Help LG Shine Plus Android 2.2 Upgrade

barney_rebel · Sep 27, 2011

Bit off topic, but how difficult is it to root this phone?

MisterPuzzler · Sep 30, 2011

Not sure, but its the end of September, so if we want to put apps on our SD card to some degree we're going to need to root our phones.

android0705 · Oct 1, 2011

well it is now october and still no update rawr who got the false leaked information

AndroidFun · Oct 2, 2011

barney_rebel said:
Bit off topic, but how difficult is it to root this phone?

Nope, very easy to root with Universal Androot (or apparently z4root). Root/unroot with one click.

And Oct 2, still no sign of an update... Bloody Telus, bloody LG.

barney_rebel · Oct 3, 2011

AndroidFun said:
Nope, very easy to root with Universal Androot (or apparently z4root). Root/unroot with one click.

And Oct 2, still no sign of an update... Bloody Telus, bloody LG.

OK cool, I'm going to give these clowns until end of they year and then I'll have to do this.

Frustrating.

barney_rebel · Oct 3, 2011

OK just ran this, and apparently my phone is rooted

How To: Root Android Devices With Universal Androot App

Gonna give that Link2SD a shot now

barney_rebel · Oct 3, 2011

tankster said:
Just installed this, looking good so far, since the main reason I am looking for 2.2/2.3 is to install more apps.

Installed Universal Androot, rooted it, installed Link2SD, created a 2nd partition (tried FAT,FAT32,EXT2). No luck so far. Getting: "Invalid Argument" creating the mount script.

Digging around on other forums I found you have to play around with the new partition (make it primary, set it active) etc. Still no luck.

Gonna dig around some more.

EDIT - Spoke too soon, mounted now after a reboot and it told me to reboot again to make sure the script works. WOOT!

barney_rebel · Oct 3, 2011

114 Megs free on my phone, WOW! I highly recommend everyone run this on their phone. Thanks gain AF!

TheSarge · Oct 11, 2011

LG is really pissing me off. The nearly-identical VS740 (LG Ally) got updated to 2.2 back in January. Janu****ingary! Well it's ****ing OCTOBER now and still no update. WTF, LG? What, because we're in Canada we don't count? Well then **** YOU! My next phone will not be from LG. :mad:

tinao · Oct 15, 2011

any update of when the android update will happen since it is well past sep 5th?

karendar · Oct 16, 2011

tinao said:
any update of when the android update will happen since it is well past sep 5th?

Last 2-3 attemps to contact LG yielded very vague answers... As in "It'll come when it'll be ready and approved by Telus". The least vague answer was "By the end of the year." but then again, never specified WHICH YEAR...

I still look every couple of days or so, but I'm not holding my breath.

Android Bob · Oct 17, 2011

Well first we were told that we would be receiving the Android 2.2 update in July and we just had to be patient like our fellow LG Ally users in the USA and eventually LG would reward us all with an update (DID NOT HAPPEN!!!). Then they dangled the next carrot in front of our noses by telling us that since we were good patient Canadians if we were willing to wait until September they would reward us all for our patience by upgrading us not to Android 2.2 but to Android 2.3 (DID NOT HAPPEN!!!).

LG and Telus you should be ashamed of the way you have treated your Canadian customers. All I want from LG as a customer are timely updates to your products and the respect of not being lied to as to when I will be receiving those updates, and from Telus because we were willing to purchase the LG Shine Plus which was exclusively sold by Telus that I can count on support from my service provider and confidence that you are working on my behalf to ensure that my cellphone product is at least maintained at the highest level of the Android Operating System that it can support. I feel as a loyal Telus customer that is what I expect and what I am entitled to from my service provider. :mad:

VoLum · Oct 18, 2011

I am disappointed with Telus and LG.

MisterPuzzler · Oct 18, 2011

alfi said:
Hi everybody

lg release 2.3.3 on shine plus
version: v.20a

i using lg mobile tool to upgrade and everything is ok

This above quote is from the other thread-android 2.3
Can anyone else confirm this? I'm going to give this a shot myself in a bit. Sorry If it seems I don't believe you alfi its just it sounds way too good to be true.

barney_rebel · Oct 18, 2011

New mobile phone software is available
Please update your software.
If not connected, connect the device now to start update.
If the update is done later, connect the device at that time.

I can't run this now because I have to take off. I will give it a shot later tonight and let you guys know.

alfi · Oct 18, 2011

that ok barney_rebel

it's true seem to be a joke but this morning i check the software version with lg mobile updater and told me that a version 20A is available, so i unroot my phone backup everything and go for the update

barney_rebel · Oct 18, 2011

alfi said:
that ok barney_rebel

it's true seem to be a joke but this morning i check the software version with lg mobile updater and told me that a version 20A is available, so i unroot my phone backup everything and go for the update

Yup this is the real deal. Thanks for the heads-up. I'm up and running (posted in your thread).

MisterPuzzler · Oct 18, 2011

At this moment right now I just checked the Telus website and this update shows up there. After a long wait we finally got ANDROID 2.3.3!!!!

AndroidFun · Oct 19, 2011

Thanks, LG/Telus. Better late than never, I guess! And I was about a day away from giving up hope and upgrading to a newer phone. Now, I may wait... Maybe. THANKS, LG/Telus... ;p

barney_rebel · Oct 19, 2011

Official talk on Telus is here:

Android software updates| Software Updates| Phones & Devices| Support| TELUS Mobility

Not showing on the product page, not showing on the official LG page yet.

TheSarge · Oct 19, 2011

Took them long enough. Is it a coincidence that Android 4.0 just launched today? :thinking:

karendar · Oct 19, 2011

barney_rebel said:
Yup this is the real deal. Thanks for the heads-up. I'm up and running (posted in your thread).

So how is performance? Impressions?

TheSarge · Oct 19, 2011

Oh ****! Now my headset won't pair! LG, you ****ing ASSHOLES!
:Throws phone against a brick wall:
:buys an HTC Phone:

isses on LG:

AndroidFun · Oct 19, 2011

karendar said:
So how is performance? Impressions?

I did the update last night. I un-rooted, reformatted the microSD card (backup first), reset to factory defaults, did the update, reset to factory defaults again and it seems to be working for me so far.

It's a bit laggy, imho, but it's no Snapdragon CPU either.

barney_rebel · Oct 19, 2011

karendar said:
So how is performance? Impressions?

Phone is no more laggy as it was before. So far "Move to SD" isn't helping me a whole lot. Nothing beats a rooted phone with Links2SD.

I find the wireless drops, but connects quicker when joining the network. Other than that, wasn't worth the 1 year wait.

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