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Hope more development will arrive to our G Flex 2 soon
http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_now_ship...and_it_is_starting_with_the_g4-news-12496.php

Wishful thinking...
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We have no plans to support bootloader unlock in previously launched models including LG G Flex 2.
We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause.
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Thank you.
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LG Developer site Team

dadaa1 said:
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We have no plans to support bootloader unlock in previously launched models including LG G Flex 2.
We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause.
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LG Developer site Team
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grrrrrrrrrrr bad news.......the phone is officially dead(developers perspective)

kutulu32 said:
grrrrrrrrrrr bad news.......the phone is officially dead(developers perspective)
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This is such complete bull. I don't know what is wrong with these companies. Why won't they give us the freedom to use our devices as we choose. Are they that scared of making a loss? They made a brilliant device, but they don't want to support it. What is the point in doing that? I'm tempted to see whether I can sell my G Flex 2 and just buy myself a Xiaomi Note Pro from an overseas company, or something. I love my phone, but I don't want to stay stuck on 5.0.1 for the next two years.

gomhtog said:
This is such complete bull. I don't know what is wrong with these companies. Why won't they give us the freedom to use our devices as we choose. Are they that scared of making a loss? They made a brilliant device, but they don't want to support it. What is the point in doing that? I'm tempted to see whether I can sell my G Flex 2 and just buy myself a Xiaomi Note Pro from an overseas company, or something. I love my phone, but I don't want to stay stuck on 5.0.1 for the next two years.
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This is how the first G Flex was and is still without an unlock bootloader. I was afraid this was going to happen and was the reason I had skipped this device.
I spent a whole year with the first G Flex a whole year with no root to latest version that it had and no unlock bootloader, development on that device was and still is dead.

If LG says they can't bootloader unlock our phones, then why in the 5.1.1 update we have the "Allow OEM unlock" in the developer settings?

I hope LG have problems or something else with unlock on the g4 so because this they dont release a unlock solution for the flex2. It is possible to encript the g4 bootloader unlock key with the sn and imei? Maybe we can build a own unlock tool for lg phones.
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desudecchi said:
If LG says they can't bootloader unlock our phones, then why in the 5.1.1 update we have the "Allow OEM unlock" in the developer settings?
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Not can't.
WONT is more like it.
I got to hold a GF2 today, a red one...totally awesome device. I happened to have had enough cash on me to buy it right there but having been reading up on it knew its locked so passed on it.
What a waste LG, what a waste.
current devices: Nexus 6, Note 4, 3, 2, S3, OneX+

I read this also on G3 Thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/aware-lg-g3-bootloader-unlock-soon-t3147736

Try to "bomb" them with emails requesting bootloader unlock .
[email protected]
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dadaa1 said:
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We have no plans to support bootloader unlock in previously launched models including LG G Flex 2.
We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause.
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LG Developer site Team
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The only difference in their answer when i send them email is that they will deliver the email to the related departement. Lol
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http://developer.lge.com/community/...nuId=55&contsTypeCode=NOT&prodTypeCode=MOBILE
Their latest "reply"

This is very disappointing. Having upgraded from a oneplus one where there was a lot of development. Seriously tempted to get rid of my flex 2 and just carry on with the OPO. Either that or sell both and buy a note 4.

Tim0806 said:
This is very disappointing. Having upgraded from a oneplus one where there was a lot of development. Seriously tempted to get rid of my flex 2 and just carry on with the OPO. Either that or sell both and buy a note 4.
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I also had opo before gflex 2. I also miss every day flashing ! But to tell the truth gflex 2 is at another level. Much more powerful even with throttling. I suggest you keep the phone
at least a couple of months. Note 4 (805snapdragon cpu version) is not a good option.

