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I believe it is time for another upgrade, i've been upgrading almost like every 2 months for the past 8 months or so.
- HTC Magic
- HTC Tattoo
- LG Optimus One
- Samsung Galaxy S
- LG Optimus 2X - Present
I've got a buyer of my LG 2X in my family, so i wont buy any device at it's full price.
So in my country i've got SGSII at 499€ or the Optimus 3D at 459€
Share your thoughts with me, is O3D worth it for 40€ less than the SGSII?
I'm starting to get sick of LG, and all of its *upgradeable* while not being upgraded. (officially OFC, i'm running latest miui now)
I originally got the sgs2 and had enough problems with it (overheating etc). Gave it back as DOA when it burnt a pixel on day10 and got the lg 3d. Don't regret it even for a minute. I like it more. It feels and IS fast and all that on 2.2 froyo. I guess it will be even better on 2.3. Got it to reach 3600+ quadrant and though benchmarks aren't everything it is really fast man. And all those without any overclocking at all and stock rom v10k. Though sgs2 heating problem is (reportedly) solved i wouldn't go anywhere near it again.nice colors on screen but really bad resollution when you zoom in on text for example, plus some colors appear glitched (see angry birds sky up close). Battery was lasting me as long as o3d does give or take half an hour difference and i am a really heavy user...(sometimes i charge twice a day)
Plus o3d feels nice in your hand and build quallity is great whilesgs2 felt like a piece of cheap plastic (which it really is)... hope i helped
4 me it's a very simple question, and has a very simple answer...
Do you like and want 3D sbs effects on your phone? yes= buy lgo3d
no= buy samsung sgs2
Thats basically my question, i believe that the SGSII is a better device, and i would only go to the 3D if i wanted 3D, since i don't the 3D technology today is going to revolucionize anything, is it worth?
Plus i think that asking this questions here, i will most likely be convinced by O3D people xD
What about updates? FFS this is October, ICS is almost launched! Why are we still using Froyo?! and please don't give me the "stability" answer, froyo is more stable simply because LG worked on Froyo and not on GB.
Software-wise i believe that Samsung is doing a greater job.
svceon said:
Thats basically my question, i believe that the SGSII is a better device, and i would only go to the 3D if i wanted 3D, since i don't the 3D technology today is going to revolucionize anything, is it worth?
yes and not.. 4 me it's just a new way to sell products...
Plus i think that asking this questions here, i will most likely be convinced by O3D people xD
What about updates? FFS this is October, ICS is almost launched! Why are we still using Froyo?! and please don't give me the "stability" answer, froyo is more stable simply because LG worked on Froyo and not on GB.
you'll find all your answers if you'll take a look in this forum
Software-wise i believe that Samsung is doing a greater job.
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i agree
Hello,
If you can deal with its screen, sure SGS2 is a very good phone.
I couldn't deal with the crazy colors, so far from real ones. I can't bear to read Internet pages that are supposed to be white displayed in a pale blue...
Without this screen i would have go for it.
Here in France the O3D can be found new at 349€. So that's 150 less than SGS2. So it does make a difference.
And the feeling in hands for SGS 2 was not pleasant.
hmm, nice point webgelato...this might actually be the best argument in my own *personal* research of what is the best...
I seems that the main (and actually only serious) complaint about the SGSII is the weird way that the SAMOLED+ likes to treat colors... blueish tintings and yellow tints in some cases...
If i knew things what i know now then i would go with the sgs2. This fones specs are respectable but software is a nightmare. No real custom roms yet. I really get mad sometimes with this phone where simple things such as SMS typing turns a nightmare cause the keyboard acts out regardless the softkeyboard weather stock or installed one. And also you have to reboot the phone at least every week or so because is get really sluggish. As of today i wouldn't recommend this phone even if u want three d
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I've come from the Optimus 2X running MIUI and I can honestly say I don't regret getting this phone for 1 minute, I do have to admit that this phone hasn't got the developers that the O2X has got and I do miss changing roms all the time but I think it will only be a matter of time before it has. I personally think that the sgs2 is a damn good phone but I just think it feels a little plastic and fragile where as the O3D feels a little more solid.
If you can put up with the lack of updates and developers for a while, I think this phone will then get a lot better...
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I do have to admit that this phone hasn't got the developers that the O2X has got
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Exactly!
No one has even tried to port anything for O3D yet. When I had my SonyEricsson X10 and we were stuck with Android 2.1 and a locked bootloader, developers managed to port awesome ROMs. We had a fully working MIUI Gingerbread and lots of Gingerbread ROMs.
But now with O3D, not even a buggy port! Nothing at all! Not even a massively buggy MIUI port to at least taste the MIUI on our phone.
And all the current Custom ROMs that say "LG stuff is removed" are lying. For example the AcuraTeam and King3D ROM have removed the Social+ widget but you can still see the Social+ settings in the Account settings menu.
SelfKANG2 is still so buggy and needs attention but there hasn't been an update for the past three weeks. Aremcee is mainly working on Optimus 2X and Optimus Black.
I regret that I didn't buy a Galaxy S II instead of O3D.
