I'm really fed up with the sprint G4 being basically useless. It had so much potential to be an amazing phone for developers but then LG decided on the bonehead move of only allowing bootloader unlock on the 815 model, which is very much NOT the sprint variant.
So now I've got a LS991 LG G4 that, as a phone, I love... But as an android device, the pinnacle of customization and freedom... I'm disappointed.
I'm thinking about knocking it down to stock and accepting the MM ota and then trading it off for something I can run custom ROMs on. Any sprint users with a current flagship got any recommendations? I'm probably going to post it on a Facebook group or Craigslist local to me and put up this LG G4, and a brand new in box 2014 Moto X, unopened, in trade for one phone... But I just have to know which one I should be looking for? Note 5? S6 Edge Plus? I'm stuck with sprint for a while and I just can't deal with the lack of control I have with this phone. Can't flash a new ROM or kernel to fix battery life, instead I have to buy a huge bulky battery, etc. So I need something I can be a flashaholic with.
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I'm a tmo user and won't be switching carriers and currently have a nexus 5. I c considered the g2 but decided against it due to the issues with root and kit Kat. I know it isn't even announced yet but how tough d do you think the T-Mobile version of the g3 will be to root? Assuming it's available in june or July, I'm going to give it another month or two before I'd upgrade to give the accessories and devs time to do their thing.
If the trend continues probably pretty hard. All of the newest Lg devices on T-Mobile and Metro running kitkat, excluding the Flex I think, have stock recovery blocked...
I'm on T-mobile and have used the LG G2x for quite a long time now and it really sucks even after trying out so many different roms including CM7. I can't afford something great like the S5 so the Moto G and S3 (a refurbished one from eBay) seem like decent choices for me. I know the Moto G is newer and might be getting the Android L update so it seems like a greater choice. Plus I would be ordering it from Motorola's site and getting the 4G LTE version with the microSD slot for about $219. The refurbished S3 on eBay is $224. I'd just like to know which seems like the better deal, pros and cons, and good support for rooting. Alternate phone suggestions are also welcome. Thanks
So as the title states I am due for an upgrade soon with tmobiles jump program and I currently have the HTC One M8.
Had it not been for the lack of LTE radio bands on this device I would be keeping it.
I have been looking at newer 2015 flagships and none have really stood out and said "buy me", which seems rather sad to be honest, anyone else feel this way?
I am considering jumping back a generation and getting the iPhone 5S 64GB since it has the storage I want and all the radio bands I would need with tmo launching new towers and that if I did choose to jump to an mvno of ATT I know it would work.
I had considered two android flagships which are the LG G4 and the Samsung Galaxy s6, but im still not sold on them completely.
Anyone have any suggestions or thoughts about this?
If you want or need support for Band 12 (700 MHz A-block), no iPhone will provide it, unless Apple decides to provide it in the next version.
Otherwise, if I was getting a top-of-the-line phone, I'd be considering the G4, mainly for the SD slot and removable battery. IMO, Samsung ruined the S6 by getting rid of those features.
I would wait to see what motorola puts out. The droid lineup and the motoX have been great phones. Moto usually does their flagships later in the year and this will be the second set of flagship phones they release under Lenevo.
I just got the LG G4, going from the Note 4. Leant charge as fast and runs the Bart down 75% Bart with th browsing for an hour. Button on the back taking some getting used to. But yes it has to have sd slot and removable batt.
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Btw on first jump plan, every 3 months new phone plus tax
I started to look more into the LG G4 yesterday afternoon and later that night to see if it would be something I could get behind and for the most part I can see myself using it.
I do like that it has the ability to swap batteries and take up to a 2TB sd card, which could be handy in the long run.
Ultimately I just wanted a device that was able to move seemlessly across tmo and att without much restriction other than getting the carrier unlock. Knowing now that the G4 H815 is the same model on tmo and att its practically a no brainer.
