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[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] luxstar:
I'm using my L9 (P760) for more than two weeks already, I can say only the best about this phone. The processors are great, I'm really surprised for its performance even running games like Vice City, it performs almost the same as the Galaxy S3.

The battery is also great, it lasts for one day using it heavily (music, calls,messaging, web browsing, games, etc) without a problem.

Design - it looks very minimalistic, I love that. I have the white version, the only reason I picked white color was that the screen (when it's turned off) looked cheap for the black version, I mean the screen is a bit brighter, more like grey when comparing to the phone color it self, but for white it isn't noticeable. I hope you got what I wanted to say.

Camera could be better, but remember it's a 5mp camera, so the results are actually very good, + it captures 1080p Full HD videos.

Sony Xperia P is a good alternative for that price, but it doesn't have Ice Cream Sandwich out of the box, the screen is smaller - 4 inches, weaker battery, though it has a 8mp camera and HDMI.

To conclude, I recommend you to buy the L9. In my opinion, it's the best phone in that price range.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] kazzot17:
and i've got one more question. what's the difference between

p760 and 765? cause i know that 759 is from T-Mobile.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] zanakorus33:
I bought my LG 2 months ago, its quied decent device. The best thing about that phone it is performance. I was comparing with my friends Atrix 4g, Tegra 2, 1GB ram, smaller screen but same resolution, gues what :laugh: we compared the devices on Asphalt 7, tegra 2 was realy slower and have worse graphics, no reflections , no blur efect on nitro etc. LG put inside very good CPU/GPU TiOmap 4430/SGX540. In normal every day use u get one of the best phones, calls are realy loud and clear i have to lover volume because every time i talk i think i have loundspeaker on. We have here 2nd mic for noise cancelation and it works realy good you can talk even outside when wind blows.

It have only 4GB build in memory ant that is the bigges dissadvantage, u get for apps only 2,3gb, and without root ur still unable to move apps to sd card.

Updates : It looks like LG have changed few things i get 3rd update atm (v10c,e,g) in 2 months, we are looking in the future for possible JB update.

Summary : In that price range is the best smartphone u can get, battery life is very good, display is realy good, colours are vibrant and it is realy bright. U get WiFi Direct , DLNA conectivity, NFC, and one of the best UI on the market atm. Camera Could be better but it still enough good in this price.

Strong Dual Core SmartPhone (almost phablet 4,7 inch), almost forgot about QuickMemo its realy handy, u can make screenschot of ur display and draw or write anything u want. Good gaming performance. For normal use u dont need anything more.

JUST BUY IT , my advice.:laugh:

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On lg site it have exactly the same specyfication like p760, i think it is region specyfic product.

p768 is little different due to fact it have 8mp camera, and p769 have little smaller screen 4,5inch and the camera is placed centered on the back not ont the left side like 760/765/768.

Every one have the same spec 4gb build in memory 1gb of ram and tiomap 4430 1ghz dual core procesor
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] enkelad:
I didn't know where else to ask - so - how's video playback guys?

Can it play 1080p video files? If it can, are they laggy, missing fps or so?

And i suppose it can play 720p without problems?
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] psychoace:
Also tmobile doesn't have nfc
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] Gfhoihoi72:
maybe

maybe i am going to buy this phone also! :)
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] cmahendra:
Friends. Buy this phone but then don't complain for No custom roms and locked bootloaders and kernels with no source codes. Lol.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] enkelad:
hallo, can anyone answer, please?

:D
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] cgigate:
it is junk phone, even does not have light sensor ...at least for USA version L9
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] cmahendra:
Amazing. Records at 1080p smoothly. You can shoot movie.

Plays any 1080p video smoothly on phone and on TV with DLNA. Superb performance.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] psychoace:
What do you mean by no light sensor? You mean the message led light that blinks when you have a message? Or are you talking about the light sensor that locks your phone when on a call if your face is near the screen. All L9's have a light sensor. They just don't have a led message indicator and if that makes it a junk phone then sir you are a picky person.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] Juanito216:
No light sensor as in the screen can't automatically adjust to how much light is in the room or outside. Not that big of a deal to me I guess. Then it can be adjusted by toggle on the notification bar. Keeping it on half brightness is good enough for me most of the time. The small internal storage space is probably a bigger issue.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] cgigate:
screen brightness cannot automatically adjust with light sensor.

it is big hassle for Americans, we are driving all the time, we cannot see when it is too dark . we cannot manually adjust the brightness when driving.

Almost any modern android phones have this basic function, but L9 does NOT - what a junk.

Also, odd resolution of the screen is crazy; many app just not working correctly.

why they cannot make 1280x800 same as is brother G on same size screen
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] DatNexus:
From what I've seen, nothing at this price point compares to the L9. If you want something better at this price point, I'm guessing by late March to early April we will see dual core S4 Pro devices fall in price to below 300, maybe even around 200. Who knows, maybe sooner? But if you need a phone NOW, go ahead and jump at the L9. It's pretty good.

