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[SIZE=+2]LG Optimus One Device Family[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]This a short list of frequently asked questions in this device forum and the answers often given as a response. It should serve as a starting point for gathering knowledge and finding solutions to many common problems. Please only post in this thread with feedback on how to improve this document. Do not post "Thank you" type responses. If you have additional questions or require more help, try to find an existing thread or create your own. Do not use this as a general help thread.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Q1: How do I root my LG Optimus One?[/SIZE]Rooting can be accomplished with Gingerbreak.apk 1.20 for most devices running stock Froyo ( 2.2 ) and Gingerbread( 2.3 ). There is also Z4Root and SuperOneClick for those instances when GingerBreak doesn't work.
[SIZE=+1]Q2: How do I install a custom recovery?[/SIZE]This is too broad a topic to cover in detail in this FAQ. Please refer to any of the methods listed below...
Install recovery with 'flash_image' binary or LGMDP
All in one how-to for rooting, installing ADB, installing recoveries, etc...
Install ROM Manager from Play Store. To use ROM Manager you MUST be rooted. Use ROM Manager to install a custom recovery.
Most P500 and P505 models got their official updates. Choose the Optimus One item
The P506 and P509 did not get official updates. Choose the Optimus One (OldBB) item
Device models not mentioned, old baseband models choose the "Optimus One (OldBB)" item. New baseband models choose the "Optimus One" item.
There is also my utility Android Flash Recovery to flash a recovery via fastboot and fastboot mode.
[SIZE=+1]Q3: Why do I have to "trim" my ROMs?[/SIZE]
The allocated system partition on any of these devices is only 190 MB. Not really huge. However since Android 4.0, the space required for everything has increased to a point that it will almost completely fill the system partition only leaving a few KB free. OOne ROM Editor is a Windows utility designed specifically for this task.
[SIZE=+1]Q4: I've flashed ( any ICS or JB ) ROM and Google Apps. Why doesn't my Home and or Search button work?[/SIZE]Did you trim the ROM prior to installation? If not, see question #3 above.
Did you wipe your /cache and Dalvik cache prior to the ROM installation?
[SIZE=+1]Q5: Why doesn't Link2SD work with CM10+?[/SIZE]
There are several reasons. There is an actual procedure required in order to get Link2SD to work properly with these devices.
The ROM must be trimmed prior to installing or immediately after installing on to the device. See question #3 above.
The biggest issue with Link2SD is the lack of free space on the devices system partition. I recommend a minimum 1024 MB ( 1 GB ) partition on the sdcard, formatted as ext4.
Now install Link2SD. After it installs, open it and let it create it's mount scripts.
Reboot device. On this first boot Link2SD will create it's symlinks and move whatever files it needs to move.
Reboot device once more for good measure.
From here, assuming that you have removed enough from the ROM when trimming it, the Google Apps package should be installed via your preferred recovery.
Reboot. You should see a "Android is updating apps" notification as the ROM starts.
[SIZE=+1]Q6: How can I get rid of Link2SD before migrating to another *2SD script?[/SIZE]
Link2SD installs scripts etc. in 2 places
/system/etc/init.d
/system/etc/install_recovery.sh
Delete both mounting scripts and delete the /data/sdext2 folder to get rid of Link2SD. For credit and more details please see this post.
[SIZE=+1]Q7: I have installed CM10.1. What happened to the Developer Options?[/SIZE]
On the device, go to Settings -> About Phone. Scroll to and tap on the build number 7 - 8 times until you get a toast notification that states that Developer Options are enabled. Press the "Back" button. A Developer Options item should appear in the main settings list, usually just before About Phone. Press the Developer Options item and then enable Developer Options with the toggle at the top of the page.
[SIZE=+1]Q8: I'm running CM10.1. Where is the advanced power menu?[/SIZE]
If Developer Options are not enabled, see question #7 above. Go to Settings -> Developer Options and enable "Advanced Reboot".
[SIZE=+1]Q9: I just flashed a ROM and I have no network. What should I do?[/SIZE]
All ROMs from CM7 and newer are built for new baseband. This is more than likely because of the wrong baseband. The P509 and P506 are old baseband devices. P500 and P505 devices that didn't get the official update are also old baseband. You can flash the old baseband patch via CWM or any other recovery to remedy this problem. Please see post #8 for the old baseband patch.
It is also possible the the APN for your carrier is either not set up or is incorrectly set up.
[SIZE=+1]Q10: What is the best method for installing a ROM?[/SIZE]
In my opinion it is always best to perform all wipes, even when upgrading the same Android version, although it is not really required when upgrading. The following steps are assuming that you are using CWM.
Boot device in to Recovery. If you don't have a custom recovery, please see question #2 above.
