[Nexus 4 General] whitetiger_0603:
Um, new to this entire phone's forum here, not new to the Custom Rom thing though. But in reading all of this, I call this sitch a load of BS.

I haven't bought it yet. Been doing tons of research, including keeping up with the LTE issue, as my husband and i plan on switching to ATT in the Spring or Summer if T-Mo's rollout of LTE in my area doesn't happen and fix our data problem by May. Not that my current phone can support LTE, but the upgraded towers and such to make LTE happen should benefit those with HSPA+. So with that intro....

1. Unless I didn't hear correctly, I sat here and watched a complete teardown of the phone, and the so-called non- existent hardware is, in fact, existent in this phone to support LTE. It's a matter of what radio is used.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105...n-easy-open-case-hides-lte-hardware-surprise/

Dated February 12, 2012

2. How the hell is it a mistake that a major company like LG and Google would build a phone that has the LTE equipment capable of being used on ATT and whatever other networks are out there, loads the phone up with the software to run said equipment that THEY built, and had to have approved by some sort of quality control as they were rolling down assembly lines. Cause this isn't a few random phones with this capability, IT'S ALL OF THEM. Oh and to pull the pacifier out of the mouths of babies, they roll out with an update that 100% blocks LTE use and leaves you on the fence of the "should I's" when it comes to deciding whether LTE is worth having to deal with any bugs that may come with rolling back to an older radio. C'mon, really use your heads here. That's a very expensive mistake, regardless of how much cheaper the phone is compared to the Galaxy Note and others. Oh wait, my husband is former Navy..we know ALLLL about big expensive mistakes made by a major company that screws over the people who has to use the gear. Anyways...

3. Yes, I am one of those who planned on buying the phone knowing it wasn't advertised as LTE and that this whole shenanigans were going down over this phone, including flashing a former radio if need be. You see, I have a phone that doesn't even get it's own dedicated forum like you guys and in fact gets very little support in the custom department. No ICS like promised from LG. Only baseband updates. No CWMT. Try flashing an ICS rom with a modified GB kernel and see what you get? I know bugs. They suck. But to be able to do what you want with your device and squeeze out potential is awesome in the process.

4. You bought what you paid for in the end. You know what you got, and know what potential was there in a product. You took a risk betting on an idea of potential. You can't get too mad at anyone but yourself over that when it didn't play out the way you wanted. But you should get mad about this....

http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...tting-the-us-cell-phone-market-back-10-years/ (Dated January)

http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-road-to-100000-signatures-help-us-stop-ctia/ (Dated February)

I just found this out. I'm pissed cause i need unlock codes for our phones in case we do switch carriers before buying new phones.

Um...I think that's all I got for now. I'll check in later, see how the monkies play and all... oh and a little spell check couldn't hurt either. Just a little.