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[G2 General] Gnarfsan:
Some where published by carriers. That is a promise in my book.
[G2 General] Mastrox:
It will be a looong weekend :cool:
[G2 General] Xenovias:
Trust LG not the carrier :cool:

AFAIK official statement by LG about kitkat G2 is Q1 2014

Otherwise it's just a rumor
[G2 General] OptimusL:
I'd take that with a grain of salt just the same, unless it's from LG it doesn't hold much weight imho.
[G2 General] smederevoboy:
kit kat camera

whether the correct camera at the Kit Kat? :confused:
[G2 General] jiteshj:
We are trusting it because this time they got a photo of it running kitkat
[G2 General] bobsie41:
If there is any chance of us receiving kitkat in the coming weeks\months then it must have been in testing for some time now. To test the build properly, it must be running on an appropriate device.

The fact that we have seen a photo of 4.4.2 running proves that there is a build out there for our device but doesn't necessarily prove that it's close to release.
[G2 General] BackDaws:
I want Android 5, kit kat offers nothing new :)
[G2 General] Tomv5314:
delete
[G2 General] jiteshj:
Buy Google, then you can have Android 6...7..8 whenever you want
[G2 General] bobsie41:
I think immersive mode will be very useful for a device such as ours with on screen navigation buttons. As well as, hopefully, UI and camera improvements, this is the one area were I think our device is sadly lacking as we cannot utilise the beautiful 5.2 inch screen across the board.

In saying this, the lg flex (also 4.2.2) has a hide navigation button feature on user selected apps which would suit my needs perfectly with or without kitkat and, if this was implemented I would be very happy. I realise this can be achieved with custom roms but I do not wish to root my device anymore as I use skygo quite a lot and this requires an unrooted device. :(
[G2 General] taheromar:
Three major versions in a row?

Even for a nexus device, I doubt that.
[G2 General] BackDaws:
I actually don't mind the buttons when pottering about the ui, it's just in games that annoys me, YouTube app goes full screen in 4.2.2 so no reason why immersion mode is being hailed as a KitKat feature, I just want a little more wow factor :)
[G2 General] Sid_dominic56:
Sorry to break your hopes but the korean g2 kikat update doesn't have the hide touch button feature, might be because it was still in testing the time I checked out a korean G2 in Istanbul. We'll have to wait and see. It would be so bad if we don't get it.

Immersive mode was there but I don't know how it works compared to hiding keys on lg flex.
[G2 General] Mastrox:
Well, I think that was about "Google Inc." not a Nexus Device :D
[G2 General] Hid3rs:
I believe Immersive mode hides your status/navbar pretty much everywhere, no matter what. So I guess it's better than Flex's feature.
[G2 General] Sid_dominic56:
Sounds great, never really checked it out on cm.
[G2 General] Gnarfsan:
Well, some of them were even confirmed by LG. But afaik it never happened.

http://www.gsmarena.com/its_officia...itkat_rollout_starts_this_month-news-7566.php

That one was supposed to come out in January
[G2 General] bobsie41:
I think it's actually a feature that has to be enabled by the app developer and from what I have read, there are not to many apps that are enabled yet. In saying this, I am not fully understanding the kitkat only immersive concept as, there are several apps that hide the navigation bars when streaming already on our 4.2.2 rom, youtube, play movies, skygo to name but a few. :confused:
[G2 General] abdel12345:
This are full screen modes for video. It's different. Immersive hides status bar and navigation bar but they can be brought back with a simple slide up and they will go over the app your on and be semi transparent. I had it in,my nexus 5. It's a nice feature
[G2 General] android404:
Once you're rooted you can use the rootcloak module for the xposed framework to make sky believe you're unrooted. Than you can have "immersive" even on stock, using "Auto hide soft keys" and "smart status bar +". Just saying...

Edit: rootcloak doesn't work with skygo. A very immersive-like experience is still possible with the apps mentioned.
[G2 General] OptimusL:
Most of them are just stock apps (video, gallery) and youtube & play movies as you said. But with kitkat you'd be able to use play books and other apps with immersive mode. It seems LG just made it possible for those few apps but to use it with others you'll need kitkat.
[G2 General] bobsie41:
Doesn't work :(
[G2 General] votinh:
LOL :D

I just got an automatic update from 10o to 10q. Nothing fancy but it indicates LG does indeed update this phone, twice in the last 3 months. It's funny to see whining everywhere.

Imagine if LG G2 Mini released next March does bear Android 5, I bet there will be ton of posts saying "I don't want 4.4, I want 5", LG sucks, no update, this is my last LG device, ..... LOL :D.

