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Hi!
(Mods, please correct me if this thread must not be placed here.)
My motive is to gain people to help us with this Korean Device. I'm located in the Philippines (I'm a Filipino) and bought the unit with a Korean Friend. I spent hours of searching the net hoping to avail help from developers. I found only few. Most of them in Korean/Chinese language translated using Google translator.
Its been several months now since i bought this, I'm still enjoying my phone despite of it being different (atleast for me who lives in the Philippines and in XDA-Community), compared to P920 who are in this forum. I struggled from upgrading it from Froyo (2.2) to Gingerbread (2.3.5 v20e), believe me, my fingers are crossed when i have the guts to update it, for i couldn't manage to fix it in case it bricked. I Really envy guys who uses P920, they have all the resources from great people here in this forum.
If you are a User of this phone or atleast know something how to upgrade or develop it for the benefit of us noob people (atleast me). Please help a user like me by posting your contribution here.
My contributions: (Problems and the help i found)
If you have a better solutions, please contribute. These are based on my noob experience, please don't laugh at me..
1. Upgrading
There was a thread here who used P920 flash for their SU760, it bricked their phone. I dont know if it was unbricked, how he did that? thats why we need a thread like this. In english.. he he..
As for me, I used the official LG Software Update Agent. It worked like a charm. As a precaution, i backed up all my data, but to my surprise after the upgrade, All programs remained intact! That was from Froyo 2.2 to Gingerbread 2.3.5 v20C...
I have to admit, for me, the 2.2 runs faster and had few problems as a comparison to the 2.3.5. Last week, a Root worked for the v20C, so i Rooted mine. Too exited noob as i was, i accidentally uninstalled minor system app. This drive me to update again using LG Software Update Agent again. And it did! now my software version is 2.3.5 v20e, official software.
If anyone who has a better experience than this or who has an upgraded software than i have, please help me.
2. Rooting
As i mentioned, A week ago, from korean/chinese site (i almost learned their language! lol!) they said in the past they were not successful in rooting v20c or v20e. The Rooting software was capable of rooting v20C and v20E (among others)
The Post for SU-760 came from here.
http://bbs.gfan.com/android-3717040-1-1.html
but then soon, i read from xda developers that it came from this Author
http://vulnfactory.org/blog/2012/02/26/rooting-the-lg-thrill-optimus-3d/
3. 80 Character SMS
This is what drives me crazy about this phone. In my usage, it only sends 80 Characters not the standard 160. I must limit my SMS to 80 characters or else, the message will be broken. I used Go SMS in this setting. I learned that Korean system uses 2 bits compared to our single bit, that's why it only sends 80.
Handset SMS miraculously solved this problem. (i wish it will be the same with GoSMS)
4. Stock Aps
These are killing the RAM usage! This what motivated me to root my device in the first place, and what drove me to accidentally remove system apps. I used the System App Remover to remove them. Maybe Ill use other app next time.
TV w/ Antenna
It never worked here, I also tried it in Manila (the major city in the Philippines), did'nt worked. I wonder if anyone managed to make this work!
Someone Please Help Me:
How to put/upgrade to a custom rom. (So i will be freed from stock apps)
How to Upgrade or Change Baseband. I really dont know much about this but i have a feeling i need to match it for Philippine usage. I wish to have an H instead of 3g connection. a Getril app didnt worked as of the time i posted this. I emailed the author, if i get help, ill post it here.
So far, these are the major issues I encountered, ill just add later if i have more time and recalled some more problem i fixed.
My helps came from Korean and Chinese forum, the translation is very very hard to understand! If there are Korean / Chinese people in this forum who could help us, please do so, atleast in English Language please.
hey dude! you can root official V20E ,right now no rom better than official V20E for poor LG SU760.
@tiger
hey dude! you can root official V20E ,right now no rom better than official V20E for poor LG SU760.
Thanks... yap, i was able to root the official 20E.. pity my SU760.. i wish there would be more user of this phone to surface around this thread..
tiger, you are from china... is there any cooked rom you could recommend just to free myself from the logo and other pre installed app of the "T mobile?"
Thanks alot for posting, atleast im not alone (using SU760) in the universe of XDA-Developers.
LG su760 upgrade 2.2 to 2.3
hi, i'm rasel from bangladesh, using lg su760 for about 3 months. my firmware ver is 2.2. its came from south korea, its sk telecom.
i want to upgrade to 2.3, but i dont know what to do.
there is 2 way. one is lg support tool via pc. other is via wifi through my handset.
which is better i dont know. is 2.3 better for my su760?
rasel
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I have an issue with SMS and restart phone
Sir Im a Filipino, have an SU760,
My problem is even i use Go SMS or Handcent, my text only limits to 80 to 100 characters only, what should I do?
