Any plans porting roms for the P768 version? like CM 10.1? kind of worried about this
I am thinking about developing for the P768 because I'm also worried haha. Just have to download the whole JB source code somewhere because I don't really have a big internet cap
LG L9 p768 custom romless
riaanvictor said:
I am thinking about developing for the P768 because I'm also worried haha. Just have to download the whole JB source code somewhere because I don't really have a big internet cap
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Really want to get this phone,
Lack of custom Roms community is seriously impeding me from getting it.
Such an awesome device,,,,
I tried porting CM10.1
I ended up with a security error because of a locked bootloader.
Will try once i am done with my warranty.
dhruvbatra205 said:
I tried porting CM10.1
I ended up with a security error because of a locked bootloader.
Will try once i am done with my warranty.
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That is great!! Good to see development is starting to take place for the P768. And what I learned about the phone's warranty is that it is plain useless. Apparently my warranty was over when my phone was three weeks old because of tiny scratches on the bottom from normal use haha
can't wait for further developments!
riaanvictor said:
That is great!! Good to see development is starting to take place for the P768. And what I learned about the phone's warranty is that it is plain useless. Apparently my warranty was over when my phone was three weeks old because of tiny scratches on the bottom from normal use haha
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so you mean i cant get my back plate replaced?
dhruvbatra205 said:
so you mean i cant get my back plate replaced?
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It mostly depends on your service provider, but in my case all repairs would be out of warranty and I will have to pay for it.
Delicate ?
Sounds like a pretty delicate device ....
is it delicate....?
i hope this month lg will release fw capable to unlock bootloader.
nihs82 said:
Sounds like a pretty delicate device ....
is it delicate....?
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The cover is plastic and the gorilla glass can break easily when the phone falls. Otherwise it can handle a lot. I use a pouch to protect my phone. For the money it really is a great phone
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i hope this month lg will release fw capable to unlock bootloader.
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So the vietnam jb version isnt capable of unlocking the bootloader?
Lg L9 vs Galaxy Nexus
Im pretty sure you can unlock the bootloader, ( im sure ive come across a forum for it )
its such a lovely looking device, and I absolutely love the hugescreen and 8mp sensor in the camera.
las. I have ordered a Samsung Galaxy Nexus,
which has a worse off camera and supposedly an awful battery/
but has a entire division of developers dedicated to customization. & after watching the MIUI v5 trailor,
I cannot, not have customized Roms in my life.
Settled on Galaxy Nexus.
Core reason : Amazing custom community. i.e. will enjoy android updates in the future.
Neagtives : 5mp Camera 1750mh Battery
RBM 200: R249p/m : 200 60/60 billing min. : 100 SMS : 500MB Data
L9 would have been perfect....las, the specific South African model p768 has little to no customization rom support.
Hopefully in time developers will aid this. Its unfortunate.
LG L9 Available on an amazing offer: R229p/m : 200 min Per second : 200 SMS : 200MB
never the less, SGN
MIUI 4 on SGN
MIUI 5
Good bye L9.....
nihs82 said:
Im pretty sure you can unlock the bootloader, ( im sure ive come across a forum for it )
its such a lovely looking device, and I absolutely love the hugescreen and 8mp sensor in the camera.
las. I have ordered a Samsung Galaxy Nexus,
which has a worse off camera and supposedly an awful battery/
but has a entire division of developers dedicated to customization. & after watching the MIUI v5 trailor,
I cannot, not have customized Roms in my life.
Settled on Galaxy Nexus.
Core reason : Amazing custom community. i.e. will enjoy android updates in the future.
Neagtives : 5mp Camera 1750mh Battery
RBM 200: R249p/m : 200 60/60 billing min. : 100 SMS : 500MB Data
L9 would have been perfect....las, the specific South African model p768 has little to no customization rom support.
Hopefully in time developers will aid this. Its unfortunate.
