Don't root and flash G2x if you want full functionality! - T-Mobile LG G2x

Don't root and flash a ROM to your G2x if you want it to fully work. I rooted and flashed Eagles Blood. At first there were a few bugs which I worked out. Then I found out the main problem that is absent from most threads on how to root and flash your G2x. They don't mention you'll have no video! What? There was no video recording, no Netflix, no ESPN and any other app that just so happens to let you stream or record video. I'm just saying it would be nice to see a warning or something telling you about it. Also, there is a lot of network data connection issues no matter which ROM I used. Beware G2x owners! I get the whole use at your own risk thing but you lose a main capability of the phone. If I just wanted to call and text I wouldn't have a smartphone.

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Wow, if you want complete functionality go with a gingerbread rom, like stock rooted, or cm7, not ics. If you read in the OP of ics roms here, it lists what problems there are: no video, somewhat video acceleration, meaning only a few things dont work, among other things.
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You can get netflix, video recording and playback all working on the ICS roms as well if you try.

sunster said:
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+1
And video works on like every gingerbread ROM.
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Sunster you are my hero lol.
The only reason why a lot of videos won't work on ICS is because its missing its video drivers. To compensate the tegra2 will try to render them with the processor but honestly it can't do as much as the GPU can. If you were to install a gingerbread based OS you will get all those functionality back. It may not be included in the description of ICS Roms anymore cause most people already know about ICS not having video drivers. Anyways if you are going to flash a new Rom I recommend Cyanogenmod 7 or Eaglesblood GB based Rom but those are just my personal preferences.

sunster said:
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I gotta +1 on this too...wow
Edit: i do have to say ive gotten mx player to work on two ics roms. Never had video issues with ANY gb rom or port thereof.
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I'm with the OP on this one. Rooting and flashing is so over rated. You can modify and enhance your phone with almost anything in google market. Flashing was just a fad for phones back in 2007. With our modern phones and google market, not only is it unnecessary, but very risky to flash as mentioned by the OP.
It's much more preferable to flash with an official OEM ROM, since unofficial roms could be maliciously programmed, which makes me suspicious why alot of amatuer developers bash LG and Nvidia for trying to make sure there's no open back doors for bad intentioned programmers to hack unsuspecting newcomers.

Good grief
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jacob808 said:
I'm with the OP on this one. Rooting and flashing is so over rated. You can modify and enhance your phone with almost anything in google market. Flashing was just a fad for phones back in 2007. With our modern phones and google market, not only is it unnecessary, but very risky to flash as mentioned by the OP.
It's much more preferable to flash with an official OEM ROM, since unofficial roms could be maliciously programmed, which makes me suspicious why alot of amatuer developers bash LG and Nvidia for trying to make sure there's no open back doors for bad intentioned programmers to hack unsuspecting newcomers.
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I beg to differ I would have ditched this phone long ago if it wasn't for the custom ROMs. The stock ROM gave me SO many issues and for being so featureless it sure did contain a lot of bugs itself in my experience.
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jacob808 said:
I'm with the OP on this one. Rooting and flashing is so over rated. You can modify and enhance your phone with almost anything in google market. Flashing was just a fad for phones back in 2007. With our modern phones and google market, not only is it unnecessary, but very risky to flash as mentioned by the OP.
It's much more preferable to flash with an official OEM ROM, since unofficial roms could be maliciously programmed, which makes me suspicious why alot of amatuer developers bash LG and Nvidia for trying to make sure there's no open back doors for bad intentioned programmers to hack unsuspecting newcomers.
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Lol. this reminds me of the idiom grapes are sour.
better get your flame suit on.
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cricketAC said:
Lol. this reminds me of the idiom grapes are sour.
better get your flame suit on.
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Haha totally agree.
Lol malicious code... get out of here. Some crap in the play store has malicious code. You have way more of a chance catching something from there.
If you're so paranoid then just stick with vanilla cm7... better yet just get an iPhone or windows phone then.

kmr896 said:
Don't root and flash a ROM to your G2x if you want it to fully work. I rooted and flashed Eagles Blood. At first there were a few bugs which I worked out. Then I found out the main problem that is absent from most threads on how to root and flash your G2x. They don't mention you'll have no video! What? There was no video recording, no Netflix, no ESPN and any other app that just so happens to let you stream or record video. I'm just saying it would be nice to see a warning or something telling you about it. Also, there is a lot of network data connection issues no matter which ROM I used. Beware G2x owners! I get the whole use at your own risk thing but you lose a main capability of the phone. If I just wanted to call and text I wouldn't have a smartphone.
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Can we have a facepalm button please...?