Perform "Wipe data/factory reset". This will format the /data, /cache, /sdext, and .android_secure
Select the "Advanced" option and on the next screen select "Wipe Dalvik Cache". Confirm the wipe.
Not necessary but I do it anyway, in the "Advanced" screen select "Wipe battery stats" and the confirm that wipe
For a clean installation I recommend formatting the system partition too. From CWM home screen select "mounts and storage". On the next screen select "format /system" and then confirm the format.
Press the back button until you are back in the CWM home screen. Select "Install zip from sdcard" and then select "Choose zip from sdcard". Browse your sdcard for the ROM to install and select it. Confirm the installation. Now wait for the install to finish.
Go back to CWM's home screen. Select "reboot system now" option and let the device boot. The initial boot will take a couple of minutes. Don't panic.
If you intend to install any patches or Google Apps, reboot device into recovery and repeat step 6 for each additional package to install.
[SIZE=+1]Q11: How can I make Voice Search work with Google Now in JB roms?[/SIZE]
I have gathered links to several posts regarding this, and they can be found here
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Q: How can I get rid of Link2SD, before migrating to another *2SD script?
A: Link2SD installs in 2 places, /system/etc/init.d & /system/etc/install_recovery.sh
You need to delete them both mounting scripts, and also delete the /data/sdext2 folder to get rid of link2sd...
Credit here
Personally, I like Mounts2SD :good:
Let's see if we can get this into a sticky...
Q: Can changing baseband from Lgmdp brick my phone?
A: No.
Sent from my LG-P500 using Tapatalk 2
shinobisoft said:
It's in the Q&A forum
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Found it! Oh, and they made it sticky too... great work!!
We need a list of working *2sd with cm10/10.1
Does this F.A.Q. meant to be only for cm10/10.1?
uf0999 said:
We need a list of working *2sd with cm10/10.1
Does this F.A.Q. meant to be only for cm10/10.1?
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No. It's not meant for any specific Android version at all. This FAQ is still a WIP. This FAQ is intended to be a starting point for new members. It is not designed or intended to go in to too much detail about anything. Questions with lengthy answers are answered in short form when possible. If more explanation is needed, then a link or links will be included to direct the member to the correct thread.
As for what you have stated, I will see what I can come up with. Some of the *2SD scripts can be problematic setting up and require special details. Link2SD and Mounts2SD are two problematic ones right off the top of my head.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Old baseband patch
Here's the old baseband patch.
Q: How can I make Voice Search work with Google Now in JB roms?
A: I have gathered links to several posts regarding this, and they can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39156799&postcount=169
sent from a jellybean sitting on an ice cream sandwich (and a 3.0 kernel)
Hey Bill, I just now figured out what dovidhalevi was talking about. The link that I posted above works. But the copied link that you posted does not. Gotta love this great software. Got no choice.
Yup. Your link in Q11 is to:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=169
While it should be to:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39156799&postcount=169
ibub said:
Hey Bill, I just now figured out what dovidhalevi was talking about. The link that I posted above works. But the copied link that you posted does not. Gotta love this great software. Got no choice.
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post-mortem said:
Yup. Your link in Q11 is to:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=169
While it should be to:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39156799&postcount=169
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Thanks
No sure how the URL error came about as I copied the link directly from ibub's post, but in any case link has been fixed in Q#11.
ibub said:
Q: How can I make Voice Search work with Google Now in JB roms?
A: I have gathered links to several posts regarding this, and they can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39156799&postcount=169
sent from a jellybean sitting on an ice cream sandwich (and a 3.0 kernel)
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will all roms will work on this baseband
That "oldbasebandfix.zip" is to make a new baseband rom work with a phone that has old baseband. Check the thread for the rom to check for baseband requirements.
sent from the p509 that I thought I killed again... no trouble at all
What is the most stable Jelly Bean ROM i can install on my P500? there are a lot of ROM. i tried CM10(Build 7) from Rashed97 but after a few weeks it crashes some (well most) of my application. Thanks in advanced!
mackoyskii said:
What is the most stable Jelly Bean ROM i can install on my P500? there are a lot of ROM. i tried CM10(Build 7) from Rashed97 but after a few weeks it crashes some (well most) of my application. Thanks in advanced!
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reboot to recovery, clear cache once a couple of days.
mackoyskii said:
What is the most stable Jelly Bean ROM i can install on my P500? there are a lot of ROM. i tried CM10(Build 7) from Rashed97 but after a few weeks it crashes some (well most) of my application. Thanks in advanced!
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I'm afraid that I cannot personally answer your question. One note, this is not a general discussion thread. Please read or reread the OP.
Ok so I have a couple of problems with my p500.
