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[ATTN] Stock owners need to Patch

I'm not sure if this was forgotten but users running the stock rom MUST install this patch to run properly.
The last comment in the thread was June 5th or so... and was kind of hard to find. I'm assuming no one uses it anymore, but still needs to be done for every factory reset done if running a stock rom.
Here is the link to the patch:
http://android.modaco.com/content/lg-optimus-2x-2x-modaco-com/338158/26-apr-g2x-pre-dexopt-patch/
It needs to be flashed from ClockWork Recovery, thus requires you root first and NVFlash a custom recovery.

Can we get a sticky?

agrred makes the phone smoother when scrolling boots up a little faster and overall is more speedier i think it takes it out of debug mode, correct me if im wrong, i also installed it over eaglesblood FROYO but it turns the time very dark in status bar, because the status bar on stock rom is white that is why it doesnt happen but that is nothing omarsalmin fixed that and made a zip containing the white time the way it should look in status bar.............here it is if u ever want to install it over eaglesblood FROYO roms that have the black status bar... http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=612208&d=1306848059

Good reminder. I keep it on my sd card just in case

this is for STOCK roms only any custom ones should not need this.

Do I have to wipe cache or something before flashing?
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If I remember correctly it wipes cache for you.

What does that do?
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My device is flawless running bone stock, not rooted and without this patch.
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There is a thread for this in development.
Proof -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1051616

sarni84 said:
agrred makes the phone smoother when scrolling boots up a little faster and overall is more speedier i think it takes it out of debug mode, correct me if im wrong, i also installed it over eaglesblood FROYO but it turns the time very dark in status bar, because the status bar on stock rom is white that is why it doesnt happen but that is nothing omarsalmin fixed that and made a zip containing the white time the way it should look in status bar.............here it is if u ever want to install it over eaglesblood FROYO roms that have the black status bar... http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=612208&d=1306848059
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well...I put off the procrastinating...rooted...flashed recovery and flashed this patch. I read somewhere that the Quadrant scores increased after wards.....so I tested before and after....saw about a 100 point increase.
Don't know if anything is snappier....heck, at my age...its how much of a blur didn't I see. But after dropping the Sensation from consideration and just moving on with the G2x...its time to start grabbing some goodies....

@alodar1. Yea I think takes it out of debug mode LG effed up Paul O'Brien made the patch basically I think apps open better. I know for sure scrolling is better and startup is faster an overall smoother expierience....oh and it does nothing for quadrant u want high scores grab fauxs. Rom and kernel. And if u want EVERYTHING pretty much stable. Eaglesblood froyo 1.0.5 ......I love it.

sarni84 said:
@alodar1. Yea I think takes it out of debug mode LG effed up Paul O'Brien made the patch basically I think apps open better. I know for sure scrolling is better and startup is faster an overall smoother expierience....oh and it does nothing for quadrant u want high scores grab fauxs. Rom and kernel. And if u want EVERYTHING pretty much stable. Eaglesblood froyo 1.0.5 ......I love it.
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Did I read that faux is no longer a preferred developer...??

sarni84 said:
@alodar1. Yea I think takes it out of debug mode LG effed up Paul O'Brien made the patch basically I think apps open better. I know for sure scrolling is better and startup is faster an overall smoother expierience....oh and it does nothing for quadrant u want high scores grab fauxs. Rom and kernel. And if u want EVERYTHING pretty much stable. Eaglesblood froyo 1.0.5 ......I love it.
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I agree that it does helps but not very noticeable. The reason I want to keep it stock is for the gingerbread update.
I have tried all EBs, CM7, Faux ROM, Bionix, Ultimate and might be forgetting some other ROM, I keep coming back to stock, I think is the most beautiful looking and want to be ready for the Gingerbread update.
But if I had to flash a ROM would be EB 1.05, Great ROM.
Sent From My Super Snappy G2x

alodar1 said:
Did I read that faux is no longer a preferred developer...??
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Where did you read that, He is a pretty reputable dev around here.
Sent From My Super Snappy G2x

I forgot where but I read it too...xda removed his developer status or something like that...weird
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moshe22 said:
Where did you read that, He is a pretty reputable dev around here.
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On his twitter. The creator plus... Check out his profile

Lol just saw his tweet.
I wonder why they revoked his recognized developer status. This guy knows his stuff and is pretty organized, very nice guy too.
Sent From My Stock G2x

