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Does anybody know if it is possible to flash Nexus 5 ROMs on the G2? I am considering them both but the G2 32 GB costs the same as Nexus 5 16 GB in Norway.
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Does anybody know if it is possible to flash Nexus 5 ROMs on the G2? I am considering them both but the G2 32 GB costs the same as Nexus 5 16 GB in Norway.
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Yestou canflash, just make backup 1st
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Yestou canflash, just make backup 1st
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You can't just flash another device's ROM, it is specific to your model.
That being said, expect to see a stock KitKat ROM for the G2 fairly soon.
Strange that the Nexus is so expensive there, the G2 is a clearly superior phone from a hardware perspective, so I'd get the G2 for sure.
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You can't just flash another device's ROM, it is specific to your model.
That being said, expect to see a stock KitKat ROM for the G2 fairly soon.
Strange that the Nexus is so expensive there, the G2 is a clearly superior phone from a hardware perspective, so I'd get the G2 for sure.
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In sweden it will launch at 699$.
Happy, i choose the g2 a few weeks ago
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Yestou canflash, just make backup 1st
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the day will come this is possible,same rom on different hardwares. However not yet so dont advice stuff you dont know about...
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monkeyhatchet said:
You can't just flash another device's ROM, it is specific to your model.
That being said, expect to see a stock KitKat ROM for the G2 fairly soon.
Strange that the Nexus is so expensive there, the G2 is a clearly superior phone from a hardware perspective, so I'd get the G2 for sure.
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The reason I asked is because of this thread, would something like this be possible on the G2?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2099784
I think I'll go with the G2 because of the larger battery and the fact that I won't feel robbed because I'm buying an overpriced Nexus 5. But I also want the Nexus 5 because it's an Nexus...
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The reason I asked is because of this thread, would something like this be possible on the G2?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2099784
I think I'll go with the G2 because of the larger battery and the fact that I won't feel robbed because I'm buying an overpriced Nexus 5. But I also want the Nexus 5 because it's an Nexus...
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Its simple, the G2 is highly likely to get kitkat roms very soon. So no debate in my opinion unless you lrefer the design of the nexus.
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He is asking this because he likes hardware of G2 and UI of nexus, so even when G2 will get Kit Kat, it will still be skinned and nothing different.
The ideal thing is for LG to release optional Google edition Nexus Rom for G2
Second ideal thing is, someone port Nexus Kit Kat for G2.
But this time, i don't find any reason to root, or change rom around of my G2, if things Ok with my phone, i know by saying that i don't belong to here, but, changing ROM was fine for me when i had Xperia x10 Mini and i had to install Android Jelly bean on it. Why not? for look and feel? i prefer dark menu over white menu or settings for G2.
Nexus 5 Launcher is good for it, but is it better than Nova? when Nova can mimic Nexus 5 launcher by increasing icon size to 120%.
barondebxl said:
Its simple, the G2 is highly likely to get kitkat roms very soon. So no debate in my opinion unless you lrefer the design of the nexus.
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Just curious...why do you think this? I'm not saying the opposite, just I'm not aware of any evidence supporting what you say.
I also came from a GNex recently and I'm a bit let down by the slow/minimal development for this device. Even now, there are only a handful of 4.3 roms available, and these are mostly unofficial ports. Thankfully my beloved SlimBean is one of them and it works great on my d801.
However my only experience with a smartphone was the GNex and I guess it spoiled me re: dev activity. Do we simply need to wait for more 4.3 and 4.4 roms to come? When will the official releases arrive, like AOKP that has been rumored for quite a while now?
I was hoping that since the G2 was essentially a Nexus 5 that there would be portability between ROMs. I guess it's still early in the game and we should see what unfolds over the coming weeks.
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Just curious...why do you think this? I'm not saying the opposite, just I'm not aware of any evidence supporting what you say.
I also came from a GNex recently and I'm a bit let down by the slow/minimal development for this device. Even now, there are only a handful of 4.3 roms available, and these are mostly unofficial ports. Thankfully my beloved SlimBean is one of them and it works great on my d801.
However my only experience with a smartphone was the GNex and I guess it spoiled me re: dev activity. Do we simply need to wait for more 4.3 and 4.4 roms to come? When will the official releases arrive, like AOKP that has been rumored for quite a while now?
I was hoping that since the G2 was essentially a Nexus 5 that there would be portability between ROMs. I guess it's still early in the game and we should see what unfolds over the coming weeks.
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Highly likely because its the same manufacturer and both phone share pretty much the same identical hardware.
