The LG Optimus One Thread

[Vyom]

So... finally after 3 days, internet if back on my Airtel driven Optimus One!

Right now I am on PerfectPeso. This ROM has its annoyances, which I had already described in previous posts. But Neocore gave me about 45 (compared to less than 30 on stock.) And that has made me more hungry.
I will do some more benchmarks after overclocking a little, and then will jump to CM 7.2, A8 (old basebands).
I maybe slow at adopting new technologies, but I want to try out everything!

PS: Our thread completed 100 pages (or 3000 posts)! There are some damn enthusiastic people around here!!

 

[coderunknown]

@sam
Im shifting to new BB too, pls just confirm whether gprs speed is slower due to new BB?

not much impact on speed. but there should be lesser disconnections

But Neocore gave me about 45 (compared to less than 30 on stock.) And that has made me more hungry.

with sound on or off?

PS: Our thread completed 100 pages (or 3000 posts)! There are some damn enthusiastic people around here!!

yah. a big cheers to all fellow Optimuses

 

[guru_urug]

With Luhorirps ics beta 2 already found many bugs. Cant set live wallpapers and even touch is a little gimmicky. Flashing the new kernel based on paulos kernel

 

[coderunknown]

my problem started with the new kernels. no more kernel flashing business for me. live wallpapers? looks like someone is getting extra juice out of the chemical sack

 

[kaz]

what is nova and apex? ????

n i didn't got time for flashing new roms n trying different things....

bcoz of sems from 22nd

 

[Neo]

@guru_urug and Sam Is wifi working? It was working before flashing the paolos kernel but not after that.

 

[Neo]

what is nova and apex?

They are the new home launchers made for ICS.

 

[AndroidFan]

@guru_urug and Sam Is wifi working? It was working before flashing the paolos kernel but not after that.

*www.imgur.com/wKReP.jpg
My wifi is working perfectly fine after I flashed the kernel recommended by Sam.

Touchscreen response is awesome. Phone is buttery smooth.

But battery drain is a lot more. Phone hardly lasts 14 hours on full charge. Earlier, it was close to 20 hours from 100% to 1%

 

[coderunknown]

what is nova and apex? ????

n i didn't got time for flashing new roms n trying different things....

bcoz of sems from 22nd

study first. by then stable CM7.2 or CM9 will be there out of nightly builds.

@guru_urug and Sam Is wifi working? It was working before flashing the paolos kernel but not after that.

yesterday i reflashed rom & during login into google account at startup, wifi was turned on and it connected on first try.

don't flash any kernel on ICS. a hail of annoying issues will prevail.

testing CM9 as stock. no tweak or kernel. lets see how long battery lasts.

 

[Neo]

@ Androidfan but its not working on CM9. I will flash it again and then post the results.

@Sam Why did you flash again? And I forgot about your keyboard. Is it fine now?

 

[coderunknown]

@Sam Why did you flash again? And I forgot about your keyboard. Is it fine now?

slow. freeze. reboot. shutter in music all the time. and lastly, 5-6hr battery life. also flashed a different gaaps. size is around 25-26Mb. now mobile lags when scrolling through homescreen but not a single freeze or reboot till now. also no more shutter in music.

 

[red dragon]

my problem started with the new kernels. no more kernel flashing business for me.

Kernel development is way more difficult than ROM, a messed up kernel can kill the phone irreversibly.
I think I told you this before, didn't I?

 

[coderunknown]

Kernel development is way more difficult than ROM, a messed up kernel can kill the phone irreversibly.
I think I told you this before, didn't I?

yes you told me about rick of flashing kernel. but the kernel i tested was already tested by many. i don't know why it caused such slowdowns. can lack of space in /system/app folder cause these type of freezes and reboots?

 

[red dragon]

Did you run any kernel cleaning scripts?
Clearing cache and Dalvik cache does not always clean everything.

 

[coderunknown]

Did you run any kernel cleaning scripts?
Clearing cache and Dalvik cache does not always clean everything.

no such script is available for our mobile. so it was cause of the kernel? i actually tried 2 different kernels. flashed around 5 times over a week and then problem started.

 

[Vyom]

Right now I am on PerfectPeso. This ROM has its annoyances, which I had already described in previous posts. But Neocore gave me about 45 (compared to less than 30 on stock.)

with sound on or off?

I didn't knew that would make a difference. But I have taken that in mind while benchmarking on A8, below. It DOES makes a hell of a difference!

So, I flashed A8 on my O1 last night. I liked many things about the new ROM and just hate some of the others, (compared to Froyo which I used for about 2 months, and PerfectPeso.) These observations are just within a day of using it. I am sure there are MANY, which I still have to discover.

What I like:
1. Ability to set custom icons on status bar and configuring the actions for the same. Also highly customizable “everything”!
2. Native support to take screenshot.
3. Ability to resize any widgets to any number of row and column.
4. Native support to overclock.
5. Vertical scrolling Menu Items. (I like to give the screen a thrust and see it running up and down).
6. The “OFF Night” widget, which is the very own android’s version of F.lux in computers. Makes it eye friendly in night!

Spoiler

*i.imgur.com/2RjGh.png *i.imgur.com/CTuQs.png

7. The score of Neocore!

Spoiler

W/ Sound v/s W/O Sound:
*i.imgur.com/ph5J6.png *i.imgur.com/gZPFj.png

What I dislike:
1. The lock ring. It was a nice ring with a lock in middle in PerfectPeso. But a translucent ring in A8, which doesn’t look better.

