(Update LG V10 Bootloops reported by Android Authority : 20 AUGUST 2016 SATURDAY)
Hi ! Being a LG user owning G4...i think someone should sue LG for making defective phones all year around... We heard when G3 was launched some certain models had bootloop issue that was ignored and now even G4 almost every other day i see a dozens of new phone having some hardware fault being in a constant bootloop...now even if ur in there warranty they are still certain conditions you need to pass which if u dont will not be fixed for e.g imei should match the country that you live in otherwise they wont fix it, some times they say they are not responsible the carrier is, if u accidently unlocked the bootloader ur warranty is voided ...when ur making defecting phones in the first why the hell does it even matter is this how a flagship company operates ?? ...i know its a korean company they are running operations all over the world they are not taking things very seriously either they do it and stop there operation...now G5 is now launched i bet u even G5 is going to have a bootloop issue after certain period of time...someone or all of us should file a lawsuit against this company enough is enough..follow the link below to see more
https://www.consumeraffairs.com/cell_phones/lg_cell_phones.html
i urge every lg bricked owner to stop buying their new phones from LG tell ur friends n family the same story ..lets spread this movement throughout the world #boycottLG
Please contact girard gibbs... email them or call them for the investigation of a lawsuit against LG if u have suffered from bootloop follow the link below
http://www.girardgibbs.com/lg-g4-bootloop-class-action-lawsuit/
LG V10 Bootloops reported follow the link below
http://www.androidauthority.com/lg-v10-bootloop-problem-711334/
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Does that only happens when you unlock bootloader or even on stock unrooted phones?
F-L-Y-E-R said:
Does that only happens when you unlock bootloader or even on stock unrooted phones?
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It doesnt matter whether its locked or unlocked bootloader even newer phones are being bootlooped and its a hardware fault and if u dont have warranty it will almost cost u half the price of a new phone...so dont buy new phones buy refurbished ones instead which are already repaired
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Like a lemon law. Better bussiness bureu. Anything bootloader unlock aside the whole g4 everyone that owns one should get some reperition check
I dont see no samsung or sony or htc being bootlooped problem is this a korean company either they use low quality materials or hired unprofessional workforce or is it they did purposely so people buy new phones every year ... I really think such a big company would ever make such a big mistake without knowing it before it is going happen ... Now they cant silence us i urge every lg bricked owner to stop buying their new phones from LG tell ur friends n family the same story ..lets spread this movement throughout the world #boycottLG
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i think they shoud extend warranty. what would happen if it hits you after warranty has expired.? and the unlock bootloader i see it 2 ways.. phone its full of bloatware, and everytime it optimizes and goes thru all 200+ apps that makes your phone super hot and thats when all the cores are working.. if we root it and unlock bootloader and remove bloatware we make it more easier on the cpu.. unless you overcloked.. so removing bloatware makes cpu less stress...
there was a petition for this matter of warrany..
First of all the problem shouldnt hit u at all u paid a full price for the phone or under contract Whats the point of warranty when u unlock the bootloader..it will already be voided they will simply say sorry then u have to pay the problem isnt the software its the hardware fault causing infinte bootloop...software problem isnt a issue hardware through which the fone works and no normal person can fix this and often most expensive
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jinderation said:
Whats the point of warranty when u unlock the bootloader..it will already be voided...the problem isnt the software its the hardware fault causing infinte bootloop...software problem isnt a issue hardware through which the fone works and no normal person can fix this and often most expensive
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Any one can fix it with a new mother board. And lg was and is honnoring some with unlocked bl. But still expensive.
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Any one can fix it with a new mother board. And lg was and is honnoring some with unlocked bl. But still expensive.
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Oh really i dont think so ...u ought to have proper experience in soldering first or have fixed before n having know how knowledge and this aint easy either ...this isnt the issue the issue is LG to stop making defective phones once n for all or stop there operation in the world
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The only fix is a new mother board. There is talks of soldering it. But no one sucsessfully has done it as yet that i know of.
And yes i can solder quite well thank you. I do run a decent electronics repair shop. But i wouldnt attempt micro procsessor soldering unless again a bad a backup board on hand.
I do agree with you on lg does need to quit making decfective devices even to extent of a recall on all known production models affected. Further either a device not known to be affected. A similar device with simmilar specs or a refund. Just like any other recalled item sold. 9
I bought my phone 4 months ago, does that mean I have new motherboard? It came with marshmallow pre-installed.
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I bought my phone 4 months ago, does that mean I have new motherboard? It came with marshmallow pre-installed.
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Does it have shiny sticker on it screws on the back with korean written on it check for model no. if its change from different parts its then repaired...?
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I'm giving LG one chance to fix it and if it's not done properly or the issue happens again and my network refuses to replace it i'll be taking them to the small claims court. Sadly I didn't buy it from LG direct so can't take them to court. I don't know how it is in USA but in the UK consumer law isn't too bad to be honest.
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I'm giving LG one chance to fix it and if it's not done properly or the issue happens again and my network refuses to replace it i'll be taking them to the small claims court. Sadly I didn't buy it from LG direct so can't take them to court. I don't know how it is in USA but in the UK consumer law isn't too bad to be honest.
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In US we have what is called better business bureau ... Which resolves the dispute between the consumer n multi national businesses...the problem is people dont report such issues...LG has been making faulty fones since the launch of G3 im 100% sure they have some agenda in this and this way LG credibilty rate is very low...many consumers will not buy G5 now OR ever go near lg again ... LG itself is burying into ground which is a shame cuz these fones are awesome making easy for samsung, sony to be the flagships of the future
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But how many boot loops or bricks are caused by users.
If you brick your phone because you were modding it, is that really LG's fault? If your imei country code doesn't match, did you change it? If these phones are failing on their own, that's one thing. If your mad at LG because YOU bricked your phone, that's another. How many companies will warranty a phone that YOU modded, rooted or unlocked yourself? Let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater. When I was stuck in a bootloop, it was because I was messing with it. It took me a week and a lot of stress, but I finally found a solution and fixed mine.
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Hi ! Being a LG user owning G4...i think someone should sue LG for making defective phones all year around... We heard when G3 was launched some certain models had bootloop issue that was ignored and now even G4 almost every other day i see a dozens of new phone having some hardware fault being in a constant bootloop...now even if ur in there warranty they are still certain conditions you need to pass which if u dont will not be fixed for e.g imei should match the country that you live in otherwise they wont fix it, some times they say they are not responsible the carrier is ...is the how this flagship company operates ?? ...i know its a korean company they are running all over the world they are not taking things very seriously either they do it and stop there operation...now G5 is now launched i bet u even G5 is going to have a bootloop issue after certain period of time...someone or all of us should file a lawsuit against this company enough is enough..follow the link below to see more
https://www.consumeraffairs.com/cell_phones/lg_cell_phones.html
i urge every lg bricked owner to stop buying their new phones from LG tell ur friends n family the same story ..lets spread this movement throughout the world #boycottLG
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If you brick your phone because you were modding it, is that really LG's fault? If your imei country code doesn't match, did you change it? If these phones are failing on their own, that's one thing. If your mad at LG because YOU bricked your phone, that's another. How many companies will warranty a phone that YOU modded, rooted or unlocked yourself? Let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater. When I was stuck in a bootloop, it was because I was messing with it. It took me a week and a lot of stress, but I finally found a solution and fixed mine.
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I am guessing u must new to LG or u havent check the consumer report that i mentioned ... The infinite boot loop is a hardware issue not a software ...
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FlyinEye said:
If you brick your phone because you were modding it, is that really LG's fault? If your imei country code doesn't match, did you change it? If these phones are failing on their own, that's one thing. If your mad at LG because YOU bricked your phone, that's another. How many companies will warranty a phone that YOU modded, rooted or unlocked yourself? Let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater. When I was stuck in a bootloop, it was because I was messing with it. It took me a week and a lot of stress, but I finally found a solution and fixed mine.
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it happens to both locked and unlocked... it happens just laying on table,even without you touching it. it happens while browsing, wathcinga video, sending email, looking at pictures.. at any time. it happens while its charging and next day bootloop..???? i had s2 that i modded LGG2 that i modded flash every week.. and still going strong after many years and out of warranty.. a phone should last you years i believe 7-8 years maybe less or more.. ... one thing is getting it wet, dropped or overclock it. modding does not have nothing to do.. read the lg stuck on bootloop,all thread and see how many just bootlooped even laying on table...
It's certainly a problem that LG should take at heart. I bought mine March brand new even when i knew that this problem exists but i took the chance that newer hardware revisions don't have this or the percentage is lower . It was a hard decision to make knowing about this defect. From day one of my purchase it was so hard to resist unlocking and rooting that i barely endured to the 10th day . For now it's OK and no bootloops have occurred.
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.. read the lg stuck on bootloop,all thread and see how many just bootlooped even laying on table...
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Tell us how many, you're active in there.
Trying to find people with bootlooped dual sims.
Indian ones i'm struggling to find them, a handful.
Russian ones about 25.
What i see is a lot of single sim folk, those same people reposting over and over again so any numbers are hard to come by.
Contrast with total number of phones sold. What share has the problem ? Not many.
Any problems have been settled by LG via warranty. Those that bought from abroad were taking a risk and knew it.
Should a phone last years, sure. But until mine gives up the ghost, i do not have a problem. My usage is light to moderate and i seriously doubt that kind of activity will brick any phone.
How high has the termperature got to get. This thing starts throttling when it reaches 40 degrees. The batteries are not meant to be operated beyond 45 degrees.
yesterday i did a test, streamed a football match whilst charging over QC2. The hottest it got was 35 degrees C. Looks like a properly working G4 to me.
if its heating up then something is making it do more work. Find the source and deal with it.
