I bet we get it before the end of the year...not from LG but from the ROM developers.
*DING* Another benefit to rooting![]()
I don't want to speak for the two primary ROM developers here, but it is my understanding that ROMs for any phone are based off of the phone manufacturer's released version. LG has their 2.2 build, and while ROM cookers modify the heck out of it, adding and removing things and generally do things that normal guys like you and me can't do, it is still based off of what LG releases. To put Android 2.3 on this phone before LG releases their official 2.3 release would require more than cooking a ROM - it would require a build-from-source AOSP (Android Open Source Project) release similar to what CyanogenMod is.
For instance, my previous phone (Samsung Moment) was originally released with Android 1.5. ROM cookers did their best, but it wasn't until the middle of May when Samsung released 2.1 for the Moment that 2.1-based ROMs started coming out. When Froyo was released, Samsung announced that the Moment would not be getting it. Some ROM cookers were able to backport some features such as JIT from 2.2 in to their 2.1-based ROMs, but the Moment never got full-blown 2.2.
Anyway, I don't know ksmith, beezy, drellisdee, zefie, or any of the other active developers for this phone. Heck, they could very well be on their way to releasing 2.3 tomorrow for all I know. I'm just saying that without LG releasing 2.3, it could be a while if ever before this phone sees 2.3.