Hello guys, im pretty confused what i should buy,
HTC One M8 is the phone i want, but i hear the service centre is very bad like when the phone goes dead i doubt they will replace a new phone
Motorola moto X+1 is the last choice i have, idk about the service centre but i think theirs will be good,
I don't mind about snapdragon 800 or 801 and i don't mind the price between the two
I want a phone that will last a year and still in working condition
What do you think i should buy?
By the way i'm in India.
live16 said:
Hello guys, im pretty confused what i should buy,
HTC One M8 is the phone i want, but i hear the service centre is very bad like when the phone goes dead i doubt they will replace a new phone
Motorola moto X+1 is the last choice i have, idk about the service centre but i think theirs will be good,
I don't mind about snapdragon 800 or 801 and i don't mind the price between the two
I want a phone that will last a year and still in working condition
What do you think i should buy?
By the way i'm in India.
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Any device should and will last a year+ if taken care of. If you have experience with devices not making it that long then you are doing something wrong. I'm not trying to be condescending or place blame, just stating that you should consider what you're doing to a device if you can't get a year out of it.
I've 3 phones in 5 years and never had a single service/warranty/repair issue. Went from Droid X to Galaxy Nexus to the M8 and every single one of them were unlocked/rooted/rom'd/modded and everything else I could do to customize it to me. But they always were in a solid case with a screen protector and I made sure to have a semblance of common sense when using it around water or other hazardous conditions.
I've only had the M8 for 3 weeks but it's taken a few drops and still looks brand new and feels solid. I just sold a 2.5 year old Galaxy Nexus for $120 because of the like-new condition it was in. If you take care of the device, it will last 2+ years easily and you'll never have to deal with a service center. You shouldn't have to base your purchase on how likely a device is to fail.
I think you should opt for the best. Nokia 3330.
beastly build
3+ days battery life
and who can forget , you can play snakes!
My Beer Belly said:
Any device should and will last a year+ if taken care of. If you have experience with devices not making it that long then you are doing something wrong. I'm not trying to be condescending or place blame, just stating that you should consider what you're doing to a device if you can't get a year out of it.
I've 3 phones in 5 years and never had a single service/warranty/repair issue. Went from Droid X to Galaxy Nexus to the M8 and every single one of them were unlocked/rooted/rom'd/modded and everything else I could do to customize it to me. But they always were in a solid case with a screen protector and I made sure to have a semblance of common sense when using it around water or other hazardous conditions.
I've only had the M8 for 3 weeks but it's taken a few drops and still looks brand new and feels solid. I just sold a 2.5 year old Galaxy Nexus for $120 because of the like-new condition it was in. If you take care of the device, it will last 2+ years easily and you'll never have to deal with a service center. You shouldn't have to base your purchase on how likely a device is to fail.
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i do take care of my device just like you do, but incase my htc one m8 died out of nowhere thats the problem and the service of htc is bad in india, well thank you for the comment, i think i will buy the htc one m8
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As title say, Last week LG Thailand announce they will freeze mobile department until Q4 of 2016. It mean no new LG phone sale in Thailand in this period. include V10 and Nexus 5P maybe next G5 too. G4 is a last LG phone and almost already call back from retailer.
NOW!! We have G4 as RARE item in our hand hehehehe.
but LG service still open
What could I feel? I have s/n 505xxxxx with ghost/burn-in screen and wait for boot-loop as same as other s/n 505xxxxx in Thai that get boot-loop in daily.
LG give us a time bomb with their flagship phone. I'll feel better if I get boot-loop and already do a mainboard replacement.
If it isn't a best camera phone or I've more money. I'll buy new one. I've spend over 1 month salary to buy my first flagship phone and 4 months later I've to concern about mainboard issue and next month I get a rumor that LG Thailand will freeze their mobile department and last week, They have official announcement about freezing mobile department.
I can't do anything except wait for boot-loop, wait and wait. I still feeling bad if my phone still in a defected mainboard 505xxxxxxx.
I can upgrade from a note 5 next week. I can either choose a Galaxy S7 Edge, V20, G5, or an iPhone 7 plus. Is the bootloop issue common with the v20?
