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Hey everyone! SwiftDroid blog has now moved to the new address of: http://swiftdroid.comlu.com . This is a major update as the new blog is capable of many more features and is much easier to run. The RSS feed stays the same link at: http://feeds.feedburner.com/swiftdroid . So bookmark the new blog and enjoy! :)

Hi is there an Pc suite for gt540 with cyanogenMod 6.1??

No there isn't I'm afraid.. Sorry. If it's backup you want, then you can backup all your data with MyBackup Root, then copy the backup to your PC

Hi there admin. I live in India and i want to install a fastboot rom so i downloaded this..(http://www.mediafire.com/?xwsbobjeesab2s2) will this work as it is US version..Please help me out and give me steps to proceed and install fastboot rom and easiest way to install the latest cyanogenmod on my lg gt540..Thanx in advance and this blog is great bro..!!!And sorry for my poor english...

It doesn't really matter which fastboot ROM you use, it gets replaced by CyanogenMod anyway. So flash with the fastboot ROM then I'd recommend using the auto exe to install CyanogenMod :)

Hi...Admin...Thanks for your help lately..i am very happy now because i can run hd games but can you help me in installing cyanogen mod 7 or android 2.3.3 with auto installer i downloaded (http://www.mediafire.com/?rdjxlaedk453l3s) the autoinstaller and i am on a fastboot rom..please i will be highly obliged by your kind help. Do i have to turn on usb debugging for using auto installer for CM7..Thanx in advance

All you need to do is put the phone in fastboot mode by holding the camera button and switching on the phone. Hold the camera button whilst the LG logo shows, and it'll stay on for a few seconds, then the screen will go blank. Connect the phone to the computer and run the .exe file.

3 Awesome Keyboards for GT540

While many of the different keyboards are similar, an app used as much as this needs to be suited as much as possible to your typing style. Finding the best keyboard could save you a lot of time, as well as embarrassing errors in your text!

Wi-Fi Keyboard

Differs from the other keyboards mentioned in this post. Wifi Keyboard, as you’re probably guessing from the title, allows you to connect your phone to your PC through Wi-Fi (there’s a USB option too) to let you use your computer’s keyboard to type on your handset. An interesting idea, which works quite well!

Price: Free

SwiftKey

On first using SwiftKey it’s clear the amount of development that has gone into this app; the design is superb. The true magic of this keyboard is in its text prediction, whose accuracy improves at an incredible speed the more you use it. When you first run it, it scans your previously sent texts to get an idea of how you type, and from that point on it uses artificial intelligence to guess what words you are likely to be entering.

Despite using a normal QWERTY keyboard it’s quite easy to type on whether using one or two hands.

Market Link Price: $1.99

Better Keyboard

Using a QWERTY layout this is a simple but easy to use keyboard. It also includes a compact layout which you can easily switch to by swiping to the right; swipe left to get back to the normal QWERTY layout.

Better Keyboard also allows you to download and use different fonts to use for your keyboard — some nice personalisation!

Market Link Price: €2.24 (with a free version available)

#keyboard

hi...i am a complete newbie to my gt540 phone..can you help me with overclocking my phone to 850 mHz..and running gameloft Asphalt Hd

You need to update to either CyanogenMod 6 or CyanogenMod 7. Just click on either link (CyanogenMod 7 is obviously the most recent version).

Once you've done that, download SetCPU from here and copy it to your SD Card.

Then use Root Explorer locate the setcpu_2.10-donate.apk file and tap on it to install it.

Now in the app drawer you'll see SetCPU, open it

Scroll down and tap 'Auto select frequencies'

Now drag the Max slider to a MAX of 845MHz

Now you need to activate swapping:

Download Swapper 2 from the Market

Open Swapper

Check 'Activate swap on boot'

Swap file position on SD Card FAT Partition

Set size to 600mb

Reboot phone

Once its back up let it create swapfile

When its done explore your sd card and check for a swap file if its there move on to step 9 if its not redo from step 2 to step 7

Open SetCPU

Go on info tab scroll down until you see Swap total, should be around 600mb

Reboot Phone

Ashphalt should work now :)

Soft-ROM by MMXTREM

MMXTREM from 4pda.ru has customised the original SwiftDroid ROM from Mur4ik:

Added 3rd party apps:

AppLanet

Dolphin Browser Mini

RockPlayer (sharpened by our processor)

DroidWall

MyPhoneExplorer

Documets to go

Skype

SetCPU

AudioManager

SystemAppRemover

Advance Task Manager

Fancy Widget

Mail.ru Agent

LauncherProPlus

DioDict (catabatic dictionary with 2.1)

BusyBox

TypoClock

Widget Posts

Widget notes

Widget favorites

Widget frame for pictures

Yandex Maps

Selecting the screen

Spec. Features

Fresh host

Improved the Framework (interface)

Were also modified some system files and widgets!