Unoptimised games need to be reported to the developer of said games.
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Tell us how many, you're active in there.
Trying to find people with bootlooped dual sims.
Indian ones i'm struggling to find them, a handful.
Russian ones about 25.
What i see is a lot of single sim folk, those same people reposting over and over again so any numbers are hard to come by.
Contrast with total number of phones sold. What share has the problem ? Not many.
Any problems have been settled by LG via warranty. Those that bought from abroad were taking a risk and knew it.
Should a phone last years, sure. But until mine gives up the ghost, i do not have a problem. My usage is light to moderate and i seriously doubt that kind of activity will brick any phone.
How high has the termperature got to get. This thing starts throttling when it reaches 40 degrees. The batteries are not meant to be operated beyond 45 degrees.
yesterday i did a test, streamed a football match whilst charging over QC2. The hottest it got was 35 degrees C. Looks like a properly working G4 to me.
if its heating up then something is making it do more work. Find the source and deal with it.
Unoptimised games need to be reported to the developer of said games.
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Mine starts throttling at 52 far. I did a thermal paste mod and mine rarely gets hot. Warm somtimes.
Says ure in russia whats the ambient temp there normaly
I have been noticing people looping more in the summer months and also ive looked at a few profiles and according to their locations there in warmaer climates.
For instance a hot day walhere im located is 82 farenheit 85 max. Average 73 to 75.
Which also makes the device run hotter or cooler
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So...today I sent a mail to LG Dev seeing one other person here, and this is what they replied. I have posted the screenshot. WTF??? What do they mean by previous devices??? This device isn't even 3 months old Goddamn... very mad with LG. Regrets to leave HTC. And BTW where is written which one is newer & which one is older? How are we supposed to know that?? This is cheating....
Not cheating friend. They never promised to unlock your phone when you bought it. Believe me, I know it sucks...I'm right there with you waiting for an unlock myself. This doesn't surprise me one bit, honestly. I'm willing to bet that none of the LG phones sold by carriers will be unlocked by LG in the future either.
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So...today I sent a mail to LG Dev seeing one other person here, and this is what they replied. I have posted the screenshot. WTF??? What do they mean by previous devices??? This device isn't even 3 months old Goddamn... very mad with LG. Regrets to leave HTC. And BTW where is written which one is newer & which one is older? How are we supposed to know that?? This is cheating....
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Yea I've already told everyone this 3 weeks ago.
I need to decide if I want to buy the G4 in exactly a month from now.
If it won't be unlocked until then, I would sadly wait for the Note 5.
Well that'll pretty much cement my decision to go back to HTC. I don't hate this phone, honestly. It's pretty good and I've had no real issues with it. But (and I'm not interested in arguing WHY I want BL unlock and root. I just do. It's my phone) if there isn't mfg support for the unlock, screw 'em.
Came to the G4 because the M9 camera sucked. I suspect HTC will fix that in their next release at which point I'll go back to a phone that I can unlock and root within 15 minutes of opening the box. Nothing against the G4 itself. It's a solid phone. But I won't be locked down, and while I respect the devs working on this and the work they do, I don't have the patience to wait long term for each LG phone I get. Thought I'd maybe move away from HTC entirely, but...guess not. Oh well.
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Well that'll pretty much cement my decision to go back to HTC. I don't hate this phone, honestly. It's pretty good and I've had no real issues with it. But (and I'm not interested in arguing WHY I want BL unlock and root. I just do. It's my phone) if there isn't mfg support for the unlock, screw 'em.
Came to the G4 because the M9 camera sucked. I suspect HTC will fix that in their next release at which point I'll go back to a phone that I can unlock and root within 15 minutes of opening the box. Nothing against the G4 itself. It's a solid phone. But I won't be locked down, and while I respect the devs working on this and the work they do, I don't have the patience to wait long term for each LG phone I get. Thought I'd maybe move away from HTC entirely, but...guess not. Oh well.
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I ALMOST got the M9...just couldn't get past the camera deficiency it has. It's not even a good camera by 2014 standards...and doesn't come close to the best of 2015. I'm willing to even say it isn't as good as the M8's (and possibly even M8. Problem with it is that this year's camera lacks both OIS (which M7 had) and the second camera for depth or imaging chip (which M8 had), leaving it with just a huge MP count and no hardware help to assist the sensor. Sure, software can do some adjustment, but it'll never be like having the actual proper hardware for the job. So while they will likely update the camera...many times, it is still limited by it's unfortunate lack of hardware assistance and isn't likely to ever match any of the other 2015 devices. Best hope from HTC is the "Hero device" they're talking about for this fall.
Either way, I'm gonna stick with LG till next year's flagship round comes out. Sure it sucks to wait for unlock and root, but I'd rather have the top end camera hardware. I use my phone as my primary camera, so I'd rather have bootloader issues than camera deficiency.
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I ALMOST got the M9...just couldn't get past the camera deficiency it has. It's not even a good camera by 2014 standards...and doesn't come close to the best of 2015. I'm willing to even say it isn't as good as the M8's (and possibly even M8. Problem with it is that this year's camera lacks both OIS (which M7 had) and the second camera for depth or imaging chip (which M8 had), leaving it with just a huge MP count and no hardware help to assist the sensor. Sure, software can do some adjustment, but it'll never be like having the actual proper hardware for the job. So while they will likely update the camera...many times, it is still limited by it's unfortunate lack of hardware assistance and isn't likely to ever match any of the other 2015 devices. Best hope from HTC is the "Hero device" they're talking about for this fall.
Either way, I'm gonna stick with LG till next year's flagship round comes out. Sure it sucks to wait for unlock and root, but I'd rather have the top end camera hardware. I use my phone as my primary camera, so I'd rather have bootloader issues than camera deficiency.
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Same here, my phone is my primary camera, especially for vacations. And for the record my wife still has her m8 and my son the m7 and you're correct, BOTH of them take better pictures than the M9 does. We'll see about that hero device. I'm up for another JUMP upgrade in November (I'm grandfathered on the twice a year upgrade plan) so it's possible I could jump ship around then. Just have to see. Absolute worst case I pay this thing off and buy something outright. Dunno yet.
Back on topic though (sorry 'bout that ), my main issue is one of patience. It's probably my fatal flaw...as I said I KNOW it takes time to find and package (for money or free) a stable root exploit. Even longer to find a bootloader unlock exploit usually. This isn't the devs fault by any stretch. I'm just used to being able to quickly unlock and root my device...it's been a REAL long time since I've had to wait for root and finding that LG isn't planning to support an unlock is majorly disappointing to me.
I don't know why anyone would buy a carrier phone, and expect a factory unlock. That's what we have XDA for. Anyway, since we know the phone can be rooted, I'm hopeful that we will see a bootloader unlock, or work around as well. The phone hasn't been out that long, so you just have to have a little patience.
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I don't know why anyone would buy a carrier phone, and expect a factory unlock. That's what we have XDA for. Anyway, since we know the phone can be rooted, I'm hopeful that we will see a bootloader unlock, or work around as well. The phone hasn't been out that long, so you just have to have a little patience.
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'Expect' no. 'Hope' yes. Plus remember I'm coming from HTC where they're unlockable out of the box. Didn't occur to me that LG would flatly refuse to do it. My own fault, but what can you do?
Don't blame LG but your stupid USA cell providers. Which pay a lot of money to let you enjoy their spam.
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Don't blame LG but your stupid USA cell providers. Which pay a lot of money to let you enjoy their spam.
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Well typically I'd agree with you, however this one's LG's decision. TMO doesn't have any issues with unlocked bootloaders. If it was Verizon or AT&T I might agree with you.
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'Expect' no. 'Hope' yes. Plus remember I'm coming from HTC where they're unlockable out of the box. Didn't occur to me that LG would flatly refuse to do it. My own fault, but what can you do?
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Ugh, HTC. I agree with you about their cameras. I started out with the M8 last year, but that camera sucked hard. My wife already had the G3, and when I saw that the devs were confident about rooting/unlocking, I got rid of the M8, bought a G3, and rode it out until it came to fruition.
Is there anyone here who work with LG? I need them to 'deliver' a message..
Here's the thing.. I started with LG G3.. it was a great device and I really love it.. specially the camera.. very nice quality.. and I absolutely loove the root on this thing.. I can switch ROM that I like and add other customization with root ability of course (xposed, adblock, etc..)
And there's the new LG G4.. basicaly an upgrade to LG G3 wich I found very significant upgrade from previous device, LG G3.. without hesitation I upgrade it right away (seeing my lovely expericence with LG G3 before).. But here's the thing.. altough is a wonderful device, I'm very.. very.. very.. very dissapointed they not releasing the root for my device (H818P).. If I known this sooner, I will NOT buy LG G4 and stick to my LG G3..
Soo my 'message' to LG is very clear.. release the unlock, or this is my LAST experience with their phone.. PERIOD.. I heard they are now preparing the LG G4 Pro next year.. well, if they still not releasing the unlock for LG G4, they can forget about it.. well at least from me.. I'm soo done with LG
Think you all have to be patient. There will be a developer who will get it unlocked.
At least I guess. Has there ever been a phone not unlocked?
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Think you all have to be patient. There will be a developer who will get it unlocked.
At least I guess. Has there ever been a phone not unlocked?
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Yep. Motorola had a couple, and I believe the G2 (I could be wrong on that one though).
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Same here, my phone is my primary camera, especially for vacations. And for the record my wife still has her m8 and my son the m7 and you're correct, BOTH of them take better pictures than the M9 does. We'll see about that hero device. I'm up for another JUMP upgrade in November (I'm grandfathered on the twice a year upgrade plan) so it's possible I could jump ship around then. Just have to see. Absolute worst case I pay this thing off and buy something outright. Dunno yet.
