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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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?
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hi guyz i want to buy this xperia mini pro soon, could you give me some feedbacks? the quality, speed, performance, camera, & problem etc.
if i want to purchase what should I check it? and how to check/test it (basically i check wifi,sms/call,camera/video ) what i mean is for the speed, performance, etc that can i locate the problem or defect..
And...This phone can play actually in facebook games like holdempoker, tetris?(which i mean support flash 10.3?) , and for the updates, is this possible can upgrade 2.3.4 soon?
it is true that Manufacturing dates affected in xperia mini pro regarding noise background, camera blurred, annoying screen when slide keyboard
(you can check under your battery for the build date of your device)
Here are the list affected:
* 11W28
* 11W29
* 11W30
* 11W31
Is this true?
and do you have own 11W32 manufacturing dates which has no defect like issue above?
I bought this phone and had used it for a month and I have no regrets. Its fast and awesome. I couldn't believe sony would make such a great phone at this price. Its almost equal to the big 'Xperia's.
I would definitely recommend this one.
There are certain problems, of course. I'm not on facebook, but yes it supports flash player 10.3. Calls are normal, messaging app is simple(no prob for me). But you can always use 3rd party apps.
Camera is not that good for still shots. I've used nokia phones n95, n97mini and they are way better. Video camera is the best Ive seen(that's because this is the only camera with hd recording that I've seen). I've heard of the noise problem too but I didn't care. It doesn't happen everytime you use the camera. About the battery problem, I'll check later. There's no annoying screen( I don't know what you mean) when you slide keyboard or use autorotate. But the space key is very annoying. You might want to check that before buying. I have to press it two to three times for it to work. Maybe I got a defective product, but anyway its the thing I hate the most out of this phone. And yes, it can be upgraded to 2.3.4 coming this october I think.
Feel free to ask more...
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I bought this phone and had used it for a month and I have no regrets. Its fast and awesome. I couldn't believe sony would make such a great phone at this price. Its almost equal to the big 'Xperia's.
I would definitely recommend this one.
There are certain problems, of course. I'm not on facebook, but yes it supports flash player 10.3. Calls are normal, messaging app is simple(no prob for me). But you can always use 3rd party apps.
Camera is not that good for still shots. I've used nokia phones n95, n97mini and they are way better. Video camera is the best Ive seen(that's because this is the only camera with hd recording that I've seen). I've heard of the noise problem too but I didn't care. It doesn't happen everytime you use the camera. About the battery problem, I'll check later. There's no annoying screen( I don't know what you mean) when you slide keyboard or use autorotate. But the space key is very annoying. You might want to check that before buying. I have to press it two to three times for it to work. Maybe I got a defective product, but anyway its the thing I hate the most out of this phone. And yes, it can be upgraded to 2.3.4 coming this october I think.
Feel free to ask more...
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wow thxs for your great informative response.. If i download 3d games like asphalt 6 or battlefield etc it required to root it first?.. and it is recommend to root new phones like 1 week old (i know it will void warrantly, but how about the other disadvantage in rooting?)
for android os, the spec shows that 2.3 but all users has 2.3.3 . I am little confusing about this, is they manual flash to get 2.3.3 or if I buy it actually 2.3.3 already?
for the annoying screen while slide keyboard check this youtube and forward @13:11 and i have found out other user crossed this issues but i lost that link but it is similar to these. . .
youtube.com/watch?v=y-q525gHrxA&feature=relmfu
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Mine is already at version 2.3.3 when I bought it. So no flashing needed.
I'm on slow gprs internet right now so I'll watch the video later. I forgot to tell you that an annoying colourful screen appears sometimes when I open many apps and games at the same time and then pressing the home key to go there. Not that the screen stays like that, but it happens very fast but you will notice it. I happen to see pink and green lines. You might have seen such a thing on PCs(it happened on mine). It freaks me out so I never did that again. I used taskmanagers for switching.
If you buy licensed games, I don't think rooting is needed. I haven't thought of buying just yet, and don't intend to root my phone till my warranty runs out. I'll have to study more about rooting before doing it as I'm new to android OS. I'm satisfied with playstation games at the moment.
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Mine is already at version 2.3.3 when I bought it. So no flashing needed.
I'm on slow gprs internet right now so I'll watch the video later. I forgot to tell you that an annoying colourful screen appears sometimes when I open many apps and games at the same time and then pressing the home key to go there. Not that the screen stays like that, but it happens very fast but you will notice it. I happen to see pink and green lines. You might have seen such a thing on PCs(it happened on mine). It freaks me out so I never did that again. I used taskmanagers for switching.