xBkKx said:
I beg to differ I would have ditched this phone long ago if it wasn't for the custom ROMs. The stock ROM gave me SO many issues and for being so featureless it sure did contain a lot of bugs itself in my experience.
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I'm with this guy. As a result of the dev community supporting this phone, I haven't completely lost it and gone on to make the sales rep who sold me this thing eat it in send me to jail fashion. And frankly...we must have some real upscale individuals flashing roms around here if they're worried about some dev seeing the mundane details of their lives...I'd hate to think what would happen if someone knew when I was running to the store because my girl said I needed to grab milk and eggs. If you're using your phone to do things with security risks (like sending your credit card info out into the void) might want to consider not doing those things in the first place...

papa.khan123 said:
Can we have a facepalm button please...?
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I felt this somewhat fitting for the OP.
Either way...
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Thanks for the heads up man!
smfh...

The original post just remind us how difficult and chancy rooting and flashing are for any phone, and particularly for the G2x, which at the moment simply lacks the software to run ics with all its functionality. Flashing is never as easy as it's made out here, and I doubt it leads to satisfactory results for most people.
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ecdy said:
The original post just remind us how difficult and chancy rooting and flashing are for any phone, and particularly for the G2x, which at the moment simply lacks the software to run ics with all its functionality. Flashing is never as easy as it's made out here, and I doubt it leads to satisfactory results for most people.
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I have been using XDA since the days of my HTC Excalibur and never had a problem. If anything rooting adds a ton of functionality to your advice also allowing you to remove all of the crapware from your phone. As far as the OP the reason no one says no video anymore for cm9 is because its understood. Did you even read the thread before you flashed the rom?
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After reading the OP:

So keep your phone stock and enjoy it in all of it's frustrating glory. I wanted to do bad things to this phone before I rooted it.
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[Q] Cognition 4.1 Rom Boring????????