LG L9 Available on an amazing offer: R229p/m : 200 min Per second : 200 SMS : 200MB
never the less, SGN
MIUI 4 on SGN
MIUI 5
Good bye L9.....
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Great to see another South African on XDA. The Nexus is a great phone with lots of development. Which service provider are you using to get the Nexus? The L9 is a fairly new device but i am sure with time we will have lots of custom roms
riaanvictor said:
The cover is plastic and the gorilla glass can break easily when the phone falls. Otherwise it can handle a lot. I use a pouch to protect my phone. For the money it really is a great phone
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So the vietnam jb version isnt capable of unlocking the bootloader?
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Im pretty sure none of the current P768 firmwares support unlocking the bootloader. I think its because of the LG fastboot not being present on the device. I have already unlocked the bootloader on my P768 by flashing the P760 V20B firmware and then unlocking the bootloader while using that version. I then flashed back to JB P768 V20A Taiwan and when I go to software update mode, I have a message saying Bootloader Status: Unlocked. So my bootloader is unlocked, but without fastboot mode, I think it is pointless. We need LG to release a V20 version with LG Fastboot enabled/present.
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Im pretty sure none of the current P768 firmwares support unlocking the bootloader. I think its because of the LG fastboot not being present on the device. I have already unlocked the bootloader on my P768 by flashing the P760 V20B firmware and then unlocking the bootloader while using that version. I then flashed back to JB P768 V20A Taiwan and when I go to software update mode, I have a message saying Bootloader Status: Unlocked. So my bootloader is unlocked, but without fastboot mode, I think it is pointless. We need LG to release a V20 version with LG Fastboot enabled/present.
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But you are able to flash custom roms? Because it looks like that is the way to go for the P768 users haha
riaanvictor said:
The cover is plastic and the gorilla glass can break easily when the phone falls. Otherwise it can handle a lot. I use a pouch to protect my phone. For the money it really is a great phone
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is p768 really had a gorilla glass?
nh4Rdz said:
is p768 really had a gorilla glass?
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Yes it does
^whaaa? Really? I thought p768 variant has no g. Glass?
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sai69 said:
^whaaa? Really? I thought p768 variant has no g. Glass?
Sent from my LG-P768 using Tapatalk 4 Beta
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Some of the variants doesn't have Gorilla Glass but the P768 does. I found that out the hard way when I accidentally dropped my phone
Thanks for yhe info. I was so confused before becausr almost all the sites i look at are telling that p768 doesnt have g.glass lol
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Hey guys, so I'm a bit disappointed with my Xperia U's speed and small screen and the enormous RAM eating (friends Galaxy Y has more free than mine).
I have few questions I want an answer.
1. Is there any phone with big screen (4 inch +), dual-core processor with pretty good development here in XDA which I can afford for ~250$ (max 300$)
2. Is selling Xperia U for 180$ a reasonable price? I used it for 3 months, not a single scratch, looks perfectly new + some random stuff added that I don't need, like original Sony headphones (not the ones that come with phone).
3. Does unlocking bootloader and having a custom kernel have big impact on performance? Like could I play games like Real Racing 3 without any lagging on custom kernel? Because on locked bootloader stock kernel and custom ROM I'm lagging a lot.
4. Will we have jelly bean ports? I've been said multiple times that we're getting a port after releasing to P or Go? So it will be most likely only Unlocked Bootloader right?
5. What would you do if I were me? Sell and buy something else or unlock the bootloader?
~Thanks
I would wait definitely as jb for p is out today
Secondly unlocking bootloader will let u use custom kernels much btr than stock ones
So give this a try first
It's about when selling I can sell with warranty from the internet shop I bought. If I unlock I have hardware, but not software warranty.
Wiplive said:
It's about when selling I can sell with warranty from the internet shop I bought. If I unlock I have hardware, but not software warranty.
