Which L ROM includes the IR feature?
Currently on 4.4.2 and haven't touched my tablet in a year.
None, unfortunately. So your choices are staying on stock or flashing another ROM and losing the IR blaster.
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Not even a third party app?
smsmasters said:
Not even a third party app?
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Third party apps are currently unable to make use of whatever chip gives IR functionality on the GPAD V500. On a side note It is amazing how badly gimped the remote app on the tablet is versus on my G3 phone...
It's been awhile but I believe the port of the Quick Remote app you can find in the G2 and G3 sections worked under CM11 on my VK810.4G, so maybe it would work under CM12, also. I know it worked under stock LG Android on the VK810.4G, and also on CM11 and CM12 on the G3.
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I like this tablet over the gaalxy tab3 for the specs and screen. What o want to know is I'm getting this for my elderly mom so I would like a google play edition rom for this tablet. I know when I had a m7 before they had a rom that was set up just like the google play edition. I don't want cm or aokp I just want stock google. Where can I get this? Also how do I root and install recovery for this thing. I know thus has been asked before but I work alot and I'm trying to get this done on the fly (at work and on break)
Thank you
You can't get a stock google rom. The devs have tried and failed.
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If you're getting this tablet for your mom, then you shouldn't root it or install any other roms, just update the tablet to the latest LG kitkat update and it will feel good.
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If you want the Google Play experience for her why don't you buy the GPE version (V510)?
cam30era said:
If you want the Google Play experience for her why don't you buy the GPE version (V510)?
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Because they didn't have a used one on swappa. Thought there might be a rom there. Buckaroo
The original 4.4.2 Stock ROM is just great and very, very easy to use even though it has so many cool features (Infrared, knock on,...).
e.g. For the LG G2 it's quite some work to get the IR blaster to work with other ROMs and i think it's the same here.
I wouldn't install any other ROM! (Not hear this from me often!) It's perfect and just works! I installed the xposed modules, which makes it even better.
Torpedro1978 said:
The original 4.4.2 Stock ROM is just great and very, very easy to use even though it has so many cool features (Infrared, knock on,...).
e.g. For the LG G2 it's quite some work to get the IR blaster to work with other ROMs and i think it's the same here.
I wouldn't install any other ROM! (Not hear this from me often!) It's perfect and just works! I installed the xposed modules, which makes it even better.
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I wish I could agree with this. Where KK runs great, the SD card issue blows big time.
Does anybody know if the IR blaster on the LG G3 will be open to third party apps or will it be like the G2.
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I want to know this as well. I asked LG in Twitter but obviously no reply.
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I hate to resurrect a dead thread, but I am curious about this too. Are the drivers for the IR blaster locked down in the G3, or does it work with third party apps?
If someone who got the phone could test a few third party apps I would appreciate the favor.
Was gonna test this for you but couldn't find a decent free one. Why not use the stock remote? Pretty cool having it in the notif menu.
Wikd said:
Was gonna test this for you but couldn't find a decent free one. Why not use the stock remote? Pretty cool having it in the notif menu.
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Nice to have options but also for AOSP.
Has anyone tried Smart IR Remote or something like that?
LeVvE said:
Nice to have options but also for AOSP.
Has anyone tried Smart IR Remote or something like that?
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G3 works fine with Smart IR Remote. If you don't like it or something doesn't work as expected, just email [email protected] and you'll get a refund within 30 days.
Hello,
I'm the owner of a brandnew G Pad 8.3 and I'm very happy with it. I just found out, that you can actually use the infrared sensor to turn on/off your devices (TV, Video-Audio Receiver, etc.) but the pre-installed app is limited to TV, Bluray players and DVD players. I found some other apps to simply learn IR codes for other devices but they dont work on my G Pad. I've heard, that one can only access the IR sensor with the LG SDK, and most (probably all) apps wont be able to use this sensor. Does anyone have a solution for this problem?