First of all my phone, doesn't want to connect to my pc. I don't have a clue why, I think it happened for the first time a long time ago while I was fidling with it (can't remember what) and once it connects, my computer says that the device got disconected when it is still connected! I've tried to factory reset but nothing happened still the same.
Secondly the problem that I have is that sometimes the phone boots into emergency mode for no good reason.
It is running on 2.3.3 android and it is not rooted or anything but stock!
Looking forward for your sollutions guys!
Gkikas said:
Ok so I have a couple of problems with my p500.
First of all my phone, doesn't want to connect to my pc. I don't have a clue why, I think it happened for the first time a long time ago while I was fidling with it (can't remember what) and once it connects, my computer says that the device got disconected when it is still connected! I've tried to factory reset but nothing happened still the same.
Secondly the problem that I have is that sometimes the phone boots into emergency mode for no good reason.
It is running on 2.3.3 android and it is not rooted or anything but stock!
Looking forward for your sollutions guys!
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This is not a general help thread. Please reread the OP. In this case you should've started another thread. But in any case...
A partial answer to your question can be found here
Sounds like the drivers need to be reinstalled on your PC. They should be uninstalled, reboot PC, reinstalled, and reboot once more. Power off your device. Attach data cable to device assuming its already attached to a USB port that is not a hub. Now power on the device and let the driver installation do it's thing.
The above is assuming you've managed to get your device to properly boot.
Best of luck.
Hello everyone!
Since xda won't let me ask directly in the relevant thread (as I am a 'noob' here), I guess here's the correct place. So here we go:
Does anyone know how to enable a hardware video playback on P-500 with Evoking 2.1 ROM (Skydragon)? I use Mobo Player, and in several earlier versions of Evoking it simply did a software mode fallback. Tried V-Player, but it simply crashes (as well as 'Now playing' and some other media-related apps in this ROM).
-regards
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So i Tried to turn my galaxy s4 to a Google edition phone because i heard it removes the the small lags the device has, but in the process of changing the OS i think i deleted the Factory installed files on the device and did not install the google OS.
so now my phone only shows the Samsung logo when i turn it on, nothing else.
can anyone please help me? or is this a lost cause?
here is what i did
-first i rooted my phone using odin,which i have don a bunch of times, that wasn't the problem, after rooting i installed TWRP on my device and copied the 4.3 google play ROM into my device.
-secondly i rebooted the device, (as the guide said) opened TWRP and did as the guide told me (Wipe –> Advanced Wipe and select “Dalvik Cache”, “System”, and “Cache”. Then move the slider to complete the wipe.) (refer to picture for more detail)
***** this is where i think i ****ed up******
-Now the guide asks me to install the new ROM and do a factory reset + a reboot.
However my phone froze for some reason and i couldn't install the ROM then it rebooted automatically.
now i cant get passed the company's logo and if i do go into TWRP and try doing any of the previous stuff it keeps writing these lines:
checking for MD5 file...
skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found.
updating partition details...
E: Unable to mount '/system'
E:Unable to mount '/efs'
E:Unable to mount '/preload'
and when ever i try to reset or reboot, it says the device has no OS .
is it over for my phone? i really would appreciate it if someone could tell me Anything on how to fix this problem.
p.s.
i have been searching the web for the past 2 days, spending hours trying to find an answer or a case similar to mine, so far i haven't found anything.
reza577 said:
i have been searching the web for the past 2 days, spending hours trying to find an answer or a case similar to mine, so far i haven't found anything.
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basically your phone needs to be flashed back with its original ROM, so you need to first identify your exact version of S4 that you have to locate its original ROM, you should look here and post there in the Q&A section, when you need help about Galaxy S4, based on your version, you must clearly inform your version for other members to help you.
Don't worry you should be able to recover your phone by flashing the correct ROM, just READ carefully and follow instructions found in the galaxy S4 forum. in XDA
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Basically, my friend bought a nubia z5s, and asked me to root it and flash a custom rom onto it that has the google apps on it.
I managed to root it and for some reason i factory reset the phone and now the phone just stays on the nubia screen, i can get to CWM but due to the phone having only an internal storage it cant mount the sd card. ADB is very confusing and im not sure if usb debugging is actually enabled
Could anyone help, this is my first time and im actually pretty scared :/
Thanks
Well there's not a lot for this device out here.
I was able to find a rom thread for that device here
as for adb, it's actually not very difficult. Check out this thread for introduction to it.
Good luck
Another problem D:
i managed to figure out ADB, but when the sideloader finishes, on the phone it says:"
e: Error in /tmp/update.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted"
Any ideas as to what could cause this?