i am confuse?!
I DONT UNDERSTAND ( i have been rooting and changing roms for 5 years on samsungs, but i am very new to phones with locked bootloaders, AKA my new phone.. Lg G Flex 2)
okay so how come it is possible to root android 5.0.1 on Lg G flex 2 but not on 5.1.1
tbh customs roms are great, but now i got kinda bored from it as back in my day i flashed a thousand and now i see less point init, but the minimum i want is root so i can hack apps and try new features, as well as restore my device from Titanium backup
Please dont disappoint me guys. I just bought the phone and i cant sell it anymore cause im gonna make some loss and i dont want to do that.
IS there gona be any root for 5.1.1, and if not.. then please tell me why its not possible, as i heard it worked perfectly in 5.0.1
also my fellow (lg g flex 2) freinds , what do you guys think? we gona get root or not?
what are the hopes our phones can finally leave prison and experience its new FREE Life in the open world of developing.
Ps. for my G flex 2 mates, i think we should all email lg multiple times, and threaten them that we will leave to samsung permanently if they dont fix the issue ASAP¬¬!

with the update to 5.1.1 LG locked the bootloader and made a root impossible (at this time). the G4 has the same locked bootloader, but LG offers you to unlock it with your IMEI and some other numbers from your phone and then you will get a unique unlock code only for your phone. In a statement LG said, that this method is for upcoming phones, not for old models ..
and Samsung, Motorola, HTC, Sony and Google are much better and much dev friendly then LG -.- I won't buy a LG phone again

Kind of makes KNOX seem like no big deal
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hillg001 said:
Kind of makes KNOX seem like no big deal
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It never was a big deal....
Its a shame that LG ruined such a great device with a locked BL though. What a waste.
Sent from my Nexus 6 or Note 4

My LG G3 bootloader was finally unlocked last year or so. It will happen for the G Flex 2

This really stinks. Rooting and customizing is why I do not like IOS. And LG will be soon on the same list. I already Avdes my client not to buy 350 LG phones for their employees. Such a good hardware but really bad customer relations decisions. Oneplus really looks like a way to go.

littletom1201 said:
My LG G3 bootloader was finally unlocked last year or so. It will happen for the G Flex 2
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That would be great but unlikely.
The G3 had alot of people working on it as the interest was high, the same cannot be said for the GF2.
Id love to be wrong on this but doubt i am
sent from Canada via my Nexus 6, Note 4, 3, 2 or S3

I have to say I agree with you. I have mixed feelings about the Flex 2. It is a very unpopular device and since I am on AT&T it will be last to receive any updates. It also is selling for a very low price ( I hate to see the value drop so soon but the more people to own it the better). I just hope we can get root and a recovery or atleast a way to return to 100% stock so when things go bad after rooting we can atleast recover from it.

G Flex 2 support on XDA?

Hi everyone,
I plan to buy a G Flex 2 now that my G2 was not repaired by the official service.
I came here to take a look at the development and support for this phone, and I see that there isn't much, as there is for the G2 and other popular phones. Why is that? Will there be a progress regarding the development?
Actually I don't need much, just a rooted, clean and fast ROM. But I hesitate now, that the G Flex 2's forum isn't that much alive as the G2 is/was.
thanks

TuggSpeedman said:
Hi everyone,
I plan to buy a G Flex 2 now that my G2 was not repaired by the official service.
I came here to take a look at the development and support for this phone, and I see that there isn't much, as there is for the G2 and other popular phones. Why is that? Will there be a progress regarding the development?
Actually I don't need much, just a rooted, clean and fast ROM. But I hesitate now, that the G Flex 2's forum isn't that much alive as the G2 is/was.
thanks
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That's because the bootloader is still locked, developer's can't do anything about it unless LG will give us option for an unlocked bootloader..

oh. and what's the current opinion? do you think it will change positively in the future? Does LG need to open it, or the developers can? I don't know now if it's a problem like KNOX in samsung devices.
Will root be available anyway? I can see that something is happening in another thread regarding the root.