I was using Cognition 2.3. The home screen was simpler and has a sleeker look. The app screen was the same. Why does Cog 4 seem like a jump back to my Stock Rom. Maybe I'm just stupid???? lol
Because, you know, it IS a jump back to stock ROM?
Captivate, XDA Premium, Cyanogenmod
whats the point?
why release a new version that is less impressive than its predecessor? Doesn't make whole hell of a lot of sense to me. But again maybe I'm just stupid.
DG's whole point with Cog 4/4.1/4.1.1, is to try to keep it looking and running as stock as possible. Everything that was pre Cog 4 already had an ass ton of themes that were compatible and DG started incorporating them into the ROM's.
DG has a life, so don't jump his nuts and complain about him pushing out a boring ROM. For free. Nobody told you to flash it, and there's plenty of other ROM's out there. Or you can just switch back to your previous ROM.
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DG's whole point with Cog 4/4.1/4.1.1, is to try to keep it looking and running as stock as possible. Everything that was pre Cog 4 already had an ass ton of themes that were compatible and DG started incorporating them into the ROM's.
DG has a life, so don't jump his nuts and complain about him pushing out a boring ROM. For free. Nobody told you to flash it, and there's plenty of other ROM's out there. Or you can just switch back to your previous ROM.
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+1 He even says that he tries to keep it as stock as possible all ROMS have their differences its all about your own personal preference.
vunuts said:
DG's whole point with Cog 4/4.1/4.1.1, is to try to keep it looking and running as stock as possible. Everything that was pre Cog 4 already had an ass ton of themes that were compatible and DG started incorporating them into the ROM's.
DG has a life, so don't jump his nuts and complain about him pushing out a boring ROM. For free. Nobody told you to flash it, and there's plenty of other ROM's out there. Or you can just switch back to your previous ROM.
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Agree %100000000. Couldn't say it any better.
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I love ALL these custom ROMS I can't seem to keep the same one for more than a week, the only ones that I have been able to kep for long are Cognition and Serendipity.
Cognition 4.1 is meant for people like me that wan custom r o m,but wan it to look like stock 1
I don't think he meant boring like a bad job. Once some themes are ported then everyone should be happy. You can't knock the performance or smoothness of cognition. It will work and be consistent. Maybe it is boring in the fact that you can run it and forget you even have a custom rom going. That's because DG is that good. Thanks again!
SqB
Cognition may be boring for some but I need my phone to work and so far it gives me the best balance of features and reliability.
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I love Cog roms!
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The above was written as part of an attempt to waste time using a Galaxy Tab,
Rush exMachina
Cognition isn't as much a rom as it is a rooted, debloated, stock setup. Couple theme improvements like extended power. Using a voodoo enabled kernel. It is a setup one could achieve if they updated to kb1 on their own relatively easy.
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I liked Cog too, but wanted something different than stock. That's why I loved perception, but its discontinued now. Perception 10.4 is a solid rom, stable, fast, and has that slight aosp feel.
Ultimately I went to FireFly. I love it. I how easy they made it to customize. It comes with an app that will showcase and download the other battery's and dialers. I sometimes feel like I need to enable the lagfix, but haven't yet.
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breal4sho said:
why release a new version that is less impressive than its predecessor? Doesn't make whole hell of a lot of sense to me. But again maybe I'm just stupid.
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Two posts in the forum and you've managed to criticize the excellent work of one of the most prolific ROM cookers on XDA solely based on your ignorance of what DG does and why. You might want to create a new account and start over. Knocking a guy's work that he provides for free is just bad juju.
I think he can leave his screen name alone. He did not say anything offensive just asked an honest question.
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I think he can leave his screen name alone. He did not say anything offensive just asked an honest question.
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It was an ignorant question, not an honest one. I wasn't in here long before I knew what DG's ROMs are about. Cog 4.x is all about providing a ROM that is as close to stock Froyo as possible without all the bloatware and just a few tweaks to provide better peformance. The kind of things most users who don't want to mess with themed ROMs or exotic kernels want. And criticizing the work that someone provides for free is just wrong whether it makes sense to him or not. I can see knocking a dev for putting out a shoddy product, but with all the choices in ROMs available in here for the Cappy it makes no sense to knock one just bcause you find it "boring."
His thread title was poorly worded
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mcord11758 said:
His thread title was poorly worded
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That we can agree on.
Delete it and get your money back... oh wait ...
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If you would have read the Cog thread then you wold know why it is built the way it is.
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Favor please

"21p: RT if you want @Tmobile to hur'up with some #Gingerbread love for your #G2X."
http://twitter.com/21p/status/66196733192962048
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................(sigh)
uploder said:
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This made me lol. Wish I could press "thanks" in the xda app
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I don't get it.
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why are people so concerned about Gingerbread? I bet at least half of the people who kept asking for Gingerbread does not even know why they wanted it. I'd like to see what is the main reason people need it. I understand it's the latest version and it got some cool features but does it really affect the phone that much? I'd rather ask LG to fix some of the issues they have now rather than the Gingerbread... just my 2 cents...
I thought the wordage (yes I did) of my tweet would display the humor in was going for. Now I did mean it don't let the smooth taste fool ya. But you guys are so he'll bent on making people feel stupid you didn't even notice it.
I didn't start this thread for scrubs to come in and flame. I want Gingerbread for the same reason I buy a new phone every 2-3 months. Because it's new. I know how to root my phone, I have every ROM stored on my phone so I can play with it in my spare time, but what's wrong with wanting an official update?
And don't you think an official update would come with bug fixes?
This forum has gone to ****, you ****ers need to get off your high horses and chill out. =D
But if you want a list.
Improved UI
Improved power management
Improved copy/paste
Those are the features I want. Keyboard seems nice too but I can download that now.
Anyways thanks for taking your time to try and ruin my day, but you failed.
On the brighter side of thews.
did you read about the guy who pocket dialed 911 while planning his next heist? Classic fail.
http://m.gawker.com//5798913/thiefs-cell-phone-pocket+dials-911
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Another good reason is to allow easier porting of the latest versions of MIUI.
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why are people so concerned about Gingerbread? I bet at least half of the people who kept asking for Gingerbread does not even know why they wanted it. I'd like to see what is the main reason people need it. I understand it's the latest version and it got some cool features but does it really affect the phone that much? I'd rather ask LG to fix some of the issues they have now rather than the Gingerbread... just my 2 cents...
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I agree.
I think LG rushed the phone out the market. It's time to get our phones working right with a update from LG