LG G4 & LG V10 are 2015's flagships they share the same motherboard, only the early batches of these flagships are prone to bootloop! The later batches must be fine. LG G5 & LG V20 are 2016's flagships and they do not boot loop! Make sure you use good quality USB-C cables for charging , I think in the early days of the HTC 10 had problems with some poor quality USB-C cables (don't know if this caused zero charge or boot loop) If some complained about the amazing LG G5 boot loop the reason is the early batches of the G5 had bad storage HDD. It might affected very few G5's. LG admitted quietly that it'll replace with newer motherboards for free in case of infamous bootloops of the LG G4. The LG G6 looks and sounds so promising and can't wait to own one!
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I can upgrade from a note 5 next week. I can either choose a Galaxy S7 Edge, V20, G5, or an iPhone 7 plus. Is the bootloop issue common with the v20?
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Out of those phones you listed, I believe the V20 will be the closest in terms of similarities. I don't think you could go wrong with any of those choices.
In regards to the bootloop issue, based on bootloop history of past LG devices, it is entirely too early to tell. Those that had bootloop issues typically experienced them at the 1 year mark. I, however, owned a G3 and a G4 (and now currently the V20 ) and have been fortunate enough not to go through those troubles.
V20 is an outstanding phone and even more so once rooted. Good luck with your decision.
Well I don't believe the v20 will suffer from the same issue affecting v10 and g4.
The v10 and g4 share the same board and the main boot loop issue was stated to be a poor solder job on the main board.
The g4 solder problem was officially announced by LG in the beginning of 2016 so this would have been several months of the v10 sharing the same problem. I believe LG is 100% supporting devices under warranty to get repaired free of cost even beyond the 1 year warranty. I think the v10 is covered as well despite never having an official announcement.
Anyway I kind of got off topic, to answer your question I have several reasons to believe the v20 doesn't have this issue:
- completely different chipset means assembly was probably changed up enough to where this issue is fixed.
- this phone does not get hot enough, even when charging the device is at best warm whereas the v10 and g4 do get pretty toasty
I had a v10 for 1 year and 2 months when I suddenly got the boot loop, I was going to turn it in under warranty but decided to jump to the v20 instead. Even though the device was toast I got a 200 credit towards the v20.
I think you'll be safe to be honest.
Edit: there has been a reported boot loop issue with the v20 when people use uncertified usb type c cables according to LG.
Also be aware that boot loop issues are relatively common issue with all phones specifically if rooting is done incorrectly or directions are followed for the wrong phone.
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I have a v20 boot loop within 48hrs of switching on.
Return for replacement. Sorted.
Christ OP.. Nothing towards you but that is a garbage list of telephones to choose from. I really LIKE this phone. Decent horsepower, camera is great if you know how to use it, removable battery, full function IR port.. But if you didnt get a firmware within the rooting window you are SOL. TBH, the screen burn on my v20 makes me really butthurt. Blemish on an otherwise perfect (IMO) phoney phone phone. Almost butthurt enuff that i would have to think about it really hard before i purchased it now, knowing what i know.
Woulda have held out for something in HTC's portfoflio maybe. Or maybe nothing for a while still.. Since i got this v20, i quit paying attention to the new hotness in cellular land.
As of today, every bootloop i've had on the v20 was caused by flashing things that might contain some source that either is not compatible with my variant or is just wrongly developed. On the other hand, it is still kind of early to know whether it will develop bootloop out of nowhere. I have 2x LG G3 since day 1 of being released. And they still working perfectly. ( sure many people developed bootloop but also many didnt...in other words it is a russian roulette. One could either miss the bullet or get shot ) If it does happen to develop bootloop i hope it is prior to the 1 year warranty provided from Tmobile.
I have had my g3, g4 and g5 never play up. I purchased a V20 last week and it lasted less than 48hrs and was bought through Eglobal and looks like a boot loop. That being said it was bought from Hong Kong without knowing and now before I send it back I'm having LG Australia look at it for diagnostics.
Have always bought Kogan and never had a warranty issue with them, I will post as soon as I get a verdict from LG before it goes back to supplier.
Unfortunately I had pernament bootloop in my LG V20 VS995 (Verizon).
I didn't root, mod, flash or anything with this phone.
I leave it next to my bed (it's my alarm).
In the morning battery of V20 was empty, so I plug V20 to load battery.
I use original USB-C cable and charger.