People, relax!
[G2 General] android404:
You're right, it even says so in the original thread.
[G2 General] Sid_dominic56:
For you its easy to say that the phone is being updated regularly but for some of us haven't got after the first day we got the phone. I got mine 4 months back from Hongkong and I am still stuck on d80210d.
[G2 General] votinh:
Sorry to hear that but I thought the International version always gets updated before any other providers, especially those in the U.S.
[G2 General] Sid_dominic56:
Nah man, I wonder what kind of update pattern do they follow. Some d802 are on 10q but there aresome still on 10d or 10c.
[G2 General] Norside:
I read that many of you have got a 10q update and so on, but my g2 (d802) is still on 10c(!) And has not got an update since I got the phone (october).......I live in Norway btw. So I am not impressed by lg,s updating. Hope I get the kit kat update the same time as other people do, because I am a bit worried :(
[G2 General] Hid3rs:
Why don't you guys just update your phones using .kdz?
[G2 General] Sid_dominic56:
The point is that LG is not able to distribute the updates accross all regions, OTA are a problem.
[G2 General] Norside:
Looks like it is a problem yes, anyways are there other ways to «officaly» update the phone? Like manually? And how do you update the phone with a kdz file? Sorry for offtopic and noob question..
[G2 General] Fir3blade:
I am still on 10a(!!) on my international D802, but guess what, I am missing nothing ;)
[G2 General] renawld:
they will probably officially announce it during a press conference at MWC
[G2 General] Hid3rs:
Yes, you can update manually if you follow this guide. You can download kdz's from here. (these are official LG kdz files)

16gb versions start with a 6 (like this 6DE/GERMANY_OPEN_16G). I think you can download and flash any of these kdz files as long as it's for your model (D80x, FS320, etc.)

You might want to do a hard reset before/after the update though, just to make sure nothing goes wrong.
[G2 General] Norside:
Hahah, I have missed the fun ota updating :p the only thing I am looking foreward to is immersive mode, art, and transparent bars on nova + some bug fixes (camera)
[G2 General] Trina9:
That's what I'm thinking...
[G2 General] Sid_dominic56:
Can you share your kdz with us.

http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/csmg/b2c/client/auth_model_check2.jsp?esn=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Replace xxxxxxxxxx with your imei and you will get to a page which will have a link to the kdz.
[G2 General] Billy Madison:
No, you totally mistaken. Immersive mode is just sort of API which let programmer way to hide onscreen buttons in its program. If programmer chose not to implement immersive mode then you wouldn't be let to hide buttons. On the contrary the LG Flex's feature as similar to what HTC is gonna introduce in its new flagship HTC One M8, lets you hide buttons in every program you may wish, on your choise, not the dev choice

G2 Korean update don't have Flex's feature. Nor it even introduce new onscreen buttons, but I miss multi-program button very much

You know, I've noticed some important thing. If you, lets say, opened some 5..6 heavy programs (as browsers and games) you can't have enough free memory for them to stay opened and don't go into cached mode IF you constantly go to home screen pressing Home button. The launcher is too heavy memory wise. BUT if you don't press Home for long and swap between programs by task manager or long-pressing Home you may have 6 or 7 programs constantly opened and running without them going off to cached mode. So lack of standard Android task-switch button in 6 LG's navbar variants is bad choice of LG
[G2 General] votinh:
They will officially announce that G2 will get KK by the end of Q1 '14, is that what they will announce?
[G2 General] jaba78:
Is possible brute force serial number to find the kitkat kdz?
[G2 General] :
no its not, it will likely result in lg taking measures that kdz can never be downloaded again

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again why would we want a 4.2.2 rom in a 4.4.2 thread...

stop trolling
[G2 General] Sid_dominic56:
Sorry, some people like me lose focus of the real issue at stake.
[G2 General] :
more jokes sid
[G2 General] qO_ol:
excuse my ignorance, but what is this 'Software update version 2.3.0.5' ?

I have the software update notification on my at&t G2.
[G2 General] android404:
So it's different from the immersive mode on aosp roms, where immersive mode is system wide? Maybe that's why mohammadAG (?) wrote the immerse me module which allows immersive mode for all apps.
[G2 General] EsmeWeatherwax:
They're downgrading your phone to Gingerbread ?

Nah, just kidding, sorry for offtopic, but couldn't resist.
[G2 General] votinh:
Go for it and tell us what it is.

