Root Is anyone actually working on a ICS/JB Rom?

[savtattoo]

How about using the Lucid ics root process?

 

[rav2012]

How about using the Lucid ics root process?

I used all 3 including spectrum

 

[airtioteclint]

Rav did you get your radio back yet? Its a common problem when flashing the gs3. I dont know if the same fix method will work for the connect but its worth a shot.

http://androidforums.com/metropcs-galaxy-s3-all-things-root/649549-cant-call-text-help.html

 

[kanaida]

Rav did you get your radio back yet? Its a common problem when flashing the gs3. I dont know if the same fix method will work for the connect but its worth a shot.

http://androidforums.com/metropcs-galaxy-s3-all-things-root/649549-cant-call-text-help.html

I couldn't make 2 cents out of whatever that post was all about. Sounded like a shortcut to enable/disable data. That should be in your settings anyways.

 

[kanaida]

see if this might root your device. Seems to root many devices running ICS/JB

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460

 

[kanaida]

Looks like I found something unexpected in the ICS, donor phone code

Cayman is the code name for the LG MS840.

The source has 2 folders in it, meaning either an update is coming soon. Or they just merged their code in anyways for good keeping.

Kernel/lge/lge_board/cayman_mpcs
Kernel/lge/lge_board/cayman_sprint

Hey PG, you know the build process a little better was it right under our noses the whole time in the kernel source??

/kerner/arch/arm/configs/cayman_mpcs_us_defconfig


Interestingly I can't seem to find references to the RIL anywhere. Isn't that what you said you needed for the CM9/10?

 

[airtioteclint]

I couldn't make 2 cents out of whatever that post was all about. Sounded like a shortcut to enable/disable data. That should be in your settings anyways.

There are cases where the gs3 would lose radio info like meid, min, phone number, etc and stuff when flashing. That post tells how to restore them using anycut from stock rom. As I said it might not be the same thing for the connect but is worth a shot.

There was nothing in there as obvious as enabling/disabling the data.

 

[rav2012]

Just to let you guys know... under the battery my model number says ms840v. I have always been using the stock unrooted rom and the software my phone uses is ms840vv3...

 

[jprosek]

I'm no dev to be sure but one time I accidently flashed a cricket stock rom to a metro phone and it did something similar and I used qpst to reconfig the radio manually. Since lte is quallcomm you should be able to do the same thing, but I haven't used qpst in a long time and never used it on a lte phone. Just a suggestion from a patient connect user waiting on his bite of ICS

 

[kanaida]

Hey, the ICS rom you flashed... you didn't build it from source code right? What did you do exactly so we're on the same page? How did you go about flashing it?

The one I will end up creating will be a clockworkmod flashable zip, built from the source code. Hopefully later tonight I get closer to doing that. I've already merged the sources so i might just have to compile and bam.:smokingsomb:

 

[kanaida]

Just to let you guys know... under the battery my model number says ms840v. I have always been using the stock unrooted rom and the software my phone uses is ms840vv3...

Funny, I noticed on the LG Source code download page there was an MS840V, It must be a very similar variation. Was it called the Connect 4G when you bought it or something slightly different? Perhaps they tried to address the heating issue, or use a slightly different battery size.

 

[rav2012]

Funny, I noticed on the LG Source code download page there was an MS840V, It must be a very similar variation. Was it called the Connect 4G when you bought it or something slightly different? Perhaps they tried to address the heating issue, or use a slightly different battery size.

I never notice any heating issues. It will heat up a lil while surfing with 4 g. I also use the 1500 mah bat which would last from 7am to 2~3 pm. I always would have a great signal too.

 

[rav2012]

Hey, the ICS rom you flashed... you didn't build it from source code right? What did you do exactly so we're on the same page? How did you go about flashing it?

The one I will end up creating will be a clockworkmod flashable zip, built from the source code. Hopefully later tonight I get closer to doing that. I've already merged the sources so i might just have to compile and bam.:smokingsomb:

I used kp500 lg tool to flash this rom, kinda like kdz. I flashed the vs840zv7.cab... which source code are you building from?

 

[kanaida]

I used kp500 lg tool to flash this rom, kinda like kdz. I flashed the vs840zv7.cab... which source code are you building from?

The official ICS update source code for the LG Viper (LS840).
It's posted at the top. This would end up being a real build, assuming they finished the metro pcs code that's included in there. If it actually works, after using clockwork mod to flash it, then that means I can also edit the kernel/rom etc...

I'm pretty sure by using that flash tool, there's a chance it flashes much more than just the rom part. It possibly did some extra stuff, explaining the radio problem and no longer having clockwork mod.

 

[rav2012]

The official ICS update source code for the LG Viper (LS840).
It's posted at the top. This would end up being a real build, assuming they finished the metro pcs code that's included in there. If it actually works, after using clockwork mod to flash it, then that means I can also edit the kernel/rom etc...

I'm pretty sure by using that flash tool, there's a chance it flashes much more than just the rom part. It possibly did some extra stuff, explaining the radio problem and no longer having clockwork mod.

I can get clockwork mod if i flash bac to zva just no 4g. But yea, that tool might have edited the bootloader because i had an encryption error.

 

[kanaida]

I can get clockwork mod if i flash bac to zva just no 4g. But yea, that tool might have edited the bootloader because i had an encryption error.

Hmm... I'm not too good with the CDMA part of things, but I'm pretty sure LGNPST would be the tool for the job. I read that PG has the tot file, but missing a dll. Maybe finding that dll is your ticket.

Can you post the flash tool that you used so I can see it?

 

[rav2012]

Hmm... I'm not too good with the CDMA part of things, but I'm pretty sure LGNPST would be the tool for the job. I read that PG has the tot file, but missing a dll. Maybe finding that dll is your ticket.

Can you post the flash tool that you used so I can see it?

Ill post it as soon as i get home. If you want ill pm you that zv7.cab file as well.

 

[kanaida]

forgot to ask, does the phone dailer work at all for calls? even the *411 etc...
When you say 4G, is it just 4G not working, no data at all, or does it fall back to 1X?

 

[rav2012]

forgot to ask, does the phone dailer work at all for calls? even the *411 etc...
When you say 4G, is it just 4G not working, no data at all, or does it fall back to 1X?

No service at all on ics and when i dial it say emergency calls only. When i flash bac on zva i have no 4g but i get 3g and 1x.

 

[jgarcia88]

@rav2012 Do You Live In Texas? Cause I Know Metro Was Selling A Special Version Of The Connect That Was VoLTE Compatible In Texas!!!! Since You Say Your Phone Says mS840v It's Obviously Not The Same Phone.

 

[rav2012]

@rav2012 Do You Live In Texas? Cause I Know Metro Was Selling A Special Version Of The Connect That Was VoLTE Compatible In Texas!!!! Since You Say Your Phone Says mS840v It's Obviously Not The Same Phone.

If I'm not mistaken i think all lg connects are volte compatible. I live in new york.

 

[rav2012]

here is that file that i used to flash zv7 to the connect.

 

[kanaida]

No service at all on ics and when i dial it say emergency calls only. When i flash bac on zva i have no 4g but i get 3g and 1x.

Does it let you activate? That reprograms the phone

 

[rav2012]

Does it let you activate? That reprograms the phone

No because of the metro pcs sim card.

 

[rav2012]

Well i guess iam stuck in ics... So far i was able to root manualy. Today ill try and get cwm installed.