Hate to say it, but you might want to look into a G4 instead then.
Don't get me wrong, the G Flex 2 is a wonderful device in my opinion. But the bootloader can be unlocked for the G4 and i guess thats where all the development will be at.

okay, but I'd really like to have a g flex 2. i really like it and it's a lot cheaper than the g4, I could buy it for about 340 euros, while the g4 would cost about 600 euros.
Will it be possible to open the bootloader for the g flex 2? is somebody working on it? what does it depend on, If something will happen to the flex 2?
Will there be root even if the bootloader stays as it is now?
thanks for the answers.

The Flex 2 is cheaper because it have the infamous Snapdragon 810. So it sells badly and now it's discounted.
Still we are only few to have that phone so imho it will take a long time before something happen.
There is root, if you don't upgrade your phone.
If the G4 is too expensive, you could try the G3, better support on XDA and the difference in performance is not so big. You understand that with a snapdragon 810, the CPU is underclocked and when it get warm it even shut down some core.
If you still interrested in S810, maybe you can wait for the Oneplus Two, not that I believe it can be colder but it's around 340$.

I can't even easily purchase it.. Out of stock everywhere.. thing is, if I get assured that the SD810 2.1 or 1.2 (which was it?) solves the overheat AND I would be assured that I get the new version, maybe I'd buy it. Not willing to risk all that money on a phone I might hate, so going for the G4 this week..
If anyone wants to convince me towards tbe Flex 2 rather than tbe G4, you have 1-2 days
If the bootloader on International is unlocked and there is a custom recovery, I'd definately make my usual kernel and try my luck on CM12.1. We are porting the latter to Exynos 7420, so how hard can the 810 possibly be? No promises for anything of course, but I'd definately try to get rid of LG UI.
Anyways, as a developer I'm more interested in unsupported phones and I had my eyes on the G Flex series for a while now. How is the performance and heat?

Le_Zouave said:
The Flex 2 is cheaper because it have the infamous Snapdragon 810. So it sells badly and now it's discounted.
Still we are only few to have that phone so imho it will take a long time before something happen.
There is root, if you don't upgrade your phone.
If the G4 is too expensive, you could try the G3, better support on XDA and the difference in performance is not so big. You understand that with a snapdragon 810, the CPU is underclocked and when it get warm it even shut down some core.
If you still interrested in S810, maybe you can wait for the Oneplus Two, not that I believe it can be colder but it's around 340$.
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thanks for your answer.
I think I then might stick to the G4 with black leather instead. I'm buying a phone for long term, and in this case I'd rather leave the flex 2. I don't need the snapdragon810, I only really liked the flex 2's design and price tag.
And what's about the G4 then? The G4 doesn't have this issue, does it?

The G4 use Snapdragon 808 that have 6 cores (the 810 have 8 cores). Different benchmark show it have similar score than the flex 2 (around 50 000 in antutu)
But the european G4 have his bootloader officialy unlockable (it's not a hack but you still lose the warranty).

Le_Zouave said:
The G4 use Snapdragon 808 that have 6 cores (the 810 have 8 cores). Different benchmark show it have similar score than the flex 2 (around 50 000 in antutu)
But the european G4 have his bootloader officialy unlockable (it's not a hack but you still lose the warranty).
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What? The G4's bootloader is unlockable but then you lose your warranty???? WTF? Will this change in the future? Can you root the G4's newest ROM without losing the warranty? Why have LG done this? Did LG really need this?! It's then almost the same as Samsung's KNOX, isn't it?