Back on topic though (sorry 'bout that ), my main issue is one of patience. It's probably my fatal flaw...as I said I KNOW it takes time to find and package (for money or free) a stable root exploit. Even longer to find a bootloader unlock exploit usually. This isn't the devs fault by any stretch. I'm just used to being able to quickly unlock and root my device...it's been a REAL long time since I've had to wait for root and finding that LG isn't planning to support an unlock is majorly disappointing to me.
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I had both, so I was willing to stake my bet that both took better pics (though admittedly I've never had the M9).
I'm right there with ya on waiting sucks.....probably why I've never bought a device this early in it's "life". I usually get it after it's been out for a few months and has at least root.. I was in the unfortunate situation of my Note 4 becoming so unstable on 5.0 that it was hardly functional....would have to reboot 3-5 times a day average. Got the G4 because I couldn't take the idea of having an apple-looking device in my hand LOL
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Yep. Motorola had a couple, and I believe the G2 (I could be wrong on that one though).
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Hopefully it's not the case. Normally I was already on a custom rom.
No unlocked bootloader means less development on custom roms
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Soo my 'message' to LG is very clear.. release the unlock, or this is my LAST experience with their phone.. PERIOD.. I heard they are now preparing the LG G4 Pro next year.. well, if they still not releasing the unlock for LG G4, they can forget about it.. well at least from me.. I'm soo done with LG
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I'm not saying they don't care about you, but lets face it...they don't care about you. If you don't buy another LG, that's what....1 device per year? Maybe two. Consider this...we have what appears to a few hundred users on the G4 thread. We're probably not 1% of the total sales of the G4....and probably never will be. LG is going to look at "the masses" (aka people who don't xda, have no idea what root is, and wouldn't know what to do with unlock), which is like 99% of the users. They'd rather focus on the next update to the G4 or the next model they release, as if they can make it better than Apple or Samsung's next iteration of the smartphone, they can gain thousands of unit sales. Not to mention, this more than likely is a CARRIER driven situation than an LG driven one. Carriers don't really want us being able to remove their ads and other bloat....they worked hard to fatten our phones up!
I think it's a crazy situation that a carrier can decide that YOUR payed device is locked because of advertising bloatware.
Glad to live in a country with freedoms.
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I had both, so I was willing to stake my bet that both took better pics (though admittedly I've never had the M9).
I'm right there with ya on waiting sucks.....probably why I've never bought a device this early in it's "life". I usually get it after it's been out for a few months and has at least root.. I was in the unfortunate situation of my Note 4 becoming so unstable on 5.0 that it was hardly functional....would have to reboot 3-5 times a day average. Got the G4 because I couldn't take the idea of having an apple-looking device in my hand LOL
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Whereas I'm always 'get me that damned device the second it's available!!! NAO!!!!
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I think it's a crazy situation that a carrier can decide that YOUR payed device is locked because of advertising bloatware.
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It's not because of carrier bloatware. It's largely because of warranty and support. 98% of the people out there aren't going to unlock the phone even if it's able to unlock.Frankly the carriers don't really care about those of us who want to unlock it...we're not a big enough amount of their revenue to matter. Which is why the carriers (well Sprint and TMO anyhow) will usually let you unlock. Like I said, this one isn't because of the carriers (aside from AT&T and Verizon probably). This is about LG not wanting to provide the unlock.
Let me start by saying that I think the Note 5 is the best device you can possibly buy to date. That's including all of the different mobile OS's that are out there. Beautiful quality hardware and software that works very well (utilizing the wacom digitizer and multi window features).
Now this post is just a warning to all of you who are considering the Note 5. You should take what I am about to say into consideration before you make a purchase. Me and a close friend both purchased Note 5's around the same time. He doesn't know much about phones, but I am constantly tweaking mine. I pretty quickly installed a custom rom and kernel to see if it truly made a difference in performance, subsequently throwing away my warranty forever. I showed my friend the HUGE difference between my phone and his and he agreed that he needed a custom rom and software as well.
For whatever reason these phones are turds out of the box. You wouldn't notice it most likely unless you had something to compare it to, but it's bad. You have all the horsepower in the world in that phone and they can't even get it to function fluidly and keep apps stored in ram for any length of time. Custom everything fixes all of this.
Now to the annoying part. My friend suddenly started having a problem with his volume down button. I, knowing that the warranties were gone, still reached out to Samsung. I hoped that explaining that rooting the phone couldn't possibly have anything to do with the volume button malfunctioning, would get through to them. Instead I was met with a low IQ human being that just kept repeating themselves over and over. I got to a supervisor and they simply read the rules from some handbook to me six thousand times until I couldn't bare it any longer. Not surprising it was a dead end.
So I had to consider other options. I thought about sending the phone to a repair center and just paying to have it fixed. I then remembered the one time I sent out an HTC One X for repair (new screen) and 2 months later the edge of the glass started to come up and they would do nothing to help me. Also in order to repair anything on the Note 5 you have to unseat the insane factory glue just to get into the phone. I'm not sure that the phone would be as sturdy by heating the glue to separate the phone to fix it. Didn't sound like a great option, but at least it was an option.
I then considered Samsung Protection plus. This would allow him to file a claim and get the phone repaired, albeit with an $80 deductible. Also the plan costs $120 just to get started. So that's 200 more dollars on top of a $750 phone. $900 bucks. However it was an option. But what if he had another small issue? Another 80. And again, another 80. It was all just overwhelming and he decided to move on and get another phone. I am following him as well because I'm afraid of this happening to me. I have a T-Mobile Note 5 which I went through ABSOLUTE HELL getting unlocked for AT&T and didn't want to go through that again if I ever needed a replacement.
None of this may ever happen to any of you. You all may go on without ever having a defect of any sort (or never root your phone to begin with) and never even need your warranty. I just wanted to show that this scenario exists and you should take it into consideration when choosing the phone that's best for you.
Thanks for reading.
Ugly!! Note 5 is my first ever Samsung phone. Probably the last too. Gonna stick with Nexus or OnePlus line on a long run like my previous devices.
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Ugly!! Note 5 is my first ever Samsung phone. Probably the last too. Gonna stick with Nexus or OnePlus line on a long run like my previous devices.
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6p with Nexus protect seems like the best package you can get at the moment.
Hey
So heres a solution to save the phone.
Actually 2
ITs stupid but it works.
Get rubbing alcohol on a ear bud and just work it in the volume button.
Let it dry and try the button.
Its gonna work fine for 2 to 3 days then its back to the same.
The permanent solution is harder to come by.
You need extra thin clock oil . It special kind of oil that semi evaporates but fixes this issue.
I can try find whats left of mine and maybe send you a pic or something if the alcohol works for you too.
keep me posted.
siriom said:
Hey
So heres a solution to save the phone.
Actually 2
ITs stupid but it works.
Get rubbing alcohol on a ear bud and just work it in the volume button.
Let it dry and try the button.
Its gonna work fine for 2 to 3 days then its back to the same.
The permanent solution is harder to come by.
You need extra thin clock oil . It special kind of oil that semi evaporates but fixes this issue.
I can try find whats left of mine and maybe send you a pic or something if the alcohol works for you too.
keep me posted.
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Okay thank you for the suggestion. What do you mean by ear bud though?
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Okay thank you for the suggestion. What do you mean by ear bud though?
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He meant the qtips, I remember my note 4 had the same issue in home button, an alcohol swab fixed it
That sucks. I've had a couple of rooted phones that Samsung replaced for hardware issues without a problem. I had a couple reps say that it's a voided warranty but I told them they have to prove that my mechanical hardware issue was software related.
I wouldn't go as far as calling it a turn right out of the box. For the vast majority of people, it does and performs just fine. Then you have a small percent of the users who do route and tweak their devices because we want more out of it.
What are you going to compare it to,?
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Ather said:
He meant the qtips, I remember my note 4 had the same issue in home button, an alcohol swab fixed it
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Ah okay thank you very much. Let me try it on his phone and report back!
blackhemi4x4 said:
That sucks. I've had a couple of rooted phones that Samsung replaced for hardware issues without a problem. I had a couple reps say that it's a voided warranty but I told them they have to prove that my mechanical hardware issue was software related.
I wouldn't go as far as calling it a turn right out of the box. For the vast majority of people, it does and performs just fine. Then you have a small percent of the users who do route and tweak their devices because we want more out of it.
What are you going to compare it to,?
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I just saw this post. So can you please tell me the story about how you got them to honor warranty claims while rooted? Maybe if I had called back a few times I could have got it done. I've honestly never had to even use a warranty on a phone in the past, they have all been really great.
so let me understand, u rooted knowing it will void your warranty, then u get pissed that they wont fix it free of charge because the warranty is voided? lol thats kinda funny. don't get me wrong i would try and get it fixed through warranty myself even after i rooted but u can't be pissed about them not fixing it if u knowingly voided it. with that out of my system,
who does your friend use? is it tmobile as well? if it is sprint its an easy fix. if not have u looked into other 3rd party coverage?
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so let me understand, u rooted knowing it will void your warranty, then u get pissed that they wont fix it free of charge because the warranty is voided? lol thats kinda funny. don't get me wrong i would try and get it fixed through warranty myself even after i rooted but u can't be pissed about them not fixing it if u knowingly voided it. with that out of my system,
who does your friend use? is it tmobile as well? if it is sprint its an easy fix. if not have u looked into other 3rd party coverage?
