The LG G4 Thread

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AnimalRights

Have my LG G4 2 days now and my initial thoughts coming from the Samsung Galaxy 6 are....I finally feel I have a phone with personality!!!

What I like compared to the SG 6
Battery removable
SD card
Numerous case swaps
double tap on
Selfie camera you can use in the dark
Normal camera has so many options including RAW!
Screen size of 5.5 to me is a phones sweet spot, it'[s like having a mini tablet, love the width especially.
Colours def more natural.
Battery life when messing around with phone settings or surfing is def better than the SG6 but when gaming they are pretty similar.
Something we tend to not talk enough about is call quality, the call quality on the LG G4 is superb, people talking to me have said how crystal it is and vice versa.

What I don't like compared to the SG 6
Speed feels similar to the SG 6 but what I don't like is no fingerprint sensor!
No speed charger like the SG 6

I will drop back after another few weeks with the LG

choons

AnimalRights wrote: »

Have my LG G4 2 days now and my initial thoughts coming from the Samsung Galaxy 6 are....I finally feel I have a phone with personality!!!

What I like compared to the SG 6
Battery removable
SD card
Numerous case swaps
double tap on
Selfie camera you can use in the dark
Normal camera has so many options including RAW!
Screen size of 5.5 to me is a phones sweet spot, it'[s like having a mini tablet, love the width especially.
Colours def more natural.
Battery life when messing around with phone settings or surfing is def better than the SG6 but when gaming they are pretty similar.
Something we tend to not talk enough about is call quality, the call quality on the LG G4 is superb, people talking to me have said how crystal it is and vice versa.

What I don't like compared to the SG 6
Speed feels similar to the SG 6 but what I don't like is no fingerprint sensor!
No speed charger like the SG 6

I will drop back after another few weeks with the LG

The G4 has Quick Charge 2.0 (60% in 30 min). Does the S6 beat this?

OldMrBrennan83

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AnimalRights

choons wrote: »

The G4 has Quick Charge 2.0 (60% in 30 min). Does the S6 beat this?

I don't have a quick charge charger?

AnimalRights

I put the mockers on my phone and I cracked teh screen :P
Very light faint cracks but still, I have these strong phone covers that I was tending to swap but unlike the SG5 when teh cover and back came off together and did no damage this was not the case (excuse the pun)
The phone cover I had for LG 4 was way to tight and I was way to rough....
http://www.lynch.ie/phone-repair/smartphone-repair.html
No need for them just yet as they are faint cracks at this stage but...soon I guess they will expand.

god's toy

@ Choons, love that pic! a nice close up showing the nice design.



@AnimalRights Oh I feel for ya man, lets how it doesn't get worse.



Anyone get a hint of android 6.0 yet? really want to doez this badboy!

OldMrBrennan83

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god's toy

Patww79 wrote: »

The Polish 6.0 was scrapped after wasn't it? Could be 2016 at this stage.

Was it? Darn it. And here's me thanking it was around the corner for us. You would think that cos they had hands on with nexs 5 hardware they could have a head start. Grrr

OldMrBrennan83

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OldMrBrennan83

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S7yiler

G4 is a great device, especially for its display

god's toy

Patww79 wrote: »

And, like clockwork...

http://www.androidcentral.com/first-cyanogenmod-13-nightlies-now-available-select-smartphones



If Cyanogenmods camera software wasn't so poor I'd give it a try myself, but I think I'd rather wait for the OTA as I'd like to keep the stock camera and I use the IR remote a lot too.

Darn it, the camera app is one of the best things about it... Would jump on CM (as had it on OPO) but without the G4 camera app its no deal. Would the V10 app port over I wonder.

AnimalRights

Ok it was my very expensive glass ss that was cracked not the phone and I just discovered another massive plus point on the LG G4 over the SG6, where I work or if I go into any basement I will lose my 3 internet....
On the SG 6 you have to manually install it and it take's agesssss to do and isn't straight forward at all at times...
In the LG G4 I just press automatic and within seconds it is back to 4G, that plus point alome was worth the change over from samsung and now that memory serves me correctly my SG 4 and SG 5 also were terrible at getting my 4G back.

I doubt I'll ever go back to Samsung again.

OldMrBrennan83

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god's toy

AnimalRights wrote: »

In the LG G4 I just press automatic and within seconds it is back to 4G, that plus point alome was worth the change over from samsung and now that memory serves me correctly my SG 4 and SG 5 also were terrible at getting my 4G back.

I doubt I'll ever go back to Samsung again.