New butanimatsiya.

New Font

Removed Apps:

Twitter

Facebook

Terminal

Spare Parts

Development

Androidify

Google Maps

Mini Music

Google Voice

Stardroid

Fix: Voice search button, camera, autofocus, LED network and Wi-Fi is now permanently green.

Data - free, free space in the System - 68 megabytes (for manual installation of applications!)

Screenshots (taken from 4pda.ru):

How to install:

1. Download the Soft-ROM .zip file from here. Copy the folder inside the .zip file to SD Card/clockworkmod/backup. IMPORTANT, make sure that you do NOT put the contents of the 'Soft-MOD' folder into 'backup' you must put the Soft-ROM folder into the 'backup' folder so it looks like this:

2. Reboot your device into recovery mode by holding the Home button and powering on the phone, making sure the power button is held whilst the LG logo shows. SwiftDroid v1.5 users can hold the power button to bring up the phone options, then tap Reboot>Recovery>OK. If you don't have recovery installed, then follow the instructions here under the ClockworkMod Recovery section.

3. Now you're in recovery, use the volume up and down buttons to navigate up and down the selections, the call button to select, and the power button to go back. Select backup & restore>backup. This will backup you're current ROM in case anything goes wrong, this could take a while.

4. Now select backup & restore>restore>Soft-ROM>yes. Soft-ROM will now be installed. Press the power button to get back to the first screen and select reboot phone.

5. You're phone will now reboot with Soft-ROM installed! Enjoy! :D

#Soft-ROM #SwiftDroid #MMXTREM #4pda.ru

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Thanks! :D

I want to unlock my tesco mobile lg gt540,,,,HOW???

You have to call Tesco and ask them for an unlock code. You will be asked for the IEMI number for your phone, find this out by typing in *#06# into the dialpad. They may charge you for the code. Once you get the code, you need to put in a SIM card from the network you want to move to, and turn on the phone. It will display something along the lines of: "Invalid SIM. Network Locked." Tap unlock, and enter in the code. Done :)

Gaming on the GT540 and How to run most HD Games

Gaming on phone wasn't as good as it is now, games were graphically not good, they were simple, arcade games, some did try to bring something new to the table, but many fell behind. That is until now.

Android devices are capable of gaming, that's not hot news, however the quality of the games are. Games that one would expect to see on handhelds such as the PSP or the Nintendo DS, are being ported to the Android Platform.

Big Companies such as, EA, Ubisoft, Konami, Gameloft, among others, are developing games for this new market. While the GT540 isn't really the most powerful device out there, it's capable of acceptable 3D performance. HD games , which are the best of the best, in terms of graphics, seemed like impossible to run on the GT540. The main reason being, that the phone out-of-the-box comes with Android 1.6 and a 600Mhz processor, and only 150MB of RAM.This doesn't look like a gmaing device at all, however Games like H.A.W.X. , GT Racing, Raging Thunder 2, PES2011. etc run on it. Some games due to being restricted to be used in resolutions above 800X480 can't be displayed entirely BUT they do RUN on the device. To play those games you only need 2 things: Swapper and SetCPU.

These are basic instructions on how to run some HD Games.

***You'll need to have Swap Activated for this***

Download the game you'd want to play, (in this case we''ll be installing GT Racing HD)

Install GT Racing HD, once it's done

Open Swapper, and make sure you enabled the swap file (if you don't know how to, take a look at this post)

Once you enable the swap file, go to SetCPU and set the speed at anything above 800mhz and BELOW 880mhz

Open GT Racing HD, now it will start to downlaod about ~100MB of data files.

Once it's done downloading wait, a minute or two and Done!

When you start the game a prompt will tell you that the movie could no be played, that's ok, just tap OK. Game performance it's acceptable given the specs of the phone, happy gaming!.

Why You Shouldn’t Be Using a Task Killer with Android

I see this come up over and over again. People saying that a task is running in the background and they think it is killing their battery or hogging all of their memory. So their natural reaction is to download a program made to kill tasks. Here’s the thing… you are likely doing more harm than good by killing tasks that aren’t ready to end. I was the same way when I first got my CDMA Hero. There were tons of things running that I didn’t want so I just kept killing them. After a few weeks I realized that if I stopped using a task killer (and totally uninstalled it in fact) my phone actually began to run better! The applications would close themselves and things just seemed to be running better. I get that there may be short term benefits from clearing a task, but you should still take the time to read through this.

