I've learned that I can survive with out root. I really don't need to be a ROM junkie anymore which is sad but true.
My wife just got the LG G4 and I'm actually impressed by the device. It's really smooth and nice and it feels a lot less laggy then this phone does. I was wondering if there's websites or something I can do to trade my current phone for a G4. I don't want to do my usual "buy pos phone on eBay, sell note 4, use note 4 money to buy g4, sell pos phone when g4 arrives".
I've done that way too many times and I'm just burnt on it. So any ideas would be helpful.
Love the note 4 but damn LG did a fine job.
The only way I know of to do an actual trade is by finding someone willing to trade. You could use Craigslist or something.
Otherwise, you'll probably have to sell your Note 4 and use the money on a G4.
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I would thoroughly recommend you NOT get the LG G4. I thankfully traded mine in for the Note 4. LG's (ESPECIALLY after root) begin to get a green dot on pictures you take. It doesn't show up immediately. After about a week after root it showed up. Others it was 2 weeks or more. Check the LG G4 forums. I've attached a pic I took with my LG G4 when the green dot began to show up. From what I saw, there's no cure. LG basically has to replace the phone.
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I would thoroughly recommend you NOT get the LG G4. I thankfully traded mine in for the Note 4. LG's (ESPECIALLY after root) begin to get a green dot on pictures you take. It doesn't show up immediately. After about a week after root it showed up. Others it was 2 weeks or more. Check the LG G4 forums. I've attached a pic I took with my LG G4 when the green dot began to show up. From what I saw, there's no cure. LG basically has to replace the phone.
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This issue may just be isolated to some LG phones (or even just the G4). My last phone was an LG Optimus G Pro and was rooted since day one. I never had a green dot.
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I'm considering buying the phone because i loved the phone's light weight and crisp display. But, a reviewer(for pocketnow) said that the VZ Navigator always crashes and makes the phone almost unusable until he reboot it. So, I wanna ask if this problem occurs in every Lg Spectrums...
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I'm considering buying the phone because i loved the phone's light weight and crisp display. But, a reviewer(for pocketnow) said that the VZ Navigator always crashes and makes the phone almost unusable until he reboot it. So, I wanna ask if this problem occurs in every Lg Spectrums...
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So just uninstall VZ Navigator? I mean, I don't know why all these carriers slap their own navigation on top of the G-Maps one.
Well.... Maybe I should.
But I don't like installing a custom launcher or jailbreaking the phone.
I received an message from a reviewer works for Wirefly, saying that his LG runs VZ navigator smoothly. So, maybe that's just his issue.
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Well.... Maybe I should.
But I don't like installing a custom launcher or jailbreaking the phone.
I received an message from a reviewer works for Wirefly, saying that his LG runs VZ navigator smoothly. So, maybe that's just his issue.
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I don't mean any offense by this at all, but if you're not going to root (jailbreak) your phone, you're pretty much on the wrong forum. That's all we do around here.
I have a reason for that;
after i use the phone for a month, i will bring this back to korea, where LG provides excellent customer service. But they don't take care of handsets bricked by rooting. So, I want to root it at least 1 years after I bought the phone.
Before you do anything to your phone, would you please make a screenshot of Settings -> About phone (scroll to the bottom)
I'd like to make sure our unbricked phones have the same data there.
Screenshot can be taken by pressing at the same time power button and home button, the images stored in /sdcard/Captured Images/
(first time I see a linux with spaces in the filenames..go figure)
This is mine:
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Does any one know when the 4.3 Leak will get here for T-mobile galaxy note 2. i see the one in the AT&T forum. just wondering how long before we get this Leak
no firm dates but rumor has it between now and the end of the year..
Already a thread for this here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2458581
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that post was over a month ago. i posted after seeing the actual Leak for ATT that just came out. sorry for the double post
At this point I've about given up. Not upset by any mean but come January I'm jumping to the nexus 5. Too bad the note 2 is awesome
Why is the right door always locked?
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At this point I've about given up. Not upset by any mean but come January I'm jumping to the nexus 5. Too bad the note 2 is awesome
Why is the right door always locked?
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If the Note 2 is really that awesome as you call it, why jump ship? Heck why worry about the software update at all?
Just saying. It is a great device but i wont ditch it just because an update takes a while.
I have a HTC One, Nexus 4 and Note 2.
When i put 4.3 on my HTC One i made that my primary phone. When the Note 2 gets 4.3 ill make that my primary for a while.
Guess that sounded disgruntled. Sorry bout that, didn't mean to come off that way.
It's just that I've had android since cupcake and the longer I continue with android the more I realize one of my favorite parts is the expedited progression of it. Over the years I've become quite find of the updates. I guess you can say it's become something I look forward to. It's not that I loath this device by any means but my preference is leaning towards the update facet of it. The only logical conclusion to meet my happiness is climbing aboard the nexus train.
Why is the right door always locked?
That makes more sense.. I was like, whoa, this guy thinks the phone is awesome why is he jumping ship. LOL.
I think im in a unique position working in the wireless biz fixing / repairing them and buying and selling them. .
Im looking forward to my Note 2 getting 4.3. Im actually going to make it my daily phone for a week just to test it out again. My Nexus 4 was my daily phone as well till i put 4.3 on my HTC One.. Its a natural progression.
Now i see your whole statement in a different light, less angry and more hey time to try something different..
Nah.. not angry in the least. I think I'm just ready for a change of pace that's all.
Why is the right door always locked?
