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Goodbye Omnia 7

Hey hey XDA. Ive been lurking for a good year or two and have never really had a need to post, but I felt it might be useful to share my experiences with the Omnia7. I got it almost after launch in the UK and was...slightly unimpressed. My love for the handset grew, however the technical issues also started to swell. Firstly I experienced the unresponsive home button issue and had the handset replaced twice due to screen issues. Secondly, the frame started to crack recently and trust me, I dont do anything with my handset to cause it to crack...nor do I bash it around causing the paint to flake off!a
Anyway, the final straw was yesterdays 'black screen of death'. I was using it as normal and put it in my pocket after class. I am walking home and go to check to the time only to find that it wouldnt respond. This is followed by a random reboot followed by a series of white lines flashing across the top of the screen...followed again by a load of pink and green dots appearing and disappearing. The phone reboots again and then works...only to repeat again. Add to this an OS which has yet to be given any sort of new lease of life beyond a bit of copy and paste...well...im saddened.
Orange were kind enough to send another one today but having reviewed my options, im afraid to say im jumping ship back to Android. I was under the impression that the Omnia 7 was a well built handset with a solid OS...but that doesnt seem to be the case. That or im incredibly unlucky. :/ Phone is heading straight to Amazon Marketplace in its shiny new packaging!
Anyway, thanks for providing lurker over here with some amazing advice. Just my two cents! Adios.

Sorry to hear that it didn't work out for you.
How much are you selling it for?

ohirome1 said:
I was under the impression that the Omnia 7 was a well built handset with a solid OS...but that doesnt seem to be the case. That or im incredibly unlucky. :/
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Believe me, you ARE incredibly unlucky. Most people agree this is the best WP7 out there and it's running very smoothly.

Peew971 said:
Believe me, you ARE incredibly unlucky. Most people agree this is the best WP7 out there and it's running very smoothly.
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Yeah it sucks that ive had zero luck with it. On a brighter note, im finally investing in an HD2 purely so I can get back to tinkering...so I might end up back with WP7, albeit in a modded form!

Ive listed it for £300 GBP. Its a bit less than what most people are selling them for however I want to sell quickly in order to get another phone. Im currently using a ghetto as all hell nokia and it pains me to use it :/

ohirome1 said:
Firstly I experienced the unresponsive home button issue..
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Sorry, but see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=929460
The unresponsive issue is something people are confused about and think it's a handset problem. It's not, it's not responsive for a reason and that's when the sensor is covered! See the thread.
As for the other issues, I agree, that's crap luck by the sounds of it.
And dude, I agree with the poor effort from Microsoft regarding updates and copy and paste. I mean it's like they have ignored the competition and the things people really need on their devices. Copy and paste shouldn't be an update, it should of been there in the first place!
But with time, I believe WP7 will stand strong.

yoiy

Well being a noob in rom cooking, i have hard bricked my tab. It doesnt even turn on.
Im new to sammy stuff, so would appreciate some pointers, is this: http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-tab-7-7-jtag-brick-repair/ the only way?

me and others flash the room from the stupied idiot guy in this post and got brick our devices, BTW i think he is working with the company you mintioned in web site, if like that he and the company are dirty.
any way, you are developer so try to recognize how flashing rom could make such problem. please.
the device have little hot in left side so maybe some hardware working ??thinking

jamaljmys said:
me and others flash the room from the stupied idiot guy in this post and got brick our devices, BTW i think he is working with the company you mintioned in web site, if like that he and the company are dirty.
any way, you are developer so try to recognize how flashing rom could make such problem. please.
the device have little hot in left side so maybe some hardware working ??thinking
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I did not flash anyones rom. I was trying to build my own. Which thread are you referring to?

