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    Help 'SD card not mounted'

    Hi, I recently bought a second hand LG GT540. I have loaded an 8GB micro SD card. However, when I try to access the card the error message 'sd card not mounted' is displayed. I have tried removing the card and re-inserting it. I have reformatted it. Neither of these have worked. The card...
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    Help Help Please! MMS just refuse to send!

    This problem has appeared over the past week for me. I make an MMS message and it just sits there and doesnt send. I click to retry sending but nothing happens. The 'H' is show on my notification bar so I know I have data connected fine. MMS come through to me, so do SMS but any MMS I make...
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    Help Safe to Remove?

    Morning all. I've done a huge amount of searching on these forums with some great results and lots of information that I'll never be able to remember. So, I'm new to the Android world and the GT540. I have the international (maybe European?) version which is fine cause it works just fine...
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    LG GT540 Optimus turning on problem

    Hi everyone Yesterday when I came home my lg turned off because the battery was totally empty, so I plugged in my charger and tryed to turn on the phone Normaly the lg logo appeared and green letters android appeared for loading but nothing happens after that, it's repeating loading over and...
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    Help LG GT540 Dead.

    Hey there, I really need help and I came to this forum hoping that someone could tell me what to do... I recently bought an LG GT450 and yesterday I wanted to update the firmware to Android 2.3.7, it all went well when following the tutorial provided, I managed to get the phone working with...
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    Root bricked my lg gt540 android please help me PLEASE

    :(im pretty good with gadgets lol,i installed a program called cynogen i think or somthing sounding likethat ?????, a rooting program, and then intalled a graphics accelerator, and it dont come on it stays on the lg icon screen, i am proper gutted, i need to roll it back or re-install the...
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    Root please help me i rooted my lg android phone now it dont come on

    :mad:im pretty good with gadgets lol,i installed a program called cynogen ithink ?????, a rooting program, and then intalled a graphics accelerator, and it dont come on it stays on the lg icon screen, i am proper gutted, i need to roll it back or re-install the android os from scratch tryed hard...
  8. Rooferkev

    Help Need to make more space on phone

    Hi, i'm running cyanogenmod 2.3.7 which allows me to move lots of apps to my memory card, however i've still never quite got enough spare space on my phone memory due to not being able to move any of the google apps (gmail, maps etc) and the apps that use a widget. So is there any way i can free...
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    Root [ROM] 2.3.7 CYANOGENMOD 7 [with 2.6.32 kernel]v5.1 by PCFIGHTER

    All credits go to PCFIGHTER from android.com.pl Original Thread Fighter's Blog - CM7 v4 Screenshots: works: -GSM -Sound -3D -Vibration -Accelerometer -WiFi -FM-Radio -Screen Calibration ? does not work: -Camera -Manual search network...
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    strange indicator icon ?!

    (I also posted on this thread yesterday: http://androidforums.com/android-lounge/444303-what-undocumented-indicator.html#post3453404 but something tells me that it is a gt540 related indicator...) so to sum up here, My phone : LG GT540 , Official LG released Android 2.1 I have this indicator...
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    Help SD Card troubles

    I recently got this LG GT540 phone after most of the touch screen died on my old Samsung Galaxy Spica. I assumed I'd be able to re-use the Micro-SD card from my samsung in my LG, but it doesn't show anything at all when I insert it, no "damaged SD card" message, it's just as if there is no card...
  12. R

    Best custom ROM 2.3

    My phone is currently running on android 2.1(Official Lg ROM) and I want to upgrade my phone to 2.3. But I'm hearing that certain features (like GPS, FM, Camera, WIfi etc) may not work with certain ROMs. Would be great if you guys let me know which ROM is the best I mean like in which ROM...
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    upgrading android

    :confused:Please can someone talk me through upgrading android 1.6. I'm not at all clever with this sort of tech and would appreciate a talk thro' in layman's terms. Thanks in advance.
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    help! messaging app won't open

    when i click on messaging i get my usual lists of messaging. when i click on one, the screen goes black and says: the application Messaging (processs com.androi.mms) has stopped unexpectedly. please try later. however it doesnt come up later. ive tried turning the phone on and off and...
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    Love affair over after two months

    Needed to use my phone last Friday, was out of the car in broad daylight, couldn't see the screen, got back into car, still couldn't see the screen, got out of car again and went to a shaded area, still couldn't see the screen - was ready to scream and felt like throwing the damn thing.:mad...
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    Root The easiest way to root your gt540 running 2.1

    after searching across the web i was eventually able to root my gt540. but here i give you a simple and effective way to root your gt540. just download z4root here: Free File Hosting, Online Storage &amp File Upload with FileServe 1.3.0 (1).apk install it to your phone and choose...
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    Driver problem of Fastboot interface (Google USB ID)

    I want to flash my GT 540 from 2.1 to 2.3.2 but I cannot flash it beacuse of the last driver [ Fastboot interface (Google USB ID)]-Andriod cannot find , I was stuck here,how can i do? I need help:confused:
  18. S

    Help Dropped phone!

    ok so ive dropped my phone. Now all i get on my screen is coloured vertical lines. Can anyone help?
  19. D

    Root Easily resize system + data partitions

    Seen this on XDA and thought I would share it, works on my phone, and I have over 100MB left for apps. Note: This will resize the system and data partitions to allow more space for apps by taking some space from the system partition on the phone Source: [HOW-TO] Easily resize system + data...
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    Root Rooting and warranty

    Hello! I bought this phone one month ago.. with Android 2.1 in it. I would like to try to upadte to newer version of Android... but I'm frightened that I will loose the warranty. So..: before starting the "rooting adventure", can I do something (backup.. or similar) to restore my phone as it...
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    Help What shall I replace? Touch Screen or Digitizer?

    Okay I want to manually replace my digitizer/screen but I am not sure what is the problem. The problem is the touch function being messed up I.E. screen feels constantly pressed, sometimes whenever I touch the screen the menu keeps popping up and the instead of the 'click' my otherwise...
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    Root Custom Boot Animation for GT540

    hi guys.....can anyone teach me or can post a link for tutorials on how to make custom boot load animations?i'm running CM7 2.3.7 RC5.
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    Root Ice-Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) custom rom

    I was wondering if anyone could estimate how long it will take after ice-cream sandwich is released we will get a custom rom for it, or if anyone knows if anyone has said they will attempt to create a custom rom for us. Also if anyone know how long it took for CM6 and 7, after froyo and...
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    Help Weird touch screen issue Please Help.

    I think it may be the digitizer but its bloody annoying!! Okay so the phones been perfect until like a 2 months ago when it starting going all weird the touch screen began be unresponsive and whenever I touch the phone the menu pops up. So I left it for a week then restored to factory...
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    1.6 to 2.1 is it worth upgrading?

    Hi all, Subject says it all really. I'm on O2 pay as you go in the UK if that makes any difference. Had the phone a year, no probs really.. what do I gain from moving to 2.1? Thanks, W