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I'm not answering any of your questions until you re-read what I wrote and actually comprehend what I said because it appears that you didn't understand a word of it.
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Let me start by saying that I think the Note 5 is the best device you can possibly buy to date. That's including all of the different mobile OS's that are out there. Beautiful quality hardware and software that works very well (utilizing the wacom digitizer and multi window features).
Now this post is just a warning to all of you who are considering the Note 5. You should take what I am about to say into consideration before you make a purchase. Me and a close friend both purchased Note 5's around the same time. He doesn't know much about phones, but I am constantly tweaking mine. I pretty quickly installed a custom rom and kernel to see if it truly made a difference in performance, subsequently throwing away my warranty forever. I showed my friend the HUGE difference between my phone and his and he agreed that he needed a custom rom and software as well.
For whatever reason these phones are turds out of the box. You wouldn't notice it most likely unless you had something to compare it to, but it's bad. You have all the horsepower in the world in that phone and they can't even get it to function fluidly and keep apps stored in ram for any length of time. Custom everything fixes all of this.
Now to the annoying part. My friend suddenly started having a problem with his volume down button. I, knowing that the warranties were gone, still reached out to Samsung. I hoped that explaining that rooting the phone couldn't possibly have anything to do with the volume button malfunctioning, would get through to them. Instead I was met with a low IQ human being that just kept repeating themselves over and over. I got to a supervisor and they simply read the rules from some handbook to me six thousand times until I couldn't bare it any longer. Not surprising it was a dead end.
So I had to consider other options. I thought about sending the phone to a repair center and just paying to have it fixed. I then remembered the one time I sent out an HTC One X for repair (new screen) and 2 months later the edge of the glass started to come up and they would do nothing to help me. Also in order to repair anything on the Note 5 you have to unseat the insane factory glue just to get into the phone. I'm not sure that the phone would be as sturdy by heating the glue to separate the phone to fix it. Didn't sound like a great option, but at least it was an option.
I then considered Samsung Protection plus. This would allow him to file a claim and get the phone repaired, albeit with an $80 deductible. Also the plan costs $120 just to get started. So that's 200 more dollars on top of a $750 phone. $900 bucks. However it was an option. But what if he had another small issue? Another 80. And again, another 80. It was all just overwhelming and he decided to move on and get another phone. I am following him as well because I'm afraid of this happening to me. I have a T-Mobile Note 5 which I went through ABSOLUTE HELL getting unlocked for AT&T and didn't want to go through that again if I ever needed a replacement.
None of this may ever happen to any of you. You all may go on without ever having a defect of any sort (or never root your phone to begin with) and never even need your warranty. I just wanted to show that this scenario exists and you should take it into consideration when choosing the phone that's best for you.
Thanks for reading.
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i think i got your point the first time lol. i have rooted many phones and voided many warranties but you whole point was you are considering leaving samsung because they won't warranty a phone u knowingly broke the warranty for. is that not your point?
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i think i got your point the first time lol. i have rooted many phones and voided many warranties but you whole point was you are considering leaving samsung because they won't warranty a phone u knowingly broke the warranty for. is that not your point?
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We're you the person I spoke with when I called Samsung? It sure seems like it.
My point was. The volume button has nothing to do with me rooting the phone. Get it?
i am fully aware of the volume button having nothing to do with software on your phone. i do not disagree with that one bit. i totally agree one has nothing to do with the other. i was merely pointing out that u knowingly voided the warranty and am now mad u can't use the warranty. i don't think rooting should void any kind of hardware warranty whatsoever but simple fact is it does. sometimes we can get around it sometimes we can't. i don't blame u for trying i would have done the same. i think you maybe should change the title to something like
~damn it was worth a shot
~i am pissed at samsung but more pissed at myself
~i couldn't get over on samsung this time
~i broke the rules........and the rules won
so does he use t mobile as well? did yall look into something like square trade? a third party warranty
i use sprint and have gotten many replacements after rooting. in fact my note 5 is probably the first phone i actually have not ever rooted in years
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im just busting balls man don't get mad. i didn't notice you had been around here so long till i took a look at your post count lol.
What a silly post. I have had 8 different Sammy devices without issues and when I did, I got the repaired rooted without issues here in Canada. I've rooted every device and enjoyed all Samsung has had to offer especially when I break my screens and they fixed for free, rooted.
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seh6183 said:
Let me start by saying that I think the Note 5 is the best device you can possibly buy to date. That's including all of the different mobile OS's that are out there. Beautiful quality hardware and software that works very well (utilizing the wacom digitizer and multi window features).
Now this post is just a warning to all of you who are considering the Note 5. You should take what I am about to say into consideration before you make a purchase. Me and a close friend both purchased Note 5's around the same time. He doesn't know much about phones, but I am constantly tweaking mine. I pretty quickly installed a custom rom and kernel to see if it truly made a difference in performance, subsequently throwing away my warranty forever. I showed my friend the HUGE difference between my phone and his and he agreed that he needed a custom rom and software as well.
For whatever reason these phones are turds out of the box. You wouldn't notice it most likely unless you had something to compare it to, but it's bad. You have all the horsepower in the world in that phone and they can't even get it to function fluidly and keep apps stored in ram for any length of time. Custom everything fixes all of this.
Now to the annoying part. My friend suddenly started having a problem with his volume down button. I, knowing that the warranties were gone, still reached out to Samsung. I hoped that explaining that rooting the phone couldn't possibly have anything to do with the volume button malfunctioning, would get through to them. Instead I was met with a low IQ human being that just kept repeating themselves over and over. I got to a supervisor and they simply read the rules from some handbook to me six thousand times until I couldn't bare it any longer. Not surprising it was a dead end.
So I had to consider other options. I thought about sending the phone to a repair center and just paying to have it fixed. I then remembered the one time I sent out an HTC One X for repair (new screen) and 2 months later the edge of the glass started to come up and they would do nothing to help me. Also in order to repair anything on the Note 5 you have to unseat the insane factory glue just to get into the phone. I'm not sure that the phone would be as sturdy by heating the glue to separate the phone to fix it. Didn't sound like a great option, but at least it was an option.
I then considered Samsung Protection plus. This would allow him to file a claim and get the phone repaired, albeit with an $80 deductible. Also the plan costs $120 just to get started. So that's 200 more dollars on top of a $750 phone. $900 bucks. However it was an option. But what if he had another small issue? Another 80. And again, another 80. It was all just overwhelming and he decided to move on and get another phone. I am following him as well because I'm afraid of this happening to me. I have a T-Mobile Note 5 which I went through ABSOLUTE HELL getting unlocked for AT&T and didn't want to go through that again if I ever needed a replacement.
None of this may ever happen to any of you. You all may go on without ever having a defect of any sort (or never root your phone to begin with) and never even need your warranty. I just wanted to show that this scenario exists and you should take it into consideration when choosing the phone that's best for you.
Thanks for reading.
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I really understand your frustation BUT: why it is samsung's fault for violating guaranty terms? Two years ago everybody was complaining about PLASTIC. As a end user you could replace almost everything on your phone. Removable battery for long term usage, camera module, mainboard, sim tray, everything. No, WE all asked for metal and glass. Now we have metal and glass and fixed battery and almost impossible repairs. But our phones look nice.
BTW: Sony - locked bootloader, no root. No custom rom without unlocking bootloader officialy trough Sony servers. So zero guaranty
HTC, LG - the same. Try to find software for your region.
There is no ideal device to play with custom roms and not void your warranty!
BTW. 1. You should try to install official rom including bootloader etc and try again at Samsung.
2. You could buy a dummy note 5 -the presentation model and go to a repair shop to excenge your volume rocker. Except for mainboard, everything inside is the same as full functional note. You could sell some parts like camera module, case with full display, S- Pen etc and get your money back, even more.
I'm not going to sit here and argue with you people about the purpose of my post. If you don't get it im sorry. I'm moving on now. Thanks for those that were helpful. Good luck to those that are clearly lacking reading comprehension lol
seh6183 said:
Let me start by saying that I think the Note 5 is the best device you can possibly buy to date. That's including all of the different mobile OS's that are out there. Beautiful quality hardware and software that works very well (utilizing the wacom digitizer and multi window features).
Now this post is just a warning to all of you who are considering the Note 5. You should take what I am about to say into consideration before you make a purchase. Me and a close friend both purchased Note 5's around the same time. He doesn't know much about phones, but I am constantly tweaking mine. I pretty quickly installed a custom rom and kernel to see if it truly made a difference in performance, subsequently throwing away my warranty forever. I showed my friend the HUGE difference between my phone and his and he agreed that he needed a custom rom and software as well.
For whatever reason these phones are turds out of the box. You wouldn't notice it most likely unless you had something to compare it to, but it's bad. You have all the horsepower in the world in that phone and they can't even get it to function fluidly and keep apps stored in ram for any length of time. Custom everything fixes all of this.
Now to the annoying part. My friend suddenly started having a problem with his volume down button. I, knowing that the warranties were gone, still reached out to Samsung. I hoped that explaining that rooting the phone couldn't possibly have anything to do with the volume button malfunctioning, would get through to them. Instead I was met with a low IQ human being that just kept repeating themselves over and over. I got to a supervisor and they simply read the rules from some handbook to me six thousand times until I couldn't bare it any longer. Not surprising it was a dead end.
So I had to consider other options. I thought about sending the phone to a repair center and just paying to have it fixed. I then remembered the one time I sent out an HTC One X for repair (new screen) and 2 months later the edge of the glass started to come up and they would do nothing to help me. Also in order to repair anything on the Note 5 you have to unseat the insane factory glue just to get into the phone. I'm not sure that the phone would be as sturdy by heating the glue to separate the phone to fix it. Didn't sound like a great option, but at least it was an option.
