The LG Optimus One Thread

[Neo]

is there a way to download Paid Apps from the maret for free.
someone told me that we can do it with Market Enabler, i really don't understand how to use it?

 

[pratheekb96]

Hi I have rooted O1 with gingerbreak and have installed rom manager. Have done flash clockworkmod recovery & took backup of stock rom.. now can i proceed to install custom rom? which is the stable rom now? CyanogenMod 7? pl suggest.

if the super user app works, ur good to go!!

[UNOFFICIAL][ROM][stable:6.5.7,testing:6.6.1] CyanogenMod 7.1-RC1 (Android 2.3.5) - xda-developers
dats one of d best gingerbread roms (CM7 ofc!) performance and battery wise it is very stable
hv fun!!

 

[coderunknown]

is there a way to download Paid Apps from the maret for free.

no.

someone told me that we can do it with Market Enabler, i really don't understand how to use it?

nope. market enabler will enable apps that are restricted to some other countries only.

 

[Terabyte]

is there a way to download Paid Apps from the maret for free.

No Piracy please

 

[sshaggy]

I am writing this stuff to show off my own experience with O1. This might help someone who wants to root their phone, or install a custom rom
I have been an avid symbian fan, and O1 was my first venture in android world. I had well researched about which phone to start off with, and this O1 seems to top the list in its price range.

I played around with the phone for 5 days after buying, and then decided to install a custom rom.
I rooted my phone using Gingerbreak, as Z4root didn't worked on the stock Froyo. Rooting was fairly simple, hassle free and was successful within a few clicks and touches.

I proceeded with installing Void Forever Rom. It is the best ROM out there, as it gives you full customization control. It installs no applications except for the bare minimum. You'll not get even applications like calender, camera, calculator etc. Its comparable to installing windows/linux on your computer. After installing the ROM, you'll be amazed by the control you have on your phone. You can install any application of your choices, ranging from home screens, dialer, calenders, camera, messaging etc.

Those who want to install void forever on their ROM, here is a detailed guide:
Guide to Install Android 2.3 Gingerbread (CM7) on LG Optimus One P500
I followed the step by step instructions, and everything proceeded without any problem. I can be fairly sure that if you follow the steps exactly as shown, you will not have any problem or risk (unless you mess up something by yourself, or if your cell is faulty).
The guide also explains how you can make a complete backup of everything you have, so that you can restore back to your stock OS along with everything else very easily. You can restore back, and then unroot the phone (using Ginger Break), and no one will ever find out that you have done anything with your phone. So, your warranty is not at risk.

Anyways, after installing Void Forever, I noticed great improvements in the performance. I had ran Quadrant Standards benchmark test, thrice, once with the stock rom, and another after flashing the rom with void forever, and another one, after over clocking. The results were impressive.
The stock rom gave a final score of around 400. After installing Void Forever, it jumped straight to 1100. I have current rating of 1400 with overclocked to 750Mhz.

Currently the following heavy graphics games runs perfectly on my flashed OS (without overclocking)
Asphalt 5 - No glich, takes a little time to load, but runs very smooth.
Angry Birds Seasons - Lags a little if you have something running in the background.
Pro Evolution Soccer - Excellent graphics, but lags if you use on screen controls. Working with accelerometer runs perfect.
Brother in Arms 3D - Runs with lag, but you can play if you are an avid fan.
NFS Shift - Works Great.
Contract Killer - Running Perfectly.
Gangster MV - Force Close

I have been able to run 700MB movie files directly in avi format using Vital player. It runs smoothly as long as you don't use on screen controls like seekbar, or play/pause button.

Overall, I am satisfied with the performance. Battery backup has improved a little after flashing. I full charge at night, only to find 70% with 3G connected., and running at 750MHz. If I disable data connection and set the processor to run at normal speed, it shows a promising backup of 2 days with normal usage. But I have made it a habit to charge it daily 2-3 hours before sleeping.

Overall the best phone to step into android section. But I'll be upgrading soon.
I will be buying Moto Defy next week, and finally settling down for Optimus 3D, once its available in India.

 

[gmg9]

I am writing this stuff to show off my own experience with O1. This might help someone who wants to root their phone, or install a custom rom
I have been an avid symbian fan, and O1 was my first venture in android world. I had well researched about which phone to start off with, and this O1 seems to top the list in its price range.