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Okay
Whichever device u take make sure its a Qualcomm based
Bt I guess unlocking bootloader wont hurt that much when u can relock it also
drsanket_xperia_u said:
Okay
Whichever device u take make sure its a Qualcomm based
Bt I guess unlocking bootloader wont hurt that much when u can relock it also
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Meh, I'm going to stick with Xperia U, actually, I don't need top of the line with big screen as I checked myself, I use my phone A LOT with one hand, and with 4 incher it's pretty hard. I'm going to unlock the bootloader on holidays.
Wiplive said:
Meh, I'm going to stick with Xperia U, actually, I don't need top of the line with big screen as I checked myself, I use my phone A LOT with one hand, and with 4 incher it's pretty hard. I'm going to unlock the bootloader on holidays.
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Good decision I must say
Ours is a highly capable phone bt poor stock rom functionality
Cm10 will bring a new life to our xu
Okay, thanks.
Can lock this.
Hey guys I'm about to buy a new LG Optimus L9 P760 phone in the next few days and I need some feedback opinions about it. I'm asking especially those who owned it or owns it. Basically the phone has only 4GB internal memory but you can add a microSD card. From what I've heard you cannot move applications on the SD Card which means your phone will be able to handle only about 2.30 GB of its 4 GB capacity. So that's a worry for me because I cannot install the things I want within only 2.3 GB. So my #1 question is if there's any possibility to move the applications in SD Card without rooting, because that's the only way you can move them.
#2 question: Can a LG Optimus L9 P760 run the newest games, like Asphalt 7, NFS MW, PES 2013 or FIFA 2013 without lag?
#3 question: Is the 5MP camera good enough to take clear pictures? Because I'm about to use it for taking some pictures here and there. I had a Xperia X10 mini phone and its camera was good enough for me, I liked the pictures made by them.
Thanks.
Hi?
You can move apps to SD after rooting.
You can probably run all those games after rooting and overclocking.
The camera is descent. Other phones take better pictures.
kevev said:
You can move apps to SD after rooting.
You can probably run all those games after rooting and overclocking.
The camera is descent. Other phones take better pictures.
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Hey,
I'm about to buy LG Optimus L9 tomorrow but I need some question answered.
1. Can you move apps to SD card without rooting? Like updating to a newer Android OS?
2. If I root, does it affect my cellphone warranty?
3. If I try to root, is there any chance of destroying my phone's software and make it useless?
1. Can you move apps to SD card without rooting? Like updating to a newer Android OS?
I believe you can do this with the latest firmware update(Jelly Bean).
2. If I root, does it affect my cellphone warranty?
Nope.
3. If I try to root, is there any chance of destroying my phone's software and make it useless?
Nope. We can only soft-brick the device. No way to hard-brick it.
Hey,
Thanks for the time you've spent answering my questions. I have one more question: what's soft-brick and what's hard-brick and what's the difference between them?
I'm looking forward into buying the phone tomorrow, it looks like a good piece of business given the price proportional to the specs the phone has.
How do you rate on a 1 up to 10 scale rate your LG Optimus L9 performance?
// Apparently the rooting will invalidate the warranty of the phone.
julian_noob said:
Hey,
Thanks for the time you've spent answering my questions. I have one more question: what's soft-brick and what's hard-brick and what's the difference between them?
I'm looking forward into buying the phone tomorrow, it looks like a good piece of business given the price proportional to the specs the phone has.
How do you rate on a 1 up to 10 scale rate your LG Optimus L9 performance?
// Apparently the rooting will invalidate the warranty of the phone.
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You are welcome.
Soft-brick is recoverable by us.
Hard-brick is only recoverable by LG.
I rate this device as a 6. That is only because I am picky and the P769 model has so many software issues right now. But with CM 10.1 it is a little better. Battery life is what I like the most.
If you un-root the device before sending in for any kind of service the warranty will be honored.
If you send it in rooted LG will decide if they want to honor the warranty.