By default, every application runs in its own Linux process. Android starts the process when any of the application’s code needs to be executed, and shuts down the process when it’s no longer needed and system resources are required by other applications.

A content provider is active only while it’s responding to a request from a ContentResolver. And a broadcast receiver is active only while it’s responding to a broadcast message. So there’s no need to explicitly shut down these components.

Activities, on the other hand, provide the user interface. They’re in a long-running conversation with the user and may remain active, even when idle, as long as the conversation continues. Similarly, services may also remain running for a long time. So Android has methods to shut down activities and services in an orderly way:

An activity can be shut down by calling its finish() method. One activity can shut down another activity (one it started with startActivityForResult()) by calling finishActivity().

A service can be stopped by calling its stopSelf() method, or by calling Context.stopService().

Components might also be shut down by the system when they are no longer being used or when Android must reclaim memory for more active components.

If the user leaves a task for a long time, the system clears the task of all activities except the root activity. When the user returns to the task again, it’s as the user left it, except that only the initial activity is present. The idea is that, after a time, users will likely have abandoned what they were doing before and are returning to the task to begin something new. Here is the complete article at the Android Developer Site

Here is a more understandable article if you don't really understand this much

#Task Killers #Process

Rooting: What is it and how to do it

Rooting is the process of allowing certain apps to gain 'root' access to the system. Android is based on Linux, the computer operating system. And in Linux the 'root' user is allowed to modify and access all system files. Rooting your Android phone isn't a feature that comes with Android, it's exploiting the way the system works.

So when you root your phone, you're allowing certain apps to access and/or modify system files. Which apps need 'rooted' systems? Well there are a wide variety of apps that need root access:

Titanium Backup - one of the most popular root apps on the Market, this app uses it's root permissions to backup and remove system apps/apps that come preinstalled with the phone that nobody wants.

SetCPU - another very popular root app which allows you to overclock your phone. (Definition of overclocking here)

MyBackup Root - an app that uses it's root permissions to 'backup' your apps, data, and settings to your SD card so that they can be restored if anything happens

Root Explorer - another popular app that allows you to dive into the system files of your phone and modify/access them. Also allows you to access what's on the SD card of course.

Am I already rooted? Well if you installed SwiftDroid or OpenSwift then yes, you will already be rooted. If you see the Superuser app installed on your phone, then yes, you're rooted.

So if you decide that you would like to root your phone, here's how to do it:

Download z4root from here

Copy the file to your SD Card

Use file manager app to locate and install the app

Go to Settings>Applications>Development>USB Debugging and enable USB Debugging

Open the app from the app drawer and select 'Permanent Root'

The phone should now root and restart, and you will see the Superuser app in the app drawer

When you open an app that wants root access, a superuser request will appear. Superuser is an app that allows you to control which apps are allowed to have root permissions or not. When the popup appears, you can choose to allow the app root permissions, or deny it. If you deny it, then the app will have limited or no functionality.

#Rooting #Titanium Backup #SetCPU #MyBackup Root #z4root #Root Explorer #Superuser

ROM's: What are they?

In basic terms, an Android custom ROM is a modified version of Android that a developer has created for the Android community to use.

Android is open source which means that Google, who now owns Android, has allowed people to take the original source code for the Android OS and do whatever they please with it without permission from Google. This is what people mean when they say that Android is 'open'.

Currently, there are only 3 custom ROM's available for the GT540:

SwiftDroid - A ROM developed by Mur4ik (from 4pda.ru) and based on CyanogenMod 7, CyanogenMod 7 is based on Android 2.3.3 and is still in development.

OpenSwift - A ROM developed by Quarx (from 4pda.ru) and based on CyanogenMod 6, CyanogenMod 6 is based on Android 2.2.1. Development for this ROM has stopped since Quarx's GT540 broke.

Black Deodexed - A ROM also developed by Quarx (from 4pda.ru) and is based on Android 2.1

Different ROM's are developed for people with different needs. Most people like to keep updated (like myself), so they use the SwiftDroid ROM and always keep up to date to always have the new features.

So this should give you a quick oversight into what ROM's are and what's out there and available for the GT540. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me here. :)

#ROM #ROM's #CyanogenMod #Android #SwiftDroid #OpenSwift #android 2.3.3 #Android 2.2.1 #Black Deodexed #Quarx #Mur4ik

Swapping: What it is and how to activate it

Swapping, it most Portable Devices (netbooks, tablet pc's, and mobile phones) 2GB of RAM it's the limit, so whenever an applications needs more RAM it uses Swap, that is: Using a portion of the hard disk as RAM.

Swap creates a file, usually 2GB, to act as RAM, of course it works at a slower transfer rate, due to the hard disk being slower than the actual RAM sticks.