Are you young or new to smartphone?
For example, on samsung, when you unlocked the bootloader there was a yellow triangle with exclamation mark at boot, on a Nexus device, there is an opened locker. It's to show clearly that the bootloader is unlocked and it's not destined to you but for repair shop.
On samsung device it's not unlocked officialy but for nexus it's intended to be unlocked. And you loose your warranty, unless you flash a stock image and relock the bootloader.
Come on, you can't think that you can mess up with the files (root or bootloader) and still claim for a warranty if you brick your device.
I let you read by yourself why LG unlocked the bootloader officialy for the G4 and it's clearly stated that it's not covered by LG warranty and they also explain why.
http://developer.lge.com/resource/mobile/RetrieveBootloader.dev?categoryTypeCode=ANRS
I don't know why you talk about samsung knox. Knox is like Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES). Or maybe you don't get the purpose of a locked bootloader.

Le_Zouave said:
Are you young or new to smartphone?
For example, on samsung, when you unlocked the bootloader there was a yellow triangle with exclamation mark at boot, on a Nexus device, there is an opened locker. It's to show clearly that the bootloader is unlocked and it's not destined to you but for repair shop.
On samsung device it's not unlocked officialy but for nexus it's intended to be unlocked. And you loose your warranty, unless you flash a stock image and relock the bootloader.
Come on, you can't think that you can mess up with the files (root or bootloader) and still claim for a warranty if you brick your device.
I let you read by yourself why LG unlocked the bootloader officialy for the G4 and it's clearly stated that it's not covered by LG warranty and they also explain why.
http://developer.lge.com/resource/mobile/RetrieveBootloader.dev?categoryTypeCode=ANRS
I don't know why you talk about samsung knox. Knox is like Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES). Or maybe you don't get the purpose of a locked bootloader.
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No, I'm not new, I just didn't really hear of the bootloader before, or at least I didn't hear that it can cause such a big problem.
Until a few days ago I had a G2 and before that an Optimus Black, which I happily used with Huexx's great ROMs. I haven't really met this bootloader issue before, I just flashed the ROMs I wanted to, or simply just rooted them, and before taking my phone to service I just simply flashed an official ROM without root. So I don't really get the purpose of it...
....and this is what I also don't get
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You say: "And you loose your warranty, unless you flash a stock image and relock the bootloader."
LG says (on the page you showed) on the other hand:
"4. Once unlocked, it cannot be undone. There is no turning back once you have unlocked the bootloader.
You will not be able to revert your phone to locked status."
I mention KNOX, because for a short time after the Optimus Black, but before the G2, I had a Galaxy S4, which had KNOX. I didn't know of that, just after a few days, when I wanted to root it... I sold it, because there would have been no more warranty after root, and it couldn't be removed, or re-done, and for me it looks like that with LG.
So as I understand now: maybe then this issue was already there before, but the developers found out how to open it without being opened... ? .. and I had no "problems" therefore..
And the issue now with the G4 is, that the devs don't know yet how to make it reveresed.
And as for the G Flex 2: the devs don't even know how to open it, and LG doesn't tell either. But once they crack it, maybe they can also relock it, so LG won't notice anything., and the new custom ROMs would start to come.
Do I get it right? I really didn't have issues regarding the bootloader, so I'm totally lost now, and now I'm starting to feel, that I might don't dare to buy a new LG phone... or what now??!

For the G4,, yes it's not relockable because LG didn't want to. On Nexus it's relockable.
Knox is a way to manage a phone fleet, mainly for enterprise usage.
Anyway you can think about it, once rooted and/or the bootloader is unlocked, you void your warranty. If you return to stock and relock bootloader, there is way for repair service to see if you did some modification as in many samsung device, there is a counter when you flash another rom, but on other is cannot be seen.
Some phone have their bootloader officialy unlockable (step are given by manufacturer) some aren't. For exemple, the lock on Motorola Droid (Milestone is some country) was very strong and it was cracked only 3 years later but it was done.
Also, understand that root don't need unlocked bootloader.
But le Flex 2 face 2 problem, it's new and poor sale. So don't hope for something that will profit a handfull of people.