Well I'm yet not decided what to buy, I've got to choose between LG L9 and Xperia Arc S.
Oh and by the way, in what case you risk to hardbrick the phone?
julian_noob said:
Well I'm yet not decided what to buy, I've got to choose between LG L9 and Xperia Arc S.
Oh and by the way, in what case you risk to hardbrick the phone?
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I used both phones and between them much better is LG for me. In arc s just camera is better. Performance is bad and with only few apps and no games I felt that my phone is slow. Next thing arc s doesn`t have official jelly bean update and to unlocking bootloader may be not possible (deppends when phone was produced). Imo lg is much better choice.
well hardbricking lg p760 is impoosible. in theory you can hardbrick your phone when you unlock bootloader and try to install custom ROM, but in lg p760 case you can only softbrick your phone as people here say so no worries here.
Sent from my LG-P760 using xda app-developers app
Haha, worries solved, thanks for enlightening me. I'm going to buy my LG Optimus L9 P760 tomorrow. Is a root totally necessary?
julian_noob said:
Haha, worries solved, thanks for enlightening me. I'm going to buy my LG Optimus L9 P760 tomorrow. Is a root totally necessary?
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I'm not sure about moving apps to sd without root, but in android development thread there people write guides how to make it work so problems can happen so root may be necessary. remember that unlocking bootloader you lose warranty not rooting (but still you can try send your device to lg in case something will be wrong with your device after unlocking bootloader. Sometimes they don"t care about it).
Sent from my LG-P760 using xda app-developers app
So there's any chance to root my device so I can unroot it if something happens and LG honour their warranty?
julian_noob said:
So there's any chance to root my device so I can unroot it if something happens and LG honour their warranty?
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As far as I know rooting with locked bootloader don't influence warranty in any way. Just root lg using method for locked bootloader but even if i'm wrong unrooting is quiet easy and lg will honour warranty for sure.
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Just brought my LG P760 home, I am really satisfied with its design, I'm a bit cautious about using it, haha. So for the first time do I have to format the battery, like use it until the phone turns off itself then charge it for like 8 hours?
julian_noob said:
Just brought my LG P760 home, I am really satisfied with its design, I'm a bit cautious about using it, haha. So for the first time do I have to format the battery, like use it until the phone turns off itself then charge it for like 8 hours?
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Nope. That is a myth started by people that do not understand lithium-ion batteries. Enjoy your new phone.
Hey guys, is there any way to make the phone play music louder? I believe the standard power is not enough for me.
julian_noob said:
Hey guys, is there any way to make the phone play music louder? I believe the standard power is not enough for me.
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Check this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277672
julian_noob said:
Hey guys, is there any way to make the phone play music louder? I believe the standard power is not enough for me.
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After you will get root access which will allow you to install custom audio modifiers which will blow you ears. You may get twice as loud sound if you set it properly. Also amazing sounds effects as dynamic bass. Many settings for various headphones, earphones. It's called viper4android. I'm on my phone right now so I'm lazy and I won't search for it. I may give you link tomorrow if you will decide to root also I prefer to get Cwm also for backup. Dunno how to get cwm with locked bootloader but if you will unlock bt im open for help.
Wysyłane z mojego LG-P760 za pomocą Tapatalk 2
Haha, I'm totally a newbie in rooting thing, so I may need to spend some time researching a few things here and there.
Hey guys it's me again,
I'm writing this on my phone as I bought it for a few weeks already and I like the phone.
Now I have a few questions I've encountered during usage of this phone:
#1 - I usually play a game on the phone and use the Internet so it barely stays on stand-by. Basically the battery life goes between 6 to 13 hours. Is it right to stay this time?
#2 - So when I was charging the phone, turned off as the battery was empty, it usually showed me the battery icon and a yellow triangle with a rounded arrow rotating. Until today when in the same situation, it was only the battery icon without triangle. What does it mean?