Second problem is my phone always automatically restart/reboot itself. this happen 1-3 times a day.
PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS ISSUE. THANKSOMUCH
raselahmed said:
hi, i'm rasel from bangladesh, using lg su760 for about 3 months. my firmware ver is 2.2. its came from south korea, its sk telecom.
i want to upgrade to 2.3, but i dont know what to do.
there is 2 way. one is lg support tool via pc. other is via wifi through my handset.
which is better i dont know. is 2.3 better for my su760?
rasel
01680063556
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-rasel..
i used the software from lg tool via windows pc when i upgraded my phone. the software checked the phone version then downloaded the latest software automatically installed it.. just make sure to install all the proper drivers in doing it.
thanks..
sellingsumthing said:
Sir Im a Filipino, have an SU760,
My problem is even i use Go SMS or Handcent, my text only limits to 80 to 100 characters only, what should I do?
Second problem is my phone always automatically restart/reboot itself. this happen 1-3 times a day.
PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS ISSUE. THANKSOMUCH
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about the messaging.. what telecom are you using? try to use Smart telecom, and use handset. i hope it will resolve the problem.
about the automatic start/reboot. this should not happen.. Please try to upgrade to the latest version available for the SU760. Im a hard user of the unit, mine dont restart, (by saying hard, i mean, using GPS, 3G and bluetooth at the same time. my unit gets really hot, i got used to it.. but never restart)
Hello all,
I recently asked a friend to get an optimus 3d from china , he got it for me but it was not p920 but SU760 , i dont care really but when i inserted my dutch sim card the network signal was coming and going often , also the phone was already rooted with clockworkmod rom i tried to reset the phone y going into privacy > delete all data > but clockwork mod rom was still there and the signal was coming and going , so i connected my device into recovery mode to hard reset to latest stock firmware using recovery phone option using samsung tool.
It downloaded 430 mb file and installed the firmware and said completed , but when i powered on the phone i got LG logo and later T world logo like the logo which is on the back pannel and colours changing all the time like a pattern and it was like that for 30 - 40 mins later the screen went lack but all there buttons at the bottom , home entrer and options were illuminated .... no android OS .....
I? tried to recover the phone again via LG software but did not help same result , i am really seperate to get the phone working as it's my first android phone in my life , i really wanted to use it but now i cannot ....
also on all over the internet they talk about o3d p920 and not 03d su760 ...
Please can someone tell me where to find su760 stock firmware and how do i flash it to the lg phone ,,, i cannot even enter hard reset mode using volume key combination and home and power button ,,, seems phone is stuck in a cycle .... please HELP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
xbsall and I worked really hard to get it up and running over teamviwer session but still even after flashing for 5 times still t world logo with orange screen ....
Suhail
suhailpuri said:
Hello all,
I recently asked a friend to get an optimus 3d from china , he got it for me but it was not p920 but SU760 , i dont care really but when i inserted my dutch sim card the network signal was coming and going often , also the phone was already rooted with clockworkmod rom i tried to reset the phone y going into privacy > delete all data > but clockwork mod rom was still there and the signal was coming and going , so i connected my device into recovery mode to hard reset to latest stock firmware using recovery phone option using samsung tool.
It downloaded 430 mb file and installed the firmware and said completed , but when i powered on the phone i got LG logo and later T world logo like the logo which is on the back pannel and colours changing all the time like a pattern and it was like that for 30 - 40 mins later the screen went lack but all there buttons at the bottom , home entrer and options were illuminated .... no android OS .....
I? tried to recover the phone again via LG software but did not help same result , i am really seperate to get the phone working as it's my first android phone in my life , i really wanted to use it but now i cannot ....
also on all over the internet they talk about o3d p920 and not 03d su760 ...
Please can someone tell me where to find su760 stock firmware and how do i flash it to the lg phone ,,, i cannot even enter hard reset mode using volume key combination and home and power button ,,, seems phone is stuck in a cycle .... please HELP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
xbsall and I worked really hard to get it up and running over teamviwer session but still even after flashing for 5 times still t world logo with orange screen ....
Suhail[/QUOTE
Hi,you need to wipe your phone after recover your phone
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How to get to the Service Menu? I want to set SMSC and activate 3G.