[JT1134's ROM] ICS is Here (Post Updated With Screenshots)

Mod Edit: Github to track progress
https://github.com/timedroid
http://t.co/goZfHAYs Straight from JT1134's twitter ( @_jt1134_ )
CM9 ICS AlphaBeefaroni for the Droid Charge from TeamHacksung : the most unsupported ROM ever created
ROM - http://www.mediafire.com/?c45wga90hjmxtvc
Google apps - http://www.multiupload.com/D07OVCSB9G
Instructions:
* make a backup of your current ROM, if you're a pansy like that
* WIPE DATA (DUH)
* flash the ROM (DUH)
* mount system under mounts & storage, then flash Google apps
* reboot into a ridiculously early build of ICS/CM9 for the Droid Charge
If it doesn't boot the first time, boot back into recovery, and repeat the steps above.
If you find a bug...keep it to yourself! Don't ask me how to fix it, you already saw yourself that it doesn't work, right?
For the haters: http://kan.gd/1e1t :-O
Enjoy. Or don't. I don't care.
Signed, with <3, jt1134
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I'm pretty sure the only things not working are bluetooth, the youtube app, the radios, the camera (which i haven't seen working in nearly every other ICS ROM for every other phone), and the home button (which doesn't matter much because you can just use the back button).
I know that EGL (hardware acceleration) is working, wifi is working, the screen, sdcard, all google apps and basically every thing else you can think of.
It is really great how much is working, especially considering that this is a first build. Thanks JT!
JT IS NOT YOUR PERSONAL BABYSITTER SO DON'T GO WHINING TO HIM WHEN YOU FIND AN ISSUE, OR THE ROM CAUSES A NUCLEAR WAR (which it might because of how amazing it is).
Because JT1134 is so AMAZING, here is his donation link so you can add to his beer fund. If you liked this ROM or any other mod or tweak that JT has created, please donate him. Or even if you didn't try out any of his ROMs, donate anyway because he makes some amazing stuff!
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=QUBYWJHTTNV8S
Cool so far.
Just downloaded and flashed. Looks very nice! I am assuming this is not a working version as the phone will not register service. Awesome though!!!
Hahaha I enjoyed the link "to the haters"
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i cant wait. the dookie brown theme was killin me
Do we need to convert back to RFS before flashing?
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kvswim said:
Do we need to convert back to RFS before flashing?
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The updater script in the zip will convert you to ext4 automatically. I'm very excited for this ROM--I tried it out last night and although I won't be staying on it until cell connectivity is working, it's very nice of JT to have put this initial version together for us.
would anything happen if you flash the ep4d's radios? or is the RIL the code that makes those radio files work?
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would anything happen if you flash the ep4d's radios? or is the RIL the code that makes those radio files work?
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my guess would be that given ICS is a whole new iteration of android (its own kernel, skin, modems, etc.) I don't think it'll work... I personally wouldn't try it I'd just wait till they sort the RIL out
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Would I be able to restore from my Infinity rom backup just fine? Considering the RFS/EXT4 mess..
EDIT: Restoring from Infinity had no problems, I guess the ICS is already on EXT4 anyway
I'm only stating the obvious.
As the only person who has yet contributed code to this project, along with ~12 hours of my personal free time, for a device I don't even use mind you, I reserve the right to say whatever I want to trolls or those who wish to downplay my efforts. Deal with it. Trolling or otherwise unhelpful posts are less than useless.
In short: contribute, or stfu already!
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jt1134 said:
I'm only stating the obvious.
As the only person who has yet contributed code to this project, along with ~12 hours of my personal free time, for a device I don't even use mind you, I reserve the right to say whatever I want to trolls or those who wish to downplay my efforts. Deal with it. Trolling or otherwise unhelpful posts are less than useless.
In short: contribute, or stfu already!
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Fair enough. I can admit when I'm wrong. Good luck.
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<---Well aside from all that I gotta say I fell in love with ICS when I ran this rom. It was freaking amazing. I no longer had the urge to buy the galaxy nexus, not like I can afford it. I will be more than satisfied with my charge when this is finish. I ran this for half of the day and would've kept running it if I was forced to take it off (ie boyfriend :-/)
I thank you so freaking much JT! Looking forward to your continuation of this rom.
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OK...I understand that the radios aren't working right now, what are the other known issues with this rom so far???
Donation on its way!!
(to JT and Nuts)
Devilman539 said:
Fair enough. I can admit when I'm wrong. Good luck.
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Thanks. And I apologize for the attack. Its frustrating to see lots of negative posts when your wife is already pissed because she knows you've been up all night working on a phone you don't use, when she already hates android anyways.
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Keighles said:
OK...I understand that the radios aren't working right now, what are the other known issues with this rom so far???
Donation on its way!!
(to JT and Nuts)
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Camera, home button, wifi is kinda wonky. HDMI out will likely never work.
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jt1134 said:
RIF
Support != development
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Glad to donate to your beer fund, please keep up the dev.
jt1134 said:
Camera, home button, wifi is kinda wonky. HDMI out will likely never work.
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Cool, Don't really use HDMI anyway.
Keep up the good work!!!!
First of all I want to thank every single one of you that has supported the Charge. I really hope that we get to see a stable and working ICS soon. I have supported the devs that I have stayed with on this phone and will continue to support others who I choose to follow. Always remember that we NEVER start with a stable release. We fall down so we can learn how to pick ourselves up. Being that said, I say keep kicking @$$ at developing on phones that manufacturers give up on in the beginning. I don't know about you but 90% of us use our phones for at least a year or better because of the contracts. Donations will continue if you keep on developing on this ICS build. THANK YOU!!!
Let me know if you need anything and I will do what I can to help.
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Camera, home button, wifi is kinda wonky. HDMI out will likely never work.
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As talented as you are dude I'm sure you will get it to work somewhere in the future. Keep up the good work !
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That Awesome Force Close Is Back!