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I can tell you it can record 1080p video through its camera, and said 1080p video plays back in the standard android player quite nicely, with no signs of frame dropping, major stutters, or lagginess. I have not tried any external video, though I can't imagine it would be laggy, with how smooth stuff recorded in 1080p HD on the phone is on the playback.

Hope this helps.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] enkelad:
ok, tnx, i'm watching movies on my phone often, so i was wondering about it since i saw relatively similar benchmarks as tegra2 with1 ghz which cannot play bigger resolution videos smoothly or even at all
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] Juanito216:
From what I read, it seems that the CPU in our phones is better than the Tegra 2.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] cgigate:
L9 belongs to the worst androided phone nowadays.

maybe, from price point, it is good.

I got it @$150 prepaid from bestbuy.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] luq529:
Odp: Buying LG Optimus L9

Eee, the worst? It's bu... not true. It is very good phone with big screen, good battery and nice performance. Don't compare to in example Galaxy S3. S3 is two times more expensive(in my country), so it have to be better. :)
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] cgigate:
non-us version maybe fine, US version only has 4.5" screen, other markets L9 is 4.7" screen...

but 2GD rom really sucks, not mention no light sensor brightness control make this phone to the bottom
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] cmahendra:
This phone is great for everyone else but not for Gamers, who want to install phones games with several gb data. Even the battery backup on stock beats any other phones with tweaked custom rom.

This phone is Good for businessmen like me, not too big screen, easily handling and huge battery backup even with heavy use. But I wont recommend this phone to anyone who wants more from it, like heavy games and custom rom from day one.

Actually I dont understand why Gamers need this phone, instead buying PSP. lolz :p

EDIT: This phone is gonna rock by month-end (Feb13) after it gets JB, Unlocked bootloader and full source with compiled rom as promised by LG lab reps and LG HK. ONLY 20 DAYS :D. Its february Right?
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] Juanito216:
That's probably the worst problem about the phone. The internal storage. The phone treats it as an SD card and downloads stuff to that area then uses app data on there, with the internal storage being so small. What in the world made LG do this? CM ROMs on the Sprint GS II had the option to change the primary storage to external or internal. That would be cool to have something like that in a custom rom for this phone.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] victle:
This http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2108775 and link2sd solve the 4GB internal storage. They limit the internal storage to make it a little more distance to the flagship Optimus G. The Optimus G and the Nexus 4 don't have microSD card slot though :)
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] cgigate:
This is stupid question.

The screen even not 720p, what do u want to play 1080p.

If load correct codecs and player, it plays everything.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] enkelad:
If i already have hd video file i don't want to lose time converting it, i want to be able to play it as it is. stupidity is in the eye of a beholder, obviously :D
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] cmahendra:
Yes I do want to play 1080p and it plays perfect on 32"TV with DLNA. And yes without converting it. Wireless, HighDefinition and HyperSmooth. Sir, you are simply UNDERESTIMATING the phone in this feature. Phone CPU literally decodes movie upto 1080p and sends to any DLNA devices via WiFi home network. May be you never thought that way, why a phone should play 1080p video when its screen is not so big resolution. :D I use MXPlayer for all necessary codecs. Nothing else required.

Yes it plays smoothly. Check this out how to use DLNA on PC and it gives idea to play on TV also.

How to use DLNA and use L9 as Media Server and Remote Control of your PC?

Its just so fun, quick and easy. Just give it a quick try. No extra software required for testing DLNA on pc. Enjoy.

Absolutely right. Well said. :DNo you dont need to convert. Install MX player and forget. And dont forget to try DLNA. Just try to answer yourself, why LG built DLNA in it?
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] cgigate:
What are you talking about?

My LG Optimus G has microSD slot.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] donalson:
did they have a sale on it or something?... I just see the $199 price at least on BB online... i'm considering this phone for my wife here soon and an extra $50 off would seal the deal
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] Juanito216:
This phone isn't all that bad. Not a bad phone. Camera could've prolly been better and if you want large games you need root and I recommend a class 10 SD card. You can still do some gaming without hacks/root, just watch your storage space. Besides the storage, even with the 5 mp camera its a good phone.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] cgigate:
10 days ago, BestBuy had $50 off with $100 purchase with MasterCard promotion,

I picked up this phone with $50 off
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] victle:
On gsmarena.com

MEMORY	Card slot	No

Internal	32 GB, 2 GB RAM

http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_optimus_g_e973-4941.php

if your has card slot then more power to you then. But my point is 4GB internal storage + microsd card slot is not as suck as you want people to believe. This is a very good middle level phone, it's not a worst/junk phone as you said, it's actually best in it's price range. It's storage is extendable, the Nexus 4 8GB even worst without the card slot even for 2 times more expensive, the 16GB is even more expensive and there is no way to extend it.