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Nexus 5 firmware on lg g2 verizon?
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Highly likely because its the same manufacturer and both phone share pretty much the same identical hardware.
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Has anyone tried this or accomplished this? I am really interested in seeing if it works.
I don't think it would be possible nexus 5 has an unlockable boot loader unless your wanting to go with Verizon the nexus 5 is the device to buy because of it coming with stock android and not having to void your warranty to get stock android
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That sux. :/ thanks for the reply. I guess back to CyanogenMod.
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Does any one know when we will get upgrades to the LG non GPE g pad?
Or is it possible to install the GPE 4.42 upgrade on non GPE G Pad?
Thanks in advance.
Yes there's already a post about it. Search.
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Does any one know when we will get upgrades to the LG non GPE g pad?
Or is it possible to install the GPE 4.42 upgrade on non GPE G Pad?
Thanks in advance.
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I actually contacted LG regarding this the other day. They put me in contact with an 'LG g pad expert' who told me that it was unlikely that V500 would see any updates beyond 4.2.2, but that they would keep the LG G2 current (obvious). I was like, 'uhhhh, shouldn't it be easy since the gpe has the same specs and there is already 4.4 kitkat for it?'. He went on to explain to me that the OS development team responsible for the gpe was separate from the one that was responsible for the original g pad (V500) and that they (original developers) were being left out of the loop on everything regarding the new updates. The old devs were from LG and the new ones are from Google I think - I may have interpreted him incorrectly as he was difficult to understand... but I think this was the jist of what he was saying.
The upgrade to 4.4 broke my GPS completely. I did a factory reset to go back to 4.3 and then overnight it automatically updated to 4.4 again. After that the GPS works again.
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The upgrade to 4.4 broke my GPS completely. I did a factory reset to go back to 4.3 and then overnight it automatically updated to 4.4 again. After that the GPS works again.
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Please explain how you have 4.3 and 4.4 on your gpad
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there is no official update at the moment for 4.3 or 4.4.2. Only way is to install a custom recovery and then a custom rom. Cyanogenn mod 11 released a snapshot version yesterday
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there is no official update at the moment for 4.3 or 4.4.2. Only way is to install a custom recovery and then a custom rom. Cyanogenn mod 11 released a snapshot version yesterday
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So what is lucien talking about
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So what is lucien talking about
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he is talking about a custom rom or maybe the gpe edition? There are no official updates atm and i find it kind of hard for an official update to break your gps
Thought maybe he meant a gpe rom that he got working
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threnagyn said:
I actually contacted LG regarding this the other day. They put me in contact with an 'LG g pad expert' who told me that it was unlikely that V500 would see any updates beyond 4.2.2, but that they would keep the LG G2 current (obvious). I was like, 'uhhhh, shouldn't it be easy since the gpe has the same specs and there is already 4.4 kitkat for it?'. He went on to explain to me that the OS development team responsible for the gpe was separate from the one that was responsible for the original g pad (V500) and that they (original developers) were being left out of the loop on everything regarding the new updates. The old devs were from LG and the new ones are from Google I think - I may have interpreted him incorrectly as he was difficult to understand... but I think this was the jist of what he was saying.
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I very, very much doubt LG would kill support for their only tablet (outside of the GPE) as soon as it was released. If this thing gets stuck on 4.2.2 it'll be the last LG product I ever buy. Granted, I'm on 4.4.2 thanks to developers, but still. It would be very stupid of them.
There have been some rumors on sites that it will get it this quarter. Don't know how reliable anything is and will just wait and see. If it doesn't get an update I will end up rooting and flashing but I hope it does get an update because I like the LG interface and extras.
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Stujoe said:
There have been some rumors on sites that it will get it this quarter. Don't know how reliable anything is and will just wait and see. If it doesn't get an update I will end up rooting and flashing but I hope it does get an update because I like the LG interface and extras.
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A few people have spoken to LG about this and they currently have no plans to update the stock ROM to 4.4.2. Your best bet would be to root and flash it.
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I very, very much doubt LG would kill support for their only tablet (outside of the GPE) as soon as it was released. If this thing gets stuck on 4.2.2 it'll be the last LG product I ever buy. Granted, I'm on 4.4.2 thanks to developers, but still. It would be very stupid of them.
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I agree with you completely - I won't do business with them in the future either, but as I stated before, I contacted them and this is what they told me (that they prob wouldn't do updates). I think they are going to let the V500 supply dry up and only the V510 will be available from then on out. If that's the case, the user base of the V500 will be relatively small so they might not feel that its worth it to keep it updated for a small group of people.