#3 - Sometimes when I press the lock screen button it takes a caption of the screen and I have to press the menu button while I'm on the main screen to make it lock again. Why is that happening?
*How does the phone hold up on day to day usage
*any issues out of the box
*ota 5.0 lollipop is now realeased for the phone,so how is that treating the device
Im most likely gonna not root it and unlock bootloader but just to get it out of the way..
**camera issue?**
Whats the deal with the camera messing up?
If you root and unlock will that already screw up the camera?
How about if your complete stock 5.0 and then deciede to root and unlock
Will that mess it up as well?
Sorry for the newb questions im gonna be new to the z ultra
Thanks in advance
marcviado said:
*How does the phone hold up on day to day usage
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Good, Had mine for over a year, dropped it out of the truck a couple of times and still good as gold. Treat it as 2 1mm thick sheets of glass on an 7mm aluminium frame.
*any issues out of the box
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Only the camera in poor light - just get a good manual camera and it is ok
*ota 5.0 lollipop is now realeased for the phone,so how is that treating the device
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LP is only out for the GPe version. The original Sony will get it some time in the new year
Im most likely gonna not root it and unlock bootloader but just to get it out of the way..
**camera issue?**
Whats the deal with the camera messing up?
If you root and unlock will that already screw up the camera?
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Loss of auto focus only effects the GPe version, the Sony just has startup time issues on a locked BL, and there is a work around for that
How about if your complete stock 5.0 and then deciede to root and unlock
Will that mess it up as well?
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Who knows at this stage
Sorry for the newb questions im gonna be new to the z ultra
Thanks in advance
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blueether said:
Good, Had mine for over a year, dropped it out of the truck a couple of times and still good as gold. Treat it as 2 1mm thick sheets of glass on an 7mm aluminium frame.
Only the camera in poor light - just get a good manual camera and it is ok
LP is only out for the GPe version. The original Sony will get it some time in the new year
Loss of auto focus only effects the GPe version, the Sony just has startup time issues on a locked BL, and there is a work around for that
Who knows at this stage
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Thanks for answering the questions..im dead set on buying the google playy edition z ultra.ive been wantimg to buy it since day 1 at launch but so expensive lol now that its cheap im considering in buying it
1 more question..hopefully someone using the google play edition can answer. Im most likely gonna be using it on tmobile does the gpe support tmobile LTE bands? Or would i just be getting h/h+ connection?
I have the GPe and I'm on TMo. I do get LTE speeds, and you will see the LTE symbol when it's available.
marcviado said:
*How does the phone hold up on day to day usage
*any issues out of the box
*ota 5.0 lollipop is now realeased for the phone,so how is that treating the device
Im most likely gonna not root it and unlock bootloader but just to get it out of the way..
**camera issue?**
Whats the deal with the camera messing up?
If you root and unlock will that already screw up the camera?
How about if your complete stock 5.0 and then deciede to root and unlock
Will that mess it up as well?
Sorry for the newb questions im gonna be new to the z ultra
Thanks in advance
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A few issues:
1. Lots of random reboots (so save your work often)
2. 5.0 lollipop is junk. Buggy as heck and unusable. Stick to 4.4.x if at all possible.
Camera: NO issues, but bear in mind its only 8MP without flash. Not the best camera available but "does the job".
Root / Unlock: I highly do not recommend it unless you absolutely NEED to root. Rooting tends to destabilize Android (which is already buggy by nature)
Other: The GPE is a C6806 which supports all GSM LTE bands in the U.S. You should expect to see LTE on either AT&T or T-mobile just fine. I use T-Mobile and have LTE
Other than that: Awesome device. Best one on the market in my opinion, although the Huawei Mediapad X1 is really tempting me....