If you buy licensed games, I don't think rooting is needed. I haven't thought of buying just yet, and don't intend to root my phone till my warranty runs out. I'll have to study more about rooting before doing it as I'm new to android OS. I'm satisfied with playstation games at the moment.
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ahh okay.. I am also new in android OS. So I will wait couple of months before proceed in rooting. (seriously I'm scared when attempting to root especially when they warn you like "rooting procedure incorrectly may have brick your phone" LOL. For the wifi did you check it before you purchase? it seems few users also encounter in wifi which unable to connect. . Maybe when I purchase this phone I know what you mean in taskmanager
rooting itself will not void your warrenty, as it can easily be undone as if you never tampered with the device. However, there is no easy way to root the phone (as in superoneclick or gingerbreak) and requires unlocking the bootloader which will void your warrenty.
I've heard that rooting can be undone, but is it a simple process or does it involve flashing a rom? I'm scared of flashing my phone. I've never done it even with my previous windows mobile and symbian phones.
And delmarz, about the wifi thing, I never checked 'cause I know I won't be needing it. But I've tried wifi tethering with my xperia and other phones which connected from mine ran with the same speed as in mine(alone). (...but seriously, I don't know which phone gets the credit in this case)
Titan Nettix said:
I've heard that rooting can be undone, but is it a simple process or does it involve flashing a rom? I'm scared of flashing my phone. I've never done it even with my previous windows mobile and symbian phones.
And delmarz, about the wifi thing, I never checked 'cause I know I won't be needing it. But I've tried wifi tethering with my xperia and other phones which connected from mine ran with the same speed as in mine(alone). (...but seriously, I don't know which phone gets the credit in this case)
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All you need to do to unroot your phone is to click on the restore or repair button in the Sony Ericsson pc suite.
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Titan Nettix said:
I bought this phone and had used it for a month and I have no regrets. Its fast and awesome. I couldn't believe sony would make such a great phone at this price. Its almost equal to the big 'Xperia's.
I would definitely recommend this one.
There are certain problems, of course. I'm not on facebook, but yes it supports flash player 10.3. Calls are normal, messaging app is simple(no prob for me). But you can always use 3rd party apps.
Camera is not that good for still shots. I've used nokia phones n95, n97mini and they are way better. Video camera is the best Ive seen(that's because this is the only camera with hd recording that I've seen). I've heard of the noise problem too but I didn't care. It doesn't happen everytime you use the camera. About the battery problem, I'll check later. There's no annoying screen( I don't know what you mean) when you slide keyboard or use autorotate. But the space key is very annoying. You might want to check that before buying. I have to press it two to three times for it to work. Maybe I got a defective product, but anyway its the thing I hate the most out of this phone. And yes, it can be upgraded to 2.3.4 coming this october I think.
Feel free to ask more...
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+1 thumb up!
prinzhernan said:
All you need to do to unroot your phone is to click on the restore or repair button in the Sony Ericsson pc suite.
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Oh okay. Still, I will root it when my warranty runs out.
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Oh okay. Still, I will root it when my warranty runs out.
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hahahaha... me too I'm afraid that mini pro gets lag/hang, touchscreen no response, etc after rooting ...
QUESTION FOR ALL:
can you give me the direct point of why we should root this phone? and what is the main advantage of rooted phone and its disadvantage (except can void your warranty)
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hahahaha... me too I'm afraid that mini pro gets lag/hang, touchscreen no response, etc after rooting ...
QUESTION FOR ALL:
can you give me the direct point of why we should root this phone? and what is the main advantage of rooted phone and its disadvantage (except can void your warranty)
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Hmm, I always thought its JUST to have full control of your android system.
delmarz said:
hahahaha... me too I'm afraid that mini pro gets lag/hang, touchscreen no response, etc after rooting ...
QUESTION FOR ALL:
can you give me the direct point of why we should root this phone? and what is the main advantage of rooted phone and its disadvantage (except can void your warranty)
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Root itself lets you have total control over the android system. I haven't rooted mine because I dont see the need to. Everything runs perfectly.
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Not rooting ya android phone is like having a pretty young GF and not boning it every night.
It lets you install some very useful apps, get rid of the horrible bloatware crap networks install, and gives you full control of your device.
delmarz said:
QUESTION FOR ALL:
can you give me the direct point of why we should root this phone? and what is the main advantage of rooted phone and its disadvantage (except can void your warranty)
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One really useful thing is that it is possible to take a backup of all the program's setting, game acheivements etc. This is not possible with a non rooted phone. The backup programs can't access the app db if not rooted.
