I have a dilemma between this 4 cellular, I can get them all at almost the same price so its dosn't matter.
What do you recommand?
I want a strong one that would run the latest games, but also a one that do its job as a phone!
Also the XDA community support is important (ROMS, etc)
Thanks!
I love my Photon. Rooted but with locked boot loader not many rom options.
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htc hands down
hello ok here it is most of the time it just a prefrence amongst the user you will find more support for google brand phones and htc phones more so than the rest quite simply google devices always get latest software anyway and htc has so many android phones that there are alot of developers for there phones i will tell you as i own a lg g2x that if it was not for very good developers that work very hard my phone would suck as lg does not have good support on there end.
so some things to consider
1. number of roms for device
2. number of developers working with device
3. if htc phone does alpharev 1.8 or alpharev x support it (if you want s-off)
4. along with the roms are there good kernals for it (faux123) ( morific trinity)
(please note kernal only needed if you wanna oc/uv
5.what you will be happy with and is user friendly to you
but out of those phones listed no to the lg (poor lg support) motorola no (very slow to get updated if any) i would honestly say the htc sensation if you dont like that buy a google branded phone
hey if it helps please hit thanks or buy me a pepsi
Out of the four, the LG Thrill is most likely to get a stable CM9 earliest, simply because it's a TI OMAP chipset (same as the Galaxy Nexus), and TI is awesome with releasing source/drivers/etc. apparently. The only thing is that 3D probably won't be implemented too soon after CM9 comes to the device. The Photon and Atrix on the other hand will be one of the last to get it simply because of the nVidia chipset, and nVidia apparently doesn't release much for developers.
Atrix
I had the Motorla Atrix when I was going through AT&T. I absolutely loved that phone. I changed jobs, and had to switch carriers. I have the Motorola Photon, and I'm slightly annoyed with it.
I started doing some research today to determine if I should root the Photon or wait for ICS. Hmmmm, Q3 for the ICS. So, I decided to root, and go with a ROM that doesn't have all of the bloated Sprint software, only to be reminded that the boot loader on the Motorola phones are locked, and ROM development is slim to none, or so I'm finding.
Motorola makes a pretty damn good phone, IMHO, but to lock things down so tightly is baaaaaad. I went with Android phones, because I love Linux and open source. Motorola is like the Microsoft or Apple of Cell phones.
If you're planning to root, stay away from Motorola phones.
No Lg Thril
Do not get the LG Thrill. It was the worst phone I have ever had. It was awful. I had it for 3 months and had to switch because it was that bad.
I'm hoping someone can shed some light on if CM12 is worth putting on the LG G2. Do you lose any features or abilities from the phone by doing so? Is it buggy and work properly? Currently I have a OnePlus One, but I am going to be selling it. I have a new LG G2 just sitting at the house that literally has never been powered on. I like the OPO overall but its worth more from a selling point and I like to be able to operate my phone with one hand / text and the OPO is just slightly too big to do this for me. Anyway I really like CM11S on the OPO and have been happy with it as my daily driver for the last 6 months or so, but I have been told that the lollipop update from LG is not bad. Really my main concern here is loss of functionality and features from installing CM12. I've searched online and couldn't really find any pros or cons to either. Thanks
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I'm hoping someone can shed some light on if CM12 is worth putting on the LG G2. Do you lose any features or abilities from the phone by doing so? Is it buggy and work properly? Currently I have a OnePlus One, but I am going to be selling it. I have a new LG G2 just sitting at the house that literally has never been powered on. I like the OPO overall but its worth more from a selling point and I like to be able to operate my phone with one hand / text and the OPO is just slightly too big to do this for me. Anyway I really like CM11S on the OPO and have been happy with it as my daily driver for the last 6 months or so, but I have been told that the lollipop update from LG is not bad. Really my main concern here is loss of functionality and features from installing CM12. I've searched online and couldn't really find any pros or cons to either. Thanks
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You didn't say which version of G2 that you have. I am using a D800. I have used two different nightlies of CM12 with great success. No issues. No loss of functions. Check out this thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2495753. It's a CM11 thread but if you read starting from the last post you will see my entries about CM12. I love my G2 on CM12.