Spoiler

PerfectPeso v/s A8:
*i.imgur.com/LAKrf.png *i.imgur.com/MrAAA.png

2. Only 3 items can be fit on the home screen Menu launcher, as oppose to 5 in previous ROM’s.
3. Launcher goes missing sometimes. And doesn’t comes even after performing a “fast reboot”. Solution is only to do complete reboot.
4. I liked kinda the transparent theme of PerfectPeso better!

Spoiler

PerfectPeso v/s A8:
*i.imgur.com/sfSzM.png *i.imgur.com/2RjGh.png
*i.imgur.com/sbpDU.png *i.imgur.com/q5dCg.png

 

[coderunknown]

I didn't knew that would make a difference. But I have taken that in mind while benchmarking on A8, below. It DOES makes a hell of a difference!

don't touch the screen while running benchmark. score comes down.

So, I flashed A8 on my O1 last night. I liked many things about the new ROM and just hate some of the others, (compared to Froyo which I used for about 2 months, and PerfectPeso.) These observations are just within a day of using it. I am sure there are MANY, which I still have to discover.

What I like:
1. Ability to set custom icons on status bar and configuring the actions for the same. Also highly customizable “everything”!
2. Native support to take screenshot.
3. Ability to resize any widgets to any number of row and column.
4. Native support to overclock.
5. Vertical scrolling Menu Items. (I like to give the screen a thrust and see it running up and down).
6. The “OFF Night” widget, which is the very own android’s version of F.lux in computers. Makes it eye friendly in night!
7. The score of Neocore!

Point 1 to 4 is there is PerfectPeso also. Point 5 is cause of different launcher. PerfectPeso uses Arc launcher. Never used OFF Night. Look like i can find some use for it too.
7. More details please. overclock? mine scores 49-50 at 600Mhz with sound off. 60+ with overclock and a different kernel.

What I dislike:
1. The lock ring. It was a nice ring with a lock in middle in PerfectPeso. But a translucent ring in A8, which doesn’t look better.
2. Only 3 items can be fit on the home screen Menu launcher, as oppose to 5 in previous ROM’s.
3. Launcher goes missing sometimes. And doesn’t comes even after performing a “fast reboot”. Solution is only to do complete reboot.
4. I liked kinda the transparent theme of PerfectPeso better!

1. Yup. CM7 native lockring looks bad once you get used to Themed roms. try widget locker or similar app to get a better lockscreen.
2. ADW Launcher. one of the most customization launcher. tweak it.
3. hmmm, launcher bug i guess. check if you can find an update.
4. there is a transparent patch for CM7

 

[Vyom]

don't touch the screen while running benchmark. score comes down.

Yes. I have kept that in mind, since I was aware of the touch screen bug.
Although I think it was rectified in future firmware updates.

Point 1 to 4 is there is PerfectPeso also. Point 5 is cause of different launcher.

Well, different launchers can and will give different results. I on purpose have compared just the native apps that comes bundled with the ROM!

7. More details please. overclock? mine scores 49-50 at 600Mhz with sound off. 60+ with overclock and a different kernel.

I had done the benchmark of neoscore at stock settings, i.e, 600 MHz. In fact my next question was about to be on overclocking. I wanted to ask what care should I take while overclocking. I just want to do some benchmark on higher clocks. And also would like to keep the phone at a suitable clock permanently to boost the performance. (don't care about battery too much, since I can always underclock if battery seems to drain too much.)

1. Yup. CM7 native lockring looks bad once you get used to Themed roms. try widget locker or similar app to get a better lockscreen.
2. ADW Launcher. one of the most customization launcher. tweak it.
3. hmmm, launcher bug i guess. check if you can find an update.
4. there is a transparent patch for CM7

Hmm... thanks for the suggestions. Will tweak the looks to make it more beautiful!

 

[coderunknown]

Yes. I have kept that in mind, since I was aware of the touch screen bug.
Although I think it was rectified in future firmware updates.

Fserve created some patch to deal with CPU spike but CM7 nightly doesn't include those. so touching screen still may affect score in a big way.

I had done the benchmark of neoscore at stock settings, i.e, 600 MHz. In fact my next question was about to be on overclocking. I wanted to ask what care should I take while overclocking. I just want to do some benchmark on higher clocks. And also would like to keep the phone at a suitable clock permanently to boost the performance. (don't care about battery too much, since I can always underclock if battery seems to drain too much.)

clock it as 480/700+ (if you clock it at 800Mhz you'll get kernel panic i.e. switch lights will keep blinking) under smartass governor. don't select minimum clock as too low. cpu voltage doesn't gets low in native CM7 kernel so 480Mhz is minimum you should keep. for governors, avoid powersave & scary. will seriously affect performance. interactive, smartassv2 offers more or less same performance i.e. no lag.

Hmm... thanks for the suggestions. Will tweak the looks to make it more beautiful!

ADW is light and even i like it. doesn't look as appealing as Arc but then Arc is all about looks. ADW is all about functionality

 

[Neo]

@Vyom do the benchmark with Tue settings suggested by Sam . 480/748 on Interactivex. That will give you the best results.

And obviously, you won't like A8's interface as it is a stock ROM while perfectpeso is heavily themed.

PS why do you test each ROM. I mean, why. And why you keep changing roms? Just use rye most stable ROM out there and tweak it as you like, like that you get your own personalized ROM which suits your needs up to the mark.