The LG Optimus One Thread

[krishnandu.sarkar]

What I'm loving more about this ROM is, at least all the basic things works fine.

Except Camera Video as mentioned in the thread itself. Which I guess will be fixed soon.

[sam]

i am yet to rest video using my O1's camera

i lost root in my CM7. can't reinstall CM7 as recovery says MD5 doesn't match. what problems

[krishnandu.sarkar]

You mean nand backup or the ROM zip file??

BTW here's a short review(may be experience is what I should say) on O2 for O1

No OC. This is just with the Stock ROM as it came. Will start OC'ing from today.

Overall, all the basic features like data, gps, music, camera, bluetooth, fm radio etc. as stated working fine. Though there are few problems which is noticeable. Like today when I turned on gps, it was working but gps icon was not there in the notification bar. After a reboot it's got fixed.

As the development thread already says, video using camera not working. Youtube has a green line.

Don't ask about tethering, as the feature is not there in this ROM.

Quadrant scores are really low, didn't even crossed 1000. Neocore gave 49fps as avg.

Other than these, battery life is really excellent. Now the screen-shots should speak themselves



Don't bother about the battery, it's yesterday's screenshot, after I flashed the ROM. Took it to post on FB. You can check the time



Around 11 hours 30 mins of (light) usage and only 7% with calls and sms. Isn't it excellent?? Wait..!! This is without WiFi / GPS / Data. Will post another before going to sleep..!!





The basic home screen, for them who want screenshot before trying it out



Dev tools..?? Let's check it out..!!







From status bar, you can customize basic things, like battery percentage.





Notice the green bar above the video. *Bug

NOTE : I'd suggest to flash GAPPS, as the one included in ROM only contains, Market, Gtalk, Gmail. Other than that you need to download everything else, like facebook, twitter, youtube, maps and even the file manager. Yes, there is no file manager by default.

In spare parts, I couldn't find sensors, so can't comment on that.

Hope I didn't missed anything, I'll check again and report back if by chance I've missed something.

[sam]

ROM file. well doesn't matter. O2 is the way to go.

thanks for the nice review. covers all the important parts. and they included a tons of useful features as well as settings. nice to know. will come handy at times.

missed something. flash player works?

[krishnandu.sarkar]

So here's the battery stats after using WiFi and GPS for around 6 hours...



@Sam, yes flash is working fine...



One more thing, camera quality is not so good like CM7, Camera360 produces better results than stock camera.

I think, devs should look at camera's colour reproduction. It used to produce great results on LG Stock ROM. Anyway, 3MP camera doesn't matter much.

Camera360


Stock Camera


As you can see, stock one produces grainy pics like it used to on CM7.

So Finally,
O2 is really the way to go for O1. Though it needs some more modifications and optimizations, which will be done in the near future I guess.

I'll start OC'ing my ROM now, will post tomorrow, if any diff. found in performance.

[AndroidFan]

@Sam, My CM7 6.5.8 is working fine as of now... FServe's 18c 19.4 BFS based kernel reduced idle battery drain to a trickle... I am a very heavy user so have to recharge at the end of the day... But its working fine...

IMO, if I can get a new Nexus S for around 15k in a couple of months, I would love to shift immediately... O1 is entry level toy compared to the Nexus S...

[sam]

@krishnandu, thanks. actually i am waiting for the next update to the O2 rom. don't want to shift to a new rom now & see an update to the same rom the next day.

@AndroidFan, yup. idle consumption is really low. but once you turn on GPRS, battery gets drained as fast as using WiFi. even without using flash/stock browser.

well, 15k is good pricing for NS with ICS ready i'll stick to my O1 for 2yr more (at max).

[krishnandu.sarkar]

Ok, so here's another update..!!

OC : 768/480 (Default was 600/245)
I/O Sheduler : noop (Default was bfq)
Governer : Smartass (Default was same)

SmartAssV2 is not available on this ROM.

Quadrant Score


Neocore


Earlier when I checked it crossed 57fps

Now it's time for another surprise..!!


Do I need to say more??

[sam]

someone should make a CMO2 rom. even stock O2 is good enough for day to day usage.

[krishnandu.sarkar]

Seems like one can charge his mobile after every 2days that also with heavy usage.

Will try playing games continuously for few hours tomorrow and check the battery stats

What more one can expect??



O2 on O1

[pratik385]

guys i have bsnl 2G sim but have done that 3G trick
but iam not getting that much speed, it plays between 40-50 kbps only

anyone using bsnl 3G ?

