I'm a long time Samsung user and am considering getting my first LG phone. Does anyone know if the G4 will have a locked bootloader or one that will at least be unlockable? My other question is regarding the camera performance. My S5 hasn't seen an AOSP based ROM in about 6 months because of the huge drop in picture quality and I'm wondering if this is also the case with LG phones?
calvin35 said:
I'm a long time Samsung user and am considering getting my first LG phone. Does anyone know if the G4 will have a locked bootloader or one that will at least be unlockable? My other question is regarding the camera performance. My S5 hasn't seen an AOSP based ROM in about 6 months because of the huge drop in picture quality and I'm wondering if this is also the case with LG phones?
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If you're on T-Mobile, you should know they don't lock their phones and/or they are extremely easy to unlock (compared to Verizon and AT&T). As far as the camera goes, the G4's is the best on the market right now. AOSP gets rid of all the extras that come with the stock camera apps, so you'd either have to sacrifice that or deal with stock features.
Dennisg34 said:
If you're on T-Mobile, you should know they don't lock their phones and/or they are extremely easy to unlock (compared to Verizon and AT&T). As far as the camera goes, the G4's is the best on the market right now. AOSP gets rid of all the extras that come with the stock camera apps, so you'd either have to sacrifice that or deal with stock features.
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I'm aware that I will lose features on the camera but on the S5 aosp camera performance in auto mode is much worse than on the stock ROM and I wasn't too know if that is also the case on LG phones?
calvin35 said:
I'm aware that I will lose features on the camera but on the S5 aosp camera performance in auto mode is much worse than on the stock ROM and I wasn't too know if that is also the case on LG phones?
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We'd have to wait and see. Can always ask people in the G3 forums how it was. I know this camera has a manually focus mode (which I'm super pumped for) so that might make a difference? I just PO'd mine now.
Hi all,
I'm thinking of moving to the LG G4 from my Nexus 6.
The only problem is that I love stock (Vanilla) Android, are there any stock Android ROMs for the LG G4 so you don' have to use LG's skin? But still retain the LG G4 camera?
Thanks,
T-L-H
No, but there is an aosp theme in the theme and app section
Hybrid theme by kickoff
For most of the devices there isn't a way to unlock the bootloader. So that means we can't flash a custom recovery. But for the two models (i think)
that have their bootloaders unlocked they have an alpha version of CM i believe.
OK I am considering trading mine for a g3 if it's really not looking like having a recovery on a Verizon model. Especially considering the disaster it's been after even replacing it and the fact I get maybe 2 hours unplugged (that's with screen all the way down, no 3rd party apps running in the background, and all possible stock apps disabled), but somehow out of nowhere my touch problem disappeared almost completely as long as its unplugged. I know now that charger has alot to do with the touch problem and use a non stock charger and it goes completely nuckin futts and unusable. It's such a bad ass phone if you are lucky enough to get a good one, it's so sad... Why LG released a phone so apparently untested is beyond me they had to have known... Has anyone else had the touch screen issue disappear magically with no type of update or anything being altered?
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Am getting a Zenfone 2 Deluxe. Have always used Samsung phones in the past, always rooted and also used to flashing ROMS, recoveries.
However Asus is new for me so I would just like to ask what are the first steps I need to take :
1) Should I first update through OTA? Or through PC? Where can I download the update?
2) What is the best way to root?
3) Is it okay to stick to stock recovery or is it better to flash TWRP or CWM?
4) What is bootloader unlocking? Is this necessary?
I came from Samsung too and let me tell you this phone has issues. I wouldn't root it until I made sure things are working right. It has a serious issue with the default SMS app that won't allow you to send MMS pictures through it. Voicemails get delayed and you dont get text sometimes. if you google "zenfone 2 mms not supported on sim 2" you'll see people have this issue. I have called Asus and their techs don't understand English too well and they have no answer. they gave me a case number and promised to get back to me and never have.
I have installed the latest firmware, did the factory reset and nothing changed. I'm running the stock rom so I can't tell you if another rom would fix this issue. the camera is terrible for a 13 mp not even close to the Samsung 8 mp. I really wish I had never bought this phone now, I've had other Asus products in the past with good luck, but their phone, no way.
The camera really isn't bad at all. It takes some great shots...what issues are you having that the camera sucks so bad? @Chocketbear
creepinm3 said:
The camera really isn't bad at all. It takes some great shots...what issues are you having that the camera sucks so bad? @Chocketbear
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Not saying it's useless, but it gets grainy when you zoom in on a photo you take. my 8mp galaxy S3 is a way better camera. but to me if you're boasting a 13 mp camera, it had better take some really crisp shots. notice you live in Florida too...I'm in the Tampa area and let me tell you we are getting screwed out of out nice cool weather, this hot crap blows man!