I played around with the phone for 5 days after buying, and then decided to install a custom rom.
I rooted my phone using Gingerbreak, as Z4root didn't worked on the stock Froyo. Rooting was fairly simple, hassle free and was successful within a few clicks and touches.

I proceeded with installing Void Forever Rom. It is the best ROM out there, as it gives you full customization control. It installs no applications except for the bare minimum. You'll not get even applications like calender, camera, calculator etc. Its comparable to installing windows/linux on your computer. After installing the ROM, you'll be amazed by the control you have on your phone. You can install any application of your choices, ranging from home screens, dialer, calenders, camera, messaging etc.

Those who want to install void forever on their ROM, here is a detailed guide:
Guide to Install Android 2.3 Gingerbread (CM7) on LG Optimus One P500
I followed the step by step instructions, and everything proceeded without any problem. I can be fairly sure that if you follow the steps exactly as shown, you will not have any problem or risk (unless you mess up something by yourself, or if your cell is faulty).
The guide also explains how you can make a complete backup of everything you have, so that you can restore back to your stock OS along with everything else very easily. You can restore back, and then unroot the phone (using Ginger Break), and no one will ever find out that you have done anything with your phone. So, your warranty is not at risk.

Anyways, after installing Void Forever, I noticed great improvements in the performance. I had ran Quadrant Standards benchmark test, thrice, once with the stock rom, and another after flashing the rom with void forever, and another one, after over clocking. The results were impressive.
The stock rom gave a final score of around 400. After installing Void Forever, it jumped straight to 1100. I have current rating of 1400 with overclocked to 750Mhz.

Currently the following heavy graphics games runs perfectly on my flashed OS (without overclocking)
Asphalt 5 - No glich, takes a little time to load, but runs very smooth.
Angry Birds Seasons - Lags a little if you have something running in the background.
Pro Evolution Soccer - Excellent graphics, but lags if you use on screen controls. Working with accelerometer runs perfect.
Brother in Arms 3D - Runs with lag, but you can play if you are an avid fan.
NFS Shift - Works Great.
Contract Killer - Running Perfectly.
Gangster MV - Force Close

I have been able to run 700MB movie files directly in avi format using Vital player. It runs smoothly as long as you don't use on screen controls like seekbar, or play/pause button.

Overall, I am satisfied with the performance. Battery backup has improved a little after flashing. I full charge at night, only to find 70% with 3G connected., and running at 750MHz. If I disable data connection and set the processor to run at normal speed, it shows a promising backup of 2 days with normal usage. But I have made it a habit to charge it daily 2-3 hours before sleeping.

Overall the best phone to step into android section. But I'll be upgrading soon.
I will be buying Moto Defy next week, and finally settling down for Optimus 3D, once its available in India.

great experience and thx for that guide link. bt at the same its sad u will be leaving lgO1 family.

 

[tmanikandan]

@ Tarun

Download only from the market. You can first try the free versions of apps from the market so that u can have a look and feel of that app and later if you are satisfied, you can buy from the market else you can uninstall.

Don't download the app from untrusted sources.


@sshaggy

Thanks for the review and link.

 

[gmg9]

i was thinking, what android ph. i buy nxt. i am really impressed with moto defy. bt Samsung also launching galaxy xcover, another ip67 certified mid-range android ph. in coming October, i guess.

 

[Neo]

I am writing this stuff to show off my own experience with O1. This might help someone who wants to root their phone, or install a custom rom
I have been an avid symbian fan, and O1 was my first venture in android world. I had well researched about which phone to start off with, and this O1 seems to top the list in its price range.

I played around with the phone for 5 days after buying, and then decided to install a custom rom.
I rooted my phone using Gingerbreak, as Z4root didn't worked on the stock Froyo. Rooting was fairly simple, hassle free and was successful within a few clicks and touches.

I proceeded with installing Void Forever Rom. It is the best ROM out there, as it gives you full customization control. It installs no applications except for the bare minimum. You'll not get even applications like calender, camera, calculator etc. Its comparable to installing windows/linux on your computer. After installing the ROM, you'll be amazed by the control you have on your phone. You can install any application of your choices, ranging from home screens, dialer, calenders, camera, messaging etc.

