrong. I'm wondering if anyone actually managed to install an O2x rom on the G2x successfully.
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No, not directly.
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Hello I hope someone reads this.
I have accidentally partitioned my P999 with the P990 all in one tool. It only takes now p990 roms, but no baseband. It is working quite nicely, but is has no mobile service. How can I repartition my internal sd to be p999 again?
Peter
Szippy said:
Hello I hope someone reads this.
I have accidentally partitioned my P999 with the P990 all in one tool. It only takes now p990 roms, but no baseband. It is working quite nicely, but is has no mobile service. How can I repartition my internal sd to be p999 again?
Peter
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Use either ROM for recovery or cleanup batch. Search development threads.
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