This One!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1497916

jamaljmys said:
me and others flash the room from the stupied idiot guy in this post and got brick our devices, BTW i think he is working with the company you mintioned in web site, if like that he and the company are dirty.
any way, you are developer so try to recognize how flashing rom could make such problem. please.
the device have little hot in left side so maybe some hardware working ??thinking
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Definitely not working for any company, and I have developed many Android ROMs and never had this problem. I've been here since 2005, for crying out loud. This is my first Samsung ROM, so I admit to being new there. I will even accept your "stupid idiot" comment, as I guess I deserve it. Although, I wonder why 150 people have downloaded it and only two or three people that I can see have been bricked. Something must connect those with issues. We need to find what it is.
Also, I am happy to pay for the de-bricking of those who are legitimately bricked i.e., followed instructions, have a receipt from JTAG, or whatever it is). Just PM me.
Steve

For reference, I am the only one who does anything for/with MobileTechVideos from a business stand point and two, I have successfully reverse engineered the world's (currently) only hard brick solution for this model as you will see above...

connexion2005 said:
For reference, I am the only one who does anything for/with MobileTechVideos from a business stand point and two, I have successfully reverse engineered the world's (currently) only hard brick solution for this model as you will see above...
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Thanks for the info. I am dying to find out what caused these users to have this problem, and no one else seems to have.
Steve

Moved To General​
I have to apply the same rules for all. As the first post contains no development, it does not belong in said section​

sk806 said:
Definitely not working for any company, and I have developed many Android ROMs and never had this problem. I've been here since 2005, for crying out loud. This is my first Samsung ROM, so I admit to being new there. I will even accept your "stupid idiot" comment, as I guess I deserve it. Although, I wonder why 150 people have downloaded it and only two or three people that I can see have been bricked. Something must connect those with issues. We need to find what it is.
Also, I am happy to pay for the de-bricking of those who are legitimately bricked i.e., followed instructions, have a receipt from JTAG, or whatever it is). Just PM me.
Steve
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let us dry the tears and look forward to solve the problem.
steve, please pass the words came from reaction, it was chock as you seen. sorry for harming.
iam in middle east and not confidant to ship my device to unknown address because he mentioned in web page that he has solution, i mean JTAG and its not subject of who to pay steve.
supposedly that web site is true, and they didn't mention that they will change any part of device, what they will do to fix? the problem happened because we flashed non compatible files i think.
let us figure out the problem and try to find solution. right?

jamaljmys said:
let us dry the tears and look forward to solve the problem.
steve, please pass the words came from reaction, it was chock as you seen. sorry for harming.
iam in middle east and not confidant to ship my device to unknown address because he mentioned in web page that he has solution, i mean JTAG and its not subject of who to pay steve.
supposedly that web site is true, and they didn't mention that they will change any part of device, what they will do to fix? the problem happened because we flashed non compatible files i think.
let us figure out the problem and try to find solution. right?
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Absolutely. I understand. I have gotten into many messes since i started developing, and know that panic. I just need to know everything you.and the other user who had this problem can tell e about your device so i can find out what the common denominator is. So, confirm it is the wifi and 3g version you are using, and what build you are coming from, if you would. Are you using a sim card? Have you tried pressing power and volume up for a while? Thanks. Also, does your tablet feel hot at all?
Steve

sk806 said:
Absolutely. I understand. I have gotten into many messes since i started developing, and know that panic. I just need to know everything you.and the other user who had this problem can tell e about your device so i can find out what the common denominator is. So, confirm it is the wifi and 3g version you are using, and what build you are coming from, if you would. Are you using a sim card? Have you tried pressing power and volume up for a while? Thanks. Also, does your tablet feel hot at all?
Steve
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thank you steve
in your original topic i gave all info

sk806 said:
Absolutely. I understand. I have gotten into many messes since i started developing, and know that panic. I just need to know everything you.and the other user who had this problem can tell e about your device so i can find out what the common denominator is. So, confirm it is the wifi and 3g version you are using, and what build you are coming from, if you would. Are you using a sim card? Have you tried pressing power and volume up for a while? Thanks. Also, does your tablet feel hot at all?
Steve
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Well I used yours as a base, just chopped the usual crap out, resigned, flashed, everything seemed OK. Initiated reboot, bam, doesn't turn on.
Charged all night, tab is hot along left edge, so I'm guessing still charging. 8600.

ftgg99 said:
Well I used yours as a base, just chopped the usual crap out, resigned, flashed, everything seemed OK. Initiated reboot, bam, doesn't turn on.
Charged all night, tab is hot along left edge, so I'm guessing still charging. 8600.
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let us exchange the ideas
first we need to get the device powered so maybe remove and return battery could do something?? but how?
any external way to use it throw usb slot while charging ?