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A few people have spoken to LG about this and they currently have no plans to update the stock ROM to 4.4.2. Your best bet would be to root and flash it.
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Who have they talked to? The people who would typically answer a phone or email are unlikely to know. They will know of any potential update when or if LG is ready to release one just like anyone else. Until or if that happens, they are going to say no plans and would probably be instructed to say no plans.
Unless someone has a real inside source, I would be leery of any information coming from Joe blow at LG.
Regardless, I am sure I will be flashing it eventually anyway. I know myself too well to think I won't.
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Me thinks that if they don't have updates what they might do is merge updates with gpe and just allow apk installs for some of the lg specific features
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Me thinks that if they don't have updates what they might do is merge updates with gpe and just allow apk installs for some of the lg specific features
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I don't know man.. I think LG could just leave it as is. Since I mean.. Blue stripes, 7 LED's on white background with low brightness.. It just seems like there's been so many issues with this tablets screen that.. Well.. Why not release something new and take care of the issues?
Hasn't LG been known for leaving ppl out of the fun? Release the phone, move on, if you know what I mean.
With that said, I dealt with the screen and I don't notice any troubles at all, but not every one feel that way. I mean.. The boxes aren't sealed in half of the stores.. Man this tablet has had a pretty poor launch from LG's standpoint.
What I don't understand is why Google took it in at all with all these screens and such. Shouldn't they be pushing for like.. REAL quality? Gah, not that it's not quality.. It's just not Nexus standard with all these things on the screen. I dunno dude. Something just tells me that this tablet isn't gonna be as huge as I expected before I got it myself. If Google starts developing on the GPE all I can hope for is that ppl find a way for us v500 ppl to port over and keep on using this beast tablet. Cause let's face it. All tablets have issues, these are just a bit more.. Visual.. But fixable/ignorable/circumstanced I'd say.
The problems with this tablet are tiny compared to most of the devices that Google have released.
Check the forums for the devices that covers the first 3 months of release.
I waited 6 months before I bought the original n7 because of all the QC issues.
And also bear in mind that the actual sales figures for Google devices is just a small drop in the Ocean, compared to the big boys.
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I don't know man.. I think LG could just leave it as is. Since I mean.. Blue stripes, 7 LED's on white background with low brightness.. It just seems like there's been so many issues with this tablets screen that.. Well.. Why not release something new and take care of the issues?
Hasn't LG been known for leaving ppl out of the fun? Release the phone, move on, if you know what I mean.
With that said, I dealt with the screen and I don't notice any troubles at all, but not every one feel that way. I mean.. The boxes aren't sealed in half of the stores.. Man this tablet has had a pretty poor launch from LG's standpoint.
What I don't understand is why Google took it in at all with all these screens and such. Shouldn't they be pushing for like.. REAL quality? Gah, not that it's not quality.. It's just not Nexus standard with all these things on the screen. I dunno dude. Something just tells me that this tablet isn't gonna be as huge as I expected before I got it myself. If Google starts developing on the GPE all I can hope for is that ppl find a way for us v500 ppl to port over and keep on using this beast tablet. Cause let's face it. All tablets have issues, these are just a bit more.. Visual.. But fixable/ignorable/circumstanced I'd say.
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Lol go look at nexus 7 2013 forums. Google doesn't care about quality control for the most part in my opinion. Its a major factor why I decided to get this.
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The problems with this tablet are tiny compared to most of the devices that Google have released.
Check the forums for the devices that covers the first 3 months of release.
I waited 6 months before I bought the original n7 because of all the QC issues.
And also bear in mind that the actual sales figures for Google devices is just a small drop in the Ocean, compared to the big boys.
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Lol go look at nexus 7 2013 forums. Google doesn't care about quality control for the most part in my opinion. Its a major factor why I decided to get this.
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I see your points guys. Just from having checked the earliest 3 pages on the Nexus 7 (2013) General forums I've found several reports on dead pixels and dust under the bezel/screen.
I subtract my statement. To some degree. I still stand firm by the fact that I don't understand why Google would choose a tablet that has been reported to have like.. Cohesive issues with the screen and that it is up to peoples "nit picking" if they wanna keep it or not.
One thing is to have Asus produce a tablet, test some devices and then release it and THEN find out the screens and the damn assembly of the tablets has been flawed as fck, not to mention the seemingly bad functioning android 4.3 Stock Nexus 7 ROM. - Another thing is to decide to re-release a branded 8 inch tablet as a Google device even after it has been receiver with such big variation by the masses.