I would recommend you to stay with the 2X a while and then decide.
O3D is a stupid buy at the moment, but since Cyanogenmod is releasing their mod in a few weeks, O3D will be much better.
We have a dual core phone using Froyo. That's like saying we have a Lamborghini with a 1.0L engine.
Froyo doesn't support dual core like it is suppose too.
The O3D has a OMAP4 chip which today is probably the best chip ever for mobile phones and other devices.
We will be able to use Linux on our phones without any big portings since there is already stable releases for different linux distros for OMAP4.
I have a O3D but I'm still using my DHD. I didn't buy my O3D for the 3D function, i bought it for the dual core, the 4.3" screen and the OMAP4 chipset.
KurdX said:
I would recommend you to stay with the 2X a while and then decide.
O3D is a stupid buy at the moment, but since Cyanogenmod is releasing their mod in a few weeks, O3D will be much better.
We have a dual core phone using Froyo. That's like saying we have a Lamborghini with a 1.0L engine.
Froyo doesn't support dual core like it is suppose too.
The O3D has a OMAP4 chip which today is probably the best chip ever for mobile phones and other devices.
We will be able to use Linux on our phones without any big portings since there is already stable releases for different linux distros for OMAP4.
I have a O3D but I'm still using my DHD. I didn't buy my O3D for the 3D function, i bought it for the dual core, the 4.3" screen and the OMAP4 chipset.
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Am aware of the power of the TI chipset and it's awesomeness. I still think that LG sucks software-wise, and that everyone will be waiting impatiently for an outdated Android version GB. Thats my big downside for choosing LGO3D
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I would recommend you to stay with the 2X a while and then decide.
The O3D has a OMAP4 chip which today is probably the best chip ever for mobile phones and other devices.
We will be able to use Linux on our phones without any big portings since there is already stable releases for different linux distros for OMAP4.
I have a O3D but I'm still using my DHD. I didn't buy my O3D for the 3D function, i bought it for the dual core, the 4.3" screen and the OMAP4 chipset.
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That is the main reason for me choosing the O3D over the O2X mainly because of the bigger screen and the OMAP4 and of course aremcee saying thats its a damn good phone was the final thing that made me want to change.
hi,
What is better choice 3d or 2x? or where is better support....
lets see what ppl say about this....
2x has a bigger community, much more roms to choose from and is generally better supported. If you don't need 3D and you can live with a smaller screen and slightly lower performance you can buy 2x a fair bit cheaper than O3D. Also, LG confirmed that 2x will receive official ICS.
I think LG made the same commitment for the O3D regarding Ice Cream Sandwich, so that's no issue
I agree with the rest of your post though, if you want the latest and fastest and are interested in playing and recording 3D content, get the O3D. Otherwise, get the 2X which is cheaper and more supported by third parties, though I hope that with the update to Gingerbread starting to roll out more parties will be interested to make roms for the O3D.
Or wait and get a quadcore based phone next year
Besides hardware and specs... its a question of do you want your cake now or later? 2x has more roms and stuff but look at how much the O3D and Thrill forums are blowing up. Things are coming along here and soon we will have just as much as everyone else. Also I think most of the roms for this phone are pretty well put together. You might have a lot more rom choices right now on another phone but how many of them are even worth flashing? O3D and Thrill are just getting off the ground and have some pretty new tech in them and we already have a good amount of roms and now kernels are being brought out. We are going to be one of the first to get CM9 and once everything for this phone is figured out I am sure it will blow the 2x and many other phones away.
...fighting ninjas at night, talkin' about this and that.
Urabewe said:
Besides hardware and specs... its a question of do you want your cake now or later? 2x has more roms and stuff but look at how much the O3D and Thrill forums are blowing up. Things are coming along here and soon we will have just as much as everyone else. Also I think most of the roms for this phone are pretty well put together. You might have a lot more rom choices right now on another phone but how many of them are even worth flashing? O3D and Thrill are just getting off the ground and have some pretty new tech in them and we already have a good amount of roms and now kernels are being brought out. We are going to be one of the first to get CM9 and once everything for this phone is figured out I am sure it will blow the 2x and many other phones away.
...fighting ninjas at night, talkin' about this and that.
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Well spoken.
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Optimus 2X has the Harmony Tegra2 Chipset.
There's NO support whatsoever from NVIDIA for that chipset.
There's NO open source drivers for that chipset.
There's serious doubts about the possibility of implementing ICS on Harmony without the binary blob from NVIDIA.
On the other hand, TI releases all their code for the OMAP platform.
It's an ideological reason, but for me (and for the medium/long-term implications) I choose the open option.
@Beriaru
Can I conclude from your post above that the Optimus 3D (aka P920) would be a better option due to having a more open source policy regarding the drivers?
I am having the same question as the OP of this thread. LG is giving 100 EUR mone back for buying this phone, which puts it at a very competitive price range.
I would like to ask if the P920 has:
1) Unlocked bootloader
2) Will it support ICS?
How is the battery life on it? I have an HD2 running NAND Android and I would like to know if it would be as good, better or worst in your opinion. (I understand it has to do with the way we use it, but for normal use (some phone calls, sms, music and light web surfing).