Well, I finally did it - back to stock. Just had too many issues with the roms, although they were super fun.
I thought, "Well the stock Froyo didn't have any issues from what I remember..."
Except all the force closes. It's amazing. I remember now how bad it was.
And yes, I'm rooted.
What can I do to fix these? These random force closes are brutal. Other people must be dealing with this.
Thanks!
Unroot, and just run. It sucks, im forced on it until i trade mine in. Trust me, it gets soo laggy makes the phone look like its a piece of junk. Im trying to get out of this brutal life to go to some *ahem* delicious snack builds.
delfinparis said:
Well, I finally did it - back to stock. Just had too many issues with the roms, although they were super fun.
I thought, "Well the stock Froyo didn't have any issues from what I remember..."
Except all the force closes. It's amazing. I remember now how bad it was.
And yes, I'm rooted.
What can I do to fix these? These random force closes are brutal. Other people must be dealing with this.
Thanks!
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Issues with to many roms? Wow...just a question which Roms ? With so many great Roms...why would we put the brakes on and go to froyolo...well hope it pans out for you....
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You are doing something wrong if you are having those problems. Its not the roms. You need to give more info if you want help.
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I agree with Tmtease and bigjoe, more info. I flash ten times a day (bigjoe maybe more) working on stuff and no fc's. Need more info to help. There are a great range of roms right now that run smooth. Why go backwards?
Haha im sure bigjoe flashes more than 10 times a day xD but yeah more info would be lovely. Wed love to help in any way we can. Let us know!!
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ppalbicke said:
I agree with Tmtease and bigjoe, more info. I flash ten times a day (bigjoe maybe more) working on stuff and no fc's. Need more info to help. There are a great range of roms right now that run smooth. Why go backwards?
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Ok all I am a not flasholic
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I don't have issues...
I don't need intervention...
I dont have a need to flash just to get thru my day...
Ha...Ha...
Serious I do have a DD (look down @ signature)
But with all these ROMs ....I flash to provide assistance... they are / becoming great ROMs...
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Haha im sure bigjoe flashes more than 10 times a day xD but yeah more info would be lovely. Wed love to help in any way we can. Let us know!!
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First of all, THANKS for the reply.
I'm wondering if this is a Titanium Backup issue. I get a TON of single vibrate than three-vibrate signals followed by a mobile manager close (or other force close). I always use TB to reinstall my apps after a rom flash. I only do app reinstall (not app + data)
But the one-vibrate followed by three-vibrate, that happens all the time.
Just like the first responder said, the lag is INSANE even on stock froyo and the force closes are frustrating.
Should I re-go back to stock and just never use TB and install all apps manually? Or is there a way to figure this out? Because if so, I can shoot back up to a nice ICS build.
THANK you!!!
I use TB regularly... best $$ for an app I spent...if your just gonna settle for stock why not go with qkster one clicker... to stock ?
I backup and restore regularly no prob...
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tmease1 said:
You are doing something wrong if you are having those problems. Its not the roms. You need to give more info if you want help.
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Please don't assume anything. As someone who had a computer repair business, I can attest to the fact that sometimes hardware just doesn't play nice no matter what you do. Or are you one of those people that think hardware can never be at fault?
My phone had the same issues with any rom I tried. And no, I wasn't doing anything wrong. I tried installing from rooted stock, did all the wipes and formatting, but every time it eventually became glitchy. So far, stock works fine for me, so I'm sticking with it. There's obviously something about my hardware that doesn't agree with the updated kernel/software.
Samsung made millions of these phones. Do really believe that every single one will work perfectly with software that wasn't intended for it in the first place?
Short answer, no. Everyone was just trying to help. We see a ton of these threads saying there is a problem only to find out someone made a mistake or skipped a step.
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wolfen69 said:
