The LG Optimus One Thread

[nandan]

Hi guys,

I was downloading apps & games from the android market and installing them. I could find the installed applications but where do we find these downloaded files in SD card?????


And how to install apps on SD card rather on phone bcoz phone memory is too low????????

[utkarsh009]

can anyone tell me how can i update my firmware on lg p500 without using wifi?

hey there! any reply on this one?

[sam]

can anyone tell me how can i update my firmware on lg p500 without using wifi?

if you are talking about OTA update. no. to update the firmware or the rom theres 2 ways: 1. download the .kdz file from links provided in XDA forum & use LG KDZ Updater to update the firmware. chances are you'll brick your mobile (not kidding). or use LG Updater which too have an equal chance of bricking or rendering the mobile useless. 3rd & good option is install custom recovery & flash a modded rom & be happy. chance of bricking is really low if you follow all steps well & read what you should avoid.

hi guys....i've a doubt....have anyone updated phone's firmware....mine's v10b.....which is the new firmware available?? does it slow down the phone??

V10C but avoid at all cost. it makes mobile slow & brings lot of extra problems. its more like a alpha version from the amount of problems reported. no improvement at all.

[phooka]

Hi Sam,.

I was under the impression that the latest firmware version was V10E . Its another matter that I have not been able to update the firmware using Lg updater till now - the phone just goes into "emergency mode".

[siddhesh222]

Well actually V10c is the latest in India. V10e/v10n is the latest in europe.

[MasterMinds]

Can i add more language fonts in android system so that i will not see blocks in the webpages and facebook.

[desiibond]

Can i add more language fonts in android system so that i will not see blocks in the webpages and facebook.

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[iNFiNiTE]

You could delete all the contacts, but before deleting export to SD card. You can then find a .vcf file in thinkfree, you can't open or view a .vcf file with thinkfree, but if you have Estrong installed you can open and edit the list. Then again, if you have to edit, you might as well edit the contact list..
Thats the best I could think of ..sorry, if it doesn't help.

ps: did you have these contacts as contact1,2,3 and so on in your old phone, because i dont see why it would change your contact list ..

It just occured to me that you could use a contact manager. Their are many such apps, both paid and free..

umm..I think you were asking about these apps. I don't know which app is the best, I use the stock one.

Thanks for your input.

Like I said I had to take a backup of my contacts from old phone, so in a hurry I copied them all to the SIM before sending it for repairs and that resulted in multiple contacts.

Will try to find an app.

[thetechfreak]

when is Optimus 2 coming to India

[funzuloo]

Hi...
I want to upgrade my SD Card to 8 or 16 GB.......i want to know and want all you to suggest which will be good to use 8 or 16....will using 16 gb card slows down the phone in anyway....and i also want to know which is a better brand Sandisk, Kingston, Transcend, or any other.....

[sam]

when is Optimus 2 coming to India

optimus 2? when was it launched? or you talking about the 2X?

[dreatica]

Hi...
I want to upgrade my SD Card to 8 or 16 GB.......i want to know and want all you to suggest which will be good to use 8 or 16....will using 16 gb card slows down the phone in anyway....and i also want to know which is a better brand Sandisk, Kingston, Transcend, or any other.....

no there will not be any issues until you get a class 4 or more. all brands are same except sandisk as I hv never seen any class 4 cards.

[siddhesh222]

@funzuloo

All of the brands you mentioned are more or less the same. Get a card from the company with a nearby service center to you.

People do say you need to have a class 4 or plus card but I have a 8gb class 2 one and my phone has just reeboted twice in my 1 month plus of usage.No issues.

[dreatica]

@funzuloo

All of the brands you mentioned are more or less the same. Get a card from the company with a nearby service center to you.

People do say you need to have a class 4 or plus card but I have a 8gb class 2 one and my phone has just reeboted twice in my 1 month plus of usage.No issues.

you using original rom ?

I guess when you flash rom that uses swap/ext, it would be good enough to get a class 4 card to get more speed. Also, he's opting for 16gb.

[funzuloo]

so can i use 16gb card with class 4 or above without making my phone any bit sluggish?

[gatsri]

Geeks I need some help ,

I am running on prime V2, and yesterday I activated my 3g (airtel) , I found that 3g is not working in my phone. Other user from erodov confirmed that 3g works fine with prime v2.

I see the symbol "H" after 3g got activated, however there is no incoming traffic , i could see only some outgoing traffic.

Customer care told me that , there is no specific settings for 3g, the APN settings are same as before ( airtelgprs.com) . These are my settings Mobile Networks >>data enabled (checked), data roaming (Checked), network mode - Gsm/ Wcdma auto, use only 2g network (unchecked). Access point name - Airtel, APN - airtelgprs.com

Another member suggested me to remove and replace the battery and sim card, I tried that , but no luck.

