The LG Optimus One Thread

krishnandu.sarkar

krishnandu.sarkar

Simply a DIGITian
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5 ROM's??

Where did you see 5 ROM's??

CyanogenMod Mirror Network - Powered by TDRevolution have 4 ROM's

use the latest nightly, i.e. nightly #3 or just wait for stable release.

Nightly are the beta releases, can have bugs.
 
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siddhesh222

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hey guys what's the best rom out for our phone now? I've been really busy so didnt get time to stay with technology... I'm currently using mik cm7.1 with clockworkmod recovery flashed with the help of ROM manager...

what's this 'nightly' and 'new/old baseband' everyone is talking about? my main concern for upgrading is low battery life, I guess the new ones have better battery life...

Anyways, please post tips for saving battery life too!
 
Vyom

Vyom

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I would leave the question about ROM and stuff to the experienced. But about battery life tips, visit this:
3 Things You Should Already Know About Your Lithium Ion Battery
 
X-jo

X-jo

Broken In
just to be sure i am doing the rite thing..

am using 2.3.7 Mik'o'Void ROM, and am on old baseband.. to flash CM7.2, i just need to backup, wipe data and flash the ROM file rite?

also what are the wipe procedures before flashing CM7.2.0, also the partitioning details pls.. i have a 8GB SD card
 
krishnandu.sarkar

krishnandu.sarkar

Simply a DIGITian
Staff member
siddhesh222 said:
hey guys what's the best rom out for our phone now? I've been really busy so didnt get time to stay with technology... I'm currently using mik cm7.1 with clockworkmod recovery flashed with the help of ROM manager...

what's this 'nightly' and 'new/old baseband' everyone is talking about? my main concern for upgrading is low battery life, I guess the new ones have better battery life...

Anyways, please post tips for saving battery life too!
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Try out A8 [ROM][10JAN] CyanogenMod 7.2.0-RC0-OptimusOne-KANG [.32][.35][BothBasebands] - xda-developers

In simple words baseband is a frequency range through which your SIM communicates. So you need to have right baseband for your SIM to work properly, otherwise you won't get any network, use data(2G/3G), no FM Radio etc.

Now LG have released another baseband later along with Official Gingerbread. So now at XDA we have ROM's based on both Old and New Baseband. So if you are using Old Baseband based ROM you need to have Old baseband and vice versa for your SIM to work properly.

NOTE : If you are on Stock Froyo, probably you are on Old Baseband. And if you are on Official Gingerbread you are on New Baseband. You can check the baseband version on Settings > About Phone on Custom ROM's.

Regarding baseband flash, check [HOWTO] Flashing baseband (radio) via LGMDP.exe - xda-developers

Well, nightly are CM beta builds. In case you don't know, let me inform you that our beloved phone has been accepted by CM Team officially. So these nightly are the CM Official Builds. As it's still in beta stage i.e. why it's nightly. Once the bugs are fixed it'll become stable.

X-jo said:
just to be sure i am doing the rite thing..

am using 2.3.7 Mik'o'Void ROM, and am on old baseband.. to flash CM7.2, i just need to backup, wipe data and flash the ROM file rite?

also what are the wipe procedures before flashing CM7.2.0, also the partitioning details pls.. i have a 8GB SD card
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That's right.

But to be on safe side, wipe data and dalvik cache.

There is no partitioning details. If you intend to use Link2SD / App2SD / S2E like scripts then you need to partition SD Card otherwise there is no need to partition SD Card.

In case you want to partition SD Card, go to recovery, you'll find partition option there.

Choose the size according to your need, generally 512MB is enough, and choose 0MB for SWAP on next screen.
 
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siddhesh222

Journeyman
krishnandu.sarkar said:
Try out A8 [ROM][10JAN] CyanogenMod 7.2.0-RC0-OptimusOne-KANG [.32][.35][BothBasebands] - xda-developers

In simple words baseband is a frequency range through which your SIM communicates. So you need to have right baseband for your SIM to work properly, otherwise you won't get any network, use data(2G/3G), no FM Radio etc.

Now LG have released another baseband later along with Official Gingerbread. So now at XDA we have ROM's based on both Old and New Baseband. So if you are using Old Baseband based ROM you need to have Old baseband and vice versa for your SIM to work properly.

NOTE : If you are on Stock Froyo, probably you are on Old Baseband. And if you are on Official Gingerbread you are on New Baseband. You can check the baseband version on Settings > About Phone on Custom ROM's.