I then considered Samsung Protection plus. This would allow him to file a claim and get the phone repaired, albeit with an $80 deductible. Also the plan costs $120 just to get started. So that's 200 more dollars on top of a $750 phone. $900 bucks. However it was an option. But what if he had another small issue? Another 80. And again, another 80. It was all just overwhelming and he decided to move on and get another phone. I am following him as well because I'm afraid of this happening to me. I have a T-Mobile Note 5 which I went through ABSOLUTE HELL getting unlocked for AT&T and didn't want to go through that again if I ever needed a replacement.
None of this may ever happen to any of you. You all may go on without ever having a defect of any sort (or never root your phone to begin with) and never even need your warranty. I just wanted to show that this scenario exists and you should take it into consideration when choosing the phone that's best for you.
Thanks for reading.
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I feel for you. Though I haven't had any broken phones I rooted from the past, I also think that "obvious" hardware issues should be exempted from voiding the warranty after rooting. But manufacturers don't want us rooting our phones so we can use their own software that they built for us which took them years to develop (although we all know that pure android really performs way better), and also for us to use the bloatware they include (which probably paid Samsung big money to have their software pre-installed in Samsung phones).
So completely voiding the phone's warranty upon root is their way to combat all those, even if Samsung is completely aware that "most" hardware issues are unrelated to rooting (although rooting can also damage hardware components like burning a circuit if the custom software is programmed to run the cpu at high clock, etc). So there's still a small chance, very unlikely, but small chance that a custom ROM can also damage a volume control, circuit-wise, or maybe the custom rom's programming might have a bug on the volume control (again very unlikely, but still a possibility). Unless if the cause of the volume problem is something obvious like the button itself is loose or falling off.
My suggestion is, if you have a nandroid backup of the original ROM before you installed the custom one, you can put it back first (the phone will still be rooted) then visit another Samsung store and just focus on telling the staff about the volume button. If in case they do a test on the volume, at least they would see a factory installed rom running. Just cross your fingers that they wont further check if it's rooted under the hood.
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I just saw this post. So can you please tell me the story about how you got them to honor warranty claims while rooted? Maybe if I had called back a few times I could have got it done. I've honestly never had to even use a warranty on a phone in the past, they have all been really great.
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Nothing special. Once was a usb port issue. They asked of it was rooted and I simply said it doesn't matter, it was a hardware issue. I had to escalate and told them the same thing. I said I'm happy to pay if they can prove that a rooted device caused the malfunction. They keep to the script for the most part but I got my phone back, repaired, and no charge.
I threw in a few legal references to automotive warranties and modding and would hate to drag them down that road.
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This is an old post but I'm going to put my two cents in and I know in going to get flamed, which is amusing to say. But it's clear. By every phone manufacture, you root the phone. You take the phone as is. It's lost the warranty. Now that if you find that something is wrong with the device hardware wise. You Made the choice to void it when you did the rooting process. The moment Knox became 0x1, yes it's hardware based. But that's besides the point. They tell you over and over again that doing so it voids your warranty and you do it anyway, you made the phone completely yours. And now it's yours 100%. I agree with Samsung on this.
So after a long time, G4 forced me to write another thread. You see I am a die hard G4 user. I can challenge you, noone is as crazy as me for G4 out there. Want proof?? This is my 3rd G4. Yes 3rd. First one had bootloop. But my local LG providers didn't help me as it didn't have warrenty paper. Second one was stolen. Now third one....Yah it also went into bootloop yesterday. And if you are curious, yes, all of these had S/N 505. My first one went into bootloop within 2 months, last one 5 months I guess. So that's it, I am telling you who are still jumping and showing pity to the guys having bootloop issue, you guys will also have the same issue someday (if you have S/N 505).
I don't know why the petition stopped for repairing G4's having bootloop issue. It was a very good approach.
Now I am forced to say if this is the way LG wants to make money by cheating people, we all should quit LG (only my opinion). Such a widespread problem but showing technical limitations, LG refuses to repair the devices. Yes you may have business policy, but this is an open issue now. See the device, if it really has the problem due to the so-called "loose connection between parts", why just you don't repair or replace the device??? Nobody is asking for any extra favour, right?
Now G5 is out. People are heavily praising it. But they did also when G4 was out. Even LG's promotion for G4 was much better and much more than this year's G5's. But what actually LG gave us special with G4?? Being a die hard user of G4, I can say that nothing but a really good camera and a replaceable battery. LG did so many unfair things with people regarding G4. All other manufactures somehow, directly or indirectly let people unlock their phones' bootloaders. Even there also LG did injustice by letting only a specific model to be unlock. Who knows they won't do that with G5?? Who knows there won't a similar problem like bootloop with G5 also? We xda community are really fond of modding our devices, isn't it? You can say it's a small portion, but day by day XDA members are increasing which shows people are more into modding/customizing these days. So why not LG? Why not improve your customer service? It's 2016!! Come on!! Don't behave like we are still living in an age where to send a message to someone, it takes ages. Do fair business LG, it's people hardwork's money you are taking in your pocket. Do some justice to us......
Had so much troubles trading my SEA H815 off for an EU H815..... My first LG device and probably my last LG device as well if they are not making any progress in these aspects. My EU G4 currently is a S/N 601. Hope this problem has already been solved in later badges.
Diatomix98 said:
Had so much troubles trading my SEA H815 off for an EU H815..... My first LG device and probably my last LG device as well if they are not making any progress in these aspects. My EU G4 currently is a S/N 601. Hope this problem has already been solved in later badges.
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The company that wants to fight Samsung and also has potential, I don't understand why is so poor in decision making.
1. Make yr customer service competent and customer friendly.
2. Keep promises that u make to people.
3. Make your devices developer friendly.
Boom!! What else needed? Look at xiaomi. In 2 years they are here, another 4 years LG, u will find them above u n beneath Samsung maybe
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Didn't they announce they would fix all the bootlooop issues?
I didn't read I'm detail but that was my understanding.
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hmm, I have h818N 505 serial and I'm waiting for it to die or bootloop. Even so, I still have an iphone as a back up phone incase bootloop happens anytime, anywhere. Take note that my LG phone is now 5 months after purchase. I still have a month before the judgement day. If my phone passes for more than 6 months well I'll be one damned lucky guy. Let's see about it.
milan187 said:
Didn't they announce they would fix all the bootlooop issues?
I didn't read I'm detail but that was my understanding.
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They said they will fix it. But only if it's under warranty. If your bootloader is unlocked, then you might be screwed. Some people have got it repaired others have been rejected.
Not all 505's will fail, please stop scaremongering.
If they do fail, then they'll be repaired or replaced under warranty. You might also like to know that this issue has also been reported on 506 and 507 devices. Are all of those destined to fail as well?
9 month old 505 G4 here, thankfully still working perfect. Hopefully it lasts
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Not all 505's will fail, please stop scaremongering.
If they do fail, then they'll be repaired or replaced under warranty. You might also like to know that this issue has also been reported on 506 and 507 devices. Are all of those destined to fail as well?
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if u haven't read my paragraph, I have bought 3. 1 is lost, 2 out of 2 that I own dead. so prabability is 100% if I math it correctly. I only have 505's, so don't know about 506 or 7. There were a handful of people like me when my first device got bootloop. I hope I don't have to remind u where the number gone now if u r quite up-to-date with the forum. Of course I wish noone faces the problem, but if u do someday, please come here n give me a like even though u will b sad.
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I don't know why the petition stopped for repairing G4's having bootloop issue. It was a very good approach.
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Because LG has been dutifully repairing defective G4's the world over. Under warranty. The issue is not that there is no repair but rather how long it takes to get the device back, typically a month.
There was a thread where people were talking about half the screen dead and were most calm about it. if that happened to me i'd be pretty nervous. warranty repair again. in fact easier as its only a screen replacement instead of a mobo replacement. mobo's are expensive so LG is footing the bill, each and every time it happens. Oh they know. Do they want to go through it again with the G5, doubtful.
Your problem is you cannot get warranty as you have to import. My sympathies.
Now tell me, if you know 505 isn't good why did you get it twice over. Why didn't you ask for later models ?
Being a die hard user of G4, I can say that nothing but a really good camera and a replaceable battery.
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A device that does not slow over the months ?
Expandable storage.
LG did so many unfair things with people regarding G4. All other manufactures somehow, directly or indirectly let people unlock their phones' bootloaders. Even there also LG did injustice by letting only a specific model to be unlock. Who knows they won't do that with G5??
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This is something we just have to live with. Not you though, thought you got the unlockable euro H815 each time.
is LG the only vendor that does not allow bootloaders to be unlocked i wonder ?
Who knows there won't a similar problem like bootloop with G5 also?
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The same thing applies again, warranty replacement. Same as with other vendors.
LG was happy to fix my 505 LG G4, at no cost to me, with very fast shipping and turn-around. So LG made me happy even though mine failed, they fixed it fast.
Weird. Saw this thread this morning, now my G4 is bootlooping to death. Guess what? S/N starts with 505
Mine went 4 months then died
Ah its destined to. However, LG is replacing the boards with 505 and 506 boards. (those are the boards which were manufactured in mid of 2015 (May-June).
My G4 got stuck on bootloop last month and I went to LG Service center. As soon as I started describing that its stuck on boot loop, he understood the entire thing (guess the issue is pretty famous by now) and then without asking any question he just replaced the board in warranty. Didn't even ask for bill or warranty papers. (though I guess the serial number itself explains the warranty status).
I'll suggest you guys., go to service center and get it done. If it doesn't work out at one of them, try other one. There must be multiple in your city.