Thank you all for your help.
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@Beriaru
Can I conclude from your post above that the Optimus 3D (aka P920) would be a better option due to having a more open source policy regarding the drivers?
I am having the same question as the OP of this thread. LG is giving 100 EUR mone back for buying this phone, which puts it at a very competitive price range.
I would like to ask if the P920 has:
1) Unlocked bootloader
2) Will it support ICS?
How is the battery life on it? I have an HD2 running NAND Android and I would like to know if it would be as good, better or worst in your opinion. (I understand it has to do with the way we use it, but for normal use (some phone calls, sms, music and light web surfing).
Thank you all for your help.
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Good man, another one who came from the HD2 side! I also had an HD2 and was heavy into flashing and playing with it, running Android NAND most of the time, GB 2.3.7 so I think my opinion here is about the most accurate you might get.
If I use my O3D the same as I did the HD2 it would last pretty much the same, with light web surfing, chatting most of the day, a few phone call here and there. The HD2 had a much longer standby time though due to the ROM I was using having a 6ma draw when Idle. The optimus is not quite there yet.
So comparing the upgrade in hardware with a very slighly less battery life, I'd say the optimus sticks to the HD2 pretty well (battery life wise)
Here, have a look at the state of development of CM9 for O3D and O2X:
https://plus.google.com/115049428938715274412/posts/KycR8ZjeUiS
Thanks Willievi (+1) for that information. I am getting 4mah wit my current HD2 ROM, so I am quite pleased with that. I think that once this phone gets gingerbread and hopefully ICS the battery life (at least in standby) should be improved considerably.
Do you find it in any way slow, or are you reasonably happy with it?
@Beriaru
Thank you very much for that link to googleplus. It is always nice to see a fellow Portuguese (at least the name suggests that), is working on this phone.
bioweb said:
Or wait and get a quadcore based phone next year
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LOLz
I think comunity goes for 2x because nVidia,but nVidia failed here .....
Shoqovi said:
LOLz
I think comunity goes for 2x because nVidia,but nVidia failed here .....
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Too bad for nvidia... great chip, but closed source.
I have had this phone for a week and can say i love the idea of 3d but so far roms (no disrespect to devs) have been really poor. phone doesnt come close to the Samsung S2 and HTC sensation XE which i both have.
Am i doing something wrong with O3D or can you guys recommend me a rom to flash.
iv had loads of htc smartphones and samsung but first lg and feel abit lost seems like this forumn is dormant.
chwads2k8 said:
I have had this phone for a week and can say i love the idea of 3d but so far roms (no disrespect to devs) have been really poor. phone doesnt come close to the Samsung S2 and HTC sensation XE which i both have.
Am i doing something wrong with O3D or can you guys recommend me a rom to flash.
iv had loads of htc smartphones and samsung but first lg and feel abit lost seems like this forumn is dormant.
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Hi5 for that..I thought more would come from the development community but nothing..they say LG files are hard to deal with..overallisappointed
Well, the Optimus 3D is not the most popular phone by LG. The Optimus Speed is much more commonly used by people.
I recently switched from the Speed to the 3D (exchanged by LG) and must say that I kind of expected the same variety in Roms as with my previously stated phones, right as you noticed, too. Currently there aren't that much devs on the O3D. But nevertheless they are doing a great job. Just try out the Roms and look which you like most. Currently I am using Thiaizos Rom and I must say I like it the most atm.
I think most people are just a little afraid of the 3D-technics in this phone and do not know if its good or not. And if you do not want the 3D, there are definatley better phones available right know (Mostly related to form factor, not hardware itself).
Additionaly LG is not the most famous smartphone producer...
Fusel Wusel said:
Well, the Optimus 3D is not the most popular phone by LG. The Optimus Speed is much more commonly used by people.
I recently switched from the Speed to the 3D (exchanged by LG) and must say that I kind of expected the same variety in Roms as with my previously stated phones, right as you noticed, too. Currently there aren't that much devs on the O3D. But nevertheless they are doing a great job. Just try out the Roms and look which you like most. Currently I am using Thiaizos Rom and I must say I like it the most atm.
I think most people are just a little afraid of the 3D-technics in this phone and do not know if its good or not. And if you do not want the 3D, there are definatley better phones available right know (Mostly related to form factor, not hardware itself).
Additionaly LG is not the most famous smartphone producer...
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totally right,but I thought due to the 3D thing it would get more popularity,I think the hardware is really great and I compared it to the S2 and minor inferiority found,but still we wish more costume ROMS may support our phone cause I think it deserves such nice device,thanks anyway
omarfaieq007 said:
totally right,but I thought due to the 3D thing it would get more popularity,I think the hardware is really great and I compared it to the S2 and minor inferiority found,but still we wish more costume ROMS may support our phone cause I think it deserves such nice device,thanks anyway
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The S2 is one of the if not the best android or phone out there and iv had the iphone 4s lol my o3d s2 and sensation are better than that S2 is awesome tho. some of the mods are soo cool.
for this device id love cm7 with 3d
The 3d features make this phone unique and i love it think the 3d games and vids are awesome.
i guess in the end ICS is coming out so hopefully will help our phone improve
What chance do ROM developers have if LG the hardware maker can not make a decent Gingerbread for this phone. I have personally went back to froyo after having freezing issues, Ghost calls and sms.