Le_Zouave said:
For the G4,, yes it's not relockable because LG didn't want to. On Nexus it's relockable.
Knox is a way to manage a phone fleet, mainly for enterprise usage.
Anyway you can think about it, once rooted and/or the bootloader is unlocked, you void your warranty. If you return to stock and relock bootloader, there is way for repair service to see if you did some modification as in many samsung device, there is a counter when you flash another rom, but on other is cannot be seen.
Some phone have their bootloader officialy unlockable (step are given by manufacturer) some aren't. For exemple, the lock on Motorola Droid (Milestone is some country) was very strong and it was cracked only 3 years later but it was done.
Also, understand that root don't need unlocked bootloader.
But le Flex 2 face 2 problem, it's new and poor sale. So don't hope for something that will profit a handfull of people.
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Thank you. I'm gonna buy a G4 then in the upcoming few days

you don't need to quote me for one line...
just to make it clear, you'll lose the warranty of the G4 once you unlock the bootloader even if the unlock method was provided by LG.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62058766&postcount=17
Like i already stated in that thread, my g flex 2 is pretty cool, doesn't get hot with trivial stuff at all ... it actually did on 5.0.1 without forcing gpu rendering in the dev options. But its the fastest phone i've owned since my previous g2 and nexus 5.
Only thing that is bugging the **** out of me is not having root.

Pass on this if you can the phone proccessor is it's undoing. Knowing what we know about this phone no one in there right mind would buy this over some of the older phones like the g3, one plus one or two,nexus 6, moto x . This phone with the 808 i wouldn't be typing this now on my note 4 . Loved the phone but i had 3 replacements under a month. Screen didn't wanna cut on just the the system ui which was a rainbow color on 2 different flex2 then the last one i had damn near caught fire in my pocket burnt my leg it got so hot returned that and got a note 4. Can't believe i sold the nexus 6 for this phone smdh lesson learned you get what you pay for.

The android 6.o is coming, will Flex2 have chance to update?

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.
Sent from my LG-H950

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.

StardustOne said:
....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.

Ace42 said:
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.

Neo42 said:
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.

jgolf said:
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.
Neo42 said:
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.
Sent from my LG-H950

take it with a grain of salt, but this list seem logical to me..

Ace42 said:
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

6.0
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:

NightBladeDK said:
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.

Bootloader theory

This is just a thought and i like keeping the threads alive.
As far as Flex 2 goes it's an ok phone. I put it in the class of G3 with a worse screen but it's curved that's why I bought it. Who ever owned a Galaxy Nexus knows what I'm talking about. I love the curve and I owned a G3 so it was a perfect combination and i don't want to give 500+ for a stupid mobile phone. If people owned a Nexus 5 they know that phones can overheat. so what is the problem with the Flex 2. Yes the SD810 flopped in the tech community and they bashed on it. So LG made the G4 "worse" than the FLex 2 is and they followed with the V10. The fact is that the G5 was also in production so the Flex 2 is better then the G4 and the V10 with the unlocked bootloader it would **** up the sales. Who would buy the other phones? No one. The community would grow larger and we would see development all over the place. Why then bother buying a G4 or V10? So now they almost "sold out" the "crappy" Flex 2 and after the G5 starts selling the Flex will no longer be a problem. It is not that LG doesn't wnat to give us the bootloader but rather they are scared of the sales.
Think about it.