Their service (SBE) refuses to repair the phone as well, I'm annoyed as hell, a guy got it repaired by them after the warranty period for free when he got it of 2nd hand and unlocked bootloader, he didn't even have a receipt... And when I phoned them the guy I was speaking with they "will not fix it because the whole mother board has to be replaced and it would be cheaper I just buy a new phone", so according to them its cheaper to buy new phone for 400 pound than get it repaired and not to be charged for it? Huh, fu**ing amazing logic LG, I emailed them about this yesterday and still did not get any reply. Say no more about LG, it's my first and last LG phone, I loved it till now but I'm just done.
I agree that the G4 is a great phone but LG's services sucks badly, my last LG phone.
nipun1110 said:
So after a long time, G4 forced me to write another thread. You see I am a die hard G4 user. I can challenge you, noone is as crazy as me for G4 out there. Want proof?? This is my 3rd G4. Yes 3rd. First one had bootloop. But my local LG providers didn't help me as it didn't have warrenty paper. Second one was stolen. Now third one....Yah it also went into bootloop yesterday. And if you are curious, yes, all of these had S/N 505. My first one went into bootloop within 2 months, last one 5 months I guess. So that's it, I am telling you who are still jumping and showing pity to the guys having bootloop issue, you guys will also have the same issue someday (if you have S/N 505).
I don't know why the petition stopped for repairing G4's having bootloop issue. It was a very good approach.
Now I am forced to say if this is the way LG wants to make money by cheating people, we all should quit LG (only my opinion). Such a widespread problem but showing technical limitations, LG refuses to repair the devices. Yes you may have business policy, but this is an open issue now. See the device, if it really has the problem due to the so-called "loose connection between parts", why just you don't repair or replace the device??? Nobody is asking for any extra favour, right?
Now G5 is out. People are heavily praising it. But they did also when G4 was out. Even LG's promotion for G4 was much better and much more than this year's G5's. But what actually LG gave us special with G4?? Being a die hard user of G4, I can say that nothing but a really good camera and a replaceable battery. LG did so many unfair things with people regarding G4. All other manufactures somehow, directly or indirectly let people unlock their phones' bootloaders. Even there also LG did injustice by letting only a specific model to be unlock. Who knows they won't do that with G5?? Who knows there won't a similar problem like bootloop with G5 also? We xda community are really fond of modding our devices, isn't it? You can say it's a small portion, but day by day XDA members are increasing which shows people are more into modding/customizing these days. So why not LG? Why not improve your customer service? It's 2016!! Come on!! Don't behave like we are still living in an age where to send a message to someone, it takes ages. Do fair business LG, it's people hardwork's money you are taking in your pocket. Do some justice to us......
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May be and may not be. This is my 2nd G4 both 505.
1st one went to bootloop as soon as I upgraded to MM but second one is working fine.
However I don't like this device at all.
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However I don't like this device at all.
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Because no root on M ?
Does anyone know if I can send my phone in for warranty even if I've unlocked the bootloader? My phone isn't bootlooping yet, but I'd love to know what to do if it does..
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Because no root on M ?
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no root no bootloader unlocked...no option to choose a diff model in malaysia...bad battery backup...bad performance in auto mode in low light...bad sound.
I bought this device because it was overall very good in all the reviews I read. I read that the charger that came with it didnt support Quick Charge 2.0. That was the first dissapointment. When i received it, it was running Android 6.0. I did an OTA check and no updates were available. I decided to download Lg Bridge and i finally found one update. I bought this device on one condition, to avoid LG UX 4.0. And guess what, my phone was part of an ever growing crowd of people who didnt have the eu bootloader! I felt like I was smacked in the face. I searched the internet for more info and my fears were confirmed. Ever since that i vowed to never buy from LG again. Android is about Freedom and there is none of that on the LG G4. European market bias confirmed:crying:. Months after the discovery I had witnessed the scariest thing ever, I was listening to some music with my LG earphones plugged in. And suddenly i couldnt wake the damned thing anymore but when i touched the screen i could hear typing sounds, I had to pull the battery out. The battery life on the thing was mediocre at best, the screen never lived up the my expectations, the phone gets dangerously hot when i use snapchat. The only thing going for the LG G4 is its camera which was probably the best in 2015. I simply cannot stand the lag on the phone anymore and I am searching for other phones. Im not that kind of person who spends 600 euros on a phone. Then the Oneplus 3 showed and for 400 euro i get a phone 2 times as powerful, dash charging, an UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER and a premium design. Whats more Oneplus actually tries to fix its phones and released tons of fxes for the OP2. Im pretty sure the phone will get Android Nougat even if it takes a while(after witnessing what speedy updates meant on the LG G4 I would prefer slow and steady progress). The only thing the oneplus loses in is the camera department which will improve. Im tempted to wait for the 2016 Nexuses as they will have the best Android experience as well as support for Daydream vr. Ive also checked out the ugly zenfone 3 deluxe which will cost much more than 400 euro. The Axon 7 is also tempting but im not sure if the 6gb version will come out for Europe, the bootloader seems to be locked for now(news next week on whether it will be unlocked) So guys should i wait for the more expensive Nexus by HTC or look out for the OP3 and Axon 7?
You're not alone.
After a year of using it
Pro:
- Battery life, yes it last more than one day, and never need the 2nd battery
- Camera, I am not a pro, but keep getting compliment saying the photos are awesome
- Screen, I have no complaint, but nowaday a lot of high-end phone gets 1440p screen
- Quick eMMC speed and SD support
Cons:
- Still no unlocked BOOTLOADER!
- ****ty OS
- SLOW CPU nowaday
- Poor Wifi (50% vs my iPAD air 2 full bar)
- Very poor resale value
- Leather gets dirty quickly and expensive to replace
Verdict: The camera is holding me from getting another phone. It will be either Note7, Nexus 2016, or iPhone7.
I do not agree with some things here. The leather is not getting dirty fast at all except if you are not careful enough. I have the phone since February and the leather is like day one. I do agree that those covers are too expensive. The phone gets warm but so do many others with Snapdragons. Only my S6 and iPhone does not get very warm. It's a common issue with Android phones due to their hardware. The latest Snapdragons tend getting warmer than other chips. My 6P was getting very warm too. Metal is good for cooling during winter but during summer it absorbs the surrounding heat faster than other materials. The battery life is OK. Just OK nothing outstanding. I get 3 to 4h SoT indoors with WiFi and 1 to 2h SoT outside with 4G. The screen of G4 is 1440p except if I didn't understand correctly what you wrote. It's like you implied that the G4 has no QHD screen which is wrong. Overall the phone is one of the snappiest and lag free I ever had. It definitely feels more snappy than the 6P which shocked me when I bought it. The UX is OK. I find it a bit ugly and uninspired. It misses some options and features. Like settings search. The only thing that bothers me with this phone is the Bootloop issue and the absence of fingerprint reader. I will never buy OnePlus though. No official service centres in many countries and very slow Android updates. Look when they got Marshmallow. Their OS is buggy as hell. Also I will never again trust a phone with an OLED panel except from Samsung's. All non Samaung phones that have OLED tend to have weak and lower quality panels which are bad optimised. My guess is OEMs order lower grade OLED panels from Samsung to cut costs. G4 has one of the best screens I ever had. G4 and my older S6. I live in a sunny country and I had problems with many phones which were absolutely not visible during the day. For the price it is still one very good phone. Now it's dirty cheap. LG just lost their Mojo. They are trying too hard to innovate and do crazy things and lost the basics in the process.
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I bought this device because it was overall very good in all the reviews I read. I read that the charger that came with it didnt support Quick Charge 2.0. That was the first dissapointment. When i received it, it was running Android 6.0. I did an OTA check and no updates were available. I decided to download Lg Bridge and i finally found one update. I bought this device on one condition, to avoid LG UX 4.0. And guess what, my phone was part of an ever growing crowd of people who didnt have the eu bootloader! I felt like I was smacked in the face. I searched the internet for more info and my fears were confirmed. Ever since that i vowed to never buy from LG again. Android is about Freedom and there is none of that on the LG G4. European market bias confirmed:crying:. Months after the discovery I had witnessed the scariest thing ever, I was listening to some music with my LG earphones plugged in. And suddenly i couldnt wake the damned thing anymore but when i touched the screen i could hear typing sounds, I had to pull the battery out. The battery life on the thing was mediocre at best, the screen never lived up the my expectations, the phone gets dangerously hot when i use snapchat. The only thing going for the LG G4 is its camera which was probably the best in 2015. I simply cannot stand the lag on the phone anymore and I am searching for other phones. Im not that kind of person who spends 600 euros on a phone. Then the Oneplus 3 showed and for 400 euro i get a phone 2 times as powerful, dash charging, an UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER and a premium design. Whats more Oneplus actually tries to fix its phones and released tons of fxes for the OP2. Im pretty sure the phone will get Android Nougat even if it takes a while(after witnessing what speedy updates meant on the LG G4 I would prefer slow and steady progress). The only thing the oneplus loses in is the camera department which will improve. Im tempted to wait for the 2016 Nexuses as they will have the best Android experience as well as support for Daydream vr. Ive also checked out the ugly zenfone 3 deluxe which will cost much more than 400 euro. The Axon 7 is also tempting but im not sure if the 6gb version will come out for Europe, the bootloader seems to be locked for now(news next week on whether it will be unlocked) So guys should i wait for the more expensive Nexus by HTC or look out for the OP3 and Axon 7?
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Same, start on Apple, screw them to hell
Next, got LG, stared good, now it sucks
Moving to Samsung!