Best Regards
I've looked everywhere for a solution but no success..Also wrote to a couple of developers and they told me the same!
melagodo said:
I've looked everywhere for a solution but no success..Also wrote to a couple of developers and they told me the same!
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This is strange. I dont understand the philosophy of LG. I would understand it, if they restrict the usage of their built-in hardware to force users to use LG software. But to restrict it and then not develop a good tool to use it is just ridiculious, It is like: "Here have this awesome, usefull piece of hardware, but you cannot use it".
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This is strange. I dont understand the philosophy of LG. I would understand it, if they restrict the usage of their built-in hardware to force users to use LG software. But to restrict it and then not develop a good tool to use it is just ridiculious, It is like: "Here have this awesome, usefull piece of hardware, but you cannot use it".
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Quite.
It's even more ridiculous for the GPE version of the gpad - the IR blaster in that is flat out unusable!
TehJumpingJawa said:
Quite.
It's even more ridiculous for the GPE version of the gpad - the IR blaster in that is flat out unusable!
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The tin foil hat wearing part of me always thought the GPE versions of the gpad were the ones which failed the IR Blaster internal tests... I have no proof of this and it seems like the hardware is slightly different so... probably not true, but it makes me laugh none the less.
The encrypted ir blaster is bad enough but coupled with the cut down version of QuickRemote on the G Pad it's down right punitive. I would love to see the business justification for doing this. Yes, they provide an SDK with documentation... So compelling that ZERO apps have been developed with it. LG needs to step up and unlock the ir, integrate code translation into an update and just set it free. Doing things this way isnt't going to win them any hearts and minds, least of all mine.
I haven't had any problems with 3rd party apps with it on my vk810 vzw. You saying that you can't get it to learn codes? Wouldn't it have to have a ir reciever also? Or do the it emitter work both ways?
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I haven't had any problems with 3rd party apps with it on my vk810 vzw. You saying that you can't get it to learn codes? Wouldn't it have to have a ir reciever also? Or do the it emitter work both ways?
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What ROM are you running and what 3rd party apps have you tested that work with the ir blaster? There is no ir sensor so I know it can't learn codes. The hardware interface to the ir blaster on the V500 is encrypted and to date only works with the LG QuickRemote app.
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What ROM are you running and what 3rd party apps have you tested that work with the ir blaster? There is no ir sensor so I know it can't learn codes. The hardware interface to the ir blaster on the V500 is encrypted and to date only works with the LG QuickRemote app.
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Stock ROM, the vk810 works with all the apps if tried so far that are available on google play store.
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Stock ROM, the vk810 works with all the apps if tried so far that are available on google play store.
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Couple of possibilities here. Either they used different ir hardware in the otherwise nearly identical LTE version or there is something in the software that unlocks it. I'm hoping software. Can you name a couple of the apps that worked by name so that us V500 users can try them to verify if they work or not for us?(won't work ) Then I guess it's off down the road of stirring up some interest to pick apart the stock vk810 ROM to see what's up with this unlocked ir blaster. Thanks! :good:
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Couple of possibilities here. Either they used different ir hardware in the otherwise nearly identical LTE version or there is something in the software that unlocks it. I'm hoping software. Can you name a couple of the apps that worked by name so that us V500 users can try them to verify if they work or not for us?(won't work ) Then I guess it's off down the road of stirring up some interest to pick apart the stock vk810 ROM to see what's up with this unlocked ir blaster. Thanks! :good:
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I'll try some again tonight after work
Your right I couldn't get any to work I could have sworn it was my tablet I downloaded remotes for, must have been my HTC one sorry for the confusion.
Hey no problem. Thanks for checking. :good:
Swoncen said:
Hello,
I'm the owner of a brandnew G Pad 8.3 and I'm very happy with it. I just found out, that you can actually use the infrared sensor to turn on/off your devices (TV, Video-Audio Receiver, etc.) but the pre-installed app is limited to TV, Bluray players and DVD players. I found some other apps to simply learn IR codes for other devices but they dont work on my G Pad. I've heard, that one can only access the IR sensor with the LG SDK, and most (probably all) apps wont be able to use this sensor. Does anyone have a solution for this problem?