I got very close couple times to smashing this useless phone into pieces, I am reduced now to using my Iphone 4 again.
I agree with You guys. I had a S2 and it was great both with orig. firmware, miui and custom roms. Smooth as butter, and always working. Now I changed it for HTC Titan, and it also works great.
But O3D is another story.... Great idea, great hardware and ****ty software from the begining till now. GB is only marginaly faster but still buggy as hell.
I got info from the support that no GB updates are in the work for now. So we are stuck with v21a for qiute some time.
Also the devs are few and not very motivated (except Tiazo), and LG isn`t helping at all.
I realy don`t get it - it looks as if they are shooting themself in the foot???
I think this is my last LG ever! Even thou I have a great 2 year support from my cell phone network I`m goin to sell this stillborn pnone and get a deecent one. Even iPhone is better... lol
Got an unbranded new O3D yesterday, had the chance of selling it to a galaxy nexus, but what about 3D? Can I live without it again? No I cant. 3D is a way better function imo than SGS2's smoothness or even galaxy nexus's ICS. I owned SGS2 and own an ICS phone, both are amazing, I love ICS , but we r getting it sooner or later, but i repeat again, we have 3D and for me it is the best function so far in a smartphone.
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ThiaiZ said:
Got an unbranded new O3D yesterday, had the chance of selling it to a galaxy nexus, but what about 3D? Can I live without it again? No I cant. 3D is a way better function imo than SGS2's smoothness or even galaxy nexus's ICS. I owned SGS2 and own an ICS phone, both are amazing, I love ICS , but we r getting it sooner or later, but i repeat again, we have 3D and for me it is the best function so far in a smartphone.
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Well it's simple equation man,we are getting ICS and many tweaks and customizations for the O3D like S2 or Nexus(We have enough hardware features no one can deny)..but can those phones get the 3D feature in them?
Noooooooooo..so that's what makes the difference,3D is a revolution and I heard a piece of news saying Samsung is about to produce 3D supported phones..Meaning??=Teased!
all we need now is patience and trying to support each other until there are enough resources that no one can complain..PEACE
Well hopefully when Samsung release a 3d smartphone next year it will be a lot better than the Optimus 3d so we will finally have a good 3d smartphone that works properly.
dinoric81 said:
Well hopefully when Samsung release a 3d smartphone next year it will be a lot better than the Optimus 3d so we will finally have a good 3d smartphone that works properly.
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I don't understand all this complaining, my O3D has worked pretty much perfect from Day 1 using stock rom, we just received GB update and everything seems to be working fine for me...improved the camera and also released the 3D converter after launch, and LG promised an ICS upgrade too what more do you want.
This phone has better hardware and features than the Evo 3D and is only slightly behind the GSII in performance...looking forward to LG's next 3D phone I will be first in line.
ThiaiZ said:
Got an unbranded new O3D yesterday, had the chance of selling it to a galaxy nexus, but what about 3D? Can I live without it again? No I cant. 3D is a way better function imo than SGS2's smoothness or even galaxy nexus's ICS. I owned SGS2 and own an ICS phone, both are amazing, I love ICS , but we r getting it sooner or later, but i repeat again, we have 3D and for me it is the best function so far in a smartphone.
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3D is indeed amazing but the Optimus 3d isn't the best phone to show it off. As the phone has had so many problems and LG seems to be forgetting the 2d side with bad 2d photo quality and only improving the 3d side doesn't help things.
Once more better 3d phones come out in the future which are better over all then phones functions then hopefully 3D smartphones will become more popular.
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MABManZ said:
I don't understand all this complaining, my O3D has worked pretty much perfect from Day 1 using stock rom, we just received GB update and everything seems to be working fine for me...improved the camera and also released the 3D converter after launch, and LG promised an ICS upgrade too what more do you want.
This phone has better hardware and features than the Evo 3D and is only slightly behind the GSII in performance...looking forward to LG's next 3D phone I will be first in line.
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LG didn't bother to improve 2d photo quality. They seem to have made it worse.
LG didn't bother to improve 2d photo quality. They seem to have made it worse.
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2D photos seem fine to me but I found that a replacement camera app, Camera Zoom FX, made it so much better so I guess the problem is the phones software rather than the hardware.
In regard to others making a better 3D phone, so far LG's 3D comes out best in reviews and so, as other manufacturers have yet to catch up, I would expect Optimus 3D 2 to be best 3D phone next year as well. But it better have 1 GB ram as even I have to admit 512 is not always enough recently.
Dave
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chwads2k8 said:
I have had this phone for a week and can say i love the idea of 3d but so far roms (no disrespect to devs) have been really poor. phone doesnt come close to the Samsung S2 and HTC sensation XE which i both have.
Am i doing something wrong with O3D or can you guys recommend me a rom to flash.
iv had loads of htc smartphones and samsung but first lg and feel abit lost seems like this forumn is dormant.