Hey everyone. I made this topic just to discover who regrey buying LG G4 and the reason why they regret. If they dont regret then please let us know.
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Why?.I have it since a week and the phone is great,perfect.As an ex M9 user,the G4 is better IMO.
Waiting for 6.0.
No regrets after more than 4 months, you need a BT earphones for music as the 3.5mm is too low and some HTC ported apps to have a perfect UI (thanks Xpirt)
I didn't regret, but I do wish some things could be better (UI & Battery Life). Other than those, I've been relatively happy with my decision.
However, I installed the Resurrection Remix ROM last week and battery life is definitely better and the AOSP UI + CM13 theme engine is 100 times better than stock.
lastsamuraial said:
Why?.I have it since a week and the phone is great,perfect.As an ex M9 user,the G4 is better IMO.
Waiting for 6.0.
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Which variant are you using? For most devices 6.0 is out there and you can manually install it (With or without root )
EDIT: To answer your question: No ragrets. Not even an "a" for an "e" :laugh: Best phone out there.
Came from a Note 4, love the G4 (stock) the most! Not as much bloat and nonsense as the note 4
I sold my G4 just for modding. I like to mod and unfortunately G4 have a small community. Good luck , best 2015 phone if you dont mind to be on stock.
only thing i regret about the G4 is the inability of most G4 variants to have an official unlocked bootloader ughh damn LG
I regret it and also not. I owned at least half a dozen android phones in the past two years, and the LG was the real bang for the buck with a very great camera. However, this was the only phone I had serious issues with.
H815 - First unit came with the display acting up (stuck pixel clusters), and finally RMAd it, when the motherboard died. I received it back repaired (PCB changed), but the display is now worse than before, the problem is, that it only shows after a few minutes of usage and probably they did not notice it. Stuck pixels + different brightness levels around the stuck pixel area. RMAing it again...
I don't really regret buying it, but if I were given the option again, I wouldn't chose G4.
My LG G4 is flawless. Battery is OK, no bootloops, no stutters/lags, etc. However, I bought it right after it was put in the market for a not-so-budget price and, for my needs, an S6 would've be better suited.
I mean... don't get me wrong. But as far as I don't need a spare battery/expandable storage, S6 would be a better choice. I just got tempted for the 5,5 screen and camera.
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Which variant are you using? For most devices 6.0 is out there and you can manually install it (With or without root )
EDIT: To answer your question: No ragrets. Not even an "a" for an "e" :laugh: Best phone out there.
Came from a Note 4, love the G4 (stock) the most! Not as much bloat and nonsense as the note 4
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Im using H815T.My phone just boot up after flashing V20B KDZ with LGUP.6.0 looks smoother than LP.With V20C after restart comes up an error,but this error is not present with V20B.
Sorry,my english is not the best,that's why i do some errors.
I regret because I have weirdo half screen touch problem, it becomes crazy, but it's not a real problem, but there's still a problem so... and I don't have time to send it back, It does not have fingerprint sensor which is a shame for a 2015 flagship and it's plastic, we need some metal with leather...
But I bought it because of his camera, that's it.
have it for 6 months now (it is my only phone)
I regret:
- bad battery life (no more than 3h SOT)
- no unlocked bootloader / dead development scene (only a handful of ROMs, most are buggy and almost all of them are for H815 eu only models)
- bad sound over the earphones (really weak)
- no fingerprint reader (when all the other flagships have one)
- features that are essentially broken (still to this day), like tap to unlock
Lg v10 hands down would have been much better to have but lg g4 is still a great phone non the less
Overall i do regret.
I really liked the phone camera (front and back), screen, design and the option to remove battery and insert an sd card if needed.
But as i said before i never buy an LG smartphone again. They unlock the bootloader for just a single model and thats it. I like to customize and install mods on my phones, mainly to make it better, faster and that stuff, but my H815P cant be unlocked, and now here i am with a "Porsche that can't past 60mph"
Yet on the bad side, battery is not the best, some bugs even on the stock rom, and etc.
LG, never again. I prefer a not so good phone but that i can do whatever i want than this. Note 5 is the target now.
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Im using H815T.My phone just boot up after flashing V20B KDZ with LGUP.6.0 looks smoother than LP.With V20C after restart comes up an error,but this error is not present with V20B.
Sorry,my english is not the best,that's why i do some errors.
