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LG Optimus Me arrives in India

  • Written by Gadget Man
  • Posted April 28, 2011 at 11:55 am

Earlier this month, we told you that the LG Otimus Me would be launched in India, and today LG has announced its launch. LG Android Phones

The LG Otimus Me should be available really soon in stores across the world’s second largest cellular market for only 8,999 INR (about $200). Yes, it’s one of LG’s cheapest smartphones ever, so the great deal that you shouldn’t miss. LG Cell Phone News

The features of LG Otimus Me include: Android 2.2 Froyo, a 2.8 inch QVGA touchscreen display, 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS, stereo FM radio, Bluetooth, 3.5mm headset jack, 600MHz processor, 2GB memory card pre-installed, and a 3MP autofocus camera with VGA video recording. LG-Optimus info

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    How to watch 1080P HD video on LG Optimus 2X

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    • Posted at 10:44 am

    How to rip Blu-ray DVD to LG Optimus 2X and watch 1080P HD video on LG Optimus 2X. The LG Optimus 2X is the first dual-core Android phone to be made official. Boasting a 1GHz Tegra 2 dual-core chip, it will be capable of faster speeds, more efficient multitasking and more impressive graphics than any other Android smartphone currently available. LG Android Phones

    While we’ve established that the LG Optimus 2X is a powerful device, LG have also packed it full of multimedia features to take advantage of its dual-core speeds. It sports an 8 megapixel rear-facing camera with LED flash, which can also record 1080p video. Thanks to the handset’s HDMI and DLNA connectivity, you will be able to watch your HD footage back on the big screen. With Google’s OS onboard, we can also expect to see plenty of widgets, an integrated media player and of course, access to the Android Market. LG Cell Phone Software

    It would be a nice experience to play Blu-ray DVD movies on LG Optimus 2X since it is able to play 1080P HD videos. First, we should know audio/video formats supported by LG Optimus 2X: LG Phone Problem and Solution

    Video:
    - MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV
    Audio:
    - MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+
    Then, follow this guide to rip and convert Blu-ray DVD to LG Optimus 2X supported formats for playback.
    Step 1: Free download and install the Blu-ray to LG Optimus 2X Converter
    Load Blu-ray disc or folder through "BD/DVD ROM" or "BD/DVD Folder" botton. You can preview movie titles or select definite titles for conversion.
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    Step 2: Choose output format for LG Optimus 2X
    Click the pull down menu at the opposite side of "Format", then follow "Common video" >> "H.264 video" for LG Optimus 2X. You can still choose "subtitles" and "language" for targert file through "Subtitle" option above "Format".  LG-Optimus info
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    Step 3: Set A/V parameters of output video format
    Click on "Settings" button, and you are allowed to adjust video and audio parameters including codec, Size, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channels on the popup window as below. Here you can follow the following optimized video setting for PlayBook:
    Video Setting:
    Codec: H.264
    Resolution: 1920 x 1080
    Bitrate: medium quality
    Frame rate: 30
    Audio Setting:
    Codec: aac
    Sample rate: 48000
    Bitrate: 96000
    Channel: Stereo
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    Step 4: Start to convert Blu-ray movie for LG Optimus 2X
    Click "Convert" botton to start Conversion from Blu-ray to H.264 for LG Optimus 2X. You can find the output file through "Open" option after conversion. Then you can transfer movie file onto LG Optimus 2X, and watch Blu-ray movie on LG Optimus 2X.

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      How to Increase LG Optimus 2X Battery Life

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      • Posted at 10:30 am

      We know that LG Optimus 2X have many top features. And it requires more power. In result, the LG Optimus 2X contributes to a phone short battery life. Some users are good to go with this issue as they need to recharge their device every time, but some people are frustrated by it.  LG Android Phones

      We found some ways to disable some of LG Optimus 2X features to save battery life. Some might argue that this method makes LG Optimus 2X crippled but some might also find this helpful. LG Phone Problem and Solution