Regarding baseband flash, check [HOWTO] Flashing baseband (radio) via LGMDP.exe - xda-developers
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I've already installed a8 cm without the baseband flash..I was on march 23 2009 baseband..I guess it was the old..Do I still need to flash baseband?
 
krishnandu.sarkar

krishnandu.sarkar

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Nope, just enjoy A8.

Or if you want to try out nightly you can check them out :p

Though the nightly's are based on New Baseband, still you can try this patch [Fixed & kernel] Old baseband fixed and cm kernel [data works] - xda-developers

This patch will make the ROM work fine on Old Baseband.

Otherwise just stay on A8 and enjoy like us :D
 
X-jo

X-jo

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krishnandu.sarkar said:
That's right.

But to be on safe side, wipe data and dalvik cache.

There is no partitioning details. If you intend to use Link2SD / App2SD / S2E like scripts then you need to partition SD Card otherwise there is no need to partition SD Card.

In case you want to partition SD Card, go to recovery, you'll find partition option there.

Choose the size according to your need, generally 512MB is enough, and choose 0MB for SWAP on next screen.
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thanks, also does the contacts get stored in the nandroid backup ?
 
X-jo

X-jo

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thanks guys, man it was so smooth to flash A8... will use it for a day and then ask abt the bugs here(this is the indian version thread of lg p500 i believe thats why)
 
X-jo

X-jo

Broken In
ok one doubt, i have a 2g/3g toggle in A8(CM 7.2.0), i want just a 2G on/off toggle.. there is one 2g/3g or 2g toggle but i want to a 2g only on/off toggle.. how to get that?

also regardless of the ROM, my data i.e 2G doesnt work always (using Docomo), sometimes i have to switch it off n on to work and sometimes i have to restart the fone... wat could be the problem?
 
krishnandu.sarkar

krishnandu.sarkar

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X-jo said:
ok one doubt, i have a 2g/3g toggle in A8(CM 7.2.0), i want just a 2G on/off toggle.. there is one 2g/3g or 2g toggle but i want to a 2g only on/off toggle.. how to get that?

also regardless of the ROM, my data i.e 2G doesnt work always (using Docomo), sometimes i have to switch it off n on to work and sometimes i have to restart the fone... wat could be the problem?
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I guess you mean the buttons on notification bar. Check Toggle Data. And for setting the phone to 2G only, check Wireless and Networks > Mobile Networks > Use only 2G networks.

Well, I've faced that problem few times, but I guess this has nothing to do with ROM, it depends on signal reception.

Other than rebooting the phone you can try turn on Airplane Mode and then Turn it off again. This has worked for me when I used to face this problem.

siddhesh222 said:
does adfad's cm 7.2 offer reasonable battery life?
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Yes, for me, with few hours of WiFi usage and all I get 3 days. And around 2 days with Data, GPS, WiFi and gaming.

If you only use the phone for calling and SMS you may get upto 4 days too :p
 
X-jo

X-jo

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krishnandu.sarkar said:
I guess you mean the buttons on notification bar. Check Toggle Data. And for setting the phone to 2G only, check Wireless and Networks > Mobile Networks > Use only 2G networks.

Well, I've faced that problem few times, but I guess this has nothing to do with ROM, it depends on signal reception.

Other than rebooting the phone you can try turn on Airplane Mode and then Turn it off again. This has worked for me when I used to face this problem.
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thanks, it was Toggle Mobiledata which i missed, rest all is the same. Lets see if i get the same data issues in this ROM .

also for the Network modes in CM settings, there is
2g/3g + 2g
2g/3g only
2g/3g only/3g+2g
which sud i keep, i dt have 3g turned on(does this even affect as now i have disabled the toggle 2g/3g)

krishnandu.sarkar said:
Yes, for me, with few hours of WiFi usage and all I get 3 days. And around 2 days with Data, GPS, WiFi and gaming.

If you only use the phone for calling and SMS you may get upto 4 days too :p
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do you use juice defender or any other such app?

Sam said:
^^ 3 days? :shock: i get 24hrs max :(

@X-jo, use power widget.
*i44.tinypic.com/35ddmo2.png
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thanks, will use that option

another issue- apps which i could install before (some of them like whatsapp,twitter) now show as "not compatible" in market.. anyone faces such ? using A8 CM7.20 ROM
 
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siddhesh222

Journeyman
install GAPPS (Google Appls), because your're probably having old market or something...it's on the a8 page at the top highlighted in yellow named 'google apps'. flash it with cwm/rom manager.
 
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