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Just announced at CES 2015 that the G Flex 2 is confirmed to be getting Android 6.0 AKA Marshmallow! Here is a link:
http://www.slashgear.com/android-marshmallow-update-coming-to-lg-g4-g3-not-g2-27399720/
So the phone is definitely not dead, surprised that the G3 might not get the update, for those who was debating between these two phones.
Well, low popularity doesn't mean dead. It's barely half a year old anyway. Great news indeed though.
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Well these are great news !
I just got the H959 TWN version. I think I love it more than my G4 H815 except the Camera.
Flex 2 is so much more snappier than G4 and surprising not as hot the G4. The Curve and the RED back cover is nice. I don't really miss the leather back. Now I have 2 devices to play with. Best of the Best LG .......Life's Good!
Ya, I made a post a few days ago about it getting gooey goodness. This phone is a beast. I love it.
Of course this phone is going to get it. It's still new and just came out this year if there was folks thinking the opposite then idk what to say. Now the big question is when do you think this device is planning on getting 6.0? That's the big question, so far I've been running Android M on my nexus 6 for some time and it is great very nice update and I'm guessing it will roll out and be official around October or somewhere around there so I'm curious to know how long from there will it take the flex 2bto get it.
Good news will be when I find this fcking phone on ebay <270$ :'(
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Indeed good news! Some of us that called the phone "dead " we meant the lack of custom roms and in general the lg,s decision of not unlocking bootloader.
Even with m it will be also dead from developers perspective.
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Good news will be when I dind this fcking phone on ebay <270$ :'(
Anyway its good, but lock bootloader deprives custom ROMs.
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+1 for this hah. I'm also trying to get red one but literally no chance to find it anywhere.
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Not feeling too comfortable and confident with the list. G flex? That never got Lollipop. And how easily it was forgotten, I wouldn't be surprised if G Flex 2 is also forgotten.
Kind if crazy how the list is so short. LG needs to unlock their bootloaders really. I don't see how it G4 flagship can keep the publics interest at all. Eeesh.
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joeminati said:
Not feeling too comfortable and confident with the list. G flex? That never got Lollipop. And how easily it was forgotten, I wouldn't be surprised if G Flex 2 is also forgotten.
Kind if crazy how the list is so short. LG needs to unlock their bootloaders really. I don't see how it G4 flagship can keep the publics interest at all. Eeesh.
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As I know on LG G4 international you can unlock bootloader, but not for the other versions.
So now I'm with G2 and it doesn't get android 6. I hope I will find G Flex 2 for the good price.
rogconnect said:
I just got the H959 TWN version. I think I love it more than my G4 H815 except the Camera.
Flex 2 is so much more snappier than G4 and surprising not as hot the G4. The Curve and the RED back cover is nice. I don't really miss the leather back. Now I have 2 devices to play with. Best of the Best LG .......Life's Good!
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Doesn't G4 have a much better display too?
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Doesn't G4 have a much better display too?
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Yes....QHD 1440p but its drain battery faster. Guess what my 10 year old daughter is using G4 to watch hulu plus LOL
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Sergykm said:
Good news will be when I find this fcking phone on ebay <270$ :'(
Anyway its good, but lock bootloader deprives custom ROMs.
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249$
http://www.ebay.com/itm/171838677560
I can not get 6.0 if they will unlock bootloader in 5.1.1. There is lot of bad things on stock rom. Small difference between max and min display light, alarm volume and lot of more mistakes!
Hope this is true. Maybe by then we will have an unlocked bootloader figured out
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I can not get 6.0 if they will unlock bootloader in 5.1.1. There is lot of bad things on stock rom. Small difference between max and min display light, alarm volume and lot of more mistakes!
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The high minimum brightness is there for reason. Lower brightness = more grainy display.
I doubt LG will fix that in some update. You can use app called Darker - works great but picture gets more grainy..
Grainy display and no manual camera are my main issues with this phone.
Hope our flex2 will get the updata~
http://en.yibada.com/articles/59349...lex-2-lg-g-flex-lg-g4-lg-g3-lg-g-pad-10-1.htm
some website said we will, but no official information about the update
Doubt it
Lg is unpredictable..... Lol
All i want is my unlocked blootloader, 6.0 will be cool, but all i can pray for is that Lg blesses us with a unlocked bootloader.
It's their fastest phone, but the chance of M is probably 20/80. Chance of an unlocked bootloader, 5/95. I'm curious about a stagefright 2.0 patch.
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The article mentioned that the LG Flex may not get Marshmallow, the LG G Flex2 will get Marshmallow, no doubt about that.
And yes they hopefully fix the Stagefright 2.0 bugs too.