Best Regards
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Have this problem on the LG Pad 7.0 lte, while using a digital cam I can see the IR with the stock app, other apps don't send the IR signal.
LG has not opened up the api. Therefore the non stock remote apps do not work.
Any news on this? Could we not just replace the locked LG IR 'driver' with an open one? (I'm aware that 'driver' isn't the right word, but forgotten the android equivalent >_<)
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Any news on this? Could we not just replace the locked LG IR 'driver' with an open one? (I'm aware that 'driver' isn't the right word, but forgotten the android equivalent >_<)
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With my admittedly small experience in this area, I would guess someone would have to write one from scratch / reverse-engineer the original one in order to get anywhere.
Will running a custom rom bypass the Ir restrictions ?
Hi guys,
I recently bought a lg g pad, and it comes with 4.2.2. I wonder if it worths to upgrade the tab to 4.4.2 V20A since i read that there is problems with micro sd cards (reading/writting ?)
I don't want to root or to flash custom rom.
What do you guys think ?
Thank you.
Sure it does!
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Why ^^ ? (not trolling but what reason makes it worth to upgrade, im a little worried because I saw in this forum people trying to downgrade 4.4 to 4.2 so I'm asking)
V50020a/b is buggy (sdcard problem, auto brightness problem, smart cover bug). But they fixed most of the bugs in the new 20d ROM. The 20d is likely the last update that the tablet will receive.
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I'm happy with how my G Pad is working with 4.4.2. Your really need to root it and then use SDfix so it does behave like 4.2 on SDcard access, etc. I'm using ES file explorer and it works great accessing the sdcard.
yes its worth it , however the way kitkat handles files is different to jelly bean , sometimes when i try to attach documents to emails it fails sometimes when i am using a 3rd party file manager, you should get knock code as well as either part of 4.4 or as a small update
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I'm happy with how my G Pad is working with 4.4.2. Your really need to root it and then use SDfix so it does behave like 4.2 on SDcard access, etc. I'm using ES file explorer and it works great accessing the sdcard.
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Ditto for me. Kitkat is great, but not so good when it comes to using 3rd party apps that use the SD Card due to the new restrictions, so I also used SD Fix after rooting, and even foldermount to use my SDcard to store my game's GB's worth of game data. And with root, you can also install greenify to increase performance to your stock rom. (Though greenify works if youre not rooted, but you need to manually trigger the app in order to be useful where as with root, it does its magic in the background)
Not worth it. Among the problems above... Google play music doesnt work very well. This is a problem LG has with their KK firmware. My G2 had the same issue and had to flash cloudy G3 just to get it to work. That's why im hoping for G3 Rom for the GPad, but i doubt that'll happen as the development on this tab is crap.
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Not worth it. Among the problems above... Google play music doesnt work very well. This is a problem LG has with their KK firmware. My G2 had the same issue and had to flash cloudy G3 just to get it to work. That's why im hoping for G3 Rom for the GPad, but i doubt that'll happen as the development on this tab is crap.
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Hi, this is completely off topic, but how is your g2 with cloudy g3?. I'm getting a new phone soon and as much as I love the g3, I will more than likely buy the g2 for £200 less.
I'm following the cloudy g3 thread with interest.
Back on topic I wasn't a huge fan of lg stock gpad. It was great for a few days, just for the change from stock androids rather dark theme. Ultimately the stock rom ended up feeling too fussy for me.
But can you not flash the update and then just flash back if you aren't happy with the results?
All the best rich
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does anyone use an aosp or cm based rom and use an app for the IR blaster? i tried a couple of 3rd party apps with my g2 and they were less than impressive. are there any for the g3 that work well?
I use this one. http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/themes-apps/app-quickremote-port-aosp-t2929146. If you don't see any manufacturers listed once you install the app, you have to check the troubleshooting section in the OP for the fix.