Please don't assume anything. As someone who had a computer repair business, I can attest to the fact that sometimes hardware just doesn't play nice no matter what you do. Or are you one of those people that think hardware can never be at fault?
My phone had the same issues with any rom I tried. And no, I wasn't doing anything wrong. I tried installing from rooted stock, did all the wipes and formatting, but every time it eventually became glitchy. So far, stock works fine for me, so I'm sticking with it. There's obviously something about my hardware that doesn't agree with the updated kernel/software.
Samsung made millions of these phones. Do really believe that every single one will work perfectly with software that wasn't intended for it in the first place?
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He is doing something wrong if he can go back to froyo and everything is ok. If you don't like what i have to say, i don't care. You aren't helping him out by starting **** with me. Quit trying to be stupid.
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Ok gents lets just step back...
The op has basically made his choice... we are just adding our thoughts to his choice...
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tmease1 said:
He is doing something wrong. If you don't like what i have to say, i don't care. You aren't helping him out by starting **** with me. Quit trying to be stupid.
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I forgot that you know everything. You obviously know nothing about hardware and the possibility that something could be wrong with his phone. Quit trying to be stupid? Wow. I had a computer repair business, can fix any computer, compile kernels and pretty much do anything in linux and windows, and was made an ubuntu member. (which btw, there are only 740 people in the world that have been granted this title because of outstanding achievements in the ubuntu/linux world) Yeah, I'm real stupid.
It's people like you with no real tech abilities that resort to calling someone stupid, and you think you know it all. I never said it was definitely a hardware problem, merely that it could be. Grow up and get a clue.
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Ok gents lets just step back...
The op has basically made his choice... we are just adding our thoughts to his choice...
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Thank you. I gave my opinion on what the problem was and that was all. I didn't need someone to write a full page article about it trying to prove me wrong.
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bigjoe2675 said:
Ok gents lets just step back...
The op has basically made his choice... we are just adding our thoughts to his choice...
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Joe
I believe they have stepped back. Unfortunately its to their corners of the ring.
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tmease1 said:
Thank you. I gave my opinion on what the problem was and that was all. I didn't need someone to write a full page article about it trying to prove me wrong.
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When someone goes around saying it's definitely this or definitely that, yeah, I have a problem with it. You're implying that there's no chance of it being hardware related. That right there shows how much you really know.
Btw genius, my phone never ran 100% perfect from the start. I suppose that was my fault because I took it out of the box wrong?
wolfen69 said:
I forgot that you know everything. You obviously know nothing about hardware and the possibility that something could be wrong with his phone. Quit trying to be stupid? Wow. I had a computer repair business, can fix any computer, compile kernels and pretty much do anything in linux and windows, and was made an ubuntu member. (which btw, there are only 740 people in the world that have been granted this title because of outstanding achievements in the ubuntu/linux world) Yeah, I'm real stupid.
It's people like you with no real tech abilities that resort to calling someone stupid, and you think you know it all. I never said it was definitely a hardware problem, merely that it could be. Grow up and get a clue.
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I do know everything, thanks.
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Hi guys - no, I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to be running GB or ICS without the force close issues.
Maybe my second post got lost among the, ahem, spirited debate but I would love some assistance.
I'm 99.9% sure I reflashed back to stock correctly. Then all I did was a recovery with TB (app only, no data). I've read elsewhere this could be the culprit.
Any ideas? This force close and lag thing is driving me nuts. Plus it hinders any roms I flash for GB or ICS.
Thank you in advance!