With all the devices that were being swapped for new ones already, I don't see how Google would think they'd actually make a lot of money on selling this device. Wouldn't it have been more clever to wait around and see if something better came along? Of course the fact that the LG G Pad 8.3" falls in line with the low cost Google devices is of course a reason worth considering as well, in terms of branding. It just doesn't change that this tablet is unstable on the consumer market since many people thinks of the screen as the most important thing on a tablet, and I will agree with them since you're looking at it and it will show all mistakes to you at all times (when you choose to look for them.)
Isn't there a difference between creating a device and then finding the flaws after production and re-releasing a device you already knew was having issues that a big part of the community was rather unsatisfied with to begin with?
- Sorry for the long answer guys. And I agree with you on the fact that Google prolly doesn't care that much about quality control since all these issues are floating around in the Nexus forums. So, I'm sorry for the first post. This one is simply just me thinking about the last part here.
First of people on these forums myself include d are the worst nit pickers. 99% of buy public would either not notice or care of what we complain about.
GPE edition is likely due to face there is a partnership with Google and lg. The last 2 Nexus phones are made by LG.
Overall it is a good tablet. It would cost them nothing for current users to be Allowed to move the software top sane add gpe version if they decide not to continue support.
Long before then I am sure we will have a rom with the best of both
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After watching part of Google I/O and seeing that android L will be heading to nexus devices tomorrow how likely is it that we might have a working port of L soon?
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It will be incredible
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From my personal experience compiling, tweaking, and writing code....it will come to us very quickly as soon as Cyanogen syncs to Android L. Android is very modular, and for that reason alone, very few tweaks [comparatively] are required to make it work on new devices. Thank Linux.
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After watching part of Google I/O and seeing that android L will be heading to nexus devices tomorrow how likely is it that we might have a working port of L soon?
Thanks!
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That was nice, I think the g2 will be much smoother than it already is with this new project
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After watching part of Google I/O and seeing that android L will be heading to nexus devices tomorrow how likely is it that we might have a working port of L soon?
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Fairly certain that's not the case. Devs will have access to it but I don't think it's going to be pushed out right away.
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i'd say give it about 6 months from the time the nexus devices get the update. its lg afterall. i at least hope they go opensource with the IR remote. idiots just wont let us remotely control other ir devices which arent in the quick remote apk !
I am sure there'll be a nice port.
The UI for lg g3 seemed to me that the colors and how things are "flatter" were very similar to L. Maybe LG got the memo from Google regarding L. I honestly think that the updates are going to come sooner than they would now. Oems will get a 6 month headstart now.
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Today N5 will get the L preview, maybe someone could port it? G2 and N5 are cousins
Once someone ports it to the g2, it can work across all the other variants. I'm guessing cm is going to do the porting first, but once they finish KitKat. When KitKat came out they waited till they finished jellybean before starting KitKat, I assume they're going to do the same here. The developer preview shouldn't be that different than the final release, so porting it now should be a head start.
For the sake of keeping things orderly, please use this thread for further discussions regarding L: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2796017
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So, as everybody in the android world knows, the nexus 6 and 9 were announced along with 5.0 (Lollipop). The nexus 9 looks like a promising tablet and with stock Lollipop right out of the box (of course! It's a nexus) it should cause a few of us to pull out our wallets. A lot of gpad owners are probably feeling a bit envious, epecially if you just recently purchased it and are afraid it wont get any Lollipop treatment; However, I wouldn't get too jealous.
With the announcement that the nexus 4, 5, and 7 would get the update came another small detail. All google play edition devices would receive the update as well. As far as I know, this means GPE available in the play store currently AND in the past (gpad!).
The gpad GPE is certainly a great device and deserves 5.0. Here's to hoping it stays alive.
Plus it shouldn't be too hard to port over the GPE rom to the regular gpad as well. I'm fairly optimistic about this, but what do you guys think?
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So, as everybody in the android world knows, the nexus 6 and 9 were announced along with 5.0 (Lollipop). The nexus 9 looks like a promising tablet and with stock Lollipop right out of the box (of course! It's a nexus) it should cause a few of us to pull out our wallets. A lot of gpad owners are probably feeling a bit envious, epecially if you just recently purchased it and are afraid it wont get any Lollipop treatment; However, I wouldn't get too jealous.