      Here are 14 tips for you to increase LG Optimus 2X battery life: LG-Optimus info

      1.Disable Always-On cellular Data
      This always-on option is default, but you can do disable it from Settings > Wireless & networks > cellular networks > Enable-disable always-on cellular data as it will decrease the battery use.
      2.Turn off Wireless Network Positioning
      You can change this option from Settings > Location > Use wireless networks. Using GPS surely will drain your battery; use it only when you need it badly instead you use Assisted GPS.
      3.Always Keep Bluetooth off When Not in Use
      You can disable it from Settings > Wireless & networks > Bluetooth. Bluetooth is obviously draining your battery if you keep it on all the time.
      4.Turn Down the Screen Brightness
      If your phone support it, always have the Automatic brightness option activated, you can do it from Settings > Screen & display > Brightness. If your phone is not support this, adjust the brightness as low as however fits you.
      5.Set the Screen Timeout at a Maximum of 1 Minute
      You can do it from Settings > Screen & display > Screen timeout to save battery.
      6.Avoid Live Wallpapers
      Animated wallpaper will keep the processor working all the time and it will drain your battery.
      7.If Your Device Has an AMOLED Display, a Dark Wallpaper Will Use Less Power.
      8.Turn off Wi-Fi
      You can turn it off from Settings > Wireless networks > Wi-Fi. If you don’t use it you better turn it off because it will suck up quite a lot of battery life.
      9.If You’re Inside a lot, Having Wi-Fi Always On May be Preferable
      Since 3G radio use more ammount of energy, so if you are always on hotspot area you can use your Wi-Fi instead of your 3G network. Go to Settings > Wireless networks > Wi-Fi Settings. Press the Menu button, tap on Advanced, Wi-Fi sleep policy and select the Never option.
      10.If Your Phone Often Struggles to Find a 3G Connection, Disable 3G
      Keep searching on 3G connection will drain your battery. You can do this from Settings > Wireless & networks > cellular networks > Network mode > GSM only.
      11.Use Widgets Wisely
      Terminate widgets that are unnecessary will save your battery life.
      12.Streaming Apps Will Kill Your Battery
      Audio or video streaming application will decrease you battery life fast.
      13.Find Out What Has Been Using the Battery
      Go to Settings > About phone > Battery > Battery use, and tap on the items in the list to get information on what application that has been using a lot of power.
      14.Set a Reasonable Frequency for Background Updates

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        The “Cascade” Effect in “Cascading Style Sheets”

        • Written by Gadget Man
        • Posted April 27, 2011 at 2:00 pm

        Explanation of the “C” in “CSS” with specificity…

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          LG Optimus Tricks – Remapping your Voice Search button to Call

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          • Posted at 10:58 am

          By remapping the voice button to call it allows you to answer calls by clicking a button instead of swiping. Because the short press on the voice button isn’t used, this makes it the obvious choice for the Call button. nfd77 posted a link to an App that will do this, but I’ll show you how to do it without the app. Please make a backup before attempting anything below. LG Android Phones

          LG Optimus Tips and Tricks - Remapping the voice button to call Steps:

          • Get Rooted
          • Load the Custom Recovery
          • Make a Backup – Use the Nand Backup + .android secure to backup everything. Never do anything without a backup
          • Boot into your Custom Recovery – Power off then press vol_down + home + power with the USB cord disconnected. Once it boots into Customer Recovery plug the cable back in.
          • In the command prompt go into what ever directory your Android SDK tools are in(If your rooted I’m assuming you already installed this) and type "ADB shell"
          • Type "mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system" (This sets the system into read/write mode)
          • Type "exit"
          • In the command prompt type "adb pull /system/usr/keylayout/thunder_keypad.kl X:\(Where ever you want it to go)\thunder_keypad.kl"
          • Open the file thunder_keypad.kl in your favorite text editor
          • Look for the line that says "key 216 VOICE" and change it to read "key 216 CALL" (I looked at the logs to get this number) then save and exit
          • In the command prompt type "adb push X:\(Where ever you wanted it to go)\thunder_keypad.kl /system/usr/keylayout/thunder_keypad.kl"
          • Type "ADB shell"
          • Type "mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system" (This sets the system into read only mode)
          • Type "exit"
          • Reboot your LG Optimus device from the Custom Recovery window
          • Enjoy a job well done. LG Phone Problem and Solution

          Not too complicated. I’ve adapted this from Michael’s work on the Moment key remapping.   LG-Optimus info

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            LG Optimus Tips – Refreshing the Google calendar when it’s blank

            • Written by Gadget Man
            • Posted at 10:23 am

            Hi.  Of the three LG Optimus phones I have on my account, each one has experienced an issue with the Google calendar where the calendar is completely blank.  We all use Agenda Widget, but I don’t think that program is to blame.  Rebooting the device may restart the calendar with the correct data, but who wants to reboot?  To refresh the calendar data, following is the full instructions I take. LG Android Phones

            How to refresh the Google calendar on LG Optimus when it is blank Steps:

            1. Menu, Settings, Applications, Manage Applications
            2. Tap the "All" tab
            3. Tap "Calendar storage"
            4. Tap "Clear data" – My calendar data runs close to 1 MB
            5. Back, Back, Back, Accounts & Sync (or get to Accounts & Sync however you want)
            6. Tap the Google account
            7. Toggle the check mark for "Sync Calendar"
            8. Exit

