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[PaulOBrien]

Update:

G2X owners...

• Do NOT flash a Optimus 2X baseband onto your G2X. It will remove all phone functionality (I am working on obtaining a P999 baseband so you can revert if you've done this).
  
• Do NOT use my recovery installer or recovery reboot app at this time - recovery is on a different partition in the G2X. I will update the installed and app to add G2X compatability soon.

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[Squide]

Paul, on Apr 15 2011, 13:05, said:

While i'm offline next week the G2X will start shipping in volume.

This topic is for discussion of whether the 2X bits (ClockworkMod, Rebooter, Lights App, MCR etc.) work on the G2X. I don't know.

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Really hoped they are the same.
So, there will be stock android coming to our O2X soon

[PaulOBrien]

I think the ROMs should be interchangeable.

From post 1:

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I would advise NOT flashing your P999 (G2X) with the P990 (Optimus 2X) NVFlash or Baseband images!

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[Brian L]

I hope the roms are interchangeable, it would be nice my g2x will be here in a few days

[Bay Harbor Butcher]

If i'm not wrong,about hardware G2X should have only 4G network more than O2X.right?They are not same phone,waiting for rom compatibility reports.

[ezangrando]

one of the next MCR based on a pure google firmware could be even faster  

[Senephar]

Bay Harbor Butcher, on Apr 15 2011, 16:04, said:

If i'm not wrong,about hardware G2X should have only 4G network more than O2X.right?They are not same phone,waiting for rom compatibility reports.

HSPA+ is marketed as 4G by T-Mobile US.

[nexvision]

Super one click root worked on my g2x so I am rooted not sure if I wanna try anything else yet.

[whitmus70]

Bay Harbor Butcher, on Apr 15 2011, 09:04, said:

If i'm not wrong,about hardware G2X should have only 4G network more than O2X.right?They are not same phone,waiting for rom compatibility reports.

The ROM's will run on the G2x, however the basebands are not compatible.  I have a G2x and flashed the nvflash file and my device now shows the baseband as "unknown". The ROM's run fantastic on it, but I can't make any calls or use any data other than wifi.

I am now stuck waiting for a compatible baseband so I can use my new phone  

[PaulOBrien]

DO NOT RUN MY CLOCKWORKMOD INSTALLER ON THE G2X! The partition layout is different, doing so will do bad things to your device. I will release a G2X compatible version when I am back online in a week's time!

[PaulOBrien]

whitmus70, on Apr 15 2011, 19:40, said:

The ROM's will run on the G2x, however the basebands are not compatible.  I have a G2x and flashed the nvflash file and my device now shows the baseband as "unknown". The ROM's run fantastic on it, but I can't make any calls or use any data other than wifi.

I am now stuck waiting for a compatible baseband so I can use my new phone  

Ah, as I suspected. I can get you a baseband to fix your phone...

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[whitmus70]

Paul, on Apr 15 2011, 17:05, said:

Ah, as I suspected. I can get you a baseband to fix your phone...

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I would be very grateful to have my phone working again!

[gaww1]

Paul, on Apr 15 2011, 17:05, said:

Ah, as I suspected. I can get you a baseband to fix your phone...

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Are the basebands embedded it the ROM's  or flashed separately?  Given the differences between the devices, I don't want to trip over this.  Since Paul is "out", would appreciate answer from anyone.

At some point, due to these differences, it might make sense to setup a separate device forum to help prevent bricked devices.

[Batkoto]

gaww1, on Apr 16 2011, 16:24, said:

Are the basebands embedded it the ROM's  or flashed separately?  Given the differences between the devices, I don't want to trip over this.  Since Paul is "out", would appreciate answer from anyone.

At some point, due to these differences, it might make sense to setup a separate device forum to help prevent bricked devices.

Baseband is separate from ROM, fleshed separately.

[gaww1]

Batkoto, on Apr 16 2011, 17:00, said:

Baseband is separate from ROM, fleshed separately.

Hope so - it had looked like a phone's baseband had been messed up by trying to flash G2X system on O2X.

[aMpeX]

The tricky part is, that the software, which communicates "with" the baseband (Radio Interface Layer) also seems to differ, so if you want to run the G2X ROM on an O2X you have to tinker with the ROM as well.

Codeworkx and Arcee of the Cyanogen Dev team are trying to iron out the changes over at XDA. So far they managed to get the ROM running, but phone functionality is still broken.

Edited by aMpeX, 16 April 2011 - 10:01 PM.

[gaww1]

Paul, on Apr 15 2011, 17:04, said:

DO NOT RUN MY CLOCKWORKMOD INSTALLER ON THE G2X! The partition layout is different, doing so will do bad things to your device. I will release a G2X compatible version when I am back online in a week's time!

Can your recovery be manually flashed with ADB tools, or is it also incompatible?

Edited by gaww1, 18 April 2011 - 04:24 PM.

[nomisunrider]

Anyone able to get their hands on a g2x?  It appears it may not have the 850/1900/2100 UMTS like everyone thought, or maybe they're disabled?

Paul, can you weigh in?

Check out this thread:  http://forum.xda-dev...d.php?t=1041402

[gaww1]

Sorry - somehow double post - see below,

Edited by gaww1, 20 April 2011 - 02:01 PM.

[gaww1]

nomisunrider, on Apr 19 2011, 11:51, said:

Anyone able to get their hands on a g2x?  It appears it may not have the 850/1900/2100 UMTS like everyone thought, or maybe they're disabled?

Paul, can you weigh in?

Check out this thread:  http://forum.xda-dev...d.php?t=1041402

The consensus is that it has them, but they are not enabled.  A poster over there got a response from TMo that appeared to confirm that, but went on with their terms and conditions that said they have the right to restrict access to certain features - and apparently did.

The thinking is that they would be enabled with baseband (Unless the hidden menu controls access?).