With the announcement that the nexus 4, 5, and 7 would get the update came another small detail. All google play edition devices would receive the update as well. As far as I know, this means GPE available in the play store currently AND in the past (gpad!).
The gpad GPE is certainly a great device and deserves 5.0. Here's to hoping it stays alive.
Plus it shouldn't be too hard to port over the GPE rom to the regular gpad as well. I'm fairly optimistic about this, but what do you guys think?
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Actually its impossible to port the GPE rom as KitKat was never successfully done. Best bet is just waiting for the Developers to produce a great rom. Very satisfied with my g pad. Apart from pressure from consumerism why would I want a nexus 9. What can it do that the g pad can't??????
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Actually its impossible to port the GPE rom as KitKat was never successfully done. Best bet is just waiting for the Developers to produce a great rom. Very satisfied with my g pad. Apart from pressure from consumerism why would I want a nexus 9. What can it do that the g pad can't??????
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easily updated by Google directly, excellent front facing speakers, HTC's superior display technology.....
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easily updated by Google directly, excellent front facing speakers, HTC's superior display technology.....
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All of which are things we are being told we need. If packaged the same most people would be able to tell the difference in screen and sound but we are constantly bombarded with PPI stats and device specs that have no real bearing in the real world.
Its easy to want the nexus 9 it looks amazing but when I think about it the g pad does everything I need and the spec is far from being outdated. And I use my pad everyday for work
Just my thoughts.
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Ready for L on my GPE...let the games begin!
galaxys said:
Ready for L on my GPE...let the games begin!
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Do you think it will come to gpe device?
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Do you think it will come to gpe device?
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Yes...hopefully!
I think LG has long since moved on to other, but not necessarily better things, which is a pity as the G-Pad is still my favorite device and one which I use for work every day. Lollipop on this thing would certainly make it even better.
Though it's a great dream to wake up one morning to hear that LG will be updating the 8.3 to Lollipop along with the newer G-Pads, their track record isn't that great (and being left out of the current round of Nexus devices doesn't help any). We can always hope for a rockin' 5.0 ROM in the coming months and extend our G-Pads that much longer!
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I think the 8.3 has the better chance of all LG tablets to get Lollipop - after all, it still is the top dog in LG's talet line. The recent trio are definitely lower end.
LG mum so far
http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/19/android-lollipop-roundup/
According to GSM Arena, V500 will get Lollipop...
http://www.gsmarena.com/all_the_android_phones_getting_50_lollipop_update_so_far-news-9980.php
My guess is since the gpad 8.3 was listed under google and not under LG that the GPE edition will get 5.0. I'd love to see 5.0 on the V500 and I would give stock a chance again if the sdcard problem was also fixed. However LG's silence is concerning. If they want to continue to get my money they need to support their products. Now if they did something crazy and fully unlocked the bootloader on the v500 so we didn't need to use the Loki work around I'd be quite happy. I'm still pleased with my purchase and wouldn't go back and change it though...
Hmmm.... my Galaxy S4 is also listed under Google... So I have high hopes for my devices...
Well, that has a GPE as well, so it's more than likely that version of the phone if you have it that'll be updated to Lollipop:
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/when-and-where-to-get-android-5-0-lollipop-100266192494.html
Mark
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Ready for L on my GPE...let the wait and frustration begin!
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My guess is since the gpad 8.3 was listed under google and not under LG that the GPE edition will get 5.0. I'd love to see 5.0 on the V500 and I would give stock a chance again if the sdcard problem was also fixed. However LG's silence is concerning. If they want to continue to get my money they need to support their products. Now if they did something crazy and fully unlocked the bootloader on the v500 so we didn't need to use the Loki work around I'd be quite happy. I'm still pleased with my purchase and wouldn't go back and change it though...
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you are right, as those listed under google are gpe products
nevertheless we can port the gpe kernel to v500 and have aosp lollipop on the device
So G3 and G2 is confirmed. G pad is soon 12 months old, if lg don't update the g pad v500 to lollipop I will never buy a lg device again (except a nexus).
I just sent in a support query asking them about the v500 and v5.0, I got back the typical nonresponse response (we have nothing to announce yet... etc.)
Unofficial builds of CM12 have started rolling out for other devices. That will be our best hope. LG are awful with updates
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I am personally very concerned that LG is rolling out version 5.0 to the G3 in Poland already. I also have a Nexus 5, which has already gotten the update. As probably anyone who got the 5.0 update on any device knows it is riddled with a lot of bugs. I would not say it is unusable, but there is a lot. So with there being a lot of bugs I am worried about LG pushing out Lollipop to the G3 before waiting for 5.0.1 or 5.0.2. I am worried that if LG pushes out 5.0 to the G3 it will bring those same bugs and more to the G3, which I definitely do not want. I would rather wait for 5.0.1 or 5.0.2. Even if that means waiting until later winter or early spring. I want to make sure it is done right since LG up until now has a history of not staying with updates. At least up until now.