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I've been really enjoying the 3D functionality of this phone. I'm still on the stock ROM and haven't been worried about alternate ROMs. This phone runs really well.
I also own an HTC Sensation and I have owned a Samsung Galaxy S II.....but they don't do 3D and - for me - 3D is THE reason to buy an LG Optimus 3D phone.
I've had a play with the HTC Evo 3D...and the 3D display on the Evo just isn't as good as the display on the Optimus 3D.
I'm looking forward to the official firmware upgrade. I only install alternate ROMs if that actually ADD value to the device. I've had my fill of broken Franken-ROMs that eat my time.
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I agree with You guys. I had a S2 and it was great both with orig. firmware, miui and custom roms. Smooth as butter, and always working. Now I changed it for HTC Titan, and it also works great.
But O3D is another story.... Great idea, great hardware and ****ty software from the begining till now. GB is only marginaly faster but still buggy as hell.
I got info from the support that no GB updates are in the work for now. So we are stuck with v21a for qiute some time.
Also the devs are few and not very motivated (except Tiazo), and LG isn`t helping at all.
I realy don`t get it - it looks as if they are shooting themself in the foot???
I think this is my last LG ever! Even thou I have a great 2 year support from my cell phone network I`m goin to sell this stillborn pnone and get a deecent one. Even iPhone is better... lol
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i agree... LG just ****ed it up.
i bought the SGS2 and it's great
A 3d phone but it can't download 3d games from lg smart world 2.3 gb not supported.thanks lg ?
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A 3d phone but it can't download 3d games from lg smart world 2.3 gb not supported.thanks lg ?
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Its because LG is too slow with everything. Worse company so far between the mobile world big companies. In Sweden unbranded O3Ds has not gotten official GB still.
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hello everyone,
im planing on buying this phone the next two days...as i found a good deal on amazon(406$)
i want to buy it cuz the 3D videos(both shooting and Watching),and the 3D Games
also cuz it has Dual-Core(currently i have a motorola defy),and its GPU cuz i play HD games alot and i'd like them to be very smooth,
but now i don't know...its just many people say's the phone is not so good because of LG,and many people complaining about it....my only complaining about it that it doesn't have many roms cuz of the 3D framework(i guess)and its somewhat holding back the true performance of the phone(correct me if i am wrong)
i don't care about the ics...i just want my phone running gingerbread(ThiaiZ rom sound great...but i need arabic typing support...hopefully he'll accept my future request to add it ) stable and fast
also....if you guys do not recommend me to buy it...do you recommend anything else for the price tag....so far my only other options is the Atrix(which i like but i want 3D )and Optimus 2X
would really appreciate the help of the experts....really....cuz i don't want to buy a phone that i'll regret buying
finally(cuz i got only one opinion on this) in case i got Thrill 4G instead of the OPtimus 3D...can i use ThiaiZ rom....since i don't care about the 4G anyway cuz its not yet available in jordan[middle east])
Go for it man..recommend it..
ThiaZ Rom does support Arabic as well as all other Roms (LG adds arabic in all its firmwares, however, RTL support is just for Middle East versions).
LG's updates are good. Updates always brings something new. One update brought 3D game convertor, the other brought dolbey mobile, video stabilization, more bit rate in recording 3D videos, vivid color in pictures, enabling flash in 3D mode, enable shooting by 3D hard key, 21MB 3G speed, better battery life, smoothness, better RAM usage, and more. I mean, LG does a good job on updated. However, all other companies are faster than LG in updates. In addition, some updates bring some bugs with it. The current bug on GB update is the low bit rate in recording HD 2D videos and ghost calls problem (Appeared for few but not all).
For me, I bought this phone for 3D functionality. I don't regret buying it, and I am happy with it.
abo_mara7 said:
ThiaZ Rom does support Arabic as well as all other Roms (LG adds arabic in all its firmwares, however, RTL support is just for Middle East versions).
LG's updates are good. Updates always brings something new. One update brought 3D game convertor, the other brought dolbey mobile, video stabilization, more bit rate in recording 3D videos, vivid color in pictures, enabling flash in 3D mode, enable shooting by 3D hard key, 21MB 3G speed, better battery life, smoothness, better RAM usage, and more. I mean, LG does a good job on updated. However, all other companies are faster than LG in updates. In addition, some updates bring some bugs with it. The current bug on GB update is the low bit rate in recording HD 2D videos and ghost calls problem (Appeared for few but not all).
For me, I bought this phone for 3D functionality. I don't regret buying it, and I am happy with it.