The only one downside I will not like is that despite it having a premium feel due to the leather, it is still ultimately a plastic device. I love my HTC One M8 and its build quality, but the lack of LTE band support slays me. Why introduce a device with only band 4 and 17 for LTE? I mean my wife and I were driving across rural west Texas the other day and she was pulling 4G LTE where I was barely pulling 2G, what was HTC Thinking?
grokus said:
I would wait to see what motorola puts out. The droid lineup and the motoX have been great phones. Moto usually does their flagships later in the year and this will be the second set of flagship phones they release under Lenevo.
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I was considering a 1st gen moto X when they first launched, but at the time I had an LG G2 and was enjoying that device. I have seen the steps moto has made from some of the earlier droids and I have been impressed especially with the new Moto X. If Tmo had a way to get it on their store without having to pay full price for it on motos store then I would get it id imagine.
Yea, my main device is a droid turbo. Would have gone with the moto x but I love the battery life on the turbo.
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So I had & loved my G3.. should have went right to the G4 but I decided to give the Note 5 a try..
I'm curious about the status of current root methods for the G4..
Note 5 for AT&T doesn't seem like it's going to get rooted
So I'm concerned as seems to be the trend if I didn't have the device & root on one single old firmware a method worked on 6 months ago I won't be getting it for the G4 either.
Is that the case or are there still currently functional root methods for this device on most firmware versions ?
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Still rootable as long as it's pre-Marshmellow. As of now Marshmellow is only rootable with an unlocked bootloader which is only possible with the international and T-Mobile versions.
knowing att, they probably wont update the device to marshmellow till about a month before the g5 releases. also, don't purchase one thru att if possible, you can pick up international gsm varients of the g4 for like 400-450 on amazon and ebay which should have unlocked bootloaders. you could probably also sell your note 5 on ebay for like 500-550 and purchase the international version which i imagine is rootable for around the same price as you sell the original for if you wanted to stay with sammy.
also to answer the orignial question, rooting the att g4 is pretty easy, there is no one touch tool that i know of, but as long as you can download some files and copy and paste some lines of code its pretty easy. also there is now an easy to revert back to stock att which there wasn't for a while if you need to make an rma or need to take an official ota after marshmellow or whatever the next update will be.
on a side note, if you do buy the att lg g4, make sure you take the latest update (o i believe), the phone is basically **** without it. mine was super laggy, overheating, and unresponsive to touch before it.
righteous.. well decision made
thanks yuh folks
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so we currently are on verizon. our signal is weak at home and heard at&t services our area well.. so im realy cinsidering the switch.. it sucks going outside to make phone calls..
what at&t devices have development going on?? root, backup.. you know..
we switched to verizon a year ago from tmobile. i got a htc dsire 626 that had no dev whatsoever.. going from a rom junkie to no means at all was crazy.. i hate phones with buttons but in this case it seems if i have to do it, i have to do it..
I know the feeling. I thought the Galaxy S4 would be a "nice cheap upgrade" from the Captivate (Galaxy S, AT&T branded ofc) which spoiled me to no end. I'd love to find something as open as that.
Right now, I'm looking at just outright outta-contract buying an unlocked phone and just doing the legwork to make sure it works with AT&T antenna wise.
Of course everyone's needs and wants are different but amongst my group the winners seem to be OnePlus Three, LG G4/5, for those who are flash-happy.
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I know the feeling. I thought the Galaxy S4 would be a "nice cheap upgrade" from the Captivate (Galaxy S, AT&T branded ofc) which spoiled me to no end. I'd love to find something as open as that.
Right now, I'm looking at just outright outta-contract buying an unlocked phone and just doing the legwork to make sure it works with AT&T antenna wise.
Of course everyone's needs and wants are different but amongst my group the winners seem to be OnePlus Three, LG G4/5, for those who are flash-happy.
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cool i'll have to take a look into those.. yeah the desire 626 had literally no dev for the verizon side.. metropcs got a little but it was dead for the most part.. i just delt with it, gave up, but never lost interest.. now that we are thinking of switching again, ima do more research before get anything..
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