So I am wondering what everyone else's thoughts is on this. Are any of you worried also about 5.0 being pushed to the G3 before Google has the chance to roll out bug patches for 5.0.1 or 5.0.2 or beyond? If you are then why, and if you are not then why? The way I look at it is unless LG is committed to pushing out 5.0.1 and any other patch updates for 5.0, I think it is a very bad idea for them to be pushing 5.0 out so quickly before Google irons out the glitches.
Manufacturers can't win. If they don't roll out new ROMs quickly, they're slammed for being slow. If they do, people complain about bugs. If you don't want to take the update until there's a 5.1, then don't take the update. Right now the update is officially available only in Poland, presumably so LG can do more real world testing.
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Manufacturers can't win. If they don't roll out new ROMs quickly, they're slammed for being slow. If they do, people complain about bugs. If you don't want to take the update until there's a 5.1, then don't take the update. Right now the update is officially available only in Poland, presumably so LG can do more real world testing.
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I personally would never slam a manufacture for taking 2-4 months after the release to upgrade, as long as it is with the bugs ironed out. Of course 6+ months would be a different story, but I personally think 3-4 months is perfect middle ground for enough time to iron out bugs with still not being too long. Except that is beside the point, I did not want to discuss the time frame of the update in this thread, this post was not to criticize LG or any manufacture. It is mainly to discuss whether people think it is bad (in the sense of bugs/glitches) that they are rolling out 5.0 with all the bugs/glitches on the nexus? Before Google gets the chance to smooth things out.
For example when 4.4 Kitkat came out, carriers did not release 4.4 right away to skinned flagship devises. They waited until 4.4.2 so the bug fixes could be incorporated. Which seems like the logical thing to do, which LG is not doing that this time around with the G3. Of course Motorola is rolling it out really fast too, but that is different because they have a history of updating from 4.4 to 4.4.2 to 4.4.3 to 4.4.4 on their devices. They upgraded their main devices for all the patch updates for kitkat, and I am sure they will continue to do that. However with LG for example with the G2, they updated it from 4.2.2 to 4.4.2, but never to 4.4.3 or 4.4.4. So with their history of them not updating to the latest bug patch of the version, why should they roll out before the bug fixed versions? Assuming they are going to continue their history of not updating the bug patch updates. This is my main concern and wanting other people's take on it.
LG rolled lollipop officially out to Poland only at this moment in time. They won their little race ? I don't know if anybody's noticed the lack of updates for any other country? It has already been a reasonable amount of time with no sign of anything.
I think you'll find that the next lollipop kdz that is pushed by LG is a bug fixed version. ?
Im using stock lollipop and i dont have any bugs
Akhayev said:
Im using stock lollipop and i dont have any bugs
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All roms have small bugs but I can't understand some of the comments posted about Lollipop my poland 20a is working brilliantly I cannot honestly say I have had any issues with it Calls/messaging/Camera/Internet/Gps/Music/ all work without fault no lag or very minor lag at the least.If this Poland version is like this now then future rollouts/updates can only make the phone even better! I for one am very happy.
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I personally would never slam a manufacture for taking 2-4 months after the release to upgrade, as long as it is with the bugs ironed out.
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Sad, that LG didn't know you personal opinion. But if you would read this site forum.xda-developers.com you would know that the most negative facet LG is known by is that "LG IS SOOOOOOOOO SLOW WITH UPDATES
I NEVER BUY LG AGAAAAAAAAAAIN"
Or you should go to twitter.com/LGUSAMobile fb.com/LGMobile and read the bashing LG is pressed upon. So they had no choice except to roll out most glitchy Lollipop build first in the world to revert their renome
LG should take more time to polish up the 5.0 experience. I would like to see that LG removes all of their UI elements from the vanilla android experience. I like some of the stuff that vanilla 5.0 brings, but I really don't like the LG 5.0 screenshots. I saw where LG's UGLY blue quick settings buttons are still there. The vanilla 5.0 UI looks MUCH better by comparison.
LG (and all of the others using custom UI's) should take a note from what Google did and separate all of their apps from the OS this way we can download them separately or remove them if we don't want them.