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....the LG G Flex2 will get Marshmallow, no doubt about that.
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Do you have an LG source for your certainty that the Flex 2 will get M? LG has a pretty poor track record -- the first gen Flex never got Lollipop.
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It's their fastest phone, but the chance of M is probably 20/80. Chance of an unlocked bootloader, 5/95. I'm curious about a stagefright 2.0 patch.
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I hope you're wrong about 20/80 for Marshmallow. The phone is only ~6 months old and abandonment by LG would be a pretty miserable business decision. As far as unlocking bootloader, we'll more likely get that unofficially as a result of developer effort (highly unlikely without some LG tech leak) but overall the odds are probably even worse than 5%, especially for those of us with AT&T model.
If there will not be a 6.0 update for this device, i'm gonna buy a freaking iphone and never look back on android ... srsly, i'd be done with it and its fragmentation bs forever. Vendorlock me to apple crap.
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I hope you're wrong about 20/80 for Marshmallow. The phone is only ~6 months old and abandonment by LG would be a pretty miserable business decision.
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Intuitively, logically, and reasonably we should expect Marshmallow and the rumors floating around on the android sites are a good sign, but personally I won't bank on it until LG puts out something official. The original Flex was release only 9 weeks earlier than the Flex 2 the prior year (Oct 27 2013 versus Jan 5 2015) and the first Flex never saw Lollipop.
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Intuitively, logically, and reasonably we should expect Marshmallow and the rumors floating around on the android sites are a good sign, but personally I won't bank on it until LG puts out something official. The original Flex was release only 9 weeks earlier than the Flex 2 the prior year (Oct 27 2013 versus Jan 5 2015) and the first Flex never saw Lollipop.
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The Flex and G2 had the same SoC, yet LG abandons it with no apology to users. I can't even find a reason for why they'd abandon a phone with those specs while it still had KitKat. Heck. I don't even understand why KitKat never came to the ATT LG Optimus G despite having the S4 Pro.
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I hope you're wrong about 20/80 for Marshmallow. The phone is only ~6 months old and abandonment by LG would be a pretty miserable business decision. As far as unlocking bootloader, we'll more likely get that unofficially as a result of developer effort (highly unlikely without some LG tech leak) but overall the odds are probably even worse than 5%, especially for those of us with AT&T model.
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The above post is exactly why I'm skeptical towards an official announcement. If you see news from LG please do share because their lips have been sealed on such details.
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take it with a grain of salt, but this list seem logical to me..
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The Flex and G2 had the same SoC, yet LG abandons it with no apology to users. I can't even find a reason for why they'd abandon a phone with those specs while it still had KitKat. Heck. I don't even understand why KitKat never came to the ATT LG Optimus G despite having the S4 Pro.
The above post is exactly why I'm skeptical towards an official announcement. If you see news from LG please do share because their lips have been sealed on such details.
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I see where you are coming from here, but I think that the flex 2 is much better and more popular than the original flex. I don't fully understand why the deep price cut, but it will dramatically increase sales no doubt.
Sidebar: Thanks again to help me confirm I had bad sensors. I sent the phone to LG for repair under warranty and they replaced the entire screen. When I got the phone back it was updated to 5.1.1, so now I don't have to worry about trying to coerce an OTA (sweet!). Battery life is stellar so far and no heat issues. Marshmallow would be a real treat (pun intended) on this phone, so I will stay hopeful that we'll get it (eventually)
Anyway if LG doesn't keep his word, I won't buy his device anymore
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LG Flex 2 IS getting Marshmallow, U can bet your S'mores on it.
http://www.slashgear.com/android-marshmallow-update-coming-to-lg-g4-g3-not-g2-27399720/
Guys. And gals? I am needing to snag an upgrade. I have note 4 ...The real reason is to get my bill down with the new pricing on easy pay. But on 16th they will go up 10 bucks. So ive been searching hard. 810 rumors are rampid. Id rather ask you users. Has the throttling stopped since the updates? Was this really the korean model? Or? How does the screen look compared to note 4? I ask because i love amoled. I also like the fact the flex is not seen much in the hand around my parts,of town. Lol. I see development is lacking. Guess no loki? Wonder why sprint would sell the flex 2 with locked bootloader? Oh well. 5.1.1 and up should fix all the lag. Please if you feel you might have some front facts on all this i hope u would give me all your opinions based on ownership. Thanks.