I was always trash talking sony, after buying this one I feel bad for that. I did not even know i bought a dual version until i got it :c
Now there is no unlock/root for me (bye-bye dualshock, drivedroid etc). Buy cheap, buy twice.
After a year or so, my main issue is the weak SoC.
It is really showing its age (weaker overall than 2 years old Snapdragon 805). I'm not even playing games, but using the likes of Google Photos takes its toll on the CPU and the battery drains fast.
Sometimes, it struggles to keep up with daily tasks (Google Maps, instant messaging apps, web browser, Strava, camera) : laggy, overheating.
Looking forward to the V20.
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V20 attracts me too, but G4 is a great phone. Unfortunately, the battery is bad, but
kyogiro said:
After a year or so, my main issue is the weak SoC.
It is really showing its age (weaker overall than 2 years old Snapdragon 805). I'm not even playing games, but using the likes of Google Photos takes its toll on the CPU and the battery drains fast.
Sometimes, it struggles to keep up with daily tasks (Google Maps, instant messaging apps, web browser, Strava, camera) : laggy, overheating.
Looking forward to the V20.
Sent from my LG-H815 using V20 attracts me too, but G4 is a great phone.
Unfortunately, the battery is bad, but I have a spare charger too, so far I am fully satisfied.
Only updates should come more often.
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Same here. No more LG for me... So many issues like bootloop and overheating...
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Jesus people, stop crying and make a reaserch before you gonna buy a phone. This kind of posts are on every phone forum, every single one, G4 is my 11th Android phone, I had Motorola, Sony, OPO2, OPPO, Samsung and on each forum I've seen countless posts like this. FYI - LG is a first phone that I really like after one year of using, just before I bought it I have read about unlocking bootloader, root, etc and chose it after some reaserch.
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I bought this device because it was overall very good in all the reviews I read. I read that the charger that came with it didnt support Quick Charge 2.0. That was the first dissapointment. When i received it, it was running 6.0. I did an OTA check and no updates were available. I decided to download Lg Bridge and i finally found one update. I bought this device on one condition, to avoid LG UX 4.0. And guess what, my phone was part of an ever growing crowd of people who didnt have the eu bootloader! I felt like I was smacked in the face. I searched the internet for more info and my fears were confirmed. Ever since that i vowed to never buy from LG again. is about Freedom and there is none of that on the LG G4. European market bias confirmed:crying:. Months after the discovery I had witnessed the scariest thing ever, I was listening to some music with my LG earphones plugged in. And suddenly i couldnt wake the damned thing anymore but when i touched the screen i could hear typing sounds, I had to pull the battery out. The battery life on the thing was mediocre at best, the screen never lived up the my expectations, the phone gets dangerously hot when i use snapchat. The only thing going for the LG G4 is its camera which was probably the best in 2015. I simply cannot stand the lag on the phone anymore and I am searching for other phones. Im not that kind of person who spends 600 euros on a phone. Then the Oneplus 3 showed and for 400 euro i get a phone 2 times as powerful, dash charging, an UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER and a premium design. Whats more Oneplus actually tries to fix its phones and released tons of fxes for the OP2. Im pretty sure the phone will get Nougat even if it takes a while(after witnessing what speedy updates meant on the LG G4 I would prefer slow and steady progress). The only thing the oneplus loses in is the camera department which will improve. Im tempted to wait for the 2016 Nexuses as they will have the best experience as well as support for Daydream vr. Ive also checked out the ugly zenfone 3 deluxe which will cost much more than 400 euro. The Axon 7 is also tempting but im not sure if the 6gb version will come out for Europe, the bootloader seems to be locked for now(news next week on whether it will be unlocked) So guys should i wait for the more expensive Nexus by HTC or look out for the OP3 and Axon 7?
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not just that mine was dead in 2 days after an official update via lg bridge. i am a poor man ... i hope lg make things right but i dont think i can afford another until i am a grand grand parent...
i have seen few htc with my friends htc m8 ithink they were they had a solid build quality and never gave a problem to them all 3 of them running cynogen i bet quality wise htc or samsung are best Huawie and chinese phones are not attrctive but have solid build quality i knw this for sure
I'm done with LG as well. I wonder if anyone from LG reads REAL communities and learn from this? Mine is battery life, while some get good life, mine is at 50% by noon and I start at 9 am, so that's not saying a lot for this phone. Of course the locked bootloader, but even more than the lock, their OS is just abysmal, why, just why?
I can't wait until the Zenfone 3 Deluxe shows up in Canada.
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Jesus people, stop crying and make a reaserch before you gonna buy a phone. This kind of posts are on every phone forum, every single one, G4 is my 11th Android phone, I had Motorola, Sony, OPO2, OPPO, Samsung and on each forum I've seen countless posts like this. FYI - LG is a first phone that I really like after one year of using, just before I bought it I have read about unlocking bootloader, root, etc and chose it after some reaserch.
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Oh dude, so here is what your NOT UNDERSTANDING. The H812 (Canadian Version) came shipped with Android 5.1. It DID NOT have a locked bootloader. Then one day in February we got the Magical Unicorn also knows as Marshmallow. Like many MANY other people, we updated the OTA because we just needed that battery improving upgrade, after-all Europe got this update 2 months before and are happily running the phone the way they see fit...Stock, Roms, Root, whatever. SURPRISE PHONE BOOTLOADER LOCKED UPON OTA. This has nothing to do with the actual phone itself as a functioning electronic device, this has to do with LG's GIANT FK YOU Canada.
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Jesus people, stop crying and make a reaserch before you gonna buy a phone. This kind of posts are on every phone forum, every single one, G4 is my 11th Android phone, I had Motorola, Sony, OPO2, OPPO, Samsung and on each forum I've seen countless posts like this. FYI - LG is a first phone that I really like after one year of using, just before I bought it I have read about unlocking bootloader, root, etc and chose it after some reaserch.
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Sorry but your point is not valid, the sellers don't tell you if its the European bootloader version or not.
I have the Singapore model so I'm stuck with what I have.
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Sorry but your point is not valid, the sellers don't tell you if its the European bootloader version or not.
I have the Singapore model so I'm stuck with what I have.
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European reseller has no right to sell you Singapore version as warranty won't be valid in Europe, if you referring to some eBay sellers then you can always ask about country origin.
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I'm done with LG as well. I wonder if anyone from LG reads REAL communities and learn from this? Mine is battery life, while some get good life, mine is at 50% by noon and I start at 9 am, so that's not saying a lot for this phone. Of course the locked bootloader, but even more than the lock, their OS is just abysmal, why, just why?
I can't wait until the Zenfone 3 Deluxe shows up in Canada.
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Oh dude, so here is what your NOT UNDERSTANDING. The H812 (Canadian Version) came shipped with Android 5.1. It DID NOT have a locked bootloader. Then one day in February we got the Magical Unicorn also knows as Marshmallow. Like many MANY other people, we updated the OTA because we just needed that battery improving upgrade, after-all Europe got this update 2 months before and are happily running the phone the way they see fit...Stock, Roms, Root, whatever. SURPRISE PHONE BOOTLOADER LOCKED UPON OTA. This has nothing to do with the actual phone itself as a functioning electronic device, this has to do with LG's GIANT FK YOU Canada.
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Does kzd upgrade also update bootloader? maybe you can flash inside your g4 , the eu kzd , update bootloader to eu version and just unlock it . Just a Ideea ,Maybe dnt works
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Does kzd upgrade also update bootloader? maybe you can flash inside your g4 , the eu kzd , update bootloader to eu version and just unlock it . Just a Ideea ,Maybe dnt works
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It depends on your device id and your IMEI not the software sadly ..
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It depends on your device id and your IMEI not the software sadly ..
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There must be a way to restore the bootloader . I read on some post taht a guy used a ZTE software to rewrite all phone partitions and he modified IMEI and Device ID . He did not changed bootlaoder but I think there must be a way .I will look for that post and I will post here . He explained that his phone was switching mode and appeared in his Windows Device manager like a serial COM device and he had access to all phone partitions ,about 20-30 of them .
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There must be a way to restore the bootloader . I read on some post taht a guy used a ZTE software to rewrite all phone partitions and he modified IMEI and Device ID . He did not changed bootlaoder but I think there must be a way .I will look for that post and I will post here . He explained that his phone was switching mode and appeared in his Windows Device manager like a serial COM device and he had access to all phone partitions ,about 20-30 of them .
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A guy whose name is XVANKO said he found a way to unlock bootloader unofficially. He disappeared 4-5 days ago. I can't access him.. Hope he returns and tell us the unlocking method
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"The video below shows the researcher using his app to root an Android-powered HTC phone, which is connected to a computer by a USB cable. The first ID and su commands show that the device is unrooted. After running "moo"�the name of the file containing the exploit code�and then running the su and ID commands again, it's clear that the device has been rooted."
http://arstechnica.com/security/201...ed-by-most-serious-linux-escalation-bug-ever/
and there is more on google .
I had LG G4 for 1 year and a half, i was tierd of waiting for software fixes, Android 7 etc... The phone got worse day by day, even after factory reset. On 31 December i have switched to Moto Z, 2 days ago i got Android 7 via OTA, the phone is flowless and the camera is slightly better then G4, also the battery life is better, and dont forget that you can add modules. I will buy the Incipio pack with 2220mAh. Just read the reviews.
Today I learned something : Never buy LG smartphones'. My G3 crashed while I was surfing on facebook and a blue screen appeared, after few seconds, the smartphone turned off and no more sign of life. Tomorrow I will try to repair it with this guide : http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...very-guide-t3132359/post65003040#post65003040 . According to what I read on the web, the G2 has the same problems, the G3 suffers from the problem of battery and slow GPS, the G4 and the V20 from reboot ...