The qHD screen resolution is also rather popular, certainly better than the Samsung S2 800x480 , why cannot 1280x800 as it's big brother Optimus G? Why can it be, has similar hardware to the Optimus G and cost much less :rolleyes:
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] cgigate:
they gave you fake information or some specific carrier version.

I am using at&t version and installed 32gb SD card

Here is the detail specs from LG http://www.lg.com/us/cell-phones/lg-E970-optimus-g/technical-specifications
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] pixelbat:
This is a pretty decent phone for the price. It's no SIII, but it's also not $600. I think some of the people complaining about the camera or the light sensor are forgetting it is a budget phone, it's $200 (sometimes cheaper if you look around) and there is no contract required. I have one of these and I slapped a Simple Mobile sim in it and it works great. $40 bucks a month. I vowed to unchain myself from contract BS, and I am quite happy with this phone.

It is thin, lightweight, and has a very minimalistic design. I really like it actually. 4.5" display. About as big a display I personally want. Phones are getting ridiculously big now days. People look like they are holding a poptart up to their head. Wasn't too long ago (before the smart phone boom) people wanted smaller phones. Remember the RAZR? heheh... anyhow, getting off topic.

For everyday use, it is a pretty nice phone. It does come bloated with an extreme amount of crapware. However in the dev section there are post telling how to remove it. It's very snappy feeling, no lag at all despite all the garbage they put on it. It does have a mini SD card slot. One thing I didn't know when I bought this was that it uses a micro SIM. I had to cut my SIM down, but works perfect.

I also have a SII, and although the SII has a better processor/gpu, I have noticed a few things that I like about this phone more. I don't know if my SII has a bad display or what, but the colors look more natural on the L9. The colors on my SII are very saturated, too saturated and doesn't look natural. Something that has bothered me about my SII ever since I got it. I also like the way this phone feels in the hand over my SII. It's a little narrower, and it just feels better. I noticed sound quality is much better/clearer on this phone than my SII.

Although the camera isn't quite as good as the one in my SII, but that is expected since the SII is 8MP. However one thing I was surprised to notice is how much better the L9 handles macro level video/photo. Only about an inch from the coke can with the L9, and it was about to remain focused http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylNrWDLgj6I . My SII couldn't get anywhere close to this. Losing focus at about 3-4 inches. The camera is only as good as the light. You try to take pictures/video in low light, and it's going to look bad, but this is true of pretty much all phone cameras.

If you're looking for a cheap budget phone to tide you over until the next big thing, this is probably it. The only major downside at the moment is the level of devs onboard with this. No custom ROMs out yet, and the pace of things looks slow and not sure if it will pick up. I think the fact that there is like 5 variants is mucking it up and scarying devs off.

My little review :>
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] cmahendra:
Oh my, thats hell lot of writing, great. Keep it up. :D
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] pixelbat:
Forgot to mention in my review that all my experience and opinions with the phone are based on the P769 variant. :)
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] hereticangel:
Got my P768 yesterday , with 8 megapixel and 4.7 inch screen , love the display on it!

Though i think they must equip all models with a 8 megapixel cam , the quality is good on this model , I have not used the 5 megapixel version , though my old htc one v did have 5 MP , and this cam is much better.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] nizmoboy98:
Just got this phone a few days ago. My previous phones where mytouch 4g , sg s2 , htc amaze , lg g2x , htc sensation . I actually love this phone . Aint the best i had but its pretty close . Cant wait to root it and flash custom roms on it .

Thing i like about the Phone is the low price and what it comes with. No phone at this price without contract. Comes close to this phone in performance . Im pretty sure once we have custom kernels that oc this thing will be a beast . But right now not rooted i loke how smooth it is. Only downside is no app2sd :( . Love the way it feels too just like my g2x . I just hope lg dont skrew me again like they did with the g2x (no software updates ).
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] hereticangel:
Lg did confirm the jelly bean update , it should add apps 2 sd card i heard somewhere
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] Juanito216:
That's how the S2's screen is made(AMOLED saturation), I own an S2 and switched from the EVO 3D. I might of kinda been tempted to switch back before it got sold. The EVO 3D had the better screen.(qHD like L9)
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] siaopao:
Wife have Tmo prepaid plan (voice only, no data). I was looking for a smart phone for her that can also be an offline gps. It also need to be unlocked (in case we travel out of country)

So I got this for $150 from BB (MC fiasco). I read this forum for 2 weeks before I "think" I understand on what to do and opened the box.