Those who want to install void forever on their ROM, here is a detailed guide:
Guide to Install Android 2.3 Gingerbread (CM7) on LG Optimus One P500
I followed the step by step instructions, and everything proceeded without any problem. I can be fairly sure that if you follow the steps exactly as shown, you will not have any problem or risk (unless you mess up something by yourself, or if your cell is faulty).
The guide also explains how you can make a complete backup of everything you have, so that you can restore back to your stock OS along with everything else very easily. You can restore back, and then unroot the phone (using Ginger Break), and no one will ever find out that you have done anything with your phone. So, your warranty is not at risk.

Anyways, after installing Void Forever, I noticed great improvements in the performance. I had ran Quadrant Standards benchmark test, thrice, once with the stock rom, and another after flashing the rom with void forever, and another one, after over clocking. The results were impressive.
The stock rom gave a final score of around 400. After installing Void Forever, it jumped straight to 1100. I have current rating of 1400 with overclocked to 750Mhz.

Currently the following heavy graphics games runs perfectly on my flashed OS (without overclocking)
Asphalt 5 - No glich, takes a little time to load, but runs very smooth.
Angry Birds Seasons - Lags a little if you have something running in the background.
Pro Evolution Soccer - Excellent graphics, but lags if you use on screen controls. Working with accelerometer runs perfect.
Brother in Arms 3D - Runs with lag, but you can play if you are an avid fan.
NFS Shift - Works Great.
Contract Killer - Running Perfectly.
Gangster MV - Force Close

I have been able to run 700MB movie files directly in avi format using Vital player. It runs smoothly as long as you don't use on screen controls like seekbar, or play/pause button.

Overall, I am satisfied with the performance. Battery backup has improved a little after flashing. I full charge at night, only to find 70% with 3G connected., and running at 750MHz. If I disable data connection and set the processor to run at normal speed, it shows a promising backup of 2 days with normal usage. But I have made it a habit to charge it daily 2-3 hours before sleeping.

Overall the best phone to step into android section. But I'll be upgrading soon.
I will be buying Moto Defy next week, and finally settling down for Optimus 3D, once its available in India.

+1.

thanku for the link.i really needed something like this cuz i'm too going to flash it in the next few days.

 

[gmg9]

to @sshaggy and all..

is void #forever is really toatally bug free ?? what ur experience with this rom ??

 

[coderunknown]

there lies a few bug as it is directly based on Mik's CM7. but 1 thing i really hate is CM7 setting option is missing (forgotten but don't remember seeing it).

 

[AndroidFan]

The biggest bug sshaggy faced (which still exists in all custom and stock ROMs) is the touchscreen CPU hog bug... Whenever you touch the screen, CPU usage goes up to 100% and stays there till you are touching the screen. That is the reason most games lag...

You can test it by installing "system tuner" from the Android Market. -- *market.android.com/details?id=ccc71.pmw&hl=en

Here's hoping Franco can solve this problem... But maybe not... who knows...

 

[coderunknown]

this is the reason a simple game like baseball lags sometimes. frustrating.

 

[Neo]

i wasn't able to control myself and rooted the phone.
but i'm not able to use ClockworkMod properly.every time i flash (using ROM manager) and restart it in recovery,it just gets stuck at this Screen on startup.

Fastboot mode started
udc_start()

i followed every step carefully written here but in vain.

how to do it????

 

[krishnandu.sarkar]

I guess you need to restart your phone normally(not into recovery after installing custom recovery) then reboot into recovery.

Not sure, but I hope this helps.

 

[coderunknown]

@taru, if nothing works, install amon ra recovery

 

[Neo]

I guess you need to restart your phone normally(not into recovery after installing custom recovery) then reboot into recovery.

Not sure, but I hope this helps.

already tried

@taru, if nothing works, install amon ra recovery

how to flash it using adb shell

 

[coderunknown]

don't know. i did it using terminal emulator. you have to type a lot of command using onscreen keyboard. just search DEV section of P500 @ XDA. there is a thread for it. you just have to copy 2 files to memory card & type commands.

 

[tmanikandan]

@ Tarun

Hope this XDA Link helps

Basic ADB Commands

 

[chandrudme]

thanks sshaggy