I would try pulling the battery but have no idea how to get the case off.

Steve, just wondering out loud whether those who have the hard-brick issue be because there are on pre-production hardware, so they have a slightly different hardware SKU. Hence your ROM does not work for them.

pinkowl said:
Steve, just wondering out loud whether those who have the hard-brick issue be because there are on pre-production hardware, so they have a slightly different hardware SKU. Hence your ROM does not work for them.
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That seems to be the case for one of them. I am not positive about the others. I am having a hard time getting people to just tell me what build they were using prior to the flash...There seem to be 3 people who have had this porblem, and there must be something linking them, although it may be something random. Need to figure it out.
Steve

sk806 said:
That seems to be the case for one of them. I am not positive about the others. I am having a hard time getting people to just tell me what build they were using prior to the flash...There seem to be 3 people who have had this porblem, and there must be something linking them, although it may be something random. Need to figure it out.
Steve
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I came from P6800ZSKL2. Dont know if it was from the very first production line, but judging by the quality (i bought three, all with crap displays) they probably were.
Also, i believe the device is on and trying to unpack something because it is indeed warm.
This of course means that there may be hope of getting into download or recovery yet... i will drain it for 34 hours and then attempt to turn it back on.

ftgg99 said:
I came from P6800ZSKL2. Dont know if it was from the very first production line, but judging by the quality (i bought three, all with crap displays) they probably were.
Also, i believe the device is on and trying to unpack something because it is indeed warm.
This of course means that there may be hope of getting into download or recovery yet... i will drain it for 34 hours and then attempt to turn it back on.
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Please see sk806 original thread- we have been "discussing" why you might be having "problems".

ezynow said:
Please see sk806 original thread- we have been "discussing" why you might be having "problems".
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Uh, not sure about the quotes, but yes, I am about to try something that might answer the question of why some bricked. If the answer is affirmative, however, the only solution likely is JTAG...
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ezynow said:
Please see sk806 original thread- we have been "discussing" why you might be having "problems".
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BTW, his "suggestion" was "incorrect." Still not sure what's up. Will keep posted, and like I said, I'll work something out with JTAG for those who got bricked yesterday and posted about in in the original thread before I responded.
Steve

For the record hard bricks on the Exynos 4210 will occur generally in one of 3 ways:
1) Mis-matched boot.bin and sbl.bin
2) Incompatible boot.bin and sbl.bin combo
3) Invalid PIT file flash from an earlier generation TAB or Galaxy S device
Anything else causing a black screen is simply hardware failure.

S3 Sudden Death Information Collection

Fellow Galaxy s3 users,
Please fill in my form, so we can collect data about the sudden death of our beloved phones!
If i have 100 filled in forms i go to contact some news websites and consumer collectives so that this problem would get the attention it needs.
What i am hoping is that it will get attention on tv. So please help and fill in the form
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDdtbV9FMEc2b2gxdTAwME1rNy1taVE6MQ

At the moment i have 8 report in just 2 hours of time :good: Good work fellows.
KEEP REPORTING it might help you and other users!

I hvae filled in my report !

Done,
Any way of viewing the results as they come in? It'd be interesting to see if there is a pattern emerging...

whitebait said:
Done,
Any way of viewing the results as they come in? It'd be interesting to see if there is a pattern emerging...
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I am awaiting for about 100 respondents then i make some stats and wil publish that on xda, or samsung has to pay me 10 million dollar and give every user their money back... but i dont expect that so i wil post the stats as soon as possible.
ATM i have 25 responses so its not possible to say something very interesting but this is my view atm.
- half is blue half is white. (earlyer i heard it would be only blue)
- most users say they didn't root
- most users reported that they notice some lags and bugs one or two weeks before the phone died.