If you need to reset your phone for some reason, at least your work and progress isn't spoiled.
thank you for your reponse I bought my xperia mini pro today ...but help i downloaded the NFS(games) in pc my question where do I paste it?... usually i paste it in Phone Card (E but when I browse in phones i did not locate my NFS installer ..help me
delmarz said:
thank you for your reponse I bought my xperia mini pro today ...but help i downloaded the NFS(games) in pc my question where do I paste it?... usually i paste it in Phone Card (E but when I browse in phones i did not locate my NFS installer ..help me
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Congrats, welcome to the family.
You downloaded the .apk file or the 'sdcard' data? For sdcard data, you can google where to put it (plus there should be an info from the site you downloaded). For installer (apk file), keep it anywhere. Try refreshing your folders or close the window and open again(if you're searching from pc). There should be no problem locating from the phone itself with any file manager.
Otherwise, use application installer from menu. It will automatically search for it. Careful though, nfs shift is the app that started the 'annoying screen' in my phone. I downloaded the installer and installed it, then started it, while downloading its data, I pressed home and then whoosh the pink-green-blah blah blah screen came in a flash. Most android users will try nfs first, don't worry.
Hello!
Advantage from rooting:
Full control over the device.
Disadvantage from rooting:
Losing capability of DRM reproduction and the trackid feature/app
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Get astro file manager from market, put .apk files into a folder, browse to folder with astro and you can install them.
tigger69 said:
Get astro file manager from market, put .apk files into a folder, browse to folder with astro and you can install them.
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Don't really need that. Just open application installer from the app drawer and if you really did copy to your phone, then it will be shown there.
Hello everyone,
I started a petition for LG to allow moving apps to sd card since we have paid for the mobile, not for a confined space. it will be good if LG make it officially because not everybody can root their mobile, please sign this petition and share it with others so that we can have what we paid for.....
Its not much we are asking...IS IT?
here is the link
https://www.change.org/petitions/lg...ng-apps-to-sd-for-your-l-series-via-an-update
Regards
Vaibhav :good:
Odp: Petition for LG to allow moving app to sd (please sign this)
I think it's impossible, because it's a "feature" of ics that we can't move apps to sd. Only phones which had older system can it. Every new phone with android don't have app2sd. But I will sign the petition.
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stabil88 said:
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Motorola Razr 4.0.4 STOCK, has got it !
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I'm pretty sure most phones with an OS after froyo has Apps 2 SD. That is why you see any app that doesn't include it seems to get a lot of flack on the app store.
ics has the feature of moving app 2 sd
luq529 said:
I think it's impossible, because it's a "feature" of ics that we can't move apps to sd. Only phones which had older system can it. Every new phone with android don't have app2sd. But I will sign the petition.
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its not impossible because, every single phone with ics supports this feature for instance take galaxy s2, it has got 16 gb of internal memory but still supports moving app 2 sd
its a locked feature by LG or they just was in hurry.
i really hate when my phone supports hd games like nfs, gta etc but i cant play them just because of low memory.
and please share it on your facebook etc and make it happen. thanks.
I use RemountSD. For me works perfectly, as does the external memory, an internal.
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It will need root?
arman4o said:
I use RemountSD. For me works perfectly, as does the external memory, an internal.
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But it will need root! isnt it?
Actually everyone cant root their mobile because of some unrootable firmwares and downgrading method is so boring and not everyone can perform it. so this is the thing...have you signed the petition?
so many views but only a few signs...OMG....Do it ....Do it....:highfive:
The only reason I want to root this phone is its limit internal storage. And I found from information on the web that it's because most ICS phone mount internal memory to /mnt/sdcard. It prevent user to move app data to external sdcard that is usually mount to that path in early Android OS. So if you not root your phone you only have around 2GB available to use.
I hope that Google or LG come with a way to solve this issue in their next software update.
Because for now my model P768f cannot be rooted, I signed this petition.
I dont think LG will ever listen to this petition. Android phones run faster and flawlessly with internal memory as its working memory. External Memory Cards which sometimes could be too slow and buggy due to too many files, cannot be compared with RAM in any sense. The more files you store in MMC, the slower will be access time and function. With a single file change, the phone starts to rescan media files and that is time consuming. If you need phone badly for any work and if it freezes due to slow MMC you will curse yourself.