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ok..so does these 2 problems exists in the ThiaZ rom...and does it support RTL?
cuz the phone im getting is probably gonna be the European version...so i need to add RTL support
and finally....do you think i can flash this rom on the unlocked at&t version of the phone
i know i ask too many questions!!!...but i really appreciate your help
Evil Slayer said:
hello everyone,
im planing on buying this phone the next two days...as i found a good deal on amazon(406$)
i want to buy it cuz the 3D videos(both shooting and Watching),and the 3D Games
also cuz it has Dual-Core(currently i have a motorola defy),and its GPU cuz i play HD games alot and i'd like them to be very smooth,
but now i don't know...its just many people say's the phone is not so good because of LG,and many people complaining about it....my only complaining about it that it doesn't have many roms cuz of the 3D framework(i guess)and its somewhat holding back the true performance of the phone(correct me if i am wrong)
i don't care about the ics...i just want my phone running gingerbread(ThiaiZ rom sound great...but i need arabic typing support...hopefully he'll accept my future request to add it ) stable and fast
also....if you guys do not recommend me to buy it...do you recommend anything else for the price tag....so far my only other options is the Atrix(which i like but i want 3D )and Optimus 2X
would really appreciate the help of the experts....really....cuz i don't want to buy a phone that i'll regret buying
finally(cuz i got only one opinion on this) in case i got Thrill 4G instead of the OPtimus 3D...can i use ThiaiZ rom....since i don't care about the 4G anyway cuz its not yet available in jordan[middle east])
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i suggest you only go for o3d if u are into 3d so much..or else LG will leave u disappointed..
NOOOO!!! running froyo in 2012, F*** LG!
as said before... Buy this phone only if you can't live without 3d. If you can........... Buy another phone. But first take a look at this forum which phone has the most active developers
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No updates sad sad. Other then that good phone.
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Still on froyo in canada so sad. GB NO WHERE.
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Don't buy it, it is crap, apart from the 3D the phone is useless. on the 3g reception alone the GS2 reception is 3 times better and not to mention the battery life. Besides LG is 6 - 9 month behind updates.
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What a bunch of whiners. This is a great phone. It's incredibly fast, the 3D is actually an addition instead of a worthless feature, runs games smoothly (even most Tegra2 games) and it had plenty of official updates so far (in a few months I went from V10c to V10d, V10k, V21a GB and now V21b GB) that can be flashed officially or through other methods if updates aren't released in your part of the world yet.
Sure, there aren't a lot of custom roms, mostly because of the 3D framework, but hey, if it works as it should then why bother? From what I understand ThiaiZ does a great job with his roms.
I've had no ghost calls, missed text messages, reception is great and download speeds on HDSPA and Wifi are very good. The GB update made the phone very snappy, no lag at all. Battery life is great for me on the latest GB rom (I only charge every other day, sometimes even less)
Sure, there are problems, but there will always be users that have problems with any brand. When reading forums like this it seems like there are a lot of problems but other than asking general questions what's there to post about if your phone works great?
bioweb said:
What a bunch of whiners. This is a great phone. It's incredibly fast, the 3D is actually an addition instead of a worthless feature, runs games smoothly (even most Tegra2 games) and it had plenty of official updates so far (in a few months I went from V10c to V10d, V10k, V21a GB and now V21b GB) that can be flashed officially or through other methods if updates aren't released in your part of the world yet.
Sure, there aren't a lot of custom roms, mostly because of the 3D framework, but hey, if it works as it should then why bother? From what I understand ThiaiZ does a great job with his roms.
I've had no ghost calls, missed text messages, reception is great and download speeds on HDSPA and Wifi are very good. The GB update made the phone very snappy, no lag at all. Battery life is great for me on the latest GB rom (I only charge every other day, sometimes even less)
Sure, there are problems, but there will always be users that have problems with any brand. When reading forums like this it seems like there are a lot of problems but other than asking general questions what's there to post about if your phone works great?
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Got an unbranded new O3D last week, had the chance to selling it and buying something else, why didnt I ? Because phone is just amazing. 3D is just great. The only problem is LG updates delay, something very very bad but that I stop to care about every time I watch a movie,youtube video or play games in 3D. We put like this:
Hardware excelent
Software could be better
Updates we got many nice ones but I hate the delays.
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Why do people complain about updates so much, if it's not broken what exactly do they need to update?
Amazing phone if you want 3D, highly recommended.
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What a bunch of whiners. This is a great phone. It's incredibly fast, the 3D is actually an addition instead of a worthless feature, runs games smoothly (even most Tegra2 games) and it had plenty of official updates so far (in a few months I went from V10c to V10d, V10k, V21a GB and now V21b GB) that can be flashed officially or through other methods if updates aren't released in your part of the world yet.
Sure, there aren't a lot of custom roms, mostly because of the 3D framework, but hey, if it works as it should then why bother? From what I understand ThiaiZ does a great job with his roms.
I've had no ghost calls, missed text messages, reception is great and download speeds on HDSPA and Wifi are very good. The GB update made the phone very snappy, no lag at all. Battery life is great for me on the latest GB rom (I only charge every other day, sometimes even less)
Sure, there are problems, but there will always be users that have problems with any brand. When reading forums like this it seems like there are a lot of problems but other than asking general questions what's there to post about if your phone works great?