Android handles it a bit different, whenever a unused application is consuming the phone's RAM, it kills it, meaning it makes room for other applications to be active at the same time (multitask). But most phones still doesn't have 2GB of RAM, and especially the GT540, as it only comes with 150MB of it. So Swapping comes in handy in such scenarios as, running HD games, running various apps, and overall performance.

In order to activate swap, you need these:

Swapper

an SD card (2GB+)

SetCPU to check that swap it's enabled

Superuser

Download Swapper, Superuser and SetCPU (if you don't want to donate, here's the apk) from the Android Market.

Make sure you mount your SD card

***CHECK THAT YOU HAVE ENOUGH SPACE TO CONTINUE (IF YOU'RE CREATING A 600MB SWAP FILE YOU MUST HAVE 1.3GB+ OF SPACE LEFT ON YOUR SD CARD, OTHERWISE IT WILL FAIL TO ENABLE THE SWAP FILE)***

Open Swapper and grant it root acces then check the "Activate on boot" box

Set it at 500 or 600, or any size you want (that's in MB)

Save, A message will appear saying "Disabling Swap" and then "Creating new Swap file"

Let it create the Swap file, once it finishes, check with a file browser (Root explorer, OI file borwser, Androzip, etc.)that there's a Swap file on your card

Open Swap again, and uncheck "Activate on boot" and save

Open Swap again and check "Activate on boot" and save

Now a message will show, saying "Enabling Swap"

Done!, now you can check with SetCPU you're using Swap, (give SetCPU root access)

Activating Swap this way , there's no need to set the CPU speed to 729mhz, you can set the speed at w/e you want, also there's no need to reasrt the phone,** HOWEVER**, everytime the phone gets rebooted you need to do Step 5 - 9 to re-activate it.

Hey dude, after flashing the 1.5 with your fine exe :) , my Windows7 wont load/install the Android driver anymore, so I cant install the camera button fix. Your exe couldnt do that either, because of the driver. I cant install the driver manually, the phone is not accepted for this driver?! cuzoppa

Windows 7 should very easily install the drivers when you plug it in.. Try plug it into a different USB port (if you're on a desktop, use the back USB ports) and enable mass storage mode :)

Phone stuck at the LG logo

Oh no!, if you turn your phone on after a failed flashing or any sort of problem it just won't go past the LG logo, fear not!, it's just as simple as following these instructions.

As freeman77200 from Android Forums points out, he had problems with his phone after using a, as he described it, "a random kdz", using the indications in CyanogenMod 7/Android 2.3 Is avaliable for GT540!

How to restore the boot logo's so you can get into recovery 1. Download the KDZ updater from here if you haven’t already done so. 2. Download these two files: French v20a.KDZ out.kdz 3. Remove the SD card, the battery and the SIM card. 4. Press the Volume Down button and connect your USB cable this will put your phone into download mode. 5. Next you need to open up device manager and go to modems and disable the LG Android USB modem. 6. Now open up the KDZ updater: (a) Check that ‘Type’ is set to '3GQCT' and ’PhoneMode’ is set to 'CS_EMERGENCY'. (b) Then in the KDZ file box browse to and select the French KDZ file and click Launch software update. Wait for it to say finished. (c) Unplug the USB cable before it the phone boots. Then plug your phone back in while pressing the’Volume Down’ button again, this time the screen will say download mode. (d) Go back to the KDZ updater and check that ’Type’ still says ’3GQCT’ and ’PhoneMode is still set to’CS_EMERGENCY’ (e) Browse to the out.kdz file and click launch software update wait for it to say finished. (f) Remove the USB cable, put the battery back in and start the phone it will get to the Android boot logo but that’s it.

7. Plug the USB cable back in and go back to the KDZ updater and change ’PhoneMode’ to ’DIAG’ (a) Browse to either the Carphone Warehouse KDZ + fastboot or the EuropeOpen KDZ + fastboot and click launch software update

8. When it says finished turn off the phone and boot into fastboot mode and continue flashing CyanogenMod

Laggy accelerometer fix 2

despotovski01 from xda-developers found that the accelerometer fix in the previous post didn't work, so there's another fix found:

Download this file and copy it to your SD card

Open Root Explorer and extract the contents. They will extract to /sdcard/extracted.

Press Menu>Multiselect and select the sensors.golfish.so and sensors.swift.so. Tap copy.

Navigate to /system/lib/hw and paste the file into there (If it doesn't work, tap Mount R/W in the top right corner)

Change the permissions by tapping and holding the file and choosing Permissions and change it to:

Read Write Execute

User * *

Group *

Others *

Restart the phone

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