Wow that's crazy is that true with faux? Dude he's one of the best its gotta be bull his **** is always prime time and he's definitely the nicest Guy y would they say or revoke his developer status or say he isn't one idk I love his work he is a good Guy and is always here to help us....I'd like to findout why or what happened Tho

sarni84 said:
@alodar1. Yea I think takes it out of debug mode LG effed up Paul O'Brien made the patch basically I think apps open better. I know for sure scrolling is better and startup is faster an overall smoother expierience....oh and it does nothing for quadrant u want high scores grab fauxs. Rom and kernel. And if u want EVERYTHING pretty much stable. Eaglesblood froyo 1.0.5 ......I love it.
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Ok...I'm gonna jump in with a rom....I read about wipe wipe....I noticed in recovery....wipe cache and wipe system/facotry reset....
which one first....or does it make a difference?

No Sense UI, Stock Gingerbread ?

Hey guys long time since I've been here since moved on to an iPhone 4 however played on a Desire S and am seriously tempted.
I was just wondering because my only quibble is Sense UI, I hate it!
I just prefer stock android.
Is there a way to get rid of Sense UI or possibly a ROM that is just Gingerbread on it's own no custom UI on the top that I could flash the phone with ?
Thanks in advance for any responses.

you can try ADW launcher or there is a CM7 port which has everything other than bluetooth working you can flash that

Wingzer said:
Hey guys long time since I've been here since moved on to an iPhone 4 however played on a Desire S and am seriously tempted.
I was just wondering because my only quibble is Sense UI, I hate it!
I just prefer stock android.
Is there a way to get rid of Sense UI or possibly a ROM that is just Gingerbread on it's own no custom UI on the top that I could flash the phone with ?
Thanks in advance for any responses.
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Check out the threads in the development forum
The CM7 or MIUI roms are probably what your after.
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Literally just want stock android 2.3 like you get on the Nexus S.
Not sure if it is possible though.

Wingzer said:
Literally just want stock android 2.3 like you get on the Nexus S.
Not sure if it is possible though.
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I'm tempted to say why buy a htc
Device if you dislike sense so much, as you can probably tell already I personally love it
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ben_pyett said:
I'm tempted to say why buy a htc
Device if you dislike sense so much, as you can probably tell already I personally love it
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The construction of the phone and the screen, the size and just the device.
I just like it.
All Samsung phones are just plastic slabs, HTC seam to be the only quality phone maker at the moment.
Desire S with stock Gingerbread like the Nexus One or S would be perfect for me.

Just flash cm7 from the development section, that's essentially stock.

hookguy said:
Just flash cm7 from the development section, that's essentially stock.
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Used it before was painfully slow and ate battery like nothing on my Nexus S.

Wingzer said:
Used it before was painfully slow and ate battery like nothing on my Nexus S.
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i thought cm7 was faster than stock & had better battery consumption
i have never used official cm7 before (have used some ports) so i maybe misguided

kartkk said:
i thought cm7 was faster than stock & had better battery consumption
i have never used official cm7 before (have used some ports) so i maybe misguided
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I've tried the current CM7 port and its certainly faster than stock and even faster than LBC.....I believe that they're still looking into improving the battery issues....but great progress is being made with the rom in a very short amount of time....so watch it ....

To think that Sense is the best overlay UI on any Android device not to mention Sense 3.0 that I have right now with Virtuous rom. Why hate it?
Or you could just flash TouchWiz UI on DesireS, though I haven't tried it.

I just want to know if it's possible to have a Desire S without Sense UI ?

Its possible, and someone will make it eventually, its my plan after finishing the cyanogen port

superkid said:
Its possible, and someone will make it eventually, its my plan after finishing the cyanogen port
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Good to hear man!
I'm still on the fence on the Desire S, time will tell.

why don't you consider the incredible s? It seems to have a lot more support. Not that i wouldn't want you to get the desire s

Well, the incredible s is a great phone.. but cost more money and is bigger

superkid said:
Well, the incredible s is a great phone.. but cost more money and is bigger
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& the desire S has unibody aluminium & feels nicer to hold

Yeah pretty much I'm not too fussed for a 4" screen it's ok as long as the resolution is high enough.
But yeah the construction and feel of the phone is a real strong point for me.