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First and foremost I bought this O3D to use it as a phone, unless you live under a 3G tower this phone will not pick 3G just look at the pictures and see for your self both my phones are on Vodafone Australia.
so, if you want a 3D playing device go ahead an buy it, you want a real phone then stay away.
ok thanx everyone...really
im gonna buy it ...besides no better option for the price...and still beside everything i get the 3D feature ...and i don't care about the ICS like i said before...actually by the time the ICS comes from LG i'll be bored from the phone...then the upgrade will make my phone feel new by then and i'll fall in love with it all over again
Oh and btw...can anyone help me regarding if the ThiaZ rom supports RTL?(i know it has arabic...but still want to make sure of having RTL support)
V21b GB
bioweb said:
What a bunch of whiners. This is a great phone. It's incredibly fast, the 3D is actually an addition instead of a worthless feature, runs games smoothly (even most Tegra2 games) and it had plenty of official updates so far (in a few months I went from V10c to V10d, V10k, V21a GB and now V21b GB) that can be flashed officially or through other methods if updates aren't released in your part of the world yet.
Sure, there aren't a lot of custom roms, mostly because of the 3D framework, but hey, if it works as it should then why bother? From what I understand ThiaiZ does a great job with his roms.
I've had no ghost calls, missed text messages, reception is great and download speeds on HDSPA and Wifi are very good. The GB update made the phone very snappy, no lag at all. Battery life is great for me on the latest GB rom (I only charge every other day, sometimes even less)
Sure, there are problems, but there will always be users that have problems with any brand. When reading forums like this it seems like there are a lot of problems but other than asking general questions what's there to post about if your phone works great?
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how do i get V21b GB i have 21a
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ok..so does these 2 problems exists in the ThiaZ rom...and does it support RTL?
cuz the phone im getting is probably gonna be the European version...so i need to add RTL support
and finally....do you think i can flash this rom on the unlocked at&t version of the phone
i know i ask too many questions!!!...but i really appreciate your help
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You are welcome
As I said, RTL is only available in Middle East versions, so the answer is no. If you want RTL support, you can flash v18a (First leaked GB 2.3.5), flash stock froyo v10D for middle east, or wait for official GB for middle east
The phone is not bad as some people says. Yes, LG is not fast in updating its devices, and yes, there are some bugs. However, that does not mean that the phone is crap!
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how do i get V21b GB i have 21a
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1412511
Only update if you don't need root access, it seems LG patched the zergRush exploit in this update.
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You are welcome
As I said, RTL is only available in Middle East versions, so the answer is no. If you want RTL support, you can flash v18a (First leaked GB 2.3.5), flash stock froyo v10D for middle east, or wait for official GB for middle east
The phone is not bad as some people says. Yes, LG is not fast in updating its devices, and yes, there are some bugs. However, that does not mean that the phone is crap!
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ok one last thing
can i flash the stock arabic froyo or early arabic gingerbread on a thrill 4G(you know...the us version)
most people here say you can flash optimus 3d roms on thrill but some few says no
If you are ok with long upgrade cycles, like the 3D feature and can cope with the fact that there are not so many actively developed roms, get the O3D.
Otherwise get something else. I think Galaxy S2 would be by far the most popular phone atm.
Hi everyone.. LG FanBoy here .. .
From Optimus One*previous* to Optimus Black *current* and now i eyeing to purchase a new phone again.. offcourse LG
i like to play games on my phone .. a lot of time actually..
can somebody help me choose a phone between optimus 3d and optimus 2x im really confused right now what to buy..
here in our country the price of Optimus 2X is $362 while Optimus 3D is $376 ~
any suggestions what to buy this mid of April?. .
If lg will ever fix the ghost calls buy a the 3D (its a bit faster) if not, buy the x2. If you want many custom roms etc buy the x2.
If you can wait a bit buy the x4
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3D...good deal for what u get..PEACE
read the ghost call thread for O3D and any issue for X2. Decide which one is lesser of an evil. I would not recommend o3d. Today in crisis situation of my car breaking down the phone kept freezing, had to restart it many times. Most times its fine but i guess under pressure it breaks down. Luckily had my old N900 with me which helped me make calls.
N900 rult so sad that mine is broken. Loved that phone
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2x is better phone, shame it has got only 4 inch display, 4,3 would be better for games.
There are all kinds of roms for 2x.
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2x is better phone, shame it has got only 4 inch display, 4,3 would be better for games.
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Actually the O3D is usually slightly ahead 2X in most of the benchmarks when stock ROMs are considered.
Get O3D if you want to play games in 3D. Or get O3D Max for extra RAM even current RAM is enough imo.
Are you mad ? After all the software/hardware problems that both of those phones have you even consider spending any money on one of them ? If you gonna "buy/ put your money" on any phone, get something that works,keep youself away from LG phones. If you gonna get it for "free", get O3D but don't forget that this phone can't receive calls or text messages.
Like ThiaiZ said, buy neither of those.
Maybe, and I underline maybe, the Ghost calls issue is solved, and then we will have a phone nearly bug free, 9 months after its release date.
We were all beta testers for LG so far.
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Actually the O3D is usually slightly ahead 2X in most of the benchmarks when stock ROMs are considered.
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And what do you want to do with these benchmark results? Make a poster with it? And I'm saying that o2x have all kinds of roms, and cm9 port.
It also don't have ghost calls.
But better buy htc sensation, evo3d, or Atrix.
