I was wondering if most people here with a G4 encrypt the phone or not? If you have encrypted have you noticed a major problem with performance? I have had many Android phones but I have never encrypted one and was curious if it was worth it. Any metrics for the G4 with and without encryption?
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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 ! I'm thinking about buying a 5X instead of a 6P for several reasons but i read that 5X is slower that the 6P due to encryption. I also read that 5X needs to be unencrypted to get custom roms etc, and it will also be faster.
I have 2 questions then:
- Will it be as fast as 6P ?
- What unencryption will change in the security of the device ? Is it an unsecure thing ?
Thank you !
Likely not as fast as the 6P which has a faster cpu (810 vs 808) and more ram (3 gigs ddr4 vs 2 gigs ddr3).
Both of the phones come stock with encryption.
You can be encrypted and install custom roms as i believe the system partition is not encrypted just the data/sd card partitions. It does make it more challenging as your custom recovery (TWRP) may not be able to read the SD Card but you could either flash using sideload or install the rom and then re-enable encryption after? Finger prints will always be stored on a separate location on the phone and always encrypted.
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Likely not as fast as the 6P which has a faster cpu (810 vs 808) and more ram (3 gigs ddr4 vs 2 gigs ddr3).
Both of the phones come stock with encryption.
You can be encrypted and install custom roms as i believe the system partition is not encrypted just the data/sd card partitions. It does make it more challenging as your custom recovery (TWRP) may not be able to read the SD Card but you could either flash using sideload or install the rom and then re-enable encryption after? Finger prints will always be stored on a separate location on the phone and always encrypted.
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Actually, i want to remove encryption because when i see video like this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y4pKV3bS7c i'm really afraid to get a 5X... Same for this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt_WJGL7SiA WTF !
With no encryption i just hope that the speed of the phone can compete with a 6P and a 5 2013. Finger print sensor needs encryption to work ?
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Actually, i want to remove encryption because when i see video like this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y4pKV3bS7c i'm really afraid to get a 5X... Same for this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt_WJGL7SiA WTF !
With no encryption i just hope that the speed of the phone can compete with a 6P and a 5 2013. Finger print sensor needs encryption to work ?
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I'm interested too abt the last thing u asked.
If the unencryption is necessary for the modding (like unlocking the bootloader, rooting and flashing other roms) will the fingerprint sensor work?
In my old Samsung S6 the fingerprint sensor worked after flashing other roms...
I hope cuz I bought the N5X for the modding but I don't want to loose this function...
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I am using unencrypted and rooted stock rom. Fingerprintreader works, but my current rom isn't much faster than stock rom. Everyting is smooth, but loading times are not so good. I read that custom roms are faster, but didn't tried one yet.
nfo981 said:
I am using unencrypted and rooted stock rom. Fingerprintreader works, but my current rom isn't much faster than stock rom. Everyting is smooth, but loading times are not so good. I read that custom roms are faster, but didn't tried one yet.
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Crap...if the 5X is almost 2 times lower than a 6P or a Nexus 5 i don't understand the purpose of this Nexus. I don't understand how is it possible that it's slower than a Nexus 5 with a better hardware...
The perfect thing would be a speed test with a unencrypted 5X against the others.
I'm so afraid of buying this 5X now...
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Crap...if the 5X is almost 2 times lower than a 6P or a Nexus 5 i don't understand the purpose of this Nexus. I don't understand how is it possible that it's slower than a Nexus 5 with a better hardware...
The perfect thing would be a speed test with a unencrypted 5X against the others.
I'm so afraid of buying this 5X now...
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I dont understand all of the comparison videos between performance on a 5X vs 6P vs 5 vs 6. Using it daily its smooth with the uber rom/kernel i have no lagging sluggishness. I have a nice dark theme with layers and am perfectly content.
Usually as soon as i get a new nexus (have had nexus s, nexus 4,5 and now 5x). Enable OEM unlocking. Unlock boot loader install custom recovery. At this step if you wipe data you will be running unencrypted marshmallow (google requires encryption by default for all phones running 6.0).
Personally i am running the DespairFactor's uber rom and phasma kernel (under the Original Nexus 5X Development section). I personally find it to be smoother than stock a little bit better battery life etc. Most of the hardware is comparable to the Nexus 5 hardware; if you have a working N5 without issues maybe skip the 5X and wait for next years hopefully with the snapdragon 820 when Qualcomm finally gets there SoC in order. Personally i know that with the LG hardware it will be a fairly durable phone and with the lovely XDA community for all things nexus the optimization will come. Its been 2 months and there are already a handful of kernels and roms with their own flavour's that ive been impressed with (ive used Pure, Cataclysm and now UBER).
If you are looking for a 5 inch phone sometime before 2016 id grab a 5X but thats me.