*#*#4636#*#* doesn't work, dials instead of showing Service Menu
How to root SU-760 and what preinstalled T-labeled software could be removed without spoiling the overall perfomance?
lg su760
hi there i m a silent user of XDA ......well i m using LG su760 Korean version from last three months and i have come to know that these mobile sets are hard to understand...i m android user from last 3 years and the first thing i do with my android mobile is to root it and that i have done with the lg su760...
initially i have 2.2.2 which i manage to root with superoneclick root method and i also manage to delete the stock applications regarding T-logo....with ROOT TOOLS software.....now i have updated to 2.3.5 v21f stock and also rooted with megatron method...and again mange to delete T-logo apps now my lg su760 is rooted and have CWM recovery image installed 5.0.2.7 but unfortunately spending several hours on net i wont get any custom rom for this set.....if anyone knows plz tell me
aliwa said:
hi there i m a silent user of XDA ......well i m using LG su760 Korean version from last three months and i have come to know that these mobile sets are hard to understand...i m android user from last 3 years and the first thing i do with my android mobile is to root it and that i have done with the lg su760...
initially i have 2.2.2 which i manage to root with superoneclick root method and i also manage to delete the stock applications regarding T-logo....with ROOT TOOLS software.....now i have updated to 2.3.5 v21f stock and also rooted with megatron method...and again mange to delete T-logo apps now my lg su760 is rooted and have CWM recovery image installed 5.0.2.7 but unfortunately spending several hours on net i wont get any custom rom for this set.....if anyone knows plz tell me
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Can you guide me as well on this? how to root it and get rid of T mobiles n all PLEASE?
Its not working for me the rooting process, can someone guide me on the roms as well that can be used on this mobile? :crying:
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Theri0n said:
How to get to the Service Menu? I want to set SMSC and activate 3G.
*#*#4636#*#* doesn't work, dials instead of showing Service Menu
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Dear All, I also Have same problem, But I Have something else also, I can able to control the no service issue by using v10L-00.kdz which is LG P920 rom for Swisscom you can download it from lg-phone-firmware.com/index.php?id_mod=2 , after this all things working except internal memory card is not showing, it gives format option but cant format it, It is also change my IMEI No, But at least in working condition
LGSU760 All Problems Solved
datamanonline said:
Dear All, I also Have same problem, But I Have something else also, I can able to control the no service issue by using v10L-00.kdz which is LG P920 rom for Swisscom you can download it from lg-phone-firmware.com/index.php?id_mod=2 , after this all things working except internal memory card is not showing, it gives format option but cant format it, It is also change my IMEI No, But at least in working condition
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Alhamdulillah ( Very Very Thanks To Our Almighty God)
I Got it, After V10L I Tried V20F it is still working all things, Then I Try V30b of Original SU760 it hangs on T logo of SK Telecom , Then I extract the V30b and install it again via Smart flash Tool, Then every thing works Fine, Internal Memory is automatically correct
Thanks Again to Almighty God,
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Theri0n said:
How to get to the Service Menu? I want to set SMSC and activate 3G.
*#*#4636#*#* doesn't work, dials instead of showing Service Menu
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Dear All, I also Have same problem, But I Have something else also, I can able to control the no service issue by using v10L-00.kdz which is LG P920 rom for Swisscom you can download it from { lg-phone-firmware.com/index.php?id_mod=2} , after this all things working except internal memory card is not showing, it gives format option but cant format it, It is also change my IMEI No, But at least in working condition
Alhamdulillah ( Very Very Thanks To Our Almighty God)
I Got it, After V10L I Tried V20F it is still working all things, Then I Try V30b of Original SU760 it hangs on T logo of SK Telecom , Then I extract the V30b and install it again via Smart flash Tool, Then every thing works Fine, Internal Memory is automatically correct
Thanks Again to Almighty God,
Good to know
Hi All you Guys,
Heres my experience..
Jump Start
As you see I'm also from Philippines too and just had this Device as gift for my Wife almost a month ago (its around my budget that time and its 3D). I got it first using GB and I just updated it using V30B.kdz that I found floating around the web - Here (if you happen to cant download it you can use any proxy known to man to by pass limitations) using LG Flashtool (pretty much automagically and easy) - Here. Back then my Wife is as happy as child. But all has its limit. After update my Wife noticed performance issues, lagging and too much wait times. So I decided to root it using - This but be sure to use v1.6 and to open it use 7zip app for Windows (Google it). After Rooting first off to do was to Install Busybox and try out V6supercharger, w/c eventually made progress and made the phone quite snappy. No problems, redraws and slowdowns encountered from my Wife except that I cant stop to look at the Custom Roms available for SU760 and personally I still think its still too slow from a device having good Dualcore CPU and decent GPU.