            Would it be possible to write an application that can clear the calendar data and trigger a sync with one button?  I don’t know anything about writing code.  This process can also work for contacts and gallery, probably Gmail, too. LG Phone Problem and Solution

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              I Love DJ Hero

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              • Posted at 8:00 am

              I have always had an interest in DJing or more specifically “scratching.” I can remember seeing classic Beastie Boys and Run DMC performance videos, the DJ was always a cool addition to the show. Electronic music too has helped my love of DJ culture blossom. I can remember the release of DJ Shadow’s landmark album Endtroducing… vividly. It was assembled entirely on turn tables with samples.djhero 1 I Love DJ Hero

              I also loved Guitar Hero. It was an amazing game. I compared it to playing Wack-A-Mole with music instead of a hammer. The songs were great and the opportunity for group game play was seemingly infinite.

              So needless to say when the Guitar Hero spin-off DJ Hero came out I was incredibly excited. Sadly however I was also incredibly saddened when all of my local electronics stores had sold out of the game. Honestly I gave up. That was until I saw the excellent electronics deals on Ice Monkey the other day. They were cutting the price of DJ Hero by a whopping forty bucks.

              I am so happy to have this sure to be excellent game on the way. You better act fast on this awesome deal. As always these things are only available until sold out.


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                LG Optimus V Custom Roms Download

                • Written by Gadget Man
                • Posted April 26, 2011 at 10:30 am

                Here we list some custom roms download link for the LG Optimus V users, these all roms are all made by LG Optimus fans and some that are made specifically for the LG Optimus V. LG Android Phones

                LG Optimus V Custom Roms Download:
                1. Stock Rom here
                2. Pure Android here
                3. Rhodimus Rom here
                4. Stock Overclocked Rom here
                5. AOSP’s gingerbread Rom here
                6. Zefies cm7 build here
                7. Mobius Rom here
                8. Aphrodite 1.x here
                9. Aphrodite 2.x here
                10. ZOMG! here

                These custom roms are all available as of 3/31/11. Have a nice day.LG Cell Phone Software

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                  How to Return LG Optimus V to Stock

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                  • Posted at 8:57 am

                  Good news LG Optimus V fans – We’ve found a method to return your LG Optimus V back to the official stock software if you have the need.  At this time, we are going to list the steps here, but the instruction I’m about to layout definitely work. In fact, I just went through this to make sure it works and everything was as smooth as a baby’s you-know-what (Sorry no video this time).  Please follow these steps and you should be fine. LG Android Phones

                  Nandroid Instructions: LG Phone Problem and Solution
                  1) Extract the "BCDS-20110203-0357" file into the "nandroid" folder, under the "mem=477M" subfolder.
                  2) Boot into recovery
                  3) Go into the "Backup/Restore" menu, and select "Nand Backup"
                  4) Allow it to restore
                  5) Reboot! System should be stock
                  6) To unroot, open up Superoneclick Root, and select "unroot"\

                  Recovery Instructions: LG-Optimus info
                  1) Download flash_image and the stock recovery and nandroid back up
                  2) Extract stock recovery.img and flash_image to the root of your sdcard
                  3) Open up an adb shell, or terminal emulator on your LG Optimus V
                  4) Enter the following codes:
                  su
                  mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
                  cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/bin/flash_image
                  chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image
                  mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5
                  flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
                  reboot recovery
                  You should reboot into the stock recovery afterward.

                  Materials:
                  Flash_image can be found here.
                  Stock recovery.img and nandroid backup are found here:
                  optimusV_stock_nandroid_and_recovery.zip

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                    How to Save LG Optimus V Battery Life

                    • Written by Gadget Man
                    • Posted at 8:22 am

                    Investigation led us to the following conclusions:  LG Android Phones

                    1. The LG Optimus V has a Wifi bug that drains the battery rapidly
                    2. Wifi consumes less power than 3G when downloading, but more power when idle.
                    3. 3G consumes the same power as airplane mode when idle.