Just tried again and it says
E: Can't open /tmp/update.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted
Status 7 means an error in the updater-script due to device assert lines. Which means that the script is not recognizing your device as being compatible with the zip file and it aborts the process to avoid damaging your device. I do not recommend tinkering with the script to trick it into working.
You will need to ask for further assistance in the the link I sent you. Someone there should be able to help you. Xda assist is for showing you the way. We do not offer full support for problems.
Alternatively you can try to install the rom i linked you for your device. Just be sure to read the entire first post and follow the instructions.
Good luck
Q&A for BigPart Repartition Upgrade and Resource Center
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Before posting, please use the forum search and read through the discussion thread for BigPart Repartition Upgrade and Resource Center. If you can't find an answer, post it here, being sure to give as much information as possible (firmware version, steps to reproduce, logcat if available) so that you can get help.
Thanks for understanding and for helping to keep XDA neat and tidy!
Exe files?
When I try to download the zips for BigPart Twrp and the wingray BigPart boot image, it downloads executable files? Why does it not just download the zip files as promised?
Exes
I tried downloading one and instead of downloading the zip file I wanted it downloaded EZ Downloader, and broke my Chrome browser. Why can we not just download the zip files required to change over to the BigPart repartition for xoom?
I made a huge mistake. I installed TWRP 2.6.3.0 fine. Unfortunately I got distracted and forgot to flash twrp bigpart. Instead I skipped to the step where you wipe everything but the sdcard, and when I rebooted to recovery, the screen hung on the teamwin splash screen. When I did a hard reset and tried to reboot manually into recovery I get the motorola dual core screen with a message saying "starting fastboot protocol support", and it just hangs there. Any help from you guys would be greatly appreciated.
Disregard, I finally got it to boot back into recovery manually and went on from there.
Guide
9) Go into install. Recovery should show your microsd storage by default. If not, using the navigation panel, navigate to root then go into "sdcard". Flash your rom, BigPart boot image package, and any other resources as you normally would.
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But I don't see the files on the memory card
from FAQ
Q: Followed the instructions for the re-partitioning. Everything worked except the Xoom cannot see the external sd card in recovery. I have re-formated it as fat32 and tried another card. When I view the files in the PC they are there. Any ideas?
A: Something something went wrong... Copy the data from the SD to your PC, format SD and put back data. Let's see if that works...
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it doesn't work
upd:
another card is working correctly!
upd2:
no need to flash BigPart boot image package!
Motorola Xoom bigpart repartition touch recovery
Hello, never rooted xoom but want to so I can have KitKat. When I try to download original TWRP 2.6.3.0 touch recovery it takes me to a smut video. Do you have a link to the real file. Also since I have never rooted this device, do I have to do something else before I follow the big part repartition upgrade. Sorry very green about this.
Thanks!
Trouble with flashing BigPart to WingRay unable to wipe or mount data
I have tried a lot of ways of flashing the BigPart partition (TWRP 2.8.6.0 for BigPart) but it seems that every way I do it is wrong. I think I followed the directions correctly but every time I do it I either get a password request to login to TWRP or it starts up but says that the data partitions is not able to be wiped or mounted. Most times I can not select the data check box. Please help me figure out what I am doing wrong or tell me were to go. I really want to flash the 5.1.1 but I am getting no where.
Q&A for [recovery][4.2.2-based]TWRP/CWM RECOVERIES[UNOFFICIAL]
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Galaxy trend plus
Should this recoveries work on Samsung galaxy trend plus (GT-S7580) ?
gr8lex said:
Should this recoveries work on Samsung galaxy trend plus (GT-S7580) ?
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Wrong forum dude...that's for SII Plus...That's what you're looking for -> [Guide][Root+CWM] Samsung Trend plus GT-S7580
Flashing RR 5.4.6. on my wife's phone, s2vep, TWRP-2.6.30, flashed via Odin 3.09.<br />
It says it's "patching system image unconditionally" for 10-15 min now.<br />
Is this normal?<br />
Sent from my GT-I9105P using Tapatalk
Hi! I tried installing first TRWP, then CWM, first via Odin then via Zipfile, because I wanted to install a custom ROM on my i9105p. All recoveries worked, but the problem is that NONE of them, no matter what type (TRWP or CWM) or version I install, are able to mount my External SD card! An error comes out like:
Code:
E:Can't mount /storage/sdcard1
Error mounting /storage/sdcard1
That is where I put the zipfile of the ROM, and if the recovery cannot mount it, cannot flash it.
I also tried formatting it, in different FS (FAT32, exFAT...) in Windows, and also to format it directly in CWM, but it does not recognize it. Just as if it didn't see it.
How can this be possible? What can I do? I don't know if I can just flash the ROM copying it into the internal storage memory instead than external SD card... I don't want to mess all up...