People buy phones as per their budgets and requirements. Buying first and complaining later for any missing feature is not the thing what a company will care about.
What we need the PETITION is, to be sent to LG, for JB and Unlocked bootloaders, all for JB and ICS for all phones and all L9 Variants. Everyone knows LG very well for their worst in customer support, locked bootloaders and too late updates (sometimes a year and more. like o2x).
I still wish you best of luck. Because we are from L9 community and should respect each others initiatives, I SIGNED your petition. I hope you signed the petition for unlocked bootloader and JB from LG already.
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I dont think LG will ever listen to this petition. Android phones run faster and flawlessly with internal memory as its working memory. External Memory Cards which sometimes could be too slow and buggy due to too many files, cannot be compared with RAM in any sense. The more files you store in MMC, the slower will be access time and function. With a single file change, the phone starts to rescan media files and that is time consuming. If you need phone badly for any work and if it freezes due to slow MMC you will curse yourself.
People buy phones as per their budgets and requirements. Buying first and complaining later for any missing feature is not the thing what a company will care about.
What we need the PETITION is, to be sent to LG, for JB and Unlocked bootloaders, all for JB and ICS for all phones and all L9 Variants. Everyone knows LG very well for their worst in customer support, locked bootloaders and too late updates (sometimes a year and more. like o2x).
I still wish you best of luck. Because we are from L9 community and should respect each others initiatives, I SIGNED your petition. I hope you signed the petition for unlocked bootloader and JB from LG already.
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yes bro i signed the petition for the jellybean and the bootloader unlocking even i made my 14 friends sign that...you may be right regarding this matter. but there is no harm in trying...
i understand that we should not complain when we once purchased a product but locked bootloader is also something like that and LG didnt even mention of upgrading l9 to jelly bean so we all should not hope for anything.
moving apps to sd will save a lot of space and we will be able to play games.....if thats the case you told us about, how come sony, samsung etc have this feature even after having 16 gigs of storage. and i never seen s2 slowing down.
sure unlocked bootloader can be a big help...so that we can enjoy MIUI, AOKP and CM10 etc...instead of buggy LG custom software
Using the external memory to install apps and their data isn't an ics limitation, I have a tablet from Huawei running ics and Huawei made that option of using the external as internal available, the same thing with my Equiso smart TV running ics this device has a partition where you can install apps without using a micro sd card . It's LG's choice like many phone markers and the reason is what cmahendra said. This petition isn't right. It's like asking LG to change the skin they are using on Android.
Let's focus on jb and the bootloader.
vaibhav rathi said:
yes bro i signed the petition for the jellybean and the bootloader unlocking even i made my 14 friends sign that...you may be right regarding this matter. but there is no harm in trying...
i understand that we should not complain when we once purchased a product but locked bootloader is also something like that and LG didnt even mention of upgrading l9 to jelly bean so we all should not hope for anything.
moving apps to sd will save a lot of space and we will be able to play games.....if thats the case you told us about, how come sony, samsung etc have this feature even after having 16 gigs of storage. and i never seen s2 slowing down.
sure unlocked bootloader can be a big help...so that we can enjoy MIUI, AOKP and CM10 etc...instead of buggy LG custom software
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LG have already released sources for most L9 varaints, also some roms already have unlocked bootloader. So my MAIN WORRY is that, WE DONT HAVE GOOD DEVS LIKE O2X who can actually work from source codes and make custom kernels and Roms from available resources
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ok...then i am gonna sell my phone now...I was using sony xperia neo and that was way better in terms of support and features.....I liked LG but from now on i am never gonna go for LG...
I purchased this phone just because it was bang for buck.....now i am feeling like micromax is better than LG...
**** MAN......
vaibhav rathi said:
ok...then i am gonna sell my phone now...I was using sony xperia neo and that was way better in terms of support and features.....I liked LG but from now on i am never gonna go for LG...
I purchased this phone just because it was bang for buck.....now i am feeling like micromax is better than LG...
**** MAN......
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Bye Bye!
vaibhav rathi said:
ok...then i am gonna sell my phone now...I was using sony xperia neo and that was way better in terms of support and features.....I liked LG but from now on i am never gonna go for LG...
I purchased this phone just because it was bang for buck.....now i am feeling like micromax is better than LG...
**** MAN......
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"Patience is the key to success" and no once can teach this to the people who owned Optimus 2X. We waited for long time for O2x to crack, will wait for some more time till L9 is cracked too.
Anyways, its a big free world and everyone is free to take their own decisions.
kevev said:
Bye Bye!