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I'm interested too abt the last thing u asked.
If the unencryption is necessary for the modding (like unlocking the bootloader, rooting and flashing other roms) will the fingerprint sensor work?
In my old Samsung S6 the fingerprint sensor worked after flashing other roms...
I hope cuz I bought the N5X for the modding but I don't want to loose this function...
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Finger print sensor data is stored on an encrypted part of the phone. The encrpytion you can enable disable is for your Data partition. You can not turn off encryption on the finger print sensor; you will not lose this function (unlike other phones i think the One Plus 2 has modding issues with fingerprint but i have had zero finger print issues with the 3-4 roms ive used so far).
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I dont understand all of the comparison videos between performance on a 5X vs 6P vs 5 vs 6. Using it daily its smooth with the uber rom/kernel i have no lagging sluggishness. I have a nice dark theme with layers and am perfectly content.
Usually as soon as i get a new nexus (have had nexus s, nexus 4,5 and now 5x). Enable OEM unlocking. Unlock boot loader install custom recovery. At this step if you wipe data you will be running unencrypted marshmallow (google requires encryption by default for all phones running 6.0).
Personally i am running the DespairFactor's uber rom and phasma kernel (under the Original Nexus 5X Development section). I personally find it to be smoother than stock a little bit better battery life etc. Most of the hardware is comparable to the Nexus 5 hardware; if you have a working N5 without issues maybe skip the 5X and wait for next years hopefully with the snapdragon 820 when Qualcomm finally gets there SoC in order. Personally i know that with the LG hardware it will be a fairly durable phone and with the lovely XDA community for all things nexus the optimization will come. Its been 2 months and there are already a handful of kernels and roms with their own flavour's that ive been impressed with (ive used Pure, Cataclysm and now UBER).
If you are looking for a 5 inch phone sometime before 2016 id grab a 5X but thats me.
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I actually have a Nexus 4 which was very good (and i still love it) but begin to die (very poor battery life, no 4G here in France, bad camera) so yes, i'd like to change now for a smartphone but the fastest smartphone possible (so that's why i choose Nexus and that's also why i create this thread, i want to be sure to get the fastest device i can).
Actually i think i'm gonna buy the 5X and will love it, can't wait one more year, but the 6P looks faster and that make me hesitate (but i don't want a phablet...)
That's why i'm asking about encryption, i wanted to know if we can increase the speed of the device to get a Nexus experience at least as good as the Nexus 5's.
About the community, i've made strange finiding: there's about 3x more thread and posts in each section of 6P's forum than 5X's... :/
Raiden350 said:
I actually have a Nexus 4 which was very good (and i still love it) but begin to die (very poor battery life, no 4G here in France, bad camera) so yes, i'd like to change now for a smartphone but the fastest smartphone possible (so that's why i choose Nexus and that's also why i create this thread, i want to be sure to get the fastest device i can).
Actually i think i'm gonna buy the 5X and will love it, can't wait one more year, but the 6P looks faster and that make me hesitate (but i don't want a phablet...)
That's why i'm asking about encryption, i wanted to know if we can increase the speed of the device to get a Nexus experience at least as good as the Nexus 5's.
About the community, i've made strange finiding: there's about 3x more thread and posts in each section of 6P's forum than 5X's... :/
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The 6p is a more powerful phone no questions (faster cpu and more ram) but the 5x is the right size for me so the 6p never crossed my mind.
The battery in the 5x while just a touch bigger than original nexus 5 the optimizations (doze) in the new os make it last longer. As far as xda community i think some of the devs are popping up in both 5x and 6p so should have decent support.
I believe if you purchase from google you have a 2 week period to return the phone if you don't like it. I believe some have purchased both 5x and 6p and returned the one that doesnt auit their needs. I have no idea how challenging that may be in the eu
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Finger print sensor data is stored on an encrypted part of the phone. The encrpytion you can enable disable is for your Data partition. You can not turn off encryption on the finger print sensor; you will not lose this function (unlike other phones i think the One Plus 2 has modding issues with fingerprint but i have had zero finger print issues with the 3-4 roms ive used so far).
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Well that's a great news for me.
Thanks!
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I've noticed no performance difference between encrypted or unencrypted on this phone.
And the 6P IS faster(I had both for two weeks). Fastest, smoothest phone I have ever seen. But I never looked forward to holding it in my hand.
Do you mean there is a noticeable difference between the two in terms of smoothness ? You start to worry me ^^
And if you don't see any difference between encrypted and unencrypted, i still don't understand why the old Nexus 5 is 1.5 time faster than 5X...
Hi guys,
LG G4 would be greatful for me, I like much its specifications, I think it would be my perfect device: microSD support, removable battery, good hardware (G3 is still enough for me).