Finally, I am in a similar situation. The Opo is fantastic but I am a one-handed user and was thinking whether it is worth considering the switch to a g2. The size is too big for consistent one-handed use. Is the g2 stock os horrible and what r the negatives on switching?
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CM12 Working Fine on AT&T G2 (D800)
Visit this thread and you'll find a CM12 for the AT&T version of the G2.
It's working well, no problems that I've experienced, except an issue with themes that is not specific to the G2.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-g2/development/5-0-2-cyanogenmod-12-t3037040/page9#post59340984
It looks like we all can make a club, lots of people have got the one plus but after the mess, and all the bugs, I am already back using the G2. If I cannot fin a decet ROM for the Oneplus soon Will be selling it.
See thread title. Does the LG Optimus F3Q have enough hardware specs and power to run PG? I have a friend who needs a mobile device to run it and I have a F3Q lying around I could lend her. I know I have to flash a custom ROM on it as I know it requires Android 4.4; by default it comes with 4.1.4 and I also threw a microSD card in there to make up for its abysmal storage.
Does it have the other necessary hardware? It's an LTE phone - initially got it because I thought I could use it for the keyboard, but I couldn't get the silly thing to register in T-Mobile.
Try it
The phones actually has pretty good specs so I wouldn't see why not. Not sure if a ROM will somehow let you run Pokemon go, but then again I am literally just getting into the ROM scene and am Planning to install my first ROM on the F3 as well. I say it's worth a shot though.
Not really
Hi guys,
Any suggestion or leak news that this update will arrives officially on our wonderful device?
LG v10 came in October 2015, so if I'm right, 2 years of Android updates support and we will receive Android 7!
Post here any news spread in the web [emoji2]
Metaldroidiano said:
Hi guys,
Any suggestion or leak news that this update will arrives officially on our wonderful device?
LG v10 came in October 2015, so if I'm right, 2 years of Android updates support and we will receive Android 7!
Post here any news spread in the web [emoji2]
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from my experience with LG devices and updates, firt G5 will receive the 7.0 until ends of September/October and next V10 until ends of December or earlyer January! Dont bother too much, we will receive it anyway!
There is no root for Marshmellow so likely nougat will be more impenetrable. I'm sticking to Marshmellow and waiting for a root.
There is way, way too much crap-ware on verizon phones not to be rooted.
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There is no root for Marshmellow so likely nougat will be more impenetrable. I'm sticking to Marshmellow and waiting for a root.
There is way, way too much crap-ware on verizon phones not to be rooted.
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depends wich variant you have, in some variants the bootloader is unlockable and then have root like mine!
i am sure LG will make all variants unlockable-able bootloader so, you need to wait if you have a locked one!
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i am sure LG will make all variants unlockable-able bootloader so, you need to wait if you have a locked one!
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Not sure why you think that.
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sun_is_shinning said:
depends wich variant you have, in some variants the bootloader is unlockable and then have root like mine!
i am sure LG will make all variants unlockable-able bootloader so, you need to wait if you have a locked one!
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Verizon (or any other cell company) has no vested interested in giving root access to it's customers. The phones are loaded with crap ware to data mine what you are doing. That is valuable data to Verizon and they are not about to lose that income stream if they can help it.
I've had previous Verizon phones with the same "locked down" problems. Even though the phone would play MP3, etc; that made it so you HAD to buy any music you wanted to play through their Verizon store. Outrageous when I have 250GB of music archive I want to choose from.
I held my nose and went back to Verizon because we are planning to move to a rural area and Verizon was the only company that had any coverage. Stuck again in locked down hell.
Someone PLEASE find a way to root these phones!
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Verizon (or any other cell company) has no vested interested in giving root access to it's customers. The phones are loaded with crap ware to data mine what you are doing. That is valuable data to Verizon and they are not about to lose that income stream if they can help it.
