MY INSTALL EXPERIENCE
Installation Aborted, and Fixed:
At first I was going to post about an error, said it couldn't install (in CWM it said "Installation Aborted"), but then I decided to backup the SD card to my computer then wipe it then redownload the ROM and gapps, then wipe all again and try again. It worked.
Hanging at the Install "X"? Nope, Just Missing Verbosity:
Then it looked like it was hanging at the colorful "X" logo when turning on for the first time after installing the Paranoid Android ROM. But I guessed it was actually the setup screen and decided to wait. My patience paid off. About three minutes later it finished and booted up.
Just take note that the colorful "X" will be on the screen for a few minutes without any verbose mention that it is setting up. Just be patient and it will complete in a couple of minutes.
Gapps Problem and Fix - Was the CM7 Instead of CM9:
Now it's having a problem at the login, but I think that's just because I forgot and installed the CM7 gapps instead of the one for CM9. So now I will wipe again and reinstall with the correct gapps.
... (reinstalling) ...
Yep that was the issue. Now that I have reinstalled using the correct gapps (ICS), now it works. Only thing is, the keyboard is super small so I will skip past the account login screens and log in later.
Setup Booting Issue and Fix:
An interesting thing to nte is that you can't boot into this OS for the first time if you have the charger plugged in. If you try it will only go to the battery screen that displays when it is charging and the phone is off. This is easily remedied by merely unplugging from the charger and then turning on and waiting for the setup to complete.
FIXES I DISCOVERED AND SOLVED
The Keyboard Issue:
If you also get the keyboard problem, which I assume is because the SwiftKey keyboard is expired (the developer included swiftkey most likely because of the native keyboard issue; but swiftkey must have found out and banned that key) - so here is how I fixed it:
1) Downloaded "ICS Keyboard Full" and installed, then switched to that keyboard. (you could probably download any keyboard - that's just the one I tried and it worked)
2) Now that I have a keyboard I can reinstall the Swype Beta. It was impossible to log in to my swype beta account with the broken native keyboard.
3) I recommend to remove SwiftKey (unless you want to buy it). To do this, you will have to use Titanium Backup because Swiftkey is installed as part of the system. Just make sure to keep the other keyboard for your phone to default back to in case Swype is ever turned off.
The Low Resolution & Undersized/Oversized Screens Issue:
Another problem you might have is that because of the lower resolution of the optimus, it might be hard to read the words. To fix this,
1) Download and install a different Launcher; I chose ADW Launcher
2) Change all the ADW settings according to your own preferences, whatever you prefer
3) Optimally you should go into:
Code:
ADWSettings > UI Settings > Screen Preferences > and choose:
* Desktop Columns to 4
* Desktop Rows to 5
Also you should go into:
Code:
ADWSettings > UI Settings > Drawer Settings > and choose:
* Desktop Columns Portrait to 4
* Desktop Rows Portrait to 5
* Desktop Columns Landscape to 5
* Desktop Rows to Landscape 4
Additionally you should go into:
Code:
ADWSettings > UI Settings > Icons > and choose:
* Check the box on Density Hack
* In
New Icons Settings:
* Icons Size: 92
* Icons Text Size: 12
4) Go into
Code:
Settings > Paranoid Settings > Hybrid Settings
, make sure the box is checked, AND change the following:
* System app density to 160(Mid),
* User app density to 160(Mid),
* Dialogs and popups density to 120(Low), and
* Default status bar density to 160(Mid).
Now your screen should look a visibly good quality.
CONCLUSION
Finally! After 2 years of having this phone, I finally get ICS! Kudos to the developer - after you apply these couple minor fixes I listed, this is one seriously amazing OS! Superb job, OP, and thank you so much for all your hard work!
I give this a 9/10, the best ROM out there as of yet!