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ive owned alot of phones in the last few years includes iphone 6+,iphone 6, oneplus one, lg g3,note 3,lg g2 and down the line. And im guessing it was korean bloat along with 2gb ram...? cause i have the att gflex 2 with h950pr rom installed and this phone flies and i have not seen any problems with performance. this is my favorite phone so far, just really like the design and speed. :good:
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All i want is my unlocked blootloader, 6.0 will be cool, but all i can pray for is that Lg blesses us with a unlocked bootloader.
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+1 :good:
bL33d said:
ive owned alot of phones in the last few years includes iphone 6+,iphone 6, oneplus one, lg g3,note 3,lg g2 and down the line. And im guessing it was korean bloat along with 2gb ram...? cause i have the att gflex 2 with h950pr rom installed and this phone flies and i have not seen any problems with performance. this is my favorite phone so far, just really like the design and speed. :good:
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Sweet. So like myself youve had plenty of latest flagships. How crisp is the screen? Any pentile effect? Or is it as sharp as say note 3 or 4?
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First thing I noticed was how much better the screen looked imo then the note 3 not as good as g3 sharpness but close and colors are better since its amoled.
Has anyone made a custom recovery for gflex2 I have a AT&T h950 running950pr Rom I do believe that the boot loader is unlocked unless it has two boots which I doubt....
Any how just asking....
Hahaha, NOT AT ALL (sorry for answering this way!)
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Hahaha, NOT AT ALL (sorry for answering this way!)
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So there is all these h950 AT&T unlocked device and no one has built recovery for them....
Well, i am not sure about unlocked H950 but for now, bootloader is still closed so no custom recovery.
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Well, i am not sure about unlocked H950 but for now, bootloader is still closed so no custom recovery.
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Well the AT&T h950 I have is unlocked and because I'm not on the US there is no boot loader.....I can't see there being two boot loader on this phone......
Unlocked = Bootloader open? Is that what you mean?
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Unlocked = Bootloader open? Is that what you mean?
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How can you tell
When I go in to service menu I see nothing about the boot loader INFO.....
It is like the g3 I had no boot loader that I can see.....
I don't know, sorry, in fact I have H955, I just replied because I never heard that any Flex 2 model has custom recovery.
unlocked meaning that it is Carrier Unlocked... (ie Any GSM SIM would work along with ATT's)
Bootloader unlock is something different...
lockscreen unlock is different..
your door lock unlock is different...
The bootloader is still securely locked away and encrypted by Mrs. ATT and Mr. LG ..
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unlocked meaning that it is Carrier Unlocked... (ie Any GSM SIM would work along with ATT's)
Bootloader unlock is something different...
lockscreen unlock is different..
your door lock unlock is different...
The bootloader is still securely locked away and encrypted by Mrs. ATT and Mr. LG ..
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How can I tell if it is locked......I was told the same thing about my g3 but still got recovery......I do believe that it may be a fact for the US but I'm not in the us...
No matter where you are US or Pluto....bootloader is locked..
G3 is different device where bootloader was workedaround using bump to flash bumped imgs
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No matter where you are US or Pluto....bootloader is locked..
G3 is different device where bootloader was workedaround using bump to flash bumped imgs
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Yea well if this is the case I reckon I'm done with all lg junk very disappointed with the g4 h815t and lg gflex2 it is a good device but no development. I think a may move to a oppo or one plus....
Blame Qualcomm for it's SD810.
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Blame Qualcomm for it's SD810.
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Seriously, why SD810?
6p is 810
1+2 is 810
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Because of his overheated reputation, the Flex 2, the first phone to have the SD810, sold quite poorly. In reality there was more phone in the past that overheated more than the Flex 2 but people stay away from a phone that seems to have a flaw.
That reputation forced LG to use a 6 core SoC in the LG G4 (that came after the LG G Flex 2 with 8 core).
If there is no dev for LG G Flex 2 is because there is few user. Even with a locked bootloader, if our phone was sold massively, someone would have found a way to unlock it as it already happened with so many phone with locked bootloader in the past.
1plus two have a reputation of overheating, Nexus 6P have a reputation of overheating.
In fact SD810 caused inderectly major profit loss for Qualcomm as it was not chosen for the alternate SoC for the Galaxy S6. Samsung sell so many phone that their own production of Exynos SoC is not enough and need another SoC to still produce their flagship. But with SD810 they lose Samsung which is a major client.
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Because of his overheated reputation, the Flex 2, the first phone to have the SD810, sold quite poorly. In reality there was more phone in the past that overheated more than the Flex 2 but people stay away from a phone that seems to have a flaw.
That reputation forced LG to use a 6 core SoC in the LG G4 (that came after the LG G Flex 2 with 8 core).
If there is no dev for LG G Flex 2 is because there is few user. Even with a locked bootloader, if our phone was sold massively, someone would have found a way to unlock it as it already happened with so many phone with locked bootloader in the past.