Ha! I love that about the G4, I have a shortcut on the screen for just that so if I fall off 4G I can just tap it and by the time my twitter app has loaded i'm back on 4G ready to go!

darraghsmyth

I've just received my LG G4 that I bought from amazon.co.uk. I transferred my SIM card from O2/three over. However, everything is not running smoothly. At the start, the device downloaded various large updates from LG. However, I encountered various problems such as:
- the wifi keeps dropping
- the play store doesn't work over mobile data
The combination of those things makes things awkward, as you can imagine.
I've had to factory reset the device several times to try fix these issues but no result.
However, now my phone is V10d-EUR-XX, and I can't get it to download the latest updates. I read we're on V12 by now?
When I try to use LG Bridge it says my phone is up-to-date.
What versions do other people have? How can I force an re-update? Does anyone know if those updates can only be done once?
Any thoughts on fixing the wifi and play store over mobile data issues?

OldMrBrennan83

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opus

darraghsmyth wrote: »

I've just received my LG G4 that I bought from amazon.co.uk. I transferred my SIM card from O2/three over. However, everything is not running smoothly. At the start, the device downloaded various large updates from LG. However, I encountered various problems such as:
- the wifi keeps dropping
- the play store doesn't work over mobile data
The combination of those things makes things awkward, as you can imagine.
I've had to factory reset the device several times to try fix these issues but no result.
However, now my phone is V10d-EUR-XX, and I can't get it to download the latest updates. I read we're on V12 by now?
When I try to use LG Bridge it says my phone is up-to-date.
What versions do other people have? How can I force an re-update? Does anyone know if those updates can only be done once?
Any thoughts on fixing the wifi and play store over mobile data issues?

v10d for me as well, don't think there's anything newer for the EUR model although from reading online you can manually install that Polish MM version if you want to be bleeding edge!

The play store works over mobile data ok for me & wifi isn't too bad although I've seen the odd drop.

I moved from an aging S3 so it was a massive jump for me, very happy with the phone overall especially the camera.

GreatDefector

yay marshmallow!

available in LG bridge now (1.6GB not yet available OTA)

OldMrBrennan83

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OldMrBrennan83

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moggser

well do share


EDIT.. grand found it and downloaded and all sorts ...just done so guess ill see what the fuss is about or not

AnimalRights

What about normal LG owners who don't use roms? Not OTA yet? or can it be done on a pc?

OldMrBrennan83

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AnimalRights

Ok so that's similar to Samsung Kies...I always got my OTAs quicker that way. TY

moggser

Battery is **** since I updated hopefully settles down

choons

Hasn't worked for me on LG Bridge. My LG is EU H815 unlocked.

Could someone walk us through the process using LG Bridge?

OldMrBrennan83

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AnimalRights

I thought I did everything right, I was told I did but I am still android 5.0 and not 6.0.
???

AnimalRights

Just connected to LG Bridge again and it said there was an upload available, went thru the whole process and yet again the same problem, telling me after doing everything correctly telling me there is an update available!!
ffs

AnimalRights

What's the best way to see what version of Android I have? Although I am 99% sure it is still Lollipop/

OldMrBrennan83

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AnimalRights

I meant 5.1 sorry.

AnimalRights

It say's I am model H815 and and the new version is H815T10E.

moggser

just resetting me phone now and if that done sort out the poor battery since the update ill fling it in the bin.... it went like the s6 literally drains in front of ya peepers

OldMrBrennan83

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moggser

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just reinstalling now from a back up so we see tomorrow after a full charge n sh1t

moggser

since the update the fcuking thing wont let me assign a ringtone to a contact or in hang outs let me assign a sms tone like before keeps going to default bastarding fcuking **** hangouts fcuink hate poxxy googlr

god's toy

choons wrote: »

Hasn't worked for me on LG Bridge. My LG is EU H815 unlocked.

Could someone walk us through the process using LG Bridge?

Same here, no update.


EDIT: it is telling me I have recovery software waiting (at 1.6GB) how big is the 6.0 ROM? , downloading recovery software now, maybe that update will be the update to get the phone ready for 6.0?

OldMrBrennan83

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moggser

yeah dont bother your bollix updating yet its ruined mine ffs

youcancallmeal

moggser wrote: »

yeah dont bother your bollix updating yet its ruined mine ffs

How so?

moggser

youcancallmeal wrote: »

How so?

well the battery is gone to fcuk

also now hangouts wont let me assign tones for different people keeps resetting to default
geebagging yoke

OldMrBrennan83

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moggser

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the battery i dont know cause im still trying to sort this fcuking hangout problem

OldMrBrennan83

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moggser

ok the hang out thing turned out to be a permission thing to get access to storage on the phone will know more on battery tomoor w

GreatDefector

moggser wrote: »

well the battery is gone to fcuk

also now hangouts wont let me assign tones for different people keeps resetting to default
geebagging yoke

Is it wrong I read this in the voice of fat tony?

OldMrBrennan83

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