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Root Candy5_Unofficial_v3.2

Bad_MOFO_33

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As requested a while back by @LeGiT_dIaMoNd
Most likely all the same problems as with CM12.1 Beta (used same Dev tree/kernel/vendor)

Based off of Quarx2k W7 device tree & Quarx2k MSM8226 kernel

As always FLASH @ OWN RISK!!! I take no responsibility for anything you do to your device!

As far as I can tell.
Not working - NFC; USB OTG

Let me know what is and what isn't working.

Well here you go

UPDATE 4/09/2015 : https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934553223
Updated to Candy v2.0.0
Fixed MTP & PTP
Added FastChg to kernel(untested, use fast charge from Playstore)
Added Mobile networks/ Access Point Names(APN) menu
Added Performance/Processor menu
Added Zram to help with memory issues
Fixed GPS
Fixed Back & Menu key vibration
Disabled Center Ring LED for now
Removed LgeX5RIL its not needed anymore
Use this Gapps for CM12.1 based builds : https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934552182

UPDATE 7/26/2015 : https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347781578
Updated to Candy v3.0 using latest nightlies
Switch to CaptivateKing's Kernel Sanders kernel (kernel features in second post)
ADB and NFC still broken

UPDATE 8/06/2015 : https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347789946
LTE/Data connection improved
Bug- GPS halts when LTE connection is made
Suggested fix for now when using GPS change to 3g mode
Should have some improvement with video playback
All video i tested worked with UCbrowser
Removed NFC
Fixed ADB

TWRP Recovery: http://androidforums.com/threads/recovery-twrp-2-8-5-0-lollipop.902943/
As Always be sure to have a BACKUP!!!

Not sure what fully works and what doesn't. Feedback welcome.
Thanks to all of our devs for our device. And thanks to our community, you guys are awesome.
ENJOY!:thumbsupdroid:

Feel free to join our IRC channel ##LG_VOLT on Freenode

Updated Source 04/09/2015
 

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Kernel Features by CaptivateKing (xda) Rom-Jeremy (github)( https://github.com/ROM-Jeremy/android_kernel_lge_msm8226 )
-Kernel version 3.4.106
-Compiled with UBERTC 4.8
-Added TCP congestion options (veno,yeah,westwood)
-Removed PIC generated code
-Updated interactive governor (much more stable)
-Underclocked CPU
-TripNDroid scheduler
-BFQ scheduler
-SIO scheduler
-FIOPS scheduler
-Frandom module
-Intellidemand CPU Governor
-Intelliactive CPU Governor
-PegasusQ CPU Governor
-Simple GPU algorithm (Faux123)
-Intelli_plug (Faux123)
-Sound Control (Faux123)
-Optimized ARM RWSEM algorithm (Francisco Franco)
-Reclaimed some memory from logger (A little extra free RAM)
-Improved fairness efficiency of schedulers
-Increased Ext4 speed & optimized test root
-Slimbus adjustments for best audio possible
-Reduced disk writes
-Fixed packet corruption due to QoS
-Fixed potential memory corruption
-Fixed some annoying compilation warnings
-Implemented optimized percpu access
-Shrink highmem pages on kswapd
-Lots of code optimization
-To be continued...
 
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Check out my Ookla Speedtest result. What's your speed? http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/1185661248
LTE was not working so I flashed the zv5 radio image and BAM!! Works great. WiFi tether works great too. Both cameras working. That's all I tested for now. Will test more later.
MTP is not working.
 
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Running smooth. Seems more responsive than the cm12 build.
Stock Camera is giving me a green screen when taking pics and not saving.
Camu works front and rear as well as video.
Stock MMS can't press send button, but that's several ROMs...textra works for SMS and MMS with no APN change..on VM.
Calls work both ways
Sound works

This will be on my phone until it messes something up or I realize I need it to do something it won't do..
 
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Great ROM LTE works great. camera only front works not rear that's all
Check out my Ookla Speedtest result. What's your speed? http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/1185661248
LTE was not working so I flashed the zv5 radio image and BAM!! Works great. WiFi tether works great too. Both cameras working. That's all I tested for now. Will test more later.
MTP is not working.
You do any thing special for the camera to work for the rear one
 
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Check out my Ookla Speedtest result. What's your speed? http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/1185661248
LTE was not working so I flashed the zv5 radio image and BAM!! Works great. WiFi tether works great too. Both cameras working. That's all I tested for now. Will test more later.
MTP is not working.
I did flash the Boost APN fix
Not to doubt you, but flashing an apn fix doesn't make sense to fix the camera. Have you actually tried to take a picture with it? I flashed CM12 and thought my camera was working until I tried to take a picture. The problem seems to be the camera app not being coded for our hardware, not a settings issue.
 
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So it's android 5.+
And is it stable for day to day use
Correct, its 5.+ I just briefly tried it out and from what I can see its not bad at all, if you don't mind dealing with little bugs and the occational service/data loss it could definitely be a daily driver in my opinion, also to any devs or anybody who did not know, I could be way behind on this but I found a fix to the lock screen problem how it wouldn't allow you to keep it locked, there is a setting called lift phone to wake, if you turn that off, the problem no longer occurs and the same goes for cm12
 
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Not to doubt you, but flashing an apn fix doesn't make sense to fix the camera. Have you actually tried to take a picture with it? I flashed CM12 and thought my camera was working until I tried to take a picture. The problem seems to be the camera app not being coded for our hardware, not a settings issue.
'm not a dev, I have no idea what flashing the APN fix does. I'm just saying what I did when I installed the rom. And yes, I did take a pic and it saved and I have no idea why, I just know it works.
 
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I'm not a dev, I have no idea what flashing the APN fix does. I'm just saying what I did when I installed the rom. And yes, I did take a pic and it saved and I have no idea why, I just know it works.[/I]
The APN fix restores the APN settings for the phone, which is how you get service. You can understand why it wouldn't seem that it would fix the camera.

Gotta ask though, why did you flash something that you didn't know what it does?
 
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So... Is it TW based? Sense? I was assuming it was a CM12 variant as I've never heard of it before.
Its basically AOSP, some people prefer CM, some prefer AOKP, some prefer OMNI, and some prefer Candy, etc. etc. I haven't spent enough time on it to say what the benefits are of Candy vs CM but CM is VERY well developed on any phone that supports it, its all preference. I'll look more into it and use it a bit more and I'll let you know the differences between this and CM
 
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Its basically AOSP, some people prefer CM, some prefer AOKP, some prefer OMNI, and some prefer Candy, etc. etc. I haven't spent enough time on it to say what the benefits are of Candy vs CM but CM is VERY well developed on any phone that supports it, its all preference. I'll look more into it and use it a bit more and I'll let you know the differences between this and CM
That's cool, I'm about to install it. I looked up a couple videos, looks good, and the fact that LTE is working is very good.
 
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I've installed it. Camera not working, even after installing the APN fix, also tried Google Camera. Says LTE is on, but speed test didn't give a typical read. This is after installing the zv5 radio and APN fix (in that order).

Any suggestions on improving data speed or getting the camera working?

Otherwise, I love this. Wish we actually had lollipop for the phone officially!
 

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So I'm considering keeping this on as my daily. I have just about everything under control besides the remote. There's just one more issue to sort out... Restoring my app data from my backup. Is it possible to just restore the data partition, or is that going to mess things up? I can just go in and dig out the folders I'm concerned about if need be.
 
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