Customization
Reviewed a while, talked to some people and downloaded necessary tools and apps. Target was to flash XBSAv5.2 - Here (yes this works on our SU760). First I got many Bricks and Bootloops but able to resurrect my device using this guide - Here and then found out that it would be safe and easier having the x-loader and u-boot made by wkpark, download this (the loaders were inside /files and /resigned, but if you have trouble locating those you could try this pack - Here) and follow this Guide and use this recovery Pesach85 gave me - Here. After all those stuffs I finally able to boot at recovery anytime during bootup, simply press Vol Down while on the Silver LG Logo boot screen and it will launch TWRP, from there you could flash XBSA v5.2 and if you want to try PH85 Kernel on SU760 download this version Pesach85 gave me - Here. Final touch was to apply the build.prop patch located at XBSA ROM's OP and to use the Original V30B Camera - Here. Thats all I did on my O3D SU760 and now somehow it became fast enough having Camera load for just 5 seconds.
Note: My Wife's setup is
Launcher: Go Launcher
Locker: Go Locker
Sms: Go SMS
Social Apps: Facebook, FB Messenger, Tweeter, YouTube
Settings: 3G when needed, WiFi at Home, All Social Apps Notifier ON, All Sync are ON
She get those setup and ask me why her phone slows down.. Tsk women..
Internal SD Card memory is still working after flashing XBSA v5.2 rom?
My experience was not good with that rom so I never tried again even after 30B official upgrade.
hackenggr said:
Internal SD Card memory is still working after flashing XBSA v5.2 rom?
My experience was not good with that rom so I never tried again even after 30B official upgrade.
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Yes its working. So far I got good results with that ROM + PH85 Kernel. Just remember to flash wkspark's latest bootloader.
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hi please i need help. i upgrade my lg-su760 with lgmobile support tools but after completion the is no more responding it will blink 3time with lg logo and than off, i dont no what to do. please i need you guys help on what to do. here is my [email protected] god bless
Hi everyone, I had a problem with my previous nexus s (I have since gotten a working replacement) and I was wondering where exactly I messed up so in the future I can avoid this
Here is what I did on my previous phone:
1. I flashed ics onto my device from the ota update package from androidcentral, it was 4.0.3. (This worked great and I had it on my phone for 2-3 months before I tried the next steps.)
2. I rooted my device successfully using the guide at nexusshacks.
3. I also flashed TWRP recovery (fastboot) and superuser using the above guide/links
4. When I would turn off my phone it would boot to a screen with a red triangle and an opened android bot. So what I would have to do is flash twrp recovery everytime I turned the phone on just to get it to work.
5. What I wanted to do was keep the stock rom but still have twrp recovery without it making me reflash it on every boot. So I clicked install and tried to flash the stock rom (update package from the link in step 1) with twrp recovery. It then turned off my phone and hard bricked it. I couldn't turn it on anymore and a new battery didn't fix it.
I was able to get a replacement now and I was just wondering at which step did I go wrong? I THINK that I should have wiped my cache before I tried to reflash the stock rom but maybe I'm way off base here. This is why I posted a question here so hopefully some of you guys can help.
I did think about posting in another thread, but I didn't wanna threadjack or anything... and his problem also seemed a bit different then mine. Also, sorry about not being able to provide the specific links it won't let me post them until I've posted 8 times.
I don't know for sure but team win recovery has been reported to corrupt the device's efs directory. I've even had problems myself using clockwork recovery. I've moved on to razor recovery and haven't looked back.
This is the most flash-friendly phone I've ever owned, and razor recovery rivals amon ra (which was awesome on my g1 and evo). I really think it may have just been the recovery you were using... Somebody correct me if i'm wrong.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk
I had once corrupted one of the partition. I fixed to by flashing stock recovery and stock rom.
Use adam outler's unbrickable mod tool. It can be found in android development section.
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Thanks for the replies.
That's interesting about twrp... I didn't know that. Truth be told, the only reason I went for it over other ones like clockwork mod was because the UI looked pretty nice and easy to use. Also the guide I followed at nexusshacks used that, so I wanted to stay consistent with it.
jishnu7, it's a little late for that now however as I actually have already received a working replacement from my carrier, but in the future if something ever does go wrong (hopefully not) I will definitely check that out.