I have also raised a complaint with airtel and they are taking their sweet time, I am highly frustrated , this is my first 3g phone and this is happening..

[phooka]

Haven’t yet tried to root my phone (though I am sure would try it out sooner or later). However, I can share some experiences from a regular user POV.

• The variety of apps in market is astounding. Enough to drown in. it is a must to do proper research, check in forums before downloading the apps. Else the data limit can quickly get exhausted
• It is advisable to have a data plan with higher limit – at least 1 GB if you want to fully enjoy the android experience. So many apps depend on data usage (not to mention android ads) that this much of data usage will happen. A very useful widget to track data usage is “Data Counter Widget”
• Install SWYPE as the first download in any new Android phone. It is a MUST HAVE. I can actually type faster with SWYPE than with a regular keypad.
• I have tried out the alternate messaging applications CHOMPSMS, GOSMS, and HANDCENT. However, all of them had one deal breaker for me – hence had to come back to the stock messaging app (not to say it is bad). The dealbreakers for me were
o Chomp: too Obtrusive ads
o Go : Delivery report shows only number and not contact name
o Handcent: it is slow. Also does not show proper delivery report
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If none of these deal breakers matter to you, please do go ahead with these. They each add lots of features to the stock app.

• Also tried out some alternate launchers – ZEAM, ADW, LauncherPro, Go launcher. Have found Go launcher to be the best “Free” launcher and am currently using that in place of the stock LG launcher
• I have tried out few of the alternative browsers – however am back to the stock android browser as the alternates each had one deal breaker or two for me:
o Opera: Very Fast but text reflow is not too good. Also hated the poor image quality even at best quality setting.
o Skyfire: It is SLOW. Of all the browsers used, this was the slowest
o Dolphin: Did not like the interface very much – it was too cluttered.

All in all, in my experience, Stock browser renders the web pages best, excellent image quality, decent speed and a very clean interface. Hence, it remains the browser of choice to me.
• One useful widget is “Battery left” which provides a nice visual representation of the battery statistics.
Will keep on posting further experiences

[Sykora]

I'm thinking about getting an Optimus One (finally admitted to myself that I'm not going to be able to afford a Galaxy S/Nexus S/whatever), and I've got a couple of questions.

1. How easy/hard is it to go back to stock condition if you've messed with rooting and custom ROMs/kernels?

2. Is there a real chance of screwing the phone up by doing all this stuff? I can fix computers easily enough - phones, not so much.

3. Someone mentioned Cyanogenmod coming to P500. Do you have a source? I can't find any.

4. How good is LG's after-sales-service?

Forgive my numerous questions, I haven't had the best of experiences with phones in general.

[thetechfreak]

^ whatever update/install you do keep it connected to power or else you are going to brick it!

[axeaxel]

Hello everyone! I'm new on this forum and I am glad that I now have a user name here. Recently I bought an Optiumus One. The first thing I tried was to connect to the internet using COnnectify on my laptop. I was surprised because it didn't worked. I read something about android that it can't connect to an ad-hoc network. Also I wanted to root the phone but I have software version V10c-OCT-12-2010. It will work with z4root on this software version? Aaaaa, is there another way to connect to the internet using my lapotp?

[NainO]

^^^ I think z4root works for this version else try the alternate method one-click root from XDA
And for internet connectivity try PDAnet from android market and follow the easy steps.

[thetechfreak]

I mean when is Dual core optimus coming?

[MasterMinds]

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Didn't work........


I am now on void_Delta and overclocked to 710mhz, hardware acc is disabled.
Battery lif3 seems to be improved.

[thetechfreak]

^dont overclock it more. Remember,its still a CELlphone.

[MasterMinds]

Yea wont go further, ifact will remove the oc after some time.

[sam]

^^^ I think z4root works for this version else try the alternate method one-click root from XDA
And for internet connectivity try PDAnet from android market and follow the easy steps.

will it? its V10C. if its europian V10C, its ok but if its indian (looks unlikely), he'll have to do backtrack.

[NainO]

^ that's why I suggested an alternate method

[axeaxel]

Ok guys, so it worked for my software version. I rooted the phone. But now I still can't connect to the internet. PdaNEt it's only for Tethering which is a method for connecting a computer to the internet via an internet- capable mobile phone. I want to exactly the revers thing, to connect to my internet connection on my laptop with the LG Optimus. With Connectify-me it dosen't work because it creates an ad-hoc network. I found something here [Q] How to connect to Ad-hoc wifi network? - xda-developers but I don't want to do that because it looks complicated. Any other sugestions?

[phooka]

Had a query about removing the bloatware. Once I root the phone using z4root, how do I remove the installed bloatware without installing custom ROM? Can I do it using Titanium Backup?

[NainO]

^^^ yes.
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