I've had previous Verizon phones with the same "locked down" problems. Even though the phone would play MP3, etc; that made it so you HAD to buy any music you wanted to play through their Verizon store. Outrageous when I have 250GB of music archive I want to choose from.
I held my nose and went back to Verizon because we are planning to move to a rural area and Verizon was the only company that had any coverage. Stuck again in locked down hell.
Someone PLEASE find a way to root these phones!
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Root the V10 with bootloader locked and Android 6.0 Marshmallow is impossible...
The only method to root V10 with bootloader locked is on 5.1.1 Android Lollipop with some kind of dump, i know its possible because when i have my G Flex 2 i have bootloader locked and i root it in 5.1.1, but when update to 6.0 Marshmallow i cant root so, if you want root for now you need to be in 5.1.1.
We will get android 7 for sure but i also do not expect it before the end of the year. They will first focus on G5 which most probably will get it around september/october and after that will work on V10 and G4. Android 7 have some good new features like the multitasking and advanced doze mode but frankly my V10 is working perfectly even now with marshmallow so i am in no rush to get the update as soon as possible. Lets hope that we will get it as christmas present before end of the year.
Outside of vulkan I couldn't care less about nougat.
In fact I think it should be called 6.1 not 7.0, there is nothing interesting about it multiple windows? This has been around for awhile if the app supports it.. My note 3 had multi window support and so does the LG v10 it's pretty useless
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It should also be noted that marshmallow doze features can be enhanced with 3rd party apps such as ForceDoze which can decrease the time it takes for doze to kick in when the screen is off.
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seems like they made a teaser for android 7 on LG V10 on their IG post lol
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seems like they made a teaser for android 7 on LG V10 on their IG post lol
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Link?
I posted this from Android Authority about a week ago...
LG Android Nougat Update
LG has earned pretty good reputation among devs for updating their flagships faster than anyone else to the latest Android version. Last update also, LG updated their flagship, LG G4 to Marshmallow soon after the update was released for the Nexus devices. We can expect that for the current flagship LG G5 and the previous flagship LG G4 with LG Android 7.0 Nougat Update.
Here is the list of all devices which will get LG Android Nougat Update :
LG G5
LG G4
LG V10
These are the devices which are confirmed to get the Nougat Update from LG, we don’t have any confirmation till now. We’ll be updating the post when it will be available.
Also, LG’s updates are generally lagged by the carriers in US, so the LG Android Nougat Update timeline may vary from different carriers like Verizon, Sprint, etc. And we can expect the updates to come to the devices listed above just after 2 months from release of Android Nougat.
Long story short, at least we're getting it. After rumors of the V20 coming out already many people believed LG would forego the update to pressure people into buying the V20. We know now, that's not the case.
I for one would really like the Nougat update. Split screen might have existed since a long time ago but official support from Google means wider adoption. Vulkan of course is another must have feature along with the improved Doze. I also love the interface seen on the V20 including the notification/quick toggle shade. The V20 also allows the second screen toggles to work whilst the main screen is on (sound, wifi, flash, camera etc.), something that the V10 does not allow. Hopefully this will be implemented as well along with other second screen improvements like allowing all notifications to go on the second screen.
The doze improvements can be brought to marshmallow via ForceDoze which can make doze kick in immediately when the screen is off.
Multi screen I have never found particularly useful for even big screen phones, there is simply not enough room to legitimately work with. Great for tablets nearly useless for phones.
Correct me of I am wrong but The hardware has to support vulkan in order to take advantage of it right? Pretty useless unless you've got a newer phone that can use it.
Nougat to me sounds more like a minor update (should be 6.1 not 7). It sounds like the most lackluster update to android yet.
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sun_is_shinning said:
from my experience with LG devices and updates, firt G5 will receive the 7.0 until ends of September/October and next V10 until ends of December or earlyer January! Dont bother too much, we will receive it anyway!
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LG G5 F700L Korean version has got Nougat 7.0. I am from India and I got this update via LG bridge software,
I do have LG V10 but still no luck with LG bridge. I manually downloaded MM kdz file from LG site and flashed.