The main thing I'm wondering is if it messed up because I tried to reflash the stock rom essentially over top itself (was hoping that by doing that, it would stop making me reflash twrp on every reboot) or if it was because I didn't wipe the cache before the flash.
Also, what I really wanted to do with my phone was to keep the stock rom but be able to overclock my cpu/gpu. I was hoping I could set different overclocks for different things (I've heard of kernels where you can downclock your phone when the screens off and have it overclocked slightly while you're using it, that would be something I'd like to have). I figured to install those kernels I would have to root my phone, replace stock recovery and install superuser so that's why I tried to do that. Once again, I'm pretty new to all this stuff for my phone.
Sorry to bump this thread again, but I would really like to know how I could avoid what happened to me for the future. I think it's because I flashed the stock 4.0.3 rom over itself (was hoping that by doing that twrp recovery would stay on the phone after reboot).
What I would like to do is install something like CM9 or AOKP and use the Matr1x kernel so I could undervolt or overclock my phone.
I seriously dont get how u hard bricked your phone...
the reason you are thinking is you reflashed stock rom without wiping cache, as per my experiece its not at all the reason
now, whats my experience??
...I have some fault with my nexus device and I'm working on it,,and I did everything I could do...one of the thing out of those things was reflashing stock rom without wiping,and i did it quite a several times...my device never hard bricked,,however it was soft bricked for many times,,and i recovered from it
so reflasing a stock rom over stock rom, over ICS, over some themed custom rom,will not hard brick your device, you must be missing something none of your steps sounds suspecious
P.S:- pulling out battey while flashing something like this sounds suspecious, never tried though
I'm not sure what happened either to be quite honest with you. Since giving it another shot now with my new fresh phone I have had great success!
I did everything I wanted to do all in one go. Rooted it, install CWM touch, install AOKP (went with milestone 4 cuz I heard newest build 29 has some bugs) + gapps and installed matr1x kernel 18.5 bfs.
The only thing I did different from last time was installing CWM touch (instead of twrp) and flashed aokp this time (instead of reflashing 4.0.3 over itself).
I would just avoid step 2 at all cost.
The nexus s hacks dude is a tool.
Hello everyone,
Ive seem to run into some trouble, that I cant find a solution too.
I rooted my phone with Gingerbreak V1.20, and flash my recovery with CWM.
I proceeded to add the Nightly Four E rom, than the trouble began.
My colors on the phone display are diffused and distorted, mainly showing the color green and blue.
I read thatI need to flash the stock 2.2 rom again and it would fix it but it didnt.
Can someone help me with this, its quite annoying.
Trytohaxme said:
Hello everyone,
Ive seem to run into some trouble, that I cant find a solution too.
I rooted my phone with Gingerbreak V1.20, and flash my recovery with CWM.
I proceeded to add the Nightly Four E rom, than the trouble began.
My colors on the phone display are diffused and distorted, mainly showing the color green and blue.
I read thatI need to flash the stock 2.2 rom again and it would fix it but it didnt.
Can someone help me with this, its quite annoying.
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It's a kernel issue. From what you've stated, stock 2.2, your device never got it's official 2.3 update. So, you have an old baseband P505. You should be able to flash ROMs made specificially for the P505 as well as P500 ROMs. Since your device is old baseband, you also have the option to flash P509 ROMs. P509 never got an official GB update so it's always an old baseband device, same with the P506. The catch with P500 ROMs and most P505 ROMs is they are build for new baseband so an additional patch, old baseband, will need to be applied after flashing the ROM. P506 devices use a different touchscreen than the others so you'll have issues installing one of those ROMs.
The old baseband patch is to get your radio, cell signal, working with new baseband ROMs. I hope this wasn't information overload If you used ROM Manager, it's possible that is screwed up the radio too. ROM Manager is not friendly to the Optimus One device family. Android Flash Recovery, link in my signature, is designed for flashing recoveries via fastboot and fastboot mode. You may, especially if color banding is an issue with your recovery, want to reflash your recovery too.
Oh, and have you seen the LG Optimus One FAQ?
I appreciate the reply you've giving, but this is my first time using the Optimus One.
You stated its a kernel issue, how would I go upon fixing a kernel issue?
You also stated I should reflash the recovery, is there a specific recovery I should be using?
Trytohaxme said:
I appreciate the reply you've giving, but this is my first time using the Optimus One.
You stated its a kernel issue, how would I go upon fixing a kernel issue?
You also stated I should reflash the recovery, is there a specific recovery I should be using?