[ROM][12-15] Space Pirate 1.0 RC1 {2.3.5 - KJ7}

Let me kick this off by saying I am not the most knowledgeable guy around here, and I don't have as much time to dedicate to working on ROMs as I would like, but I would like to share what I have been working on. This is just me sharing my own personal compilation/build. If you know me from the Inspire or Captivate, you might know what to expect.
This ROM is using playin4sheezy's BoneStocketeer as the base, mainly because my Beta1-6 builds had problems with no vibrate...didnt notice it because i dont use it, but it is what it is.
Features:
2.3.5 KJ7 from Rogers (bonestocketeer):
stripped, tweaked, pounded
14-toggle port by YoDerk
Stockish Kernel .1 by RomRacer
obviously no CIQ because of the KJ7 rogers base
ICS Animations
Extended Power menu
accurate battery/stock battery icon w/%
stock look
all homescreen icons/widgets removed for a clean install
language is set to American English
overall system tweaks and increased response
This rom has a very stock look to it, but is very quick. I am using stockish kernel due to too many SOD's with DaG kernel (if you dont normally have SOD issues with his kernel, go ahead and flash it)
I am not a flashy person when it comes to rom building, but i like it sleek and fast. Give it a try and see what you think. I am continuously working on my own build, but i will not release anything to you guys that i have not been thoroughly testing myself. this build has been over a week of me working on it as I found time to build/test.
Download:
Space_Pirate_1.0_RC1​
I would love to see some themers pick this up and hook up the community with some badass themes. Let's see what you guys can do!
Enjoy

Changelog:
12-15-11 - 1.0 RC1 release

Credits:
YoDerk
Playin4Sheezy
RomRacer
All of XDA for the vast amounts of information available here to us

Dont like the battery %? flash this

First! Yes!!!
Downloading now. Thanks man!!

any pics will be a +, can this rom be over clock.? currently running sky-ICS-RC4.1 but want to give this a try and see how it runs, ..

elmatador2 said:
any pics will be a +, can this rom be over clock.? currently running sky-ICS-RC4.1 but want to give this a try and see how it runs, ..
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it looks stock with nothing on the homescreens. it has stock battery icon with percentage....very minimal
overclocking is dependent on the kernel, not the rom. if you install Da_G's kernel, you can overclock.
try and see. you can always go back to your old rom via nandroid.....

PirateGhost seems like I always have the same phones as you lol I know your work and I will be flashing this ROM when I get to 100%. Quick question, when I had the inspire we could just clear the caches and wipe everything and flash away, now that I've come back to Samsung do we have to return to stock (Captivate times) before flashing a new ROM? I'm on sky ice cream sandwich.
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Cool boot animation! Just finished installing, works great so far!

Funny, that this build is almost exactly the way i have mine phone currently running

I will give it a go! Thanks for putting it out there!
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Great to see you here pirate. I was a big fan of your work on the inspire. Feels good to see farmiliar faces on our skyrocket. Keep up the good work.
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Nickel Dime Bay said:
PirateGhost seems like I always have the same phones as you lol I know your work and I will be flashing this ROM when I get to 100%. Quick question, when I had the inspire we could just clear the caches and wipe everything and flash away, now that I've come back to Samsung do we have to return to stock (Captivate times) before flashing a new ROM? I'm on sky ice cream sandwich.
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the only reason Flash to Stock was needed on the captivate was because of their horrible RFS. they have done things properly and now use an ext4 filesystem, so its not needed. just wipe and flash

Pirateghost said:
Let me kick this off by saying I am not the most knowledgeable guy around here, and I don't have as much time to dedicate to working on ROMs as I would like, but I would like to share what I have been working on. This is just me sharing my own personal compilation/build. If you know me from the Inspire or Captivate, you might know what to expect.
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our recent device list is identical.... i would be disturbed if you had an HD2 before the cappy lol i figured most people werent jumping from HTC, to Samsung, back to HTC, then back to Samsung like i have lol guess im not alone

I'll give it a go, one question I can't seem to find an answer. Is it possible to change the battery back to the regular non number/% battery. it just makes me think the battery lasts longer...... Thanks in advance!

XsceneXhippieX said:
our recent device list is identical.... i would be disturbed if you had an HD2 before the cappy lol i figured most people werent jumping from HTC, to Samsung, back to HTC, then back to Samsung like i have lol guess im not alone
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This time i went for sammy and htc.
Turbojugend said:
I'll give it a go, one question I can't seem to find an answer. Is it possible to change the battery back to the regular non number/% battery. it just makes me think the battery lasts longer...... Thanks in advance!
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I can make a flash zip to remove the percent.
Sent from my HTC PH39100

