Optimus 2X (Star, p990)

Feb

[Download] First CM9 Builds Released For LG Optimus 2x And G2x – Get Them While They're Hot

Posted by Liam Spradlin in Android OS, Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0, Optimus 2X (Star, p990)

Earlier today, Ricardo Cerqueira (aka RC of the CM team) posted on Google+, teasing that a CM9 build for LG's Optimus 2x (P990) would be available soon. For some time now, the CM team has been keeping a spreadsheet on Google Docs, tracking the P990 build's progress, which indicates that, as of 2/9, ICS for the Optimus 2x is all but fully functional, carrying only "partial" functionality for the phone's camera and video playback capabilities.

About an hour ago, RC followed up with another post, linking users to download mirrors of the first CM9 builds for both LG's Optimus ...

Feb

ClockworkMod Touch Recoveries Now Out For All Flavors Of Samsung Galaxy S II, Epic 4G; Motorola Cliq; LG Optimus Black, 2X, 3D; HTC Rezound, G2, MT4G

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in CLIQ / DEXT (Morrison), Epic 4G Touch, G2 (Vision), Galaxy S II, HTC, LG, Mods, Motorola, myTouch 4G (Glacier), News, Optimus 2X (Star, p990), Optimus 3D (p920) / Thrill (p925), Optimus Black (p970), Rezound, Samsung

The work to bring touch-enabled recoveries to all supported ClockworkMod devices continues, and since the last update a couple of days ago, the following devices now have ClockworkMod Touch available:

Non-US Samsung Galaxy S II
Sprint Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch
AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II
T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II
Samsung Epic 4G (looks like this one disappeared shortly after due to some bugs)
Motorola Cliq
LG Optimus Black
LG Optimus 2X
LG Optimus 3D
HTC Rezound
HTC G2
HTC MyTouch 4G

This article deals with a couple of advanced topics. If you’re unfamiliar with some

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Sep

Skype For Android Updated To v2.5 With Whitelist For 13 More Devices, Landscape Support, More. Oh Yeah, And Ads

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Applications, Atrix 4G (Olympus), Droid 3, Droid Bionic, Galaxy Tab 10.1, Iconia Tab A500, News, Optimus 2X (Star, p990), Optimus 3D (p920) / Thrill (p925), Optimus Black (p970), Photon 4G, XOOM

Skype for Android, an app that gets almost as much love as it does hate, was updated to version 2.5 a few minutes ago. Because the last update unofficially opened up Skype to all 2.2+ devices, this time around Skype simply listed 13 more devices as whitelisted and approved for video chat capabilities:

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (T-Mobile)
HTC SHOOTER (KDDI)
Sony Ericsson Xperia Live with Walkman
Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V
Acer Iconia Tablet (A500)
LG Optimus Black LANDSCAPE ONLY
LG Optimus 3D LANDSCAPE ONLY
LG Optimus 2x LANDSCAPE ONLY
Motorola Photon
Motorola Droid3 LANDSCAPE ONLY
Motorola Bionic

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Jun

Did LG Delay Gingerbread On The Scandinavian Optimus 2x To Fall 2011?

Posted by Cameron Summerson in G2x (p999), Gingerbread 2.3, News, Optimus 2X (Star, p990)

We often report on things that only affect us here in the US, but other areas of the world aren't out of our realm of coverage, either. Thanks to a tipster, we have reason to believe that the Gingerbread update for the Scandinavian variant of the LG G2x/Optimus 2X/LGP990 has been delayed from Summer to Fall of 2011 - if the Swedish LG site is correct, that is.

Translation courtesy of Google

The Swedish LG site doesn't seem to be the only one reporting this timeline change - the Danish and Norwegian sites are also reporting the same thing. However, ...

May

[Download] CM7 Nightlies For The LG G2x and Optimus 2X

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Dev, G2x (p999), LG, News, Optimus 2X (Star, p990)

The LG G2x is showing up all over the place today, isn't it? This time it's joined by its cousin, the Optimus 2X, as they are both graced with the custom ROM goodness of CyanogenMod. Be warned, though - these are only nightly builds so they are not yet polished, final versions of CM7. They are however, official CyanogenMod builds from TeamDouche, not ported versions from other developers.