1plus two have a reputation of overheating, Nexus 6P have a reputation of overheating.
In fact SD810 caused inderectly major profit loss for Qualcomm as it was not chosen for the alternate SoC for the Galaxy S6. Samsung sell so many phone that their own production of Exynos SoC is not enough and need another SoC to still produce their flagship. But with SD810 they lose Samsung which is a major client.
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Nexus 6P and OP2 have SD810 but not the initial realese, have v.3.0 since i know and that version dont overheat...so, Qualcomm did a big mistake launch the SD810 too early...if they aprimorate more this SoC i am sure more phones will use it, unfortunnaly LG are the fist brand to use it so it's the first to suffer in market.
but now GF2 have a 80% price cut since theyr launch and i see a lot of people buy it, i dont know why LG dont unlock theyr bootloader now!
Oh yeah the so called hardware revision.
The Sony Xperia Z3+/Z4 (same model, different name) had the V2.1 (same as 1+two) and it was the worst of them all before being patched, the camera triggered an auto shutdown after few minutes. There is no V3.0
I bought the Flex 2 because of the price cut and I'm happy with that phone for the price I paid.
In fact in the end it's not really Qualcomm that is to blame but ARM as their big.LITTLE architecture is a failure. Qualcomm failed, Samsung almost failed but limited the heat with 14nm technology and other chinese branch chose 8 Cortex-A53 core (as opposed to the 4 A57 + 4 A53)
It don't change the fact that there is way less LG G Flex 2 than any LG G model.
The fact is that this phone rocks, no matter if the bootloaders are locked or unlocked. Anyone can check the benchmarks and see.
Also it sells a lot due to price cut.
Also there is no real overheating problem. Maybe because its plastic and not metal, i am not sure. Still, i cant say that i ve felt overheating nder any circumstance.
It s a shame the is no custom ROM.
This is amazing device except boring and heavy lg skin. This hardware need AOSP rom, just imagine how fluid and smooth that combo will work.
Shame on you LG, people with some cripled mediatek phones have custom roms and we are not able to flash anything.
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This is amazing device except boring and heavy lg skin. This hardware need AOSP rom, just imagine how fluid and smooth that combo will work.
Shame on you LG, people with some cripled mediatek phones have custom roms and we are not able to flash anything.
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Agree with you. I think the reason LG is acting so weird about not unlocking and going against independent development is because they want their phones to have tight security. They don't want everyone playing around with their bootloaders and Xposed etc. The reason for my belief is because last month I incidentally faced FRP lockdown. And spent a month looking for a method to unlock it but ONLY one software worked. I bought the phone in December and LG had plugged all the possible methods available even that were discovered in Jan on Samsung phones and even that loophole will be fixed as soon as they find it. Even Samsung is tightening the noose on security because they are facing harder competition when Blackberry decided to switch to android too with fort knox security. No one wants losing business. Google was already facing major embarrassment on security front and people switching to Apple. Just see how fast they are acting on plugging security holes each month with their patches. So I don't think we would see any development on LG phones atleast and even less in future.
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No there is no unlocked bootloader yet... we have prepared a bounty for whoever does.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/g-flex2/general/bounty-bootloader-unlock-t3322013
Any information about this update? I found only this:
HTML:
http://www.gospelherald.com/articles/65448/20160720/android-m-6-0-marshmallow-n-7-nougat-release-dates-lg-g5-g4-g3-g2-g-stylo-and-v10.htm
Maybe some devices will get upgrade to 7.0 without 6.0??
I wouldnt Count on it
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Maybe some devices will get upgrade to 7.0 without 6.0??
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Flex2 would not be one of those.
One thing we can count on is that Flex2 is probably EOL.
This perhaps not so soon. The phone is old just about a year and a half.
Don't think we'll be that lucky.
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Stop dreaming.
No chance ??
LG is a piece of garbage when it comes to updates. Worse than this, they don't even allow us to unlock bootloader to do this for ourself.
Unlikely.
Most variants (H950, LS996, US995) did not even get 6.0.
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LG is a piece of garbage when it comes to updates. Worse than this, they don't even allow us to unlock bootloader to do this for ourself.
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Better than Samsung...at least you can say that...I rank oems like this
1. Motorola
2. HTC
3. LG
10. Samsung
Yep, I went straight to 10 with Samsung because they're piss poor on support
You guys just got lollipop and you think the flex going to get 7.0 lol?
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Got MM 2 months ago*
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Got MM 2 months ago*
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yeah, "got" MM. Just a fraction of devices got the update while majority is still officially on 5.1.1.