Pirateghost said:
Let me kick this off by saying I am not the most knowledgeable guy around here, and I don't have as much time to dedicate to working on ROMs as I would like, but I would like to share what I have been working on. This is just me sharing my own personal compilation/build. If you know me from the Inspire or Captivate, you might know what to expect.
This ROM is using playin4sheezy's BoneStocketeer as the base, mainly because my Beta1-6 builds had problems with no vibrate...didnt notice it because i dont use it, but it is what it is.
Features:
2.3.5 KJ7 from Rogers (bonestocketeer):
stripped, tweaked, pounded
14-toggle port by YoDerk
Stockish Kernel .1 by RomRacer
obviously no CIQ because of the KJ7 rogers base
ICS Animations
Extended Power menu
accurate battery/stock battery icon w/%
stock look
all homescreen icons/widgets removed for a clean install
language is set to American English
overall system tweaks and increased response
This rom has a very stock look to it, but is very quick. I am using stockish kernel due to too many SOD's with DaG kernel (if you dont normally have SOD issues with his kernel, go ahead and flash it)
I am not a flashy person when it comes to rom building, but i like it sleek and fast. Give it a try and see what you think. I am continuously working on my own build, but i will not release anything to you guys that i have not been thoroughly testing myself. this build has been over a week of me working on it as I found time to build/test.
Download:
Space_Pirate_1.0_RC1​
I would love to see some themers pick this up and hook up the community with some badass themes. Let's see what you guys can do!
Enjoy
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Hey man I remember you from the vivid forums!! Haha i'm done with HTC!! hey can you post bench for this?? Also I would like to know, if you can set your home screen to a different page other than 4. I'm using alien cuz I love the stock look also the fact I can have page one as my home. If so I'll switch over and test it. also can you talk to romracer he is trying to get carrier IQ removed, from his build? Thanks man and keep up the good work!!!
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Pirateghost said:
I can make a flash zip to remove the percent.
Sent from my HTC PH39100
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Wow, thank you, I really appreciate it!!

My baseband still says kj2
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orlandoxpolice said:
My baseband still says kj2
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baseband=modem
i didnt include a new modem.

[Q] Flash on screen when locking

I have Nexus S i9020 and I have this bad problem..
It's started when I flashed AOSP ICS Brainmaster's Mix.. When I locked the phone, I had a strange yellow-green flash on the screen.. I tried flashing different kernels - no effect.. When I tried playing with Voodoo colors - no effect.. The only "semi-cure" was: if you return to "Stock gingerbread colors" that damn screenflash was seen only on the contour of clock and "that slide thing to unlock the screen" (don't know how to name it in english=))..
I thought that it was just the bug of the ROM then.. But when I flashed CM9 latest alpha everything remained the same.. I also thought that it was just a bug of the ROM..
But now I flashed ICS OTA after the downgrade to stock 2.3.6.. And the result is the same to switching to gingerbread colors in Voodoo app on AOSP old ICS ROMs.. I still have the screenflash on the contour on the lock and that "slidething"..
It's really annoying now as I'm starting to think that it is a hardware issue.. But all other functions work just perfect, not any single issue with the screen.. I haven't dropped my phone, haven't kicked it or something (bought it in June)
Can anybody help with this please?
P.S.: there were some similar threads here, but I haven't found the cure..

I tried playing with "Transition animation scale" and "Window animation scale" in Developer Options.. Setting window animation scale to 0.5x solves the problem.. But it turns off CRTscreen fadeout.. So there is something wrong with it on my phone.. I don't want to loose it, it's beautiful..
Any advice please?

I understand that I can only annoy with this question.. But still I don't know what to do! Please suggest any possible ideas, every piece of wisdom could help!
Now I've rooted official ICS, installed Nexus Beam 4.1.0 and flashed Glados 2.1 kernel.. And the green & yellow screenflash once again all over the screen when I lock the phone..
In every other possible way the screen behaves itself perfectly.. But when it turns off I see that damn flash..

Mine does it too
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Mine does it only when i wake the phone and put it back to sleep without unlocking it

Mine has the exact same problem. It doesn't happen in gingerbread but on ics roms, even stock, it does a flash. On stock its lighter and harder to see, but if I change voodoo settings it turns green. I doubt its hardware considering it works fine on gingerbread.
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So we have not only one complaint.. Something must be done to cure it.. It's really annoying as it is the only thing that works not fine on this phone!
Can somebody of the developers please comment on this problem?

Has someone found an answer to this?