ATM 40 respondents keep reporting :good:

This thread should be sticky as it is very important. Samsung should make public their problems which affecting more and more of us and fix it or atleast fix it for free when time comes no matter is under warranty or not, because is their fault and nobody paying 600euros/700$ for a phone should pay extra to get it fixed when is Samsung's fault.

Done my part.

all the 54 people who filled in the form thank you:good:
BUT IF YOU DIDN'T .... AND YOUR S3 DIED .....
REPORT YOUR FINDINGS IN THE FORM
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDdtbV9FMEc2b2gxdTAwME1rNy1taVE6MQ

hi everybody...
unfortunately I'm one of the vectems of this sudden death of SGS3
Just yesterday morning my SGS3 GT-I9300 suddenly gone to into eternal sleep :angel: (rest in peace my dear :crying

massdistroy said:
hi everybody...
unfortunately I'm one of the vectems of this sudden death of SGS3
Just yesterday morning my SGS3 GT-I9300 suddenly gone to into eternal sleep :angel: (rest in peace my dear :crying
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Thats bad :crying:
But you are not alone as you may know.
When did you bought the phone?

If you filled in the form please do this extra question
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...blYzUlVTMkE6MQ

69 Filled in forms keep reporting guys :good:

After this $am$ung will have to make an official statement and replace all faulty devices for free. Things like this are not acceptable from ,,smartphone of year''. Nothing to complain about the device i own 2 of them and i love them with all my heart and i cannot ask for more at the moment, but things like this should not happen. Only here are lots of dead phones, but who knows actually how many are out there from people who doesn't even know/access this forum? Samsung should take action about this ASAP, if not maybe we can do something more and get together some of us with affected devices and call samsung in court.
dimi22- Thank you in name of all ,,victims''

Dean-xXx said:
After this $am$ung will have to make an official statement and replace all faulty devices for free. Things like this are not acceptable from ,,smartphone of year''. Nothing to complain about the device i own 2 of them and i love them with all my heart and i cannot ask for more at the moment, but things like this should not happen. Only here are lots of dead phones, but who knows actually how many are out there from people who doesn't even know/access this forum? Samsung should take action about this ASAP, if not maybe we can do something more and get together some of us with affected devices and call samsung in court.
dimi22- Thank you in name of all ,,victims''
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I totally agree with you, i hope everyone will keep reporting and i hope after cristmas and before newyear i have over 100 reports then i will step to the mainstream media and write a juicy press message about our findings about the ''phone of the year'' and how the ''great'' manufacturer NOT responds on this.

I think You should make the list public. With usernames of the victims...
Sent from my washing machine using its tumbler.

sebarkh said:
I think You should make the list public. With usernames of the victims...
Sent from my washing machine using its tumbler.
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I will think of that, if i do that i first delete the email addresses of the respondents because that's privacy.
ATM i have 83 filled in forms so keep reporting if you didn't already do !

Very important thread!!
I think this one should be the leading thread for the sudden death phenomenon, or at least make sure every xda user who posted his case on the other thread, fill up his form.
Anybody knows perhaps how many S3 users are on XDA? This way we may estimate what is the percentage of S3 out there which got suicide.
OP - keep up the good work!

dimi22 said:
ATM i have 25 responses so its not possible to say something very interesting but this is my view atm.
- half is blue half is white. (earlyer i heard it would be only blue)
- most users say they didn't root
- most users reported that they notice some lags and bugs one or two weeks before the phone died.
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Can we please have an update on the trends?

I have the Verizon variant and had major problems with mine suddenly. My phone would freeze and then not boot again. Flashing a rom would get it to work for a few minutes then it'd freeze again. I'd have to try to boot to recovery about 10 times before it would actually boot recovery (CWM). The phone would even exit odin mode during the middle of odin flashes. I got the phone replaced about a month ago. Pain in the butt though.