I want it! It sounds like an improved version of my G3: more color fidelty and screen brightness, no more weak digitizer, outstanding camera...
Why I won't to spend for SGS7 Edge? Because I like modding, I like CM and AOSP roms, I can't accept to live with stock firmware, even if rooted or derivated.
However... I know that it's suffering bootloops: after an unspecified usage time, an hardware component make device unbootable, phone need to be sent in warranty or repaired manually (no, I'm too afraid).
Now I'm asking you, what's your experience regarding bootloop issues?
Please specify also if you've bought device BEFORE or AFTER March.
So recently I have purschased a 3T (after my Galaxy S6 exploded) and it's coming to my hands really soon. The question I'm asking myself right now is whether that amazing device is worth rooting. The question is quite bizarre in my case since I am an Android enthusiast and so far I have rooted EVERY SINGLE device I have owned. I also used to be a ROM/kernel developer as well back in the Xperia Arc/HOX/N4/5 days and root was simply essential for me especially that I loved playing around with Android. Referring to my last choice - Galaxy S6 (which replaced my old might Nexus 5) just had to be rooted. I came to Samsung from CLEAN Android experience and no matter how hard I tried I just couldn't make it with tons of Touchwiz bloatware slowing my device down. Now, I have reached the point when I am not really this sure if I'll be rooting OP3T. Now, I just expect a device to be flawless in everyday usage and simply reliable. Any tips? Is it really worth rooting OP3T and sacrificing Oxygen OS OTAs? Or maybe the custom ROMs out there are so outstanding that it's just a must do. Thanks in advance
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So recently I have purschased a 3T (after my Galaxy S6 exploded) and it's coming to my hands really soon. The question I'm asking myself right now is whether that amazing device is worth rooting. The question is quite bizarre in my case since I am an Android enthusiast and so far I have rooted EVERY SINGLE device I have owned. I also used to be a ROM/kernel developer as well back in the Xperia Arc/HOX/N4/5 days and root was simply essential for me especially that I loved playing around with Android. Referring to my last choice - Galaxy S6 (which replaced my old might Nexus 5) just had to be rooted. I came to Samsung from CLEAN Android experience and no matter how hard I tried I just couldn't make it with tons of Touchwiz bloatware slowing my device down. Now, I have reached the point when I am not really this sure if I'll be rooting OP3T. Now, I just expect a device to be flawless in everyday usage and simply reliable. Any tips? Is it really worth rooting OP3T and sacrificing Oxygen OS OTAs? Or maybe the custom ROMs out there are so outstanding that it's just a must do. Thanks in advance
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No i dont think so. Oxygenos is simply smooth you hardly find lag and 6gb is just enough. All my family members using oneplus 3 and 3t. Except me nobody has rooted it. But the performance is so awesome you dont need to root the phone
Btw oneplus warranty includes rooted devices
abhi0502 said:
No i dont think so. Oxygenos is simply smooth you hardly find lag and 6gb is just enough. All my family members using oneplus 3 and 3t. Except me nobody has rooted it. But the performance is so awesome you dont need to root the phone
Btw oneplus warranty includes rooted devices
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Even for AdAway, Greenify or SDMaid? Those were quite essential apps for me especially on the crappy GS6. SDMaid could do wonders to put it back to smooth work.
If you find those apps useful, then it's worth it.
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If you find those apps useful, then it's worth it.
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Exactly.
For what it is worth, I was a huge AdAway user. I've gotten around it by using Dolphin browser with ad blocking extension. Works every bit as effectively as AdAway for web browsing. Sure, I have to deal with a few ads in some apps, but this is a minor annoyance for me.
I have had the phone since June and never once felt the need to root. As stated earlier, OOS is simply brilliant.
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Try YuBrowser on this phone. It's optimized for our Snapdragon and comes with a lot of security. I also use SDMaid.
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Even for AdAway, Greenify or SDMaid? Those were quite essential apps for me especially on the crappy GS6. SDMaid could do wonders to put it back to smooth work.
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You don't need greenify bcoz oxygenos has built-in hibernating tool. For blocking ads use can use a adguard which do not required a rooted phone. As far sd maid is concerned i have not used it so i cant comment on that.
If you root the phone and oneplus released a new update you can flash the update ( but u need flash updated full rom available from oneplus website) through twrp. You dont need oneplus recovery.
Hi! My current phone is LG G5 and I'm considering switching to S9, since the used models are pretty cheap and S9 still has pretty good specs. However, the updates will be only available for 1 more year, so to keep the system secure one would have to install a custom ROM. My question is: what is your experience with them? Is the performance good? Are there some small but annoying problems? I know that this question may seem weird, but custom ROMs on LG G5 suck - terrible performance, random bugs and the auto-brightness was broken for an insanely long time. I'll be buying an Exynos variant if that matters.