z.coniglietti said:
This is just a thought and i like keeping the threads alive.
As far as Flex 2 goes it's an ok phone. I put it in the class of G3 with a worse screen but it's curved that's why I bought it. Who ever owned a Galaxy Nexus knows what I'm talking about. I love the curve and I owned a G3 so it was a perfect combination and i don't want to give 500+ for a stupid mobile phone. If people owned a Nexus 5 they know that phones can overheat. so what is the problem with the Flex 2. Yes the SD810 flopped in the tech community and they bashed on it. So LG made the G4 "worse" than the FLex 2 is and they followed with the V10. The fact is that the G5 was also in production so the Flex 2 is better then the G4 and the V10 with the unlocked bootloader it would **** up the sales. Who would buy the other phones? No one. The community would grow larger and we would see development all over the place. Why then bother buying a G4 or V10? So now they almost "sold out" the "crappy" Flex 2 and after the G5 starts selling the Flex will no longer be a problem. It is not that LG doesn't wnat to give us the bootloader but rather they are scared of the sales.
Think about it.
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i am with you: if the G FLex2 have unlocked bootloader then the G4 and V10 sales are lower than with GF2, sure it was because SD810 are way better than SD808, i already say that in another thread and confirm that again...and say more: because G5 will be a "strange feeling phone" for the people, i sure guarantee the V10 will sell more than G5 and G4, and we will se more GF2 around because of theyr price offers from that point i dont understand why LG dont unlock the GF2.
Conclusion: We never see the BL unlocked in this device of course because if they unlock it the G4/G5 and V10 sales will drop like crazy...because the GF2 is half of the price of G4 and 1/3 of V10 now!
But even with locked bootloader i love the GF2 and i will not selling it until he dies for itself, i will keep it because is a unique phone! PERIOD!

You guys do realize that only about 0.1% of sales are people in this community and care about bootloader unlocks. The other 99.9% do not even know what root is and are only concerned that their phone is the most secure they can get and no one will hack their phone and take their entire lives. So unlocking the bootloader may boost sales by 1000 units in the developer community...but once the lower security is known they will lose 10,000 in consumer sales that do not know what root is, but know that the other phones are more secure.

no hope for bootloader unlock

z.coniglietti said:
This is just a thought and i like keeping the threads alive.
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Think about it.
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whoa, mindblown.
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KennyG123 said:
You guys do realize that only about 0.1% of sales are people in this community and care about bootloader unlocks. The other 99.9% do not even know what root is and are only concerned that their phone is the most secure they can get and no one will hack their phone and take their entire lives. So unlocking the bootloader may boost sales by 1000 units in the developer community...but once the lower security is known they will lose 10,000 in consumer sales that do not know what root is, but know that the other phones are more secure.
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How would it lose 10k consumers if they dont even know what a BL is, how it works and so on.. Also, as if possibility of unlocking BL means lower security for one specific device.

le grande magnetto said:
How would it lose 10k consumers if they dont even know what a BL is, how it works and so on.. Also, as if possibility of unlocking BL means lower security for one specific device.
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Because then the rating on the security level of the phone will drop. Articles will state it is not as secure as XXX phone. IT specialists will not recommend the phone to be supplied as a company phone. 10000 units is an understatement. Many military and commercial plants that supply phones for their employees, choose the model based on IT recommendations.

KennyG123 said:
Because then the rating on the security level of the phone will drop. Articles will state it is not as secure as XXX phone. IT specialists will not recommend the phone to be supplied as a company phone. 10000 units is an understatement. Many military and commercial plants that supply phones for their employees, choose the model based on IT recommendations.
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Then why they unlock bootloaders on their flag ships ? That doesnt make sense.

k3lcior said:
Then why they unlock bootloaders on their flag ships ? That doesnt make sense.
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Aren't Verizon and AT&T locked on LG G5? And the V10?

And unlocked on G3 and G4?

k3lcior said:
And unlocked on G3 and G4?
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Ummmm...no
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-g4/general/safestrap-esque-recovery-locked-t3181436
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-g4/general/bounty-root-method-exploit-bootloader-t3130989

KennyG123 said:
Ummmm...no
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-g4/general/safestrap-esque-recovery-locked-t3181436
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-g4/general/bounty-root-method-exploit-bootloader-t3130989
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Ummmm.... yes
https://developer.lge.com/resource/mobile/RetrieveBootloader.dev?categoryTypeCode=ANRS

k3lcior said:
Ummmm.... yes
https://developer.lge.com/resource/mobile/RetrieveBootloader.dev?categoryTypeCode=ANRS
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It specifically states "CERTAIN RELEASES"
AT&T and Verizon are not one of those. That was back in 2015. An LG rep stated it is not happening for those 2 carriers.