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For the kernel issue, you can search the forums here to find some that are compatible with your device. The kernel you need will depend on the version of Android you are wanting to install since there isn't a universal kernel for all Android versions. Most of the newer kernels are for ICS( Android 4.0 ) and JB( Android 4.1, 4.2 ). I've never used it but they say Franco has a kernel for GB ( Android 2.3 ). SweetnSour has a kernel for JB and the AndroidArmv6 Team has a new 3.0 kernel for JB.
If you like GB, then you may want to look at this CM7.2 ROM( Direct download ). It is for a P500, so you will need the old baseband patch from post #9 in the LG Optimus One FAQ. I''m using that ROM on my P509 ATM.
As for the recovery, I only suggest reflashing it if you are experiencing color issues with it too. I use CWM 5.0.2.7 Touch, but it will only allow P500 ROMs to be flashed. It's no big deal for me, but for someone new to the game it can be troublesome. CWM 5.0.2.0 is also a good recovery. I don't recommend using ROM Manager to flash anything. If you should decide to reflash your recovery, I would recommend using Android Flash Recovery for Windows( in my signature ) or FlashImage GUI which can be found in the Play Store.
It seems no matter what I do, the color will not correct.
I've tried switching roms, flashing a new kernel and recovery nothing seems to be working..
Trytohaxme said:
It seems no matter what I do, the color will not correct.
I've tried switching roms, flashing a new kernel and recovery nothing seems to be working..
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Do you still have a backup of your stock ROM? I mean a backup that was made while in recovery mode. If you do you can try booting in to recovery and then try wiping and formatting everything but your sdcard. Then restore the backup you made and reboot the device. Other than that, I hate to say it, but I'm at a loss.
I just flashed the CM 7.2 ROM, and franco.Kernel | 2.6.35.10.
I just about did everything, but the color remains distorted once the actual ROM boots up.
Note* If the phone is off and I power it on, the first LG logo has perfect color and clarity but once the ROM kicks in the colors wacks out.
Edit - The phone no longer allows me to access CWM it's just a black screen.
Trytohaxme said:
I just flashed the CM 7.2 ROM, and franco.Kernel | 2.6.35.10.
I just about did everything, but the color remains distorted once the actual ROM boots up.
Note* If the phone is off and I power it on, the first LG logo has perfect color and clarity but once the ROM kicks in the colors wacks out.
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The kernel is part of the boot image. It's possible that somehow your partitions have been damaged.
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Trytohaxme said:
I just flashed the CM 7.2 ROM, and franco.Kernel | 2.6.35.10.
I just about did everything, but the color remains distorted once the actual ROM boots up.
Note* If the phone is off and I power it on, the first LG logo has perfect color and clarity but once the ROM kicks in the colors wacks out.
Edit - The phone no longer allows me to access CWM it's just a black screen.
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Hmm. I'm about convinced there's something wrong with your partition tables. Your data is getting corrupted.
So basically I just ruined the phone?
Trytohaxme said:
So basically I just ruined the phone?
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Yes and no. If you can find or get a hold of the partition.mbn for your device you can use LGMDP to repair the partitions. The P500 one might work too, I'm not sure tho.
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You can also install a recovery and ROM in the same process with LGMDP
shinobisoft said:
Yes and no. If you can find or get a hold of the partition.mbn for your device you can use LGMDP to repair the partitions. The P500 one might work too, I'm not sure tho.
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You can also install a recovery and ROM in the same process with LGMDP
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Yeah, I'm screwed I have no idea how to do that so I'm just gonna have to buy a new phone.. :crying:
Im sorry didn't read too well, bad luck, i didn't read your posts before, i knew how to fix the blue colors on your screen
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Im sorry didn't read too well, bad luck i didn't read your posts before i knew how to fix the blue colors on your screen
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Well how exactly do you fix the screen color than?
Trytohaxme said:
Well how exactly do you fix the screen color than?
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you only had to flash this on your p505 after the rom https://code.google.com/p/sweetnsour-kernel/downloads/list; one of these
kernel-20130224_1312.zip version4-CFS-P505-P506 for battery life
kernel-20130224_1306.zip version4-BFS-P505-P506 for performance
You have saved my phone my good sir, and I thank you greatly!
Now that I have the correct kernel, can I install different roms now?
Yes, but only ics and jellybean roms , if you use the kernel on gingerbread you will get a lot of troubles...
I just flashed the unofficial CM 10.1, and booted the phone and the color was diffused again.
So I flashed the kernel again and booted the phone, and everything is working perfectly.