Call bar always green Note 3

Ok, so I just bought the note 3 as an upgrade from my note 2. I set up the phone and came to make a call when I soon realized that the bar on top is ALWAYS green. It should be black until someone answers then it turns green and when the person hangs up it turns red. It's a small bug but it's rather frustrating. And also, before the set up was call, video call, message. On the note 3 its video call, call, message which is a bit confusing. Please help. I'm new to this whole thing. Thanks in advance

Not with me any such issues. Never experience even
Sent from Samsung Galaxy Note 3.
If you like my post hit thanks .

I read a few other forums with the same issue so I figured it might be a setting option. Thanks for the quick reply. I called the store I got the phone from and they said they can't help...

dinaki81 said:
I read a few other forums with the same issue so I figured it might be a setting option. Thanks for the quick reply. I called the store I got the phone from and they said they can't help...
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This happened to me when I first got my note. It went away after I disabled T-Mobile lookout mobile security. It may have just been a coincidence though.

brildenlanch said:
This happened to me when I first got my note. It went away after I disabled T-Mobile lookout mobile security. It may have just been a coincidence though.
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Thanks for the reply. I tried that and sadly the problem still occurs. I called Samsung and they said it was a problem with the update that will be fixed soon. I asked all my friends and they said the problem occurred after the update. This is what happens when you live in a non civilised country...

dinaki81 said:
Thanks for the reply. I tried that and sadly the problem still occurs. I called Samsung and they said it was a problem with the update that will be fixed soon. I asked all my friends and they said the problem occurred after the update. This is what happens when you live in a non civilised country...
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I blame Samsung and their stupid Touchwiz UI. I got 4.4 on November 25th on my Nexus and 4.4.2 a week later. Yet here we are on near $800 phones and we don't even have 4.4 yet. Bunch of baloney. Might be getting a Nexus 6 instead of a Note 4 if they keep this up.

brildenlanch said:
I blame Samsung and their stupid Touchwiz UI. I got 4.4 on November 25th on my Nexus and 4.4.2 a week later. Yet here we are on near $800 phones and we don't even have 4.4 yet. Bunch of baloney. Might be getting a Nexus 6 instead of a Note 4 if they keep this up.
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I agree, simplest thing they could do is give us a non buggy phone after spending that kind of money. Well, hopefully the new update will fix this issue. Does anyones screen keep flickering on and off? The lights keep dimming on its own. Checked all the options and everything is off. Seems like the new update is needed today before tomorrow

dinaki81 said:
I agree, simplest thing they could do is give us a non buggy phone after spending that kind of money. Well, hopefully the new update will fix this issue. Does anyones screen keep flickering on and off? The lights keep dimming on its own. Checked all the options and everything is off. Seems like the new update is needed today before tomorrow
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I thankfully don't have this problem. Chrome always opens to a totally black page when I click it from the dock, then as soon as I go to scroll, the page will appear. Nothing going on with the actual screen brightness though.

dinaki81 said:
I agree, simplest thing they could do is give us a non buggy phone after spending that kind of money. Well, hopefully the new update will fix this issue. Does anyones screen keep flickering on and off? The lights keep dimming on its own. Checked all the options and everything is off. Seems like the new update is needed today before tomorrow
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When the phone is changing brightness that's because of the hardware. If your phone is really working hard on something it will dim the display to get extra power for the hardware. Don't have brightness on max if you would like to avoid this. It's a supersmart solution by Samsung.

V20 oreo update

Does anyone have any idea when the V20 will get the Android oreo update?
Sent from my LG-H918 using Tapatalk

I have messaged LG and they have said something about the next security patch coming in april which is something another one said on reddit stating it will come with oreo

that should be nice! what will be some of the new features?