When v20 was charged I tried to turn on.
LG logo appears, and later that red dot with Hello (Verizon animation), but animation suddenly freezes, and phone restarts.
And again, and again (until I take out battery). Verizon animation freezes in random moments, but always at begining.
Trying to hard reset/enter recovery fails (vol up + power, power).
Download mode (vol up + usb plug in) works.
In this mode i flash original stock firmware (version 13A) via LG UP + Uppercut (only in UPDATE mode, because REFURBISH doesn't work - I haven't unlocked bootloader)
But problem still exist.
Boot Loop
Scorpion8080 said:
I have a v20 boot loop within 48hrs of switching on.
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Any body guide mi i am planning to buy LG V20 due to low budget .. Is this device bootloop free??? unlike LG G4, G5, V10..???
Thanks
mistertahirafzal said:
Any body guide mi i am planning to buy LG V20 due to low budget .. Is this device bootloop free??? unlike LG G4, G5, V10..???
Thanks
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I haven't had any problems. I'm on an H918. Owned it since March. Hope this helps.
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So about a month ago my faithful of 2 years Note 5 went completely blank. Tech says it is alive and powers up, but the screen was dead. ? I survived the time with an old LG G2 that we keep around for just just incidents.
Repair cost by the carrier was $225 if the screen was the only issue. So I patiently spent time on the internet looking for a replacement. I really like the Note 8, but I am NOT doing that phone lease plan thing and too expensive to buy outright. Well I finally found a like new replacement that claims to only have been used for a month or so by the previous owner Just finished a two hour setup session. ??
Having spent several weeks with the LG G2 can I just say the Note 5 is an amazing phone even two years on now, glad to have you back. Was not planning on having to spend $$$ on a phone for Christmas, but such is life.
Back in the fall of 2015 I bought a H815 LG G4 for my son. Within a few weeks it started to bootloop. Not knowing what was going on he continued to try using it until January 2016 when it finally died. Since it was not a US version LG US refused to fix it under warranty. My son bought another G4, a US991 this time.
I managed to get the H815 to Taiwan, LG there fixed it under warranty and I kept it for myself.
Both phones had been working fine until mid November this year when the US991 decided to die. I figured that was the end of that phone since the one year warranty was well and truly over but I decided what the heck, I called LG US.
I told the very polite lady that answered the phone that my almost 3 year old phone is doing nothing but show a screen that says “LG Life is Good”. She had me try a few things and then asked me for the IMEI #. She told me it was under warranty, send me a FexEx label and I send it to them.
They returned the phone the same day they received it. From what I can tell they replaced the motherboard. The phone has been working fine for a week now.
I am not happy that LG sold phones that quite clearly had issues or with the fact that we never got the android updates they promised, but I am impressed that they fixed an item that has been out of warranty fast and totally free.
Yeah they are really trying to repair their image. Unfortunately their fix isn't a real fix and just a replacement. It will likely do the same thing. Also they just made the phones substantially less powerful by disabling the cores...
In all it ruined my experience with LG as I had 2 other LG phones that had similar issues... Now I'm using an Essential PH-1 (on sale they are a great deal) and was looking at the one plus 6t or pixel 2 of 3 on sale as well as alternatives.
semass said:
Back in the fall of 2015 I bought a H815 LG G4 for my son. Within a few weeks it started to bootloop. Not knowing what was going on he continued to try using it until January 2016 when it finally died. Since it was not a US version LG US refused to fix it under warranty. My son bought another G4, a US991 this time.
I managed to get the H815 to Taiwan, LG there fixed it under warranty and I kept it for myself.
Both phones had been working fine until mid November this year when the US991 decided to die. I figured that was the end of that phone since the one year warranty was well and truly over but I decided what the heck, I called LG US.
I told the very polite lady that answered the phone that my almost 3 year old phone is doing nothing but show a screen that says “LG Life is Good”. She had me try a few things and then asked me for the IMEI #. She told me it was under warranty, send me a FexEx label and I send it to them.
They returned the phone the same day they received it. From what I can tell they replaced the motherboard. The phone has been working fine for a week now.
I am not happy that LG sold phones that quite clearly had issues or with the fact that we never got the android updates they promised, but I am impressed that they fixed an item that has been out of warranty fast and totally free.
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