Thank you so much!
P.S - CM 10.1 doesn't come with Google Apps or Rom manager, how do I get that back?
To get the google apps you will need to flash a gapps.zip, but first you need to trim the cm 10.1 rom, because
The recommended gapps package is not quite small enough to fit along with the rom in our limited /system partition. The size of the rom can be trimmed by deleting or converting some system apps to user apps, deleting unwanted ringtones and fonts.
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Take off anything that can be installed from Play, same for gapps.zip!!
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There is a tool designed for that, is in shinobisoft's signature, oone rom editor, download that tool and in the help docs you will find information about trimming, and what can be removed safely... Here it is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1959023
If this the first time you are installing roms, i will recommmend you to stay in ice cream sandwich, because is more stable, and it has a lot better battery life than jellybean...
Hi there, I have been trying for countless hours to make a custom ROM work on my P920 with no results, always some issues. I've managed to brick my phone in different ways a billion times now, then spent billion hours unbricking it and in the end I'm always back to where I started. I would really love some help please.
My phone is P920.
The android version I'm running is: 2.3.5
Kernel version: 2.6.35.7+
Software version: V21E
Rooting method: megatron
Now I would like a ROM that uses Android 4 and that can still use the 3D features such as 3D camera, the ROM calledthe Darkroom International would be an example I imagine.
While that's one of the ROMs that I would want, I've tried many, and always encountering issues, let me clarify.
First of all my device has to be rooted and since SuperOneClick doesn't work for me as it gets stuck on step 7, I use megatron which works well. I even double check if my phone is rooted with the Root Checker from the Android store. Now according to the guides I've read I need a custom recovery system, so I install Clockworkmod. I then place the ROM on the SD card, in the recovery menu I delete cache, that other cache, format it, format system, data, everything those guides tell me to. Afterwards, I install the ROM by selecting the zip and then I reboot. I've tried like 3 different ROMs, jellybem, cyanogenmod and some other. Yes I know none of them support 3D features - I didn't know at the time. Anyway, the issue was always the same, right after the LG logo there would be a screen with some weird colors showing the display of what happened before the phone crashed. Before it crashed? Yes, the phone would actually boot into the ROM but only for a few minutes, crashing afterwards. The next time I would boot, it would show that weird screen with those fancy colors with what happened just before it crashed. So I followed some steps and I got back to the original 2.3.5 ROM, everything back to normal.
I tried doing some more research and I came across the Darkroom Intentional ROM which had a bit different instructions. It asked me to install TWRP recovery with a bootloader, so I did, successfully, then did all the clean cache etc, installed ROM, bam, wouldn't boot at all. Oh boy have I had issues here, I couldn't even get it back to the default 2.3.5 stock ROM because my phone wasn't even recognized in the device manager. So I did some more research, found a solution, managed to flash back to 2.3.5 stock and I'm back to square one.
Now, could someone please help and explain to me what exactly have I done wrong and how I can make it right? I've spent countless hours now trying to install a custom ROM with no success. Sorry about the long read. If you need me to supply some more information please let me know. Thank you.
First of all if u want to use an ICS ROM then u need to update to ICS FIRST u can't flash it directly from 2.3.5 u can use xbsalls thread to update......
Next if cm based Roms are crashing then u need to flash bootloaders which means u should use os_hacking tool to flash ICS bootladers if u wanna update
Or flash GB bootloaders
So first update if u want
Root
Flash bootloaders
Flash recovery
Flash Roms
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Hello all,
Okay, I admit that I am gonna get a lot of "use the search tool first" replies, but please hear me out. I have done my fair share of searching. Its not that I haven't found anything, its just the things I found are useless for this SGS 4G. I really wanted to install Cyanogen Mo on the SGS (its not actually mine, a friend asked me to do it since he saw my old SGS GT-I9000 running CM).