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You are saying Bye Bye in such a way that it looks like its a time to close this thread. Lolz :laugh:
Signed. Even though my phone is rooted and I'm using external SD as internal. Good initiative though OP.
i was just kidding...this phone is good. and now that we are getting JB...Me gusta....
anyway does anyone have the problem of sluggish touch...actually its not regular but it occurs at times and i have to touch a thing 3 times to work....any solution
vaibhav rathi said:
i was just kidding...this phone is good. and now that we are getting JB...Me gusta....
anyway does anyone have the problem of sluggish touch...actually its not regular but it occurs at times and i have to touch a thing 3 times to work....any solution
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ha ha ha. I want to repeat a reply I made in other place.
It will be great entertainment to see, when someone sells L9 in sheer attack of frustration and next day they release JB. lolz.
vaibhav rathi said:
i was just kidding...this phone is good. and now that we are getting JB...Me gusta....
anyway does anyone have the problem of sluggish touch...actually its not regular but it occurs at times and i have to touch a thing 3 times to work....any solution
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I also have this problem of sluggish touch. It's like the screen is not super responsive. I guess it across the board.
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psychoace said:
I'm pretty sure most phones with an OS after froyo has Apps 2 SD. That is why you see any app that doesn't include it seems to get a lot of flack on the app store.
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This is true, it's software related, possibly disabled on STOCK LG Firmware for Korea through OTA.
Made the horrible mistake of getting a Z ultra and failed to realize what a horrible nightmare it is to root the device in linux and am just giving up. Feel totally ripped off. Thought I could save money over the Nexus 6 since the screen is bigger and the phone much cheaper but this really the last non nexus phone I'll buy. The clue should have been Sony patching their devices to prevent root, Never again.
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Made the horrible mistake of getting a Z ultra and failed to realize what a horrible nightmare it is to root the device in linux and am just giving up. Feel totally ripped off. Thought I could save money over the Nexus 6 since the screen is bigger and the phone much cheaper but this really the last non nexus phone I'll buy. The clue should have been Sony patching their devices to prevent root, Never again.
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I got mine rooted fairly easy.. Not that much work.
This phone was purchased last month. Maybe it was easy for you but try a Nexus next time, no contest. Yes if it was as easy as towelroot made it then yes. With current firmware not a chance.
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This phone was purchased last month. Maybe it was easy for you but try a Nexus next time, no contest. Yes if it was as easy as towelroot made it then yes. With current firmware not a chance.
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Stop *****ing and unlock the bootloader if you really want root and cant/wont run windows. This is the way Sony wants you to gain root any way.
Wont [NUT]'s tools work? cant you extract easy root and read the batch files? 4.4.4 is probably the easiest firmware we have had to run a root exploit on for a very long time.
EDIT FFS man http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2784900 "The tool should work on Windows, Linux and Mac. "
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This phone was purchased last month. Maybe it was easy for you but try a Nexus next time, no contest. Yes if it was as easy as towelroot made it then yes. With current firmware not a chance.
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lol i have a nexus 5 and rooting the ultra isn't really harder.
I'm sorry but judging the device based on rooting process isn't good enough. Had been using it i must say this device worth every penny from me. Of course nexus is nexus but z ultra has it's pros points.
I had no problem with root even i could not install the drivers in my ubuntu box but virtualbox winxp solved the problem.
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Made the horrible mistake of getting a Z ultra and failed to realize what a horrible nightmare it is to root the device in linux and am just giving up. Feel totally ripped off. Thought I could save money over the Nexus 6 since the screen is bigger and the phone much cheaper but this really the last non nexus phone I'll buy. The clue should have been Sony patching their devices to prevent root, Never again.
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Why a rip off? if it is so difficult, you could've just unlock bootloader. From then on you can root however you want easily. Even without unlocking BL, it's fairly easy to root. "Don't blame the pen if you yourself can't write well". Just sayin'
It's fairly simple. If you think the phones a rip off because your not capable of rooting it., then i don't know what too tell you. You should have done a lot more research, its simple to root it, even if you use linux.
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Made the horrible mistake of getting a Z ultra and failed to realize what a horrible nightmare it is to root the device in linux and am just giving up. Feel totally ripped off. Thought I could save money over the Nexus 6 since the screen is bigger and the phone much cheaper but this really the last non nexus phone I'll buy. The clue should have been Sony patching their devices to prevent root, Never again.