I noticed stuck pixels (whenever I'm on a black screen i see two colors red and blue) on my NX 7 only hours after purchasing it, which was the 21'st of December. Due to Best Buy being crowded during this time of the year i tried to ignore it, and I hoped it went away. I tried the apps that were supposed to fix stuck pixels, but they didn't make anything better. On Thursday or Friday I'm exchanging it, for another. I've unlocked and rooted it, but I'm going to flash it back to stock. Do you think they will give me a replacement, if not what should i say because i really don't want to deal with the stuck pixels?
Should I just keep because i may get one that's worse?
What should i expect?
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Best Buy didn't give me any grief when I had the same. I wiped and flashed the stock ROM and recovery, and on the initial setup screen, the rep could clearly see the dead black pixel.
You should have no qualms about exchanging for another. If the next one also has any bad pixels, exchange it too. You're not paying the most money in the world, but enough that you should get a properly working device.
Pandae said:
Best Buy didn't give me any grief when I had the same. I wiped and flashed the stock ROM and recovery, and on the initial setup screen, the rep could clearly see the dead black pixel.
You should have no qualms about exchanging for another. If the next one also has any bad pixels, exchange it too. You're not paying the most money in the world, but enough that you should get a properly working device.
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Yup, they said it was defective and they gave me another. Thanks.
The replacement has light bleed, YAY.
Best buy will eventually black ball you for returns as they did with me. Return it and get your money then buy it somewhere else.
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I had the same problem, and actually made them open 3 new units in store before I found a perfect one. The manager was getting a little annoyed with me, but I'm not going to accept anything less than perfect. In the end I got what I wanted.
Hi,
I had some trouble with this phone. Long story short, I worked in US and my job take a open me a plan with at&t so I can use the phone back in canada with rogers.
Since the Gpro is only available in US, I thought it was a great idea to have a ''unique'' phone.
It worked fine for 2 weeks ( led notification stop working). UNDER light use.
Then after some time, the LCD ips backlight stop working. With a flashlight I was able so see the screen but it wasn't clever.
I asked LG several time, but the moment I told them the phone is in canada, they wont help me, even if I paid with us money on us territory.
Like if I live on the moon, it took 40 minutes to get to the border....
They finally admit that some of the first batch got problem with the screen, but still wont exchange it.
F*ck them, I tried to repair it myself.
#1 - Clean the contacts with 70% alcohol. No luck
#2 - Buy a new IPS LCD on ebay . No luck.
#3 - Clean the whole device with contact cleaner. No luck
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#4- Then I do remember some HP laptop and Xbox 1st gen got soldering problem, so you put it in the oven and they work again.
So nothing to loose, I put the MOBO in the oven, convection bake, 375*´F for 10 minutes. Smell of plastic and the mobo bent (use aluminium support to avoid that)
YES! It worked. But since I use the contact cleaner, my screen was blurry.
So after 2 months of testing, I bought a second screen plus the home button assembly to get my LED notification back .
But the LED notification never come back
I found a app called buttonLED, so the back and menu button flash when I got a call/sms.
In conclusion, I had 2 LG , E980 and someone give the 3D (thrill), and both got problem, software AND hardware.
I'm on xda since I have the motorolla milestone (one of the first android device) and the Desire Z. Those 2 devices still working fine, the HTC desire Z 2010 to 2014!!! Still in good shape.
LG device are poorly craft from what I saw and what I can read on xda.
I repair a lot of devices, but nothing like this one. It was clearly a soldering problem.
For all of you who can have this kind of problem, use this method on LAST resort. It may not work for you, but did the trick for me.
LOL Google is crashing and burning hard on this phone. Not even to mention there was a shipment sent and there was no phone in the box lol. Ey yi yi... Google QC is non-existent on this launch.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...stalled.html&usg=AOvVaw0ycHsJ8_qtWkdZC51-2Bac
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct..._with_no_os/&usg=AOvVaw0uu50aTuzw3kahtCE1kB09
I wonder if this really is Google's fault. Yes they have a responsibility to quality controll their devices. But as it is HTC and LG who are producing these phones, installing them and so on? (dont know if that really is the case, but guessing it is) arent really they to blame for it? Google giving them the design, LG and HTC produce the phone, installing the tweaked software from google, and shipping them to the google stores, finnished in the packages. In my head, LG and HTC shoud be held responsible for this, not google.
But yeah, this is a tragic chapter in a wonderfull company's history
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I wonder if this really is Google's fault. Yes they have a responsibility to quality controll their devices. But as it is HTC and LG who are producing these phones, installing them and so on? (dont know if that really is the case, but guessing it is) arent really they to blame for it? Google giving them the design, LG and HTC produce the phone, installing the tweaked software from google, and shipping them to the google stores, finnished in the packages. In my head, LG and HTC shoud be held responsible for this, not google.
But yeah, this is a tragic chapter in a wonderfull company's history
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While you're not really wrong... Do we blame Apple or Foxcon for iPhone QC issues? Apple gets the blame. The Pixels aren't like the Nexus phones that are advertised as being LG or HTC made... These are advertised as made by Google. LG and HTC are Foxcon in this case. Or at least that's how I see it..... Foxcon probably builds these too lol
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These phones are apparently showing up with "slightly" different OS problems. A friend of mine opened his yesterday and it boots straight to recovery I think (haven't seen it in person yet). It has a message like "Can't load Android System" and the only options are "Try again" and "Factory Reset". Neither of which does anything except return to the same screen. He was going to try flashing the phone with the stock image, but these don't come with a USB C to USB cable, and he didn't have a USB to USB (non mini) at home to use the adapter. He's already returning it for a refund, but may get a cable and try again tonight just to see if it will come up. This is a bad picture. I'll try to get a better at lunch today.
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I would bet anything this has happened with every brand. I've seen every issue the pixel has on other brands here and there. Everything has a defect rate some worse than others.
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