This is what I did (in-orderly):

1. Mine comes with 10e firmware.

2. Tmobile refused to provide the unlock code even though we have the prepaid account for more then 2 years. I got the unlock code from ebay.. paid less then $3. The 1st think I do when I turn it on is to unlock it. Done

3. root it with Binary (v18) method

4. install Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper

5. install Busbybox

6. install Titanium backup

7. install SManager

8. upgrade the firmware (OTA) to 10g

9. re-install Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper

10. download the extsd2internalsd.txt and rename it to .sh (google it)

11. put an 16gb mSD in (before that, create an external_sd folder in it).

12. open SManager and navigate to system/etc

13. copy or move the "extsd2internalsd.sh" to the system/etc folder

14. highlighted it and then click: "su", "boot", "save" and "run"

15. repeat no.14 for the "disable_tmus_packages.sh" - this is the tmobile bloatware disable script that is build in in the unit.

16. reboot

Now, the unit boot without all the tmobile bloatware and have 16gb ("technically") internal memory.

I installed Sygic (version 12 works, version 11 doesn't work for some reason). The app itself install in the "original" internal memory and all the maps (in a folder named Sygic) are in the mSD card.

Thank you all for the instructions!! For the price I paid - $150+tax+mSD, this is a very good deal and I really like the phone.

Note: This is my 1st android phone. I hope this help someone.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] cgigate:
you must be another genius for knowing so much, you only have your first androided phone.

Congratulations.

I owned at least 5~10 androided phone ...
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] siaopao:
I do own an A500. The only thing I did with it rooted to fix the gps issue (you might figured out by now I am a gps freak :) ). I used it primarily as ebook reader.

One of the thing I figured so far is.. in android world.. the possibility is limitless and information is very fragmented. Very different from Windows or Apple camps. That's why I wrote what I did with it step-by-step. Hope it can help someone. Same thing as other did - sharing.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] Decoder00:
I'll bite.

Hello!

After doing some research I am 99% convinced this is the best bang for the buck for my situation.

Right now I'm using Virgin Mobile with an LG Optimus V. One week ago I had upgraded to the EVO 3D 4G from VM because it was on sale, had to also upgrade my plan to $45 a month. But the service was horrible! 4G would get dropped all the time.. and the 3G seemed slower than before. So I returned the phone, the phone was pretty good in my opinion...granted I come from the Optimus V (built like a tank, dropped many time from a moving bicycle). My suspicion and research suggest that VM service just sucks now. Luckily my parents went to T-mobile store that same week to try and get their bill reduced. In the end as a family we pay $80 US dollars for 4 phone lines; 1 on a router(home), 2 voice & txt, and 1 voice, txt, and data! Includes 1000 shared min(mobile to landline) unlimited(mobile to mobile) voice, txt, and unlimited data for that one line with no data cap! Blew my mind away! Essentially the data line is $30 for unlimited goodness. Which brings me to this phone... after debating with my self as to which phone to get... I just can not see my self spending more than $200 for a phone, even the N4.

So,,,,

I'll be getting the phone through T-mobile's website to take advantage of the $50 service card, which I'll be selling. Assuming they give me an actual card? or do they give me kind of code?

Thanks, c'ya around. :highfive:
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] cgigate:
purchased couple times with $50 prepaid card from t-mobile, they sent physical cards.

at least, two times they sent invalid cards. you have to call them, they would give you codes on the phone.

if you intent to sell the card, you may get burnt. ..
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] Tablechair:
Good job man great post :D. You should make a thread with this as the OP. Would save 769BK people alot of trouble. You really have to read alot of threads to figure all of this out if you're new here.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] tcf127:
I am stucked at step 13, it said cannt moved!

Any help is much appreciate!

If would be great if someone can post the link to download the file as well as i might getting the incorrect file :(
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] siaopao:
For you whom thinking/planning to use the phone on att network. I did a couple speed test with the att micro sim card from my 4s.

att 4s test results:

1st test: upload 2091kbps, upload 794kbps

2nd test: upload 2375kbps, upload 1269kbps

unlocked L9 p769 with att network results:

1st test: dl 6840, upload 1058

2nd test: dl 7237, upload 1133

this is done with speedtest.net app. Interesting results isn't it
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] Decoder00:
^^^^^ - I agree. There should be a sticky post with that info. Maybe title it P769 Guide for Optimization. or somthing...:confused:

Just got mine yesterday @ BB... threw away my plan to sell $50 promo card(which was not available yesterday).

This phone is great except for this SDCard Issue... if I didn't know how to root and do all this stuff, it would have been returned. Camera won't even save to the sd card with correct settings, pretty frustrating. I thought it was only a problem of moving apps to SD... but photos and videos! WTF T-Mobile/LG

I wonder if T-Mobile is aware of the severity of this issue. What if we started a petition site, to help let them know?:cowboy:
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] cgigate:
my LG g dL speed 15226, up is 3212 on att fake 4G (even not on att LTE)