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Very unfortunate. I rooted my C6833 within the hour and the C6802 last year through vRoot. Instead of complaining about the device, go and get FlashTool, download and flash a Towelroot capable ROM, after that, go ahead and go custom ROM.
It is insanely easy to root on Linux. I use all the *nix commands from the Android SDK on my Mac instead of OS X Apps like Flashtool and it works a treat. Within an hour of buying my 2nd XZU two days ago it was rooted and running Lollipop. I simply don't understand your post...
Maybe he is using all in one toolkits.
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Maybe he is using all in one toolkits.
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maybe they are a Ubuntu user?
I had already given them one solution before their rant, and the first line of the root thread I linked to from the stickie says linux and mac...
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Made the horrible mistake of getting a Z ultra and failed to realize what a horrible nightmare it is to root the device in linux and am just giving up. Feel totally ripped off. Thought I could save money over the Nexus 6 since the screen is bigger and the phone much cheaper but this really the last non nexus phone I'll buy. The clue should have been Sony patching their devices to prevent root, Never again.
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If you unable to root this phone then your not ment to use android phone....just a simple task that you can't find and your complaining makes no sense....
I think you should stick to simple phone rather than a real phone like the z ultra...i feel unfortunate for you to not discover the joy of the z ultra....this is the phone i stay for the longest time and still no suitable replacement for it at this time....and I'm not a one model user, i will buy if that phone is comes to my needs whichever model that is...and nexus is not a good replacement for it...
And if your unable to root this, maybe you should only use the original state phone rather than rooted...
What @blueether says. Rooting has never been an issue on the ZU.
Are you serious? I was rooted in less than 2 minutes with Linux. The hardest part was the download. There was a very small bug in the script but took about a minute to correct. Actually this Sony is great with Linux. Samsung is tough to do in Linux.
Good luck
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Made the horrible mistake of getting a Z ultra and failed to realize what a horrible nightmare it is to root the device in linux and am just giving up. Feel totally ripped off. Thought I could save money over the Nexus 6 since the screen is bigger and the phone much cheaper but this really the last non nexus phone I'll buy. The clue should have been Sony patching their devices to prevent root, Never again.
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They say "One minute in your mouth, forever in your waist". Here is the opposite:
One sour moment (I am still having issues using the external SD card for storing Apps with Link2SD since 11 GB is not enough for me (any solutions?) UPDATE: Fixed! Now with my 128GB External SD working with Link2SD and FolderMount I can have all the Apps I can dream of ), and forever (until next Android Version), the best phone money can buy.
I love the fact that the native DPI knows it is a semi-tablet, unlike other phones with large screens, that are just zoomed versions of a small screen.
I love the waterproof, plus its a gorgeous modern looking phone and super thin. The camera is really great at detail for videos and photos with moving things, but only when no flash is needed (but not the best at everything else, but still, its the best smartphone for everything else) and the photos with light are so good, it really makes up for the lousy performance in the dark.
I have the Sony leather cover/case, that gives a full charge to the ZUltra, that makes it great for intensive use, which one will like to use, since its a pleasure to use. Also extra magnetic stand at the office, just to make sure I can use it nearly 24/7 non-stop if I fancy. No cables to connect. I truly believe it is one of the best Androids and the best alternative to the iPhone 6 Plus which I use side be side everyday. The ZUltra has my personal number and unlimited internet for it, and the iPhone the working number.
Using the ZUltra beside my iphone 6+ reminds me everyday how far has come Android in making things better than the iPhone, like the nicer Whatsapp, Dropbox, etc.
ZUltra its worth the effort. Whats the point of having something so bad compared with the ZUltra for everyday, just because it was easy to do a once-in-a-lifetime (until next update) thing? Isn't it better to have the best for everyday in exchange of just one difficult moment? (Plus here there are many nice people to help you get through )
Coming from the nexus 4, i must say rooting the z ultra is not hard at all. Just follow the tutorial here in xda or youtube. I buy the phone and got it rooted on the same day. I'm using windows 7 btw. The only down side of this phone is the camera and it have less custom rom and custom kernel compared to a nexus.
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Made the horrible mistake of getting a Z ultra and failed to realize what a horrible nightmare it is to root the device in linux and am just giving up. Feel totally ripped off. Thought I could save money over the Nexus 6 since the screen is bigger and the phone much cheaper but this really the last non nexus phone I'll buy. The clue should have been Sony patching their devices to prevent root, Never again.
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Meh, I have rooted samsung, lgs and now a sony, not much of a big deal, I have done so on ubuntu though.
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
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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.
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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...
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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
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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
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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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.
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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.