                    Yet most of you don’t believe conclusion number 3. You’ve set Tasker to turn off your 3G when the screen is off and have seen great battery savings. I know why…

                    Your installed programs are using your 3G even when the screen is off. It makes sense that you want to turn off your 3G to stop them and get better battery life, but you are punishing the wrong culprit. You may want some of your apps to occasionally update when the screen is off. You may want to use Sipdroid and get incoming calls. You may want your emails to be occasionally updated, but you don’t want Google maps to constantly update the CIA to your precise location every minute. If you want to control exactly which programs have access to 3G/Wifi. LG Phone Problem and Solution

                    Here is what you should do:
                    You will need root access to do this. This will setup two script files, one to run when the screen turns off and one to run when the screen turns on. These will "enable" and "disable" the firewall. The firewall is never actually disabled. You are merely changing the rules that apply, either to give access to a limited number of apps or to allow all apps through. Because of the requirement that the scripts be executed with root access, there are actually five script files required. Two are created using Droidwall and are unique to your LG Optimus V. Three scripts are attached in the zip below and are universal.  LG-Optimus info

                    1. Install Root Explorer or a similar app. You can also use adb.exe, but it is up to you to figure out the correct commands.
                    2. Install Droidwall .
                    3. Figure out which apps you want grant internet access to when your screen is off. If none, then select none.
                    4. Set the rules in Droidwall and enable the firewall.
                    5. Using Root Explorer to navigate to this folder: /data/data/com.googlecode.droidwall/cache/
                    6. Copy the file droidwall.sh and place it on your microSD card.
                    7. Rename it to droidwall-on.sh
                    8. Open Droidwall again, uncheck all the apps you had selected, and instead check the boxes for "(any application)". This will be the profile that is applied when you actually want to use your LG Optimus V and the screen is on.
                      You can choose to limit access here as well, but it is safer to choose "(any application)" to for now. You can come back later and recreate a more restrictive profile once you have everything working.
                    9. Apply the rules and then turn the firewall off and then back on again.
                    10. It is important that the firewall is still enabled.
                    11. Navigate back to the folder: /data/data/com.googlecode.droidwall/cache/
                    12. Copy the new droidwall.sh and place it on your microSD card.
                    13. Rename it to droidwall-off.sh
                    14. These two script files will "enable" and "disable" the firewall.
                    15. Use Gscript to test the scripts to make sure they work. Run droidwall-on.sh, and test an app you didn’t give 3G or Wifi access to. It should be blocked from accessing the internet. Now run droidwall-off.sh. That same app should now have internet access. If this test does not work, go back and repeat the steps above. This is also the point where you check that all your critical apps function correctly with either script activated. You must make sure the scripts work as intended before proceeding. If you don’t know how to add/run scripts using Gscript, learn.
                      While you can run these scripts as root in Gscript, running them as root when the screen turns off/on is a bit harder. The following steps have to all be done in order for the scripts to be executed correctly.
                    16. Install Tasker
                    17. Install SL4A. (more info)
                    18. Run SL4A once so that it creates the following folders on your microSD card or create them yourself: /sdcard/sl4a/scripts/
                    19. Copy droidwall-off.sh and droidwall-on.sh into the "scripts" folder.
                    20. Copy screen-off.sh and screen-on.sh from the zip file attached to this post to the "scripts" folder.
                    21. Using Root Explorer, copy "sush" from the attached zip file to the folder "/system/xbin/". Make sure to "Mount R/W" before pasting the file, and then "Mount R/O" when finished. Read here about why we need this file to run the scripts as root.
                    22. Open Tasker -> New -> Ok -> Event -> Display -> Display On -> Done -> New Task -> Ok -> + -> Misc -> Run Script
                    23. Where it says "Name" select the search button. You should see the four scripts we placed in the "/sdcard/sl4a/scripts/" folder. If not, retrace your steps to see what you did wrong. Select "screen-on.sh". Don’t select the Droidwall scripts because they can’t run as root as they are written.
                    24. Done -> Done
                    25. Repeat the steps to add a profile for when the screen turns off and "screen-off.sh". When you have both profiles, select Apply at the bottom.
                    26. Now when your screen is off only the programs you selected will be allowed to use your 3G or Wifi.
                    27. You no longer need to run Droidwall, but you can use it to update your droidwall-on.sh script. Don’t uninstall Droidwall. If anything goes wrong and you lose all of your internet access, try deleting the scripts in the "/sdcard/sl4a/scripts/" folder, and then allowing all apps to have internet access using Droidwall.
                    28. You can actually setup any number of profiles to control your firewall using location, time of day, …etc. To do so, create the correct ".sh" file using Droidwall. Place it inside the "/sdcard/sl4a/scripts/" folder. Then add a secondary script to run your ".sh" as root. Use "screen-on.sh" as a template to create your secondary script. Then create the proper profile inside Tasker to run the secondary script. If what I just said confuses you, don’t attempt to do this. You can really mess up your LG Optimus V if this is done incorrectly!

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