Max2mus said:
I have Nexus S i9020 and I have this bad problem..
It's started when I flashed AOSP ICS Brainmaster's Mix.. When I locked the phone, I had a strange yellow-green flash on the screen.. I tried flashing different kernels - no effect.. When I tried playing with Voodoo colors - no effect.. The only "semi-cure" was: if you return to "Stock gingerbread colors" that damn screenflash was seen only on the contour of clock and "that slide thing to unlock the screen" (don't know how to name it in english=))..
I thought that it was just the bug of the ROM then.. But when I flashed CM9 latest alpha everything remained the same.. I also thought that it was just a bug of the ROM..
But now I flashed ICS OTA after the downgrade to stock 2.3.6.. And the result is the same to switching to gingerbread colors in Voodoo app on AOSP old ICS ROMs.. I still have the screenflash on the contour on the lock and that "slidething"..
It's really annoying now as I'm starting to think that it is a hardware issue.. But all other functions work just perfect, not any single issue with the screen.. I haven't dropped my phone, haven't kicked it or something (bought it in June)
Can anybody help with this please?
P.S.: there were some similar threads here, but I haven't found the cure..
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Max2mus said:
I tried playing with "Transition animation scale" and "Window animation scale" in Developer Options.. Setting window animation scale to 0.5x solves the problem.. But it turns off CRTscreen fadeout.. So there is something wrong with it on my phone.. I don't want to loose it, it's beautiful..
Any advice please?
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Max2mus said:
I understand that I can only annoy with this question.. But still I don't know what to do! Please suggest any possible ideas, every piece of wisdom could help!
Now I've rooted official ICS, installed Nexus Beam 4.1.0 and flashed Glados 2.1 kernel.. And the green & yellow screenflash once again all over the screen when I lock the phone..
In every other possible way the screen behaves itself perfectly.. But when it turns off I see that damn flash..
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Raver27 said:
Mine does it too
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tdtylert said:
Mine does it only when i wake the phone and put it back to sleep without unlocking it
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apreichner said:
Mine has the exact same problem. It doesn't happen in gingerbread but on ics roms, even stock, it does a flash. On stock its lighter and harder to see, but if I change voodoo settings it turns green. I doubt its hardware considering it works fine on gingerbread.
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Max2mus said:
So we have not only one complaint.. Something must be done to cure it.. It's really annoying as it is the only thing that works not fine on this phone!
Can somebody of the developers please comment on this problem?
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matmat07 said:
Has someone found an answer to this?
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I've seen this discussed somewhere already, but can't recall where!? But to my knowledge, if I can remember correctly it can be corrected by resetting voodoo control settings back to 2.3.3 defaults! Something to do with gamma settings I think! But obviously you have to be rooted to have & use voodoo control!!

I've tried a couple of those settings, but it never totaly get rid of the problem, it's just less visible. But since I know it's there, i'll always be seeing it XD

Splash Screen Changer?

I would like to know if there is anyway to change the splash screen before the boot animation? I've been looking for tutorials but all of them require fastboot and the g2x doesn't have that Please reply quickly

there is a way I haven't a clue though I miss that about my MyTouch 3g and G1, EB ICS build 3 had a different splash screen instead of the blue&purplish LG... I haven't a clue though!

It's all in the kernel. Trinity's kernel have a custom splash screen. I'm not sure which file you need to replace though. I wish it was as simple as HTC Phones. I'd love to have the Nexus One's splash screen on my G2x!

I really hope someone out there does... and is it just me or do you also have two splash screens one white lg and a second right after that is metal polished look and has the blue/purple lines

FatalityBoyZahy said:
It's all in the kernel. Trinity's kernel have a custom splash screen. I'm not sure which file you need to replace though. I wish it was as simple as HTC Phones. I'd love to have the Nexus One's splash screen on my G2x!
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really? because when i had my custom kernel i didn't have another splash screen... and me too! I'm sick of this boring lg logo

dannyqanaah said:
really? because when i had my custom kernel i didn't have another splash screen... and me too! I'm sick of this boring lg logo
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Well, his older kernels had a separate splash screen

FatalityBoyZahy said:
Well, his older kernels had a separate splash screen
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:/ Why cant it be as easy as every other phone!!

its in the kernel, and changing it requires having all the tools and setup needed to build an android kernel. (its not as easy as it looks)
if you want to kill a weekend and learn about how its done, i reccomend giving it a shot
i dont know the exact file, but if you message Morfic on his IRC channel im sure he would be more then happy to help you. (hes cool like that )

dannyqanaah said:
:/ Why cant it be as easy as every other phone!!
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You were able to do it with fastboot on HTC devices. Haha
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