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Finally, I succed to repair my G3, by burning the internal memory with a HAIR DRAYER ?
Thank you for your opinion. It helped me a lot.
NOT
Who's forecing you? Buy an iphone
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vic604 said:
Who's forecing you? Buy an iphone
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Nobody forces me, and I no longer trust LG, all their products have problems after some months of use :crying: .
I can not buy apple products because it's expensive and I do not like their CLOSED SYSTEM .
My next smartphone will surely be an Xperia.
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thank you for your opinion. It helped me a lot.
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you're welcome
I had iphone an I had xperia phones. But the best smartphone that I had was LG. And I have a g3 and a g4. Never had any problems with them.
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vic604 said:
I had iphone an I had xperia phones. But the best smartphone that I had was LG. And I have a g3 and a g4. Never had any problems with them.
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I'm not the only one to have these problems, many G3 are victims of the blue screen of death and reboots caused by the battery after 6 months of use, the body of the phone that breaks near the micro and the usb port.
The G4 suffers from bootloops.
achour7 said:
Today I learned something : Never buy LG smartphones'. My G3 crashed while I was surfing on facebook and a blue screen appeared, after few seconds, the smartphone turned off and no more sign of life. Tomorrow I will try to repair it with this guide : http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...very-guide-t3132359/post65003040#post65003040 . According to what I read on the web, the G2 has the same problems, the G3 suffers from the problem of battery and slow GPS, the G4 and the V20 from reboot ...
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I respect your opinion Sir. Everyone is entitled to their choices and opinions
But please ....please dont generalise based on just opinions or few out of a larger groups.
Any device will have its ups and downs.
I have used LG devices for a very long time and I am completely convinced that their device is very robust and bricking it requires special (shall I call it special stupid skills ) skills
So. please try to be composed and not to spread negativity.
I dont use LG G3 but I know there are brilliant devs here and people who will swear that their devices are working great.
I am not closing this thread on the account of leaving users opinions but plz avoid spreading confusing conflicting biased opinions
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TOO BAD for you ... because LG G3 is one of the best smartphones that I used and ENJOYED USING IT in my life .. ps: I never had this problem and I hope you could solve it good luck
Never had one issue or the reboot problem with the battery however I replaced with aftermarket batteries after awhile...have had every Rom installed and used it while not rooted...everything put on ur phone requires reading up on this knowing the knowledge of what's going on to your phone along with adjustments from your own experience...most of what goes wrong is user ERROR. I would suggest you do your homework before blaming LG for your problems although I hope you can resolve them and good luck
I´ve been using LG since the ¨LG Chocolate¨ days I´ve had almost every single ¨G¨ phone you name it (OG1,G2, G Pro, GFlex, G3, GFlex2, G4, V10) even the Nexus devices 4 and 5... And I gotta tell you there´s nothing like the G3. 5 G4s have died outta nowhere and I´ve lost money cause they were out of warranty, plus @bountyman334 stole my last good G4 when I sent it to him for repair. My V10 lasted 3 months and I bought it new from VRZW, that one I sent it to factory and they fixed it with a new motherboard.
But sincerely I ditched LG for Moto again, rocking the Moto X Pure now and loving it (same specs as the G4 only no bootlooping and quite large development community).
But I still love the G3, I´m ordering one as I type, it has a great dev community and its a beast phone!
SREEPRAJAY said:
I respect your opinion Sir. Everyone is entitled to their choices and opinions
But please ....please dont generalise based on just opinions or few out of a larger groups.
Any device will have its ups and downs.
I have used LG devices for a very long time and I am completely convinced that their device is very robust and bricking it requires special (shall I call it special stupid skills ) skills
So. please try to be composed and not to spread negativity.
I dont use LG G3 but I know there are brilliant devs here and people who will swear that their devices are working great.
I am not closing this thread on the account of leaving users opinions but plz avoid spreading confusing conflicting biased opinions
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I agree with you, the G3 is a very good machine, it was the best smartphone of 2014, but reliability is a disaster, I flashed a long time ago Fulmics 6.7 to avoid overheating, I Replaced the battery twice (originals batteries.) My brother has the Xperia Z3 and flash every day roms but the smartphone is still intact.
My friend has a G3 and has reboots after 7 months because of the battery, on the web, lot of users have the same problem.
Well, I am still using a G3 and I really love it. Easy root, good custom roms, XDA community support. I bought a G5 in hope of root and custom ROM support. Mine was not the EU varient since I don't live in europe (mine is South African H850), so I didn't get bootloader unlock. While I was hoping root from XDA community, nothing came so far. Just because of that I'm getting rid of it tomorrow. None of the LG devices got so much xda community support after G3. Locked bootloader is an issue obviously.
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Never had one issue or the reboot problem with the battery however I replaced with aftermarket batteries after awhile...have had every Rom installed and used it while not rooted...everything put on ur phone requires reading up on this knowing the knowledge of what's going on to your phone along with adjustments from your own experience...most of what goes wrong is user ERROR. I would suggest you do your homework before blaming LG for your problems although I hope you can resolve them and good luck
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I'm blaming LG beacause I'm not the only one who had these issues, I ever had baseband issue with an Xperia SP but It was the only model that had it and sony exchanged it for free. The G4 suffers from bootloops after generally 4 mounths, LG exchenged it for free, but once the warranty ends it will be necessary to pay
Unfortunately, the guide did not help me, I flashed all thepartitions but no sign of life.
never had issues with the phone. soon it'll be 2 years since I have it. I'll probably just buy new battery and skip upgrade for at least a year more...
I think LG G3 is the best phone in 2014, but not as good as the Samsung hardware, many faulty screen machines and resources, so sad.
here's my rant (sorry for broken english in advance)
- awful GPS. I've owned not so much android devices, flagship mainly. I've never faced GPS problems, till G3 =). I thought it's impossible to be a flagship device and have poor GPS. But guys from LG think different.
The problem is both with hardware and software. I know what i'm talking about. I tried to fix it since i have this phone.
Hardware: bad connection between pins on MB and cover. Software: it keeps loosing GPS lock randomly. You can turn gps toggle off and then on again, and will lock almost instantly.
A year ago i was traveling with family miles away from home, i didn't have data plan, may this was a reason.. anyway my G3 started to loose GPS when i was in center of Warsaw. God i was mad.. After that it continue to loose gps till i back to my home region
Even now, when i "fixed" HW problems GPS reception is just poor. I have some ASUS cheap tablet, this thing can lock gps anywhere - on the backseats of a car, in a building even w/o AGPS
Don't tell me that "i don't know what are talking about, my GPS is fine". No it's not, try to google "LG * GPS" where star is anything from G2-G5, V10, V20, nexus 5 - top results will be about poor GPS. This is major LG problem
- Overheating. I don't actually understand how it's possible to have such kind of issues in 2014. This is LG - one of the biggest phones manufacture, right? Don't they have quality control department or something like that ? I have only one explanation for myself is they just don't care.
Under heavy load phone heats up almost immediately. The problem is that phone becomes laggy at these moments, also you can't adjust brightness to 100% (because it's hot), and you can't charge it more than ~80%. And when you using it , for example, as a navigation on a dashboard... well, you have to stop using it, because it's charging, heating by a sunlight, heating up by it's display, GPS chip, CPU so display dims to 5%
- The loss of SD card slot. Several months ago my phone started to throw messages "sd card unexpectedly removed". I bought a replacement card - same thing. I don't actually know whether it's HW or SW issue, because it can work for a day or two, but eventually comes to this error. And it's not only me:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/help/sd-card-unmounting-t3462752
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/help/sd-card-major-hardware-problem-t3464949
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/help/help-sd-card-randomly-unmounting-t3138756
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/help/lg-g3-d850-ejecting-sdcard-marshmallow-t3460538
https://www.reddit.com/r/LGG3/comments/5ls0ei/sd_card_unexpectedly_removed_continues_to_unmount/
https://www.reddit.com/r/LGG3/comments/4js10i/sd_card_keeps_ejecting/
- And least. Yesterday my phone started dropping WiFi connection.
Lg g3 - is the most unreliable phone i've ever had
I use my phone much. Navigation, notes, RD client ,tv show watching, lots of stuff. My work and life depends on a phone. If yours’s too - avoid LG phones.
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>Who's forecing you? Buy an iphone
I don't understand your point. Will it make LG better ? Obviously not.
>Any device will have its ups and downs.
The OP is talking about major issues with this phone. These are not just pros and cons. The fact that other phones are not so great doesn't make G3 better. LG G3 still remains bad phone.
>please dont generalise based on just opinions or few out of a larger groups.
It's not just opinions. Take a look to the Help & Troubleshooting section: bootloops, screen death, hard bricks, no sd card - for the past month.
Sheep...
My g3 is the best phone I've owned, still matches up to the newer phones my friends try gloating about..
Specially with custom os on it.. stuck a 6000mah battery in it and never looked back.
Shame you didn't have a good time with yours.
SREEPRAJAY said:
I respect your opinion Sir. Everyone is entitled to their choices and opinions
But please ....please dont generalise based on just opinions or few out of a larger groups.
Any device will have its ups and downs.
I have used LG devices for a very long time and I am completely convinced that their device is very robust and bricking it requires special (shall I call it special stupid skills ) skills
So. please try to be composed and not to spread negativity.
I dont use LG G3 but I know there are brilliant devs here and people who will swear that their devices are working great.
I am not closing this thread on the account of leaving users opinions but plz avoid spreading confusing conflicting biased opinions
Thanks
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i've bricked mine several times in one day
Finally, my G3 is totally dead. Hairdryer/oven methods don't work anymore