Now that this phone is officially released, has anyone found a way to root it? I have the sprint version which is the ls992 and I want to root it. I saw a one click tool online but it's not in XDA so I don't think it's reliable. Thanks for any help
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By the way, in case any of you were wondering, I'm coming from the LG g3 (ls990). I like the smaller screen, the fingerprint reader is very responsive, I dislike the moved volume buttons, dislike the audio jack being moved to the top although it DOES sound better, actually a good bit clearer. It feels really good in my hand but does get hotter than the LG g3. The material on the back has a good grippy feel almost, it's not particularly slick which is a good thing. I could hardly use my g3 with the stock back because of how slick it was. The cameras are PHENOMENAL. All of the picture modes provided are outstanding and not just gimmicks in my opinion.
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JCase claims to have a root method already but refuses to release it... even with his rep I doubt his claims.
If the bootloader is unlockable, it should be relatively easy to do.
I also have the Sprint version. The only thing that's keeping me from getting it rooted so far is the inability to get it into Fastboot to flash a custom recovery.
I've documented my findings so far here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-lg-g5/how-to/bootloader-unlock-root-ive-t3350356
solitarywarrior1 said:
I also have the Sprint version. The only thing that's keeping me from getting it rooted so far is the inability to get it into Fastboot to flash a custom recovery.
I've documented my findings so far here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-lg-g5/how-to/bootloader-unlock-root-ive-t3350356
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So the Sprint version has BL locked?
islandfever said:
So the Sprint version has BL locked?
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It appears so. I can't even get into fastboot.
solitarywarrior1 said:
It appears so. I can't even get into fastboot.
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Well bad news from Tmobile - I currently have the sprint ls990 LG G3 and decided to make the move to tmobile for the G5 because I was sick of locked bootloaders. The tmobile g5 does indeed have an unlockable bootloader however, LG seems to be using a custom bootloader on the G5 that wont flash anything that isnt verified. Tmobile's G5 already has a TWRP build and noone can flash it because of dm-verity. Essentially the tmobile appears to have an unlocked bootloader but lg has changed the bootloader so that it cant flash anything. That's the current status and I should add that I have not been able to try anything for myself because my phone hasnt arrived yet. But if that is the case on T-Mobile, then it's going to be even harder on Verizon, AT&T and Sprint.
its locked but there's an unlock switch in the developers' options.
I came from lg g3 as well. Massive improvement and loving it so far.I have it thru verizon. Hoping for root soon that's all I really care about.
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ROOT????
Well, Made the jump for my lg g3, which loved, but this phone is quite a bit more awesome... Now all we need is root... Where are all the big hitters like @jcase, @autoprime, @Shelnutt2, @thecubed (IOMonster)??? I know one of these masterminds can get'r done...
fiddy619 said:
Well, Made the jump for my lg g3, which loved, but this phone is quite a bit more awesome... Now all we need is root... Where are all the big hitters like @jcase, @autoprime, @Shelnutt2, @thecubed (IOMonster)??? I know one of these masterminds can get'r done...
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Not with a locked bootloader unless an exploit is found. It looks like the same uphill climb as with the SD820 S7/S7E now.
So for now no root, no development
fiddy619 said:
Well, Made the jump for my lg g3, which loved, but this phone is quite a bit more awesome... Now all we need is root... Where are all the big hitters like @jcase, @autoprime, @Shelnutt2, @thecubed (IOMonster)??? I know one of these masterminds can get'r done...
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May see something at a talk later this year
Omg, if anyone can get this thing rooted, I'll throw 50 bucks your way. This is the only thing keeping my from buying this device 0.0
ill throw 100$ your way right now to get this phone rooted @jcase
evobyte said:
ill throw 100$ your way right now to get this phone rooted @jcase
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Me too.
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This would be the best phone, but no root or aosp/cm just kills it. So useless. Way too many new phones that are for "noobs" only. No unlock, no root, no use. Makes me so mad at these oem's
Locklear308 said:
This would be the best phone, but no root or aosp/cm just kills it. So useless. Way too many new phones that are for "noobs" only. No unlock, no root, no use. Makes me so mad at these oem's
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It saves them a lot of time and money. Any noob able to root and unlock could accidentally flash the complete wrong system and recovery resulting in a pretty hard brick and if they allow rooting and unlocking then they would be kind of obligated to help them fix it. Even if they said it voided the warranty then they would still get tons of calls complaining.