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No problem So you're already on Marshmallow? Because you said you'd wait for it :laugh: But ok. Marshmallow's pretty nice Love it
Follow_and_Feel said:
No problem So you're already on Marshmallow? Because you said you'd wait for it :laugh: But ok. Marshmallow's pretty nice Love it
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I was waiting for OTA or update to come through Bridge and couldnt wait more,so i used V20B KDZ and it's done with LGUP.Very smooth really.
regret and disappoint , all about the bootloader
I do ..because of the locked bootloader and i have g815p and i still didnt get MM
I moved to the V10 and I don't regret getting the G4 at all...because I still have it
These are similar phones spec-wise but in hand they are obviously quite different. I've had the G4 since July and just got the V10 a couple of weeks ago.
Already I keep trying to unlock the smaller phone via the non-existent fingerprint scanner lol!
youngchaos said:
I sold my G4 just for modding. I like to mod and unfortunately G4 have a small community. Good luck , best 2015 phone if you dont mind to be on stock.
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No need to remain in stock, the community worked out ways how to root. But the biggest downer is definitely LGs position on bootloader unlocking. We can have Lollipop root without BL unlock, but no custom ROMs, no root for Marshmallow :/
It's my second Android, my previous one is a rather ****ty Galaxy Ace from 2011. So yeah, compared to that, Im happy with rooted 5.1.
So, I was wondering if unlocking the bootloader reduces camera quality, like what happens on Sony. I have a Redmi Note 3 Pro. I do have to say, I did feel like the quality decreased a bit after unlocking. But, then again, its a biased opinion and I haven't seen anyone else say that. Therefore, before I unlock my Redmi Note 5. I wanted to know if you guys feel like there is a reduction in camera quality or not, after unlocking.
No problem with stock MIUI camera (with stock MIUI ROM)
Renz1er said:
So, I was wondering if unlocking the bootloader reduces camera quality, like what happens on Sony. I have a Redmi Note 3 Pro. I do have to say, I did feel like the quality decreased a bit after unlocking. But, then again, its a biased opinion and I haven't seen anyone else say that. Therefore, before I unlock my Redmi Note 5. I wanted to know if you guys feel like there is a reduction in camera quality or not, after unlocking.
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unlocking has nothing to do with anythinng..only some apps know its unlocked. thays it..
camera degrades when you use aosp rom and the blobs are old... on stock based custom rom is the same quality.
Camera Quality Increase and Decrease both Possiblity Depends on Custom Rom
SunilSuni said:
No problem with stock MIUI camera (with stock MIUI ROM)
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Good to know. Thanks for the info
raptorddd said:
unlocking has nothing to do with anythinng..only some apps know its unlocked. thays it..
camera degrades when you use aosp rom and the blobs are old... on stock based custom rom is the same quality.
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Well, SONY used to remove some DRM keys and some copy righted features when the device was unlocked. Hence losing some camera performance. Thought if Xiaomi had something similar. Knowing it doesn't, just helps me out. Thanks for the info
Renz1er said:
Well, SONY used to remove some DRM keys and some copy righted features when the device was unlocked. Hence losing some camera performance. Thought if Xiaomi had something similar. Knowing it doesn't, just helps me out. Thanks for the info
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Yeah, it was pain the ass to wait for an exploit to backup the damn TA partition or waiting for an alternative way to fix the DRM keys, but don't worry, nothing like that here, even though i liked Sony devices so much but they have a bad policy when it comes to unlocking the bootloader.
Xperia user for 7 years.
rocker00 said:
Yeah, it was pain the ass to wait for an exploit to backup the damn TA partition or waiting for an alternative way to fix the DRM keys, but don't worry, nothing like that here, even though i liked Sony devices so much but they have a bad policy when it comes to unlocking the bootloader.
Xperia user for 7 years.
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My first device was the Xperia Mini back in 2011. Was one of the best things, back in the days; plus the heavily backed dev community made it a real good thing to own. Still have it and it works. Regardless, good to know there ain't a thing like that. Should be unlocking the RN5Ai within few days.
Thank You everyone for your kind replies.
Off topic but I want to ask you guys. Does 1080p 60fps work ok for you? Especially in low light the brightness drops so much that I can't see anything. It is also bit o laggy. Please check yours.
kostas gp said:
Off topic but I want to ask you guys. Does 1080p 60fps work ok for you? Especially in low light the brightness drops so much that I can't see anything. It is also bit o laggy. Please check yours.
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Nearly 7 months late I guess, and you're not the only one with that problem. Using miui.eu rom, it works, but the brightness is less and bit laggy as well.