But o2x is quite good option and less problematic than o3d, which is really annoying. I was torn the same way, wanted bigger screen. Now i want a phone that is easier for developers (o3d is a nightmare) to have aosp. Don't make mistake, don't buy 3d crap from lg. Every other phone is better, unless you want to stick with stock roms with ghost calls.
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And what do you want to do with these benchmark results? Make a poster with it? And I'm saying that o2x have all kinds of roms, and cm9 port.
It also don't have ghost calls.
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Hold your horses. I said about stock roms, i.e., how the phones function just out of the box.
It's a well known fact that few of the average users root their phones and even fewer install custom roms. Most don't even install the official rom updates. You would be amazed how many average users keep their phones, for example, with the original Eclair even if there is an official Froyo or Gingerbread update.
As for the OP, I will suggest to get another non-LG phone. But if you want to decide solely between the O3D and the 2X, I would suggest to get the O3D if he wants to keep everything stock. Larger screen, a little faster and absolutely the best 3D than any other 3D phone/device. And better keep the stock Froyo at the moment if he doesn't want any ghost call.
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Are you mad ? After all the software/hardware problems that both of those phones have you even consider spending any money on one of them ? If you gonna "buy/ put your money" on any phone, get something that works,keep youself away from LG phones. If you gonna get it for "free", get O3D but don't forget that this phone can't receive calls or text messages.
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Hahaha wtf your rom is great i havent had any problem with ghost calls or anything Thiaiz your roms are so great , this issue with ghosts calls maybr a carrier issue rather than the rom or phone issue I used my country rom(Mexico) with no oroblem 21a flashed since 2.5 to 2.7.1 just a few minutes ago and no ghost calls at all.
So I would recomend o3D or. O3D-Max because of the ram
By the way thx again for your work Thiaiz.
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Hold your horses. I said about stock roms, i.e., how the phones function just out of the box.
It's a well known fact that few of the average users root their phones and even fewer install custom roms. Most don't even install the official rom updates. You would be amazed how many average users keep their phones, for example, with the original Eclair even if there is an official Froyo or Gingerbread update.
As for the OP, I will suggest to get another non-LG phone. But if you want to decide solely between the O3D and the 2X, I would suggest to get the O3D if he wants to keep everything stock. Larger screen, a little faster and absolutely the best 3D than any other 3D phone/device. And better keep the stock Froyo at the moment if he doesn't want any ghost call.
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On stock both lg are crappy as hell, on o3d full hd recording is choppy. Benchmarks are artificial, don't rely on them. Only if you want compare gpu maybe. Lg o3d has only bigger screen. On stock it lags and hangs, sometimes phone don't responds when playing demanding game.
On stock i would recommend SE neo, Arc, htc sensation, Motorola atrix.
here in our country i asked a couple of folks using O3D and they said that they dont have that kind of ghost call issue.. . i think the problem came from your carrier~
i will surely install custom rom whatever phone i will get.. AFAIK O2X has a lot more great custom roms as of the moment.. but the reason why im considering O3D is for watching 3D anytime & anywhere i want.. .
with regards to HTV Evo i'd rather choose the O3D which is way cheaper than HTC and much better screen display too.. . im not into video recording too so 1080p problem with O3D is no big deal for me..
any other problems on stock rom that O3D has? please share it to this thread.. .
For me it has too little ram, or bad ram management. Eg. I was playing some games like shadowgun and the game becames laggy, and the phone stops responding and becomes hot. After couple of minutes reboot.
Also i was installing and uninstalling many apps after some time of usage stock ROM becomes very slow..
I don't have ghost call either, maybe 2 times. But many ppl around the world are complaining.
For me its a good phone, too little ram is a serious issue sometimes thou.
But there is NO ROM from aosp that can be used as a daily ROM. Only buggy cm7. The rest are stock tweaked roms. They are very good but not as fast as custom aosp ROM can be.
For me 2 huge disadvantages: ram, and no roms from aosp, miui, cm7, whatever. This phone is horrible for developers, even for CM TEAM
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Hahaha wtf your rom is great i havent had any problem with ghost calls or anything Thiaiz your roms are so great , this issue with ghosts calls maybr a carrier issue rather than the rom or phone issue I used my country rom(Mexico) with no oroblem 21a flashed since 2.5 to 2.7.1 just a few minutes ago and no ghost calls at all.
So I would recomend o3D or. O3D-Max because of the ram
By the way thx again for your work Thiaiz.
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Same here, never get any problem with ghost call at all since the beginning even with any custom ROM.
Do NOT buy this phone. It can't receive calls or sms messages on certain times, which we never know when it happens or how long it will last (ghost calls).
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i guess all depends of the money you are about to spent
and the difference of the price for 2x and 3d
i own an optimus 3d buy now i am fully ok with this one
its weak point is on 3d pictures taken on Night
or in a room with no good light
but 2d pics even on night are very good with its flash
both of them are good phones but i would prefer the 3d because only for 3d
you can choose clasic pics or 3d pics
I m satisfied,my 3d with thiaz rom work smooth and stable. I know that there s poor support:
But i don t change rom every day,and 3d support is so amazing