At least getting 7.0 on a snapdragon 810 is remotely possible... maybe LG decided to skip MM and go directly for nougat. But then again, why would they. They've probably already fired the last engineers involved in the development and nobody remembers last years flagship phone, even though there are DOZENS of users like us waiting desperately for a newer firmware
There will never be 7.0 for Flex 2 . Please guys, just be real..
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No custom ROM for LG G Flex 2 and very slowly update to marshmallow . Android nougat 7.0 is not possible for this phone is fact and real.
I wonder if 7.0 will come with an unlocked bootloader?
lol, only joking
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As for Android 7 it's simply too early to tell, yet
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LG Support Italia:
As for Android 7 it's simply too early to tell, yet
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Hmmm, this answer leave space for jump over MM straight to Nougat. Never say never.
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Hmmm, this answer leave space for jump over MM straight to Nougat. Never say never.
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the worst part about is, that someone might think just like that. Two things are infinite - universe and human stupidity...
Hey guys i about to puchase the g flex 2 so decided to ask here b4 i do. Knowing that this device is super cheap in my area, i mean really cheap. The alternative i can get with it price will be lg g3. Even s5, note 3 and G4 are more expensive than flex2. Do u guys recommend this device? Does it still overheat? Can i play ppsspp games for an hour on it without issues? Given that I'm presently using a galaxy Note 2 will i see much upgrades on display, camara and ui? Thanks. Waiting for a reply
Any form of reply will be appreciated. Thanks
Buy it !!!!! Update to Marshmallow and enjoy it ! Super fast, not overheat more then other LG for example LG3, great camera, great display .
I used one year LG G3 with Marshmallow, very good phone but I always liked the amoled screen so right now I use an LG G Flex 2 and very satisfied.
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Buy it !!!!! Update to Marshmallow and enjoy it ! Super fast, not overheat more then other LG for example LG3, great camera, great display .
I used one year LG G3 with Marshmallow, very good phone but I always liked the amoled screen so right now I use an LG G Flex 2 and very satisfied.
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Thanks for the reply. Does it have a better display than the g3? Btw i also prefer oled displays. i also read that it has bad night pics, how bad is it?
Also I'm about to get the h950 32gb version which is a good thing cuz it has 3gb of ram. The prob is it's on android 5.0.1 and i read somewhere that in order to update it, I'm suppose to be on America soil uses an at&t sim. Is this true? Someone plz help me with answers. Thanks
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Thanks for the reply. Does it have a better display than the g3? Btw i also prefer oled displays. i also read that it has bad night pics, how bad is it?
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I like more the oled over the IPS. The black is black !
For good picture you need a lot of light. No mater what phone you have, in low light situation you can't make perfect pictures.
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I like more the oled over the IPS. The black is black !
For good picture you need a lot of light. No mater what phone you have, in low light situation you can't make perfect pictures.
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Well, u haven't answer any of the quesions have you? Anyway thanks for replying.
The model that I'm getting is h950 on android 5.0.1 is there a way to upgrade this to 5.1.1 without being in America?
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The model that I'm getting is h950 on android 5.0.1 is there a way to upgrade this to 5.1.1 without being in America?
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Nothing against the phone here, but just a warning - I think you probably won't ever get past 5.0.1 - 5.1.1 possibly unavailable unless in America and 6.0 for the H950 is and seems to be nonexistent.
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Nothing against the phone here, but just a warning - I think you probably won't ever get past 5.0.1 - 5.1.1 possibly unavailable unless in America and 6.0 for the H950 is and seems to be nonexistent.
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5.1.1 is available for the variant he's getting, the H950. Depending what version your phone ships with, if you get it with 5.0.1 you upgrade to the 5.1.1PR KDZ, and if you get it with 5.1.1 already you just flash a rooted system.img and use it like that. Sadly 6.0 isn't available for us even though they're already on 7.1 but I've had no problems with it yet. Great phone, good battery, faster than the G3, 1080p screen, good camera. Everything you could want.
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5.1.1 is available for the variant he's getting, the H950. Depending what version your phone ships with, if you get it with 5.0.1 you upgrade to the 5.1.1PR KDZ, and if you get it with 5.1.1 already you just flash a rooted system.img and use it like that. Sadly 6.0 isn't available for us even though they're already on 7.1 but I've had no problems with it yet. Great phone, good battery, faster than the G3, 1080p screen, good camera. Everything you could want.
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Exactly, and I meant that he may not get 5.1.1 if he's using the phone outside the US, however I hope he does at least receive that.
Honestly, I feel so bad to see such beautiful hardware being disadvantaged by these software issues, both the specs as well as the design are all so great...