I hope that they will fix retention problem with Oreo

Creative_X said:
I hope that they will fix retention problem with Oreo
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Would be nice yes - if they made some kind of software solution for it. I'm talking with the seller in regards of my phone at the moment about the issue. They have 1 year warranty which is near closing - and I don't think this is an alright issue on a phone that is pretty expensive, at least when I got it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpmiowtPh_A&feature=youtu.be

Jesus is God Almighty said:
Would be nice yes - if they made some kind of software solution for it. I'm talking with the seller in regards of my phone at the moment about the issue. They have 1 year warranty which is near closing - and I don't think this is an alright issue on a phone that is pretty expensive, at least when I got it.
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It is just color calibration. There is already solution with proper kernel and color calibration with rooted devices. Someone done LGs job, they just need to apply that in Oreo, just that

Creative_X said:
It is just color calibration. There is already solution with proper kernel and color calibration with rooted devices. Someone done LGs job, they just need to apply that in Oreo, just that
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And yet it takes them ages to get a fix out to the people apparently... One more reason why Mobiles should never be locked without an easy unlock feature for the people wanting it.

We need to be "LOUD" for them to hear us. This is my first LG phone and probably the last because their support.

Creative_X said:
We need to be "LOUD" for them to hear us. This is my first LG phone and probably the last because their support.
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Should be easy for them to actually just have a Guy on the forum all the time as his Job - and looking it over and keeping them up to date about what is going on.
The reason I got an LG phone was because they were the only company having a newer model with old features like the battery replacement and the Micro SD Card option! Would have been nice with 2 Micro SD cards and not 2 sim cards but anyway... A lot of improvement could absolutely be made. Yet, still the best phone on what I want - and yet so much that could have been better.

Possibly Oreo is Comming in April as I've read on many Authentic Forums.

And retention fix with Oreo update.

Creative_X said:
And retention fix with Oreo update.
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Any source for this?

Only hope

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Only hope
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*Sigh* Don't think so then. Would not put my hope up for it sadly. My retention is just getting worse and worse - my whole screen is effected and the second screen as well.

Jesus is God Almighty said:
*Sigh* Don't think so then. Would not put my hope up for it sadly. My retention is just getting worse and worse - my whole screen is effected and the second screen as well.
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You can solve that with root and proper kernel. It is software problem. Because of that I hope that they will apply it with Oreo update.

Google Enterprise Phones page shows V20 with Android Oreo. Apparently LGE send this information to Google, and it's a hope for all us.

joaovictor.me said:
Google Enterprise Phones page shows V20 with Android Oreo. Apparently LGE send this information to Google, and it's a hope for all us.
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really?? nice!

joaovictor.me said:
Google Enterprise Phones page shows V20 with Android Oreo. Apparently LGE send this information to Google, and it's a hope for all us.
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Link?

Creative_X said:
You can solve that with root and proper kernel. It is software problem. Because of that I hope that they will apply it with Oreo update.
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Just because it can be fixed with software with some settings is not to say it is not a hardware issue with the screen. As we know it works out of the box without any issue and over time becomes a problem.
Anyway I have a lot of retention - and not that much experience with installing a new kernel or jail-breaking the mobile first. I have the latest update for the phone and not sure if that can be jail broken, I have not looked into it yet.
The thing is - it's going to take hours and hours to get me to the point of jail breaking, looking into kernels as it seems theres not a few to chose from? asking people and reading on the topic and there always seems to come up issues as well on the path that you need to use time for trying to fix.
People do some changes to the color for getting the retention away, right? So even if it fixes the issue or lessen it at least is not to say that is the settings the company had in mind in the first place for it. So I'm not keeping my noose up for them fixing the ghosting - but will be happily surprised if they do. But in this society of throwing away and getting you a new phone all the time - well... It's like many of the other stories where they engineer things to break on purpose so they can keep on selling new ones. This world is wicked!

* Professor Farnsworth voice *
Good news, everyone!
On the T-Mobile site it has now appeared that LG V20 will be getting Oreo.
https: //support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-37250
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