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fenguepay said:
It saves them a lot of time and money. Any noob able to root and unlock could accidentally flash the complete wrong system and recovery resulting in a pretty hard brick and if they allow rooting and unlocking then they would be kind of obligated to help them fix it. Even if they said it voided the warranty then they would still get tons of calls complaining.
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That just doesn't make any sense though, if I buy a laptop, and or a desktop, and I install Linux and then it blows up, they're just going to tell me LOL sorry too bad. Same thing should go for phones. But if something unrelated to the software messes up, I would expect them to cover it no matter what, just like on my laptop, while I am not running the original OS software that came with it, they honor the warranty for the headphone jack breaking. Because that has absolutely nothing to do with it. The point is, if I buy something it is mine, I should have an absolute one-hundred-percent administrator privileges on any device that I can purchase. If not I need to get an extremely heavy discount for not truly owning the device.
But this is getting off topic, the whole point is that we really need to get the G5 rooted, because it honestly would be the best Android device out there if it was rooted.
Imagine this thing in running cm13, it will be perfect. Good camera, type c, replaceable battery so that way it doesn't have a finite life span, micro SD for super music users like myself. And upgrade modules , it's the future.
Locklear308 said:
That just doesn't make any sense though, if I buy a laptop, and or a desktop, and I install Linux and then it blows up, they're just going to tell me LOL sorry too bad. Same thing should go for phones. But if something unrelated to the software messes up, I would expect them to cover it no matter what, just like on my laptop, while I am not running the original OS software that came with it, they honor the warranty for the headphone jack breaking. Because that has absolutely nothing to do with it. The point is, if I buy something it is mine, I should have an absolute one-hundred-percent administrator privileges on any device that I can purchase. If not I need to get an extremely heavy discount for not truly owning the device.
But this is getting off topic, the whole point is that we really need to get the G5 rooted, because it honestly would be the best Android device out there if it was rooted.
Imagine this thing in running cm13, it will be perfect. Good camera, type c, replaceable battery so that way it doesn't have a finite life span, micro SD for super music users like myself. And upgrade modules , it's the future.
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I think it mostly has to do with them not wanting the end user to be able to modify the device to get around things like paid hotspots and such. Carriers like sprint that have unlimited data but a paid by the GB hotspot plan potentially lose lots of money off of users getting it free with root. Also you probably have an ISP that rents you a cable modem. Those things are locked down and while you can buy your own - their locked down one, if modified can potentially increase speeds or bypass a meter. I think that ISPs (including cell carriers) like complete control so they can grab every penny and make it difficult to escape their grasps. Once again these are just my assumptions so I could be horribly wrong.
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I lost my v20 (T-Mobile rooted) about a month ago, so i went ahead and purchased another v20 hoping I could root it again but got the latest firmware which is locked up just like G6. I returned it.
So I'm just curious. What percentage of you guys would buy an unrootable phone and what percentage would not.
justthefacts said:
I lost my v20 (T-Mobile rooted) about a month ago, so i went ahead and purchased another v20 hoping I could root it again but got the latest firmware which is locked up just like G6. I returned it.
So I'm just curious. What percentage of you guys would buy an unrootable phone and what percentage would not.
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I have never cared about root and thus never rooted my phones, so yeah I don't really care if a phone is rootable or not
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I don't find root really all that necessary anymore and haven't bothered since I've had the V20. So not worried about it at the moment with the V30.
like a few around here I'm getting the V30 (most likely) for the hardware, and I'll need root for V4A. so yeah, no root, no purchase. period. I'll keep my htc10 or something.