Now that you know what's up, you can grab the downloads from their respective threads over at XDA.

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Mar

LG's G-Slate And G2x (Also Known As The Optimus Pad And Optimus 2X) Reportedly Launching At T-Mobile On April 20

Posted by Will Shanklin in G2x (p999), News, Optimus 2X (Star, p990), Optimus Pad / G-Slate, Rumors, T-Mobile

Last Updated: April 20th, 2011

Remember that onslaught of dual-core smartphones and Honeycomb-running tablets we have been anticipating for a while now? It has already begun - and it is only going to keep on growing. The latest rumored release is for the LG G-Slate and G2X, which, according to TmoNews, are both set to launch at T-Mobile stores on April 20.

The dual-core G-Slate (also known as Optimus Pad) will be, along with the upcoming Galaxy Tab 10.1, the first Honeycomb-running rivals to give the Motorola XOOM a run for its money. LG's 8.9" tab will be the first to incorporate 3D technology, ...

Mar

New Tegra Zone App Makes Finding Tegra 2 Games A Breeze

Posted by Will Shanklin in Adam, Applications, Atrix 4G (Olympus), Games, gTablet (SMB-A1002), Honeycomb 3.0/3.1/3.2, News, Optimus 2X (Star, p990), XOOM

With the wave of Tegra 2-powered phones and tablets that is already on its way, there lay a potential of a fragmented Android Market: those apps that require NVIDIA's new dual-core processor, and those that don't. Frustrating time spent searching the Market in vain could have loomed on the horizon. Thankfully, somebody was thinking ahead, as the Tegra 2 search engine Tegra Zone has arrived to help avert such confusion.

Tegra Zone gives you every Tegra 2-specific game in one place, including all the showcasing one would expect (screenshots, HD videos, etc.). While the app will become more and more ...

Feb

Battle Of The Best: AnandTech Benchmarks 27 Devices, Including 4 Dual-Cores, 3 iPhones, An iPad, A Blackberry, And A WP7 Device

Posted by Aaron Gingrich in Android OS, Atrix 4G (Olympus), Devices By Manufacturer, Galaxy S II, News, Optimus 2X (Star, p990), Optimus 3D (p920) / Thrill (p925)

In what's sure to be a hit with hardware nerds, AnandTech has run a suite of benchmarks on 27 different devices. The line-up is dominated by Android, but also includes the iPhone 3GS (both on 4.1 and 4.2.1), iPhone 4, iPad, Blackberry Torch, and the WP7-powered HTC Surround. The results? Broadly speaking, Android comes out looking damn good. As for the dual cores - well, as you'd expect, they performed even better.

The hardware was all over the map, including dual-core devices such as the TI OMAP 4430-powered LG Optimus 3D, the Tegra 2-powered Optimus 2X, and the ...

Feb

LG Optimus 2X Review Roundup: Fantastic Hardware, Questionable Execution

Posted by Jaroslav Stekl in LG, Optimus 2X (Star, p990), Phone Reviews, Reviews

Last Updated: July 24th, 2011

Ah yes, dual-core smartphones are no longer just a sweet, geeky dream; the LG Optimus 2X, the world's first Tegra 2-powered handset, is finally here. And with an amazingly thin design, an 8MP camera capable of 1080p video recording, and HDMI mirroring, the device has a lot going for it.

But does it live up to these high expectations? The early reviewers seem to be split - some of them found that the device went above and beyond their expectations, while others were slightly disappointed by its performance. Read on for four different opinions of the device.

Engadget

I was ...

Jan

Stock LG Optimus 2X Benchmarked On Video, Hits Nearly 2,400 In Quadrant

Posted by Aaron Gingrich in LG, News, Optimus 2X (Star, p990)

Greek site Techblog managed to land an Optimus 2X, and took the chance to run Quadrant on the device - and damn, does the "binuclear [thanks, Google translate] NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor clocked at 1 GHz" ever manage to impress. It looks like the 2X is every bit the little monster we expect it to be: not only does it have a super-speedy browser, but it managed a 2,391 in Quadrant.

Granted, Quadrant is nothing more than a benchmark (and a synthetic benchmark, at that). And yes, other phones have managed higher scores (though certainly not stock). ...