It was quite unfortunate though, as back when Nougat was released last year, LG initially listed G4 and V10 to receive Nougat. I just hope with the re-affirmation by them that they will test the firmware well and not do a botched job of the Nougat build. Since it is highly unlikely we are getting the next O software by Google, let's hope we atleast get the latest Nougat 7.1/7.2.
question: I love and hate this phone...camera is great in steady shot, but when fast focus is needed it fails. When I take pics of kids, lots of pic. came out blurry, now, what do you think, can Nougat fix this or it's just slow hardware?
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question: I love and hate this phone...camera is great in steady shot, but when fast focus is needed it fails. When I take pics of kids, lots of pic. came out blurry, now, what do you think, can Nougat fix this or it's just slow hardware?
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i think Nougat doesnt fix what you want, only thing Nougat will bring to us most likely is the new UI from G5/V20 or G6, some doze optimizations, multi-window will be more friendly and nothing more...
hope they can fix the Hi-Fi DAC to be used with the speaker and not only with the earphones, hope to less system storage ocupied by the system and more to the user, and really hope the GPS will be fixed too because my V10 fixing time of GPS is fast but, every 2/3 minuts lost signal and this is really what have dissapointing me in this device!
...and (i dont belive this will happen but) i hope they remove the sh1tty beauty mode for the front facing camera, this make the photos look ugly and have 0 quality!
Since this probably will be the last OS to our V10 i think users deserve unlockable bootloaders and then users can cook their own rom's and kernels (this is a dream for me since day 1 of have the phone in my hands, since july last year!).
Root LG V10 - TMobile
It's possible with Dirty-Cow root.
sun_is_shinning said:
Root the V10 with bootloader locked and Android 6.0 Marshmallow is impossible...
The only method to root V10 with bootloader locked is on 5.1.1 Android Lollipop with some kind of dump, i know its possible because when i have my G Flex 2 i have bootloader locked and i root it in 5.1.1, but when update to 6.0 Marshmallow i cant root so, if you want root for now you need to be in 5.1.1.
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Look at the date of the title (3/2019). I just inherited this phone from my wife. I have the S7 which I HATE due to inability to unlock the bootloader. This phone I unlocked the bootloader in 5 minutes, but I cant find any easy guides or custom ROMs. Ive been reading for at least an hour already and this looks like its going to take days of reading and research to catch up and get this phone where a typical root/rom user like myself (and all of us) to where I want it.
Can anyone provides reasons why there are no custom ROMs for this phone, where any guide exists to QUICKLY bring a new user like myself up to speed, how to get root, debloat, etc? Or are there issues with it thats making it developer unfriendly? AOSP ROMs?
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!!!!
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I couldn't find a simple guide so I created one. Hope it helps others: https://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-lg-g5/how-to/guide-one-install-twrp-root-lineageos-t3906613
There is a whole section with H830 roms, kernels and other stuff. As well there are also tons of tutorials and other posts if you are patient. I know because I've followed most of them over the last few months.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-lg-g5/development
Also there is the General LG G5 forums that has the usual AOSP stuff - most of the roms there are usable on the H830
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-lg-g5/development
Of all the LG G5 phopnes the H830 is p5robably the best represented by the devs simply because its bootloader can almost universally be unlocked.
That said, the LG phones in general have rather poor dev support compared to the Samsung Galaxy lines. That is because LG has taken the annoying position of rampant bootloader locking and only giving about 2 years worth of OS updates. Devs won't develop custom roms for a phone that is only subset of them being updateable. I wouldn't hold my breath for any Pie roms for the LG G5.
Personally I love the LG G5 - particularly the H830 - as you can see in my sig I have 2 of them. I have mostlyu been happy running stock (but rooted) oreo on them so haven't really bothereds with the custom roms.
I also have the following in bare motherboard form:
H850... can't be unlocked due to it being from Israel - LG's sneaky little gotcha,
H831 - canadian - hard bootlocked ,
820 - ATT - hard bootlocked
RS988 Unlocked bootloader, but no support from LG & only Lineage and Resurrection Remix