[Feeler] Flash and forget ROM?

I'm thinking of building a ROM of sorts, and I'm wondering if anyone would be interested in it.
The ROM would basically be what i run on a daily basis. A combination of a ROM and Kernel that work well together, with my own tweaks, changes, and settings baked right into it.
The idea would be that you would flash the rom, then forget you ever did. No changing frequency, no profiles, no Undervolting, no flashing other kernels, just the ROM and nothing else needed. (and I'd discourage trying it)
I would change UV settings to work on most phones, and a small overclock (most likely a 1.1 or 1.2Ghz), as well a stock Frequency/Voltage version. and each version would be stable enough to use as a daily driver.
It would most likely be a 'Flavor of the week' kind of thing, and I'll most likely change the base rom/kernel somewhat frequently (like once a month at most) to what I'm using that's stable.
So, does this sound good to anyone, or am i building for a demographic that's not there?
I would use it if u make it for the photon
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sounds like a great idea... in this trend of rapidly developing roms, a stable rom with recent source changes for a change is great to fallback to.
Do you have any rom development experience? where would you rate your skill level at?
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Sounds like a really good idea, I myself sometimes get sick of constantly flashing & re- setting up my phone the way I like it, a good long term rom with everything would be awesome. How bout using the new 2.3.4 stock as a base?
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wyldkard said:
Do you have any rom development experience? where would you rate your skill level at?
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ive been programming in C/java for about 4 years now, (2nd year programming student currently) and ive been building my personal roms from source for about 6 months, and in the past few months ive started actively changing source code, integrating parts from some kernels and ROMs, and adding things to system apps (like voltage control and frequency mod in the settings.apk)
however, on the other hand, i do have fairly large gaps in my knowledge. i only barely know how to use github, and i haven't really dealt with the Linux/android kernel much before this.
honestly, on a scale from 1-10 (1=android user, 10= developer like Whitehawkx/Morfic) id say about 7.
lowrider262 said:
Sounds like a really good idea, I myself sometimes get sick of constantly flashing & re- setting up my phone the way I like it, a good long term rom with everything would be awesome. How bout using the new 2.3.4 stock as a base?
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would most likely be ICS. (sorry )
Klathmon said:
honestly, on a scale from 1-10 (1=android user, 10= developer like Whitehawkx/Morfic) id say about 7.
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Wow, i don't even rate myself that high, lol. I say go for it, the more devs we got the better.
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Wow, i don't even rate myself that high, lol. I say go for it, the more devs we got the better.
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i feel im a very competent programmer, but there are thing i am pretty much oblivious too. outside of android I've got a good portfolio of programs and source, but when it comes to android, I'm still learning. (and i definitely feel your more knowledgeable than me)
Do it one more person helping the community isn't a bad thing. You're obviously knowledgeable enough. Once you start playing with it and have a base crowd that likes what you do you'll get further involved and make a great rom in my eyes. You're willing to help everyone and give a very insightful solution to most and all types of questions.
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I agree with the above, but be weary of the people who destroy devs by all the nagging and begging.
Anticipating the arrival of this ROM!
I would do it. If you can base it off of stock with some cm7 improvements that would be cool, like with weapon g2x. I was using weapon till I switched to HFP.
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I will always support you, you always have long detailed responses to everyones questions and if anyone complains about your rom, let me know we will have a flame war. We don't want to lose a dev. Also I'm sure the other devs I'll help you out if you have any questions because they are all amazing people IMO. Go for it! Even if no one uses it, its a learning experience for you. You have nothing to lose
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thabest85 said:
I would use it if u make it for the photon
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Too bad this isn't a photon forum hurrdeedurr
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I personally like playing around with all the different kernels, etc..., but this would be perfect for my wife's phone, so I would definitely be interested
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IRASadPanda said:
Too bad this isn't a photon forum hurrdeedurr
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sorry i was looking at the top threads lol
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well ok then, it looks like im gonna go for it. thanks for all the support!
it will be ICS, and im still not sure about what ROM and Kernel i will base it off of (i still want to get permission from the original devs first).
keep a lookout for it coming soon(ish)!
ive also asked a mod to lock this (i dont want a hype machine happening that i cant live up to!)
locked as requested!

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