I never said anything about US specific models, but G4 in general. It's flagship and LG allows to unlock it's bootloader atleast for EU market version, and since it's flagship ofcourse they expect to sell and promote it way more than other models, thats why this makes 0 sense:
KennyG123 said:
You guys do realize that only about 0.1% of sales are people in this community and care about bootloader unlocks. The other 99.9% do not even know what root is and are only concerned that their phone is the most secure they can get and no one will hack their phone and take their entire lives. So unlocking the bootloader may boost sales by 1000 units in the developer community...but once the lower security is known they will lose 10,000 in consumer sales that do not know what root is, but know that the other phones are more secure.
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k3lcior said:
I never said anything about US specific models, but G4 in general. It's flagship and LG allows to unlock it's bootloader atleast for EU market version, and since it's flagship ofcourse they expect to sell and promote it way more than other models, thats why this makes 0 sense:
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It makes a LOT of sense in the US market. Verizon and AT&T sold millions of units to corporate and military due to the security. But you cannot see that, You do not see beyond the sales to your friends and neighbors. So you believe what you want to believe that extra security on phones does not affect sales in the least. Have a nice day.

How about this for theory..
Out all the phones that use the snap draggon 810..
One plus 2
ZTE Axom Pro
HTC One M9
Microsoft Lumia 950XL
Huawei Nexus 6P
LG G Flex 2
The capabilities of the phone mainly rest with the hardware.
This at the heart of all these phones is the 810..
Any chance that we could use the firmware of phone using nearly identical hardware?
Spec for spec the H950(at&t gflex2) is very very close to some of these phones.. Cameras and screen resolutions aside.
Addressable commands to all things incorporated with the Snap Dragon 810 hould be the same.

captaingowa said:
How about this for theory..
Out all the phones that use the snap draggon 810..
One plus 2
ZTE Axom Pro
HTC One M9
Microsoft Lumia 950XL
Huawei Nexus 6P
LG G Flex 2
The capabilities of the phone mainly rest with the hardware.
This at the heart of all these phones is the 810..
Any chance that we could use the firmware of phone using nearly identical hardware?
Spec for spec the H950(at&t gflex2) is very very close to some of these phones.. Cameras and screen resolutions aside.
Addressable commands to all things incorporated with the Snap Dragon 810 hould be the same.
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We can't use firmware from other phone they only brick flex2. Any single Phone on your list have different not compatible bl. Bl it's not part of soc
Wysłane z mojego LG-H955 przy użyciu Tapatalka

captaingowa said:
How about this for theory..
Out all the phones that use the snap draggon 810..
One plus 2
ZTE Axom Pro
HTC One M9
Microsoft Lumia 950XL
Huawei Nexus 6P
LG G Flex 2
The capabilities of the phone mainly rest with the hardware.
This at the heart of all these phones is the 810..
Any chance that we could use the firmware of phone using nearly identical hardware?
Spec for spec the H950(at&t gflex2) is very very close to some of these phones.. Cameras and screen resolutions aside.
Addressable commands to all things incorporated with the Snap Dragon 810 hould be the same.
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I flashed the recovery from a Oneplus 2 to my Flex 2 and it booted fine but wouldn't go to recovery. I flashed just the system img and bricked it.

iammclovin804 said:
I flashed the recovery from a Oneplus 2 to my Flex 2 and it booted fine but wouldn't go to recovery. I flashed just the system img and bricked it.
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So that mean that's it's totally incompatible. Think again. If your just flashed the recovery. If you reboot normaly it don't go in recovery (it's obvious but it's that part you seem to misunderstand) so it's totally normal that it boot normaly as you didn't touch system and user img. Then if you can't go in recovery because it's not compatible but it's not bricked as if you reboot normaly you get the normal system and user partition.

in theory they are unlocked so you can put all the fun on it.
the point is that the sd810 screwed up a lot of stuff for a lot of companies. since the flex 2 is a flagship with a good processor plus it had a gimmick (curved) like the g5 now with the modular design. they went a step back with the g4 and the g5 just came out. if you could put a custom rom and fix the processor a bit it would fuk up the sales. i expect that the bootloader will be unlocked during summer or after summer depends how g5 sells. if it flunks no bootloader unlock.