[AndroidFan]

guys i have bsnl 2G sim but have done that 3G trick
but iam not getting that much speed, it plays between 40-50 kbps only

anyone using bsnl 3G ?

Kindly tell me the 3G trick... I want to port to BSNL...

My friend is getting 80 kbps+ on his SIM in an O1... so, i don't know why you are not getting faster speeds...

Have you unchecked "Use Only 2G" from Menu >> Settings >> Wireless >> Mobile Network settings?

[pratik385]

yeah i have done that man, also set the APN
but not more than 50kbps :/

and about the 3G trick, ive done it in a local mobile shop. He gave me a bsnl sim card for 50 rs and he told me that he will take care of everything

[krishnandu.sarkar]

Guys O2 got updated..!!

All the existing bugs fixed and tethering added.

Flashing now

[sam]

downloading now. was waiting for this update actually.

[krishnandu.sarkar]

Tethering is not working for now. popdog123 said he'll look at it..this weekend

Other than that the existing bugs has been fixed.

[sam]

time to test easy tether.

also this rom got lot less settings. will need to use 3rd party apps.

Update: tethering works fine if you use easy tether (USB only).

this is one fast & light rom. after void, this is the perfect rom.

[Klub Class]

Android Gurus,

My LG P500 was running on CM7.1 mik ROM for the last few weeks. But since a day or two, I'm facing a weird *no network coverage issue*

Whenever I turn ON my phone after switching it OFF, the phone never catches the network signals. But after rebooting the phone a few times or keeping the phone idle for couple of minutes the phone catches the signal on it's own!!

Further I'm facing troubles in enabling airplane mode. The phone refuses to go to airplane mode. That is, whenever I select the airplane mode, the mobile networks and related options gets blacked out as usual, but few seconds later the options becomes available, suggesting us that the phone did not go to airplane mode.

I was under the assumption that the problem might be due to either faulty SIM or bugs in the custom ROM. But I was proved wrong as the SIM works perfectly in other phones and the above issues persists even after flashing official 2.2 ROM

Again, I was facing another issue, ie I was NOT able to receive any calls or messages on my phone even while using perfectly working SIM cards whereas I'm able to call others or receive calls.

So, what's exactly wrong with my phone? It looks more like an hardware issue for me. The board was replaced 2-3 months back as it was found to be defective.

1) I have flashed the ROMs the right way. Ask clevermax, I had pinged every now and then to clear my stupid queries while flashing.

2) The phone still has 2 months warranty remaining.

3) The GPS, WiFi, bluetooth etc works perfectly fine.

4) I'm able to find the cell phone towers by manually searching for them in the settings menu.

In my understanding one need to have a working SIM to search for the towers. Did I get it right?

PS : Don't tell me that my phone is jinxed.

[krishnandu.sarkar]

Nice

Thanks for the update sam. I don't use tethering much, so waiting for popdog123 to fix it.

@Klub Class : I'd suggest to try another ROM and check.

Why don't you try O2, you don't need to like it. Just check it out if everything is working fine. Otherwise just report the problem in CM7 thread over XDA.

[chandrudme]

krish O2 means u refer to oxygen rom?

[sam]

^^ yup. oxygen rom.

@krishnandu, but official froyo isn't working. looks like the GSM chip inside the mobile developed some kind of problem. well he should try oxygen rom if it still doesn't work, give it to LG service center & let them fix it for you.

In my understanding one need to have a working SIM to search for the towers. Did I get it right?

yes. without sim how will your mobile know which is your service provider

@Klub Class, try turning on 3G once.

[chandrudme]

thanks sam.. downloading oxygen...

anybody using silicon jelly case for O1? If saw this on letsbuy.. need to know whether this will be useful..

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[krishnandu.sarkar]

Yes, I was trying to say that actually. Try O2 once and see if it works otherwise service center.

Remember to remove CWM / other recovery, and flash back Stock Froyo, Unroot it and delete rooted apps.

[chandrudme]

flashed oxygen! i like d boot screen

[krishnandu.sarkar]

Yup...!! Bootscreen is really awesome

So is everything working fine??

[chandrudme]

just downloading astro file manager.. have restore the apps and check them.. it seems everything is ok

[krishnandu.sarkar]

Nice, in that case I doubt where's the problem.

You can keep using O2 otherwise to be sure you can flash back everything originals and give it to LG Service Center for a RMA.

[chandrudme]

hey i didn't mention any problem! i think it was Klub Class who has mentioned d prob!

[sam]

krishnandu is confused

[krishnandu.sarkar]

lol..!!

Sorry guys