I am gonna try and give a detailed report . The phone was originally from T-Mobile and now unlocked permanently. Its running firmware version 2.3.3 that I installed just recently. I found out that I can't install CWM on the stock kernel or bootloader or whatever and I needed a new of the thing. So I went on searching and searching....found a handful of help but none work. Every method breaks at some point and I go to the "firmware update failed" thing on the phone, which I then install 2.3.3 again using ODIN and try another method. I have tried a lot of things. Hemidall, ODIN, SuperOneClick, and a lot of gibbrish-sounding methods. None work. I am now running 2.3.3. Here are some infos:
ABOUT PHONE:
Model Number: SGH-T959V
Firmware Version: 2.3.3
Baseband Version: T959VUVKF1
Kernel Version: 2.6.35.7-T959VUVKF1-CL270364
Build Number: GINGERBREAD.VUVKF1
The files I used to flash to 2.3.3 using ODIN v1.85:
PIT: Hawk_Sidekick_VibrantPlus_831.pit
PDA: CODE_T959VUVKF1_CL270364_REV00_user_low_noship.tar.md5
PHONE: T959VUVKF1-Phone-CL1020302.tar.md5
CSC: SGH-T959V-CSC-TMB-VIBRANTP.tar.md5
I hope the above infos are enough. So, can anyone help me and point me to the right direction on how to install CWM and then install CM10 or 9 on my friends SGS 4G?
Thanks,
Tamrat
Hmmm, an interesting set of binaries, ones that don't ring a bell with me. I'm used to seeing T959VUVKJ6.
Where did you find those? Half curiosity, half trying to understand the problem, half since much of the "old" images for the phones got lost when Multiupload and what have you were shut down.
For the SGS4G, the kernel, root file system, and recovery file system are all in "boot.img" -- flash one, you flash them all. They can be flashed through Odin (assuming you really like Windows), heimdall (multi-platform), through recovery, or from a root command line (for the adventurous only).
I would say the most robust way to get where you need to be would be to use Lumin's guide to make sure you've got a viable Gingerbread set-up going, then flash something reliable to get you to MTD, like TeamAcid's CM9.
From there, you should know that some of the KK ROMs use slightly different MTD partitioning and aren't a "just flash this ROM and keep your data" kind of thing.
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Hmmm, an interesting set of binaries, ones that don't ring a bell with me. I'm used to seeing T959VUVKJ6.
Where did you find those? Half curiosity, half trying to understand the problem, half since much of the "old" images for the phones got lost when Multiupload and what have you were shut down.
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A long day Googling... and then a site turned up. One thing I forgot to mention was, before I installed this firmware, I had to use the "remove battery->plug usb->press the button combos->insert the battery" to enter download mode, but now I juts have to press vol down and power button.
Thanks for the reply,
Failure again
UPDATE:::
I tried to update to 2.3.6 as the guide suggests and I also wanted a clean stock OS in case the old one was not. But once again updating to 2.3.6 has been a pain. Kies Mini recognizes the phone but it doesn't recognize the firmware running on the phone. And also, firmware update is impossible since the button is greyed out.
I googled again and found the official 2.3.6 firmware for the phone (file name: T959VUVKJ6-REV00-home-low-CL694130.tar.md5) and tried flashing it using ODIN; absolutely no luck. It fails at the stage which says Slb.bin. Restarting the phone after that gives a "firmware upgrade failure" display. Only way to wake up the phone is to flash the previous OS back.
I am really confused here.
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Some how, after like 10 retires and fiddling with ODIN, it finally flashed 2.3.6 to the SGS 4G. Still, fingers crossed.
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Finally, its all working fine now. Thank you @jeffsf, thank you very much.
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forgot an important step and now my IEMI number is gone........
do i throw the phone now, or is there any other way???
Don't throw your phone away! How do you know that you have "no IMEI" on your phone? We'll go from there.
Hopefully, you've backed up your data before starting to play around with ROMS. If so just load your backed up efs folder onto your storage & use Root Explorer to drop it over your existing one , it will overwrite your imei file & you will be good as new.
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I'm also in need of help, I have been running SlimSaber since last weekend, was wanting to try out Beanstalk. First full wipe, install & reboot wipe again, reinstall etc as per Dao's OP, but after the first install, it won't boot past the kernel splash. Tried again with same result. Decided to click it back to stock & start over, using Gremlin Remover (odin). Then saw that others were having similar issue so I tried to load in build from April1st.
But now it only boots back into recovery, won't boot to the OS ( everything indicated install was complete & no errors.)
1 clicked back again & just tried to put SlimSaber back on again, but have the same problem, will only boot into recovery.
I had to first load CM9 to get CWM 6.xx so I could install kk using TWRP
What am I not doing correctly? Thanks for any suggestions.
Flash kernel
Reboot recovery
Wipe all partitions
(Reboot recovery for good measure and wipe again if paranoid)
Install
Boot
If that doesn't do it, it is likely ROM or hardware.
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Since this is running GB VUVKG4, could you recommend a kernel that would work & get me to TWRP (or CWM 5.xx+)?
Either the Team Acid CM9 or Hefe Kernel should work.
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