LG v10 gets official bootloader unlock

http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/0...ool-adds-the-lg-v10-for-europe-except-france/

What it has to do with G Flex 2?

k3lcior said:
What it has to do with G Flex 2?
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Maybe we'll get an official unlock too
But I don't think so :c

that maybe we also will get an bootloader unlock on marshmallow just like the v10 is getting it on marshmallow

I believe after we get marshmallow lg will unlock flex2's bootloader. Just a thought...

my opinion is:
V10 is getting all the attention from the market right now (even more than G5) because for me is way better than G5 (only thing i love in G5 is SD820 and double cameras) and i think LG see the potential in V10 such a excelent device and now they will have to give oportunity to developers to turn that phone into biggest and better than they already are!
i am sure G Flex2 will not have Bootloader Unlocked because nobody cares...and for the price they are in the market's now LG dont have profit enough to keep the eyes on GF2 and that's it!
- and V10 price is so good now, i can grab one here from 400€ or less new with guarantee and everything, sure if my G Flex2 turns boring i am sure within 4/5 months i go for V10...

copy2050 said:
my opinion is:
V10 is getting all the attention from the market right now (even more than G5) because for me is way better than G5 (only thing i love in G5 is SD820 and double cameras) and i think LG see the potential in V10 such a excelent device and now they will have to give oportunity to developers to turn that phone into biggest and better than they already are!
i am sure G Flex2 will not have Bootloader Unlocked because nobody cares...and for the price they are in the market's now LG dont have profit enough to keep the eyes on GF2 and that's it!
- and V10 price is so good now, i can grab one here from 400€ or less new with guarantee and everything, sure if my G Flex2 turns boring i am sure within 4/5 months i go for V10...
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I think v10 will be bad choice. At the moment phones comes with sd820 or exynos 8890. In this case sd808 lower segment processor with 2k screen.

Okay I'll mention this once again it seems most of LG phones once you hit marshmallow you can bootloader unlock them I have 3 friends with different LG phones all three of which are marshmallow and got their bootloader unlocked
Sent from my LGLS996 using XDA-Developers mobile app

But they only provide bootloader unlock for the European models....even the LG g4 (non-euro) has got an locked bootloader.

Lg plays with our nerves lol.
Lg cares about our warranty we will get bootloader unlock after our 2 years warranty is over lol.

kutulu32 said:
Lg plays with our nerves lol.
Lg cares about our warranty we will get bootloader unlock after our 2 years warranty is over lol.
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if they care about the warranty, why the V10 already have the BL unlocked?! that device comes out in less than 1 year and look at that now?! have the BL unlocked and G Flex2 is more close to 2 years than V10 are!

copy2050 said:
if they care about the warranty, why the V10 already have the BL unlocked?! that device comes out in less than 1 year and look at that now?! have the BL unlocked and G Flex2 is more close to 2 years than V10 are!
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Kidding before lol but as far as i remember the official answer from lg was that lg encountered some issues with older devices than g4 european bootloader unlock . I think this is bullsh...but ....we cannot answer for sure
http://developer.lge.com/community/...nuId=55&contsTypeCode=NOT&prodTypeCode=MOBILE
Q> Why do you support unlocking the bootloader to*the H815 (G4) for the European market*only?
It is not possible for previously launched devices to support the bootloader unlock in the same way due to the technical issues*that cannot be resolved through software update or carrier restrictions.