I won't buy a phone I don't own, and that means root. From Day 1.
Root for me is mandatory I have never owned a phone I couldn't root or that had a locked boot-loader.
I want a V30, but nope, gotta wait till the US998 AND a full bootloader unlock is released.
These phones are far too expensive,for me to NOT to have full control.
If I want a locked device, at $800, I'll buy a iPhone 8+ with better software,battery life, processor, ram management etc.
Google and Qualcomm are crazy with this new locked down policy
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I lost my v20 (T-Mobile rooted) about a month ago, so i went ahead and purchased another v20 hoping I could root it again but got the latest firmware which is locked up just like G6. I returned it.
So I'm just curious. What percentage of you guys would buy an unrootable phone and what percentage would not.
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melihcarter said:
I have never cared about root and thus never rooted my phones, so yeah I don't really care if a phone is rootable or not
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CHH2 said:
I don't find root really all that necessary anymore and haven't bothered since I've had the V20. So not worried about it at the moment with the V30.
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I think the real question is, why the hell is anyone on here, who don't root or custom rom? and the first 2 posts you get, are both them lol.....
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I think the real question is, why the hell is anyone on here, who don't root or custom rom? and the first 2 posts you get, are both them lol.....
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Why do you (not you specifically but the collective that seems to be here at XDA) all whine about cellphone cameras not turning out photos you like when you should all be rooting your phones and writing new noise reduction and sharpening algorithms instead of complaining about something you all clearly don't understand properly?
I come here to get general information on phones and new program ports. My contribution back is to maybe try to explain what the heck is going on with cellphones' cameras since for a board all high and mighty on getting the most of their phones but don't seem to understand the underpinnings of something they all want to complain about and probably don't have the ability to change if they really wanted to. Yes, I understand rooting, how it's done and why it's done. I've been with Android since the G1 days. At some point though, it has gotten to the point where I don't really see a need for myself to root my device anymore. My V20 worked. My V30 so far seems to work.
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I think the real question is, why the hell is anyone on here, who don't root or custom rom? and the first 2 posts you get, are both them lol.....
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Well it's a thread about v30 which I have been following for a while. The question was asked if we care for rooting or not which means he was expecting answers from both sides, and being on xda doesn't require love for rooting. So these are my reasons to be here cheers
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So v30 bootloader will not be able to be unlocked?
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So v30 bootloader will not be able to be unlocked?
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Not on the carrier version.
Wtf that's messed up
Couldn't care less
Just bought the Verizon V30. My plan is to wait until the unlocked version is released and the developers have a chance to get the bootloader unlocked, create custom ROMS, etc., and then (maybe) sell the V30 and get an unlocked version.
This is my first unrooted phone since my first HTC. The only thing that I really miss is the ability to create nandroid backups. I thought that I would miss the ad blocker more than I do, but since most of my apps are ad free it hasn't been that big of a deal.
I say "maybe" to getting an unlocked phone is that I don't want to give up WiFi calling, and so far having an unrooted phone is nowhere near as frustrating as I thought it would be. I also thought that having a silver phone instead of a black phone would be annoying, but it actually looks great.
Amd4life said:
I want a V30, but nope, gotta wait till the US998 AND a full bootloader unlock is released.
These phones are far too expensive,for me to NOT to have full control.
If I want a locked device, at $800, I'll buy a iPhone 8+ with better software,battery life, processor, ram management etc.
Google and Qualcomm are crazy with this new locked down policy
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Agree 100%, everyone Android I have owned has been rooted, and running a custom ROM. I have had a few iPhone's over the years and they were stock not JB, and it's actually not a bad phone stock, with the Ad Blocking apps, etc... But iOS is too locked down for me.
After using a non-rooted phone for a year, my answer is a strong HELL-NO! I will never own an unrooted phone again. I plan to get a V30, but I will wait until the bootloader is unlocked and I can root it with Magisk. Locked bootloaders are for iOS users.