You might be the first one getting KK ;)
[G2 General] mistermidas:
That actually made me lol....cause when I first saw it I thought the same thing. :D
[G2 General] vPro97:
This thread is growing hella fast lol
[G2 General] Dirtyzecrets:
Okei, I have the Official KitKat for D802 on my computer in a .kdz file, can be installed with Flashtool, where should I upload the file?
[G2 General] abdel12345:
Upload it to mediafire and post the link here

If your just joking then :banghead: lol :p
[G2 General] Dirtyzecrets:
Sorry, my computer just wrote the wrong things by itself :(

Edit, I read somewhere that the KitKat update would be out by end of March, but I can not find the link. But I sure hope that they do ''something'' new with it, im afraid of that this will be like it always have been with every device. ''the changes is under the hood, and it will use more battery''

Sure hope not...
[G2 General] SuperSport:
It's just a small update to prepare your phone for future updates. No features were updated. I'm sure it's prepping for the soon to come KK update.
[G2 General] chinaa:
KitKat is gonna be released in France by carrier SFR on this Feb 28th !

See.
[G2 General] abdel12345:
Yes we've seen this already but I guess it's a good thing so no harm in seeing it again:D
[G2 General] tee00max:
Just received the g2 yesterday and I'm in love with this device! Can't wait for kit kat to come along!!!!
[G2 General] chinaa:
I made a keyword search before replying and didnt find this information.

Well if yall already know its all good :D
[G2 General] spiderio:
wow I'm can't wait to download the KDZ and make it 380dpi :D
[G2 General] se1988:
The trolls are really feeding off this thread

Sent from my phone using some app
[G2 General] remio33:
I have again a big news !! LG UK have made a YouTube vidéo comparing LG g2 jelly bean and kitkat ! We can see that apparently there are no differences in the UI..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UcvB4aD0KA

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It's sure that the update will come next week so
[G2 General] Sid_dominic56:
Great news man, thanks for sharing.

But they say in the description "The KitKat OS update will be rolling out in the UK from mid March.

http://lg.com/uk/g2".
[G2 General] vPro97:
No added features?
[G2 General] AmirAli44:
Then we're ready for Kitkat next week: )

Skickat från min LG-D802 med Tapatalk 4
[G2 General] Sid_dominic56:
Description says "The KitKat OS update will be rolling out in the UK from mid March.

http://lg.com/uk/g2".
[G2 General] jiteshj:
Camera is faster according to the video
[G2 General] evilruck:
Woah 10ms faster! That's some serious improvement :confused::confused:

Too bad they'll keep using that ugly-ass UI of theirs. Guess i'll stick to AOSP for now.
[G2 General] AmirAli44:
Oh! I missed that! :( And I really needed the updated before my big journey, have no internet over there: /

Skickat från min LG-D802 med Tapatalk 4
[G2 General] vPro97:
What is the small thing they have washed out in the left corner of the notification bar?
[G2 General] jiteshj:
UK is international version or carrier?
[G2 General] Sid_dominic56:
I think a carrier logo or something.
[G2 General] vPro97:
Carrier D802
[G2 General] BackDaws:
Wow :( anyone else a bit disappointed?
[G2 General] Tomasz89:
What was everybody expecting from KitKat? It´s good the UI is faster in nearly every Point ! And I believe with ART there will be some more improvement.

Maybe we can get a leaked KDZ File next week.
[G2 General] jiteshj:
Why? Lol... We have waited good and its ok to wait 2 weeks more.
[G2 General] smederevoboy:
Wait better camera,wait better focus,wait 60fps in low light situation
[G2 General] remio33:
I think that even if it write "Forst mid of march" the update will start next week during MWC !
[G2 General] maddy1439:
wait

we still havee to wait for kitkat?
[G2 General] BackDaws:
I don't mean the time I mean the demo of KitKat :(

I just want the camera lag fixed, my HTC one S takes faster and clearer pictures in any light, the g2 in daylight is amazing but indoors it's shockingly bad :(
[G2 General] jiteshj:
It says early Q2 for India :(
[G2 General] skr_xd:
60fps in low light is not going to happen with G2 anytime. Forget it.
[G2 General] smederevoboy:
Why?? 60 fps is placed by sowtware
[G2 General] skr_xd:
With the size of the sensor used, Fps drops with light. And I'm unaware of any existing phone which RECORDS in 60fps in low light.
[G2 General] smederevoboy:
Why did they put the recording 60fps if it does not low light?
[G2 General] Billy Madison:
It's easy. Because it supposed to shoot 60 fps in daylight. And noone @ LG claimed otherwise, that G2 is supposed to give anyone good quality 60fps night video

Instead, look @ this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2656492
[G2 General] smederevoboy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z-4QNdXo8A

Criminal 15fps in low light

Well done LG :crying:
[G2 General] se1988:
So if i use my phone for an entire day, I can save up to a total of 4 seconds loading time with Kitkat? Wow. Amazing. Got to have some Kitkat. Right now.

Sent from my phone using some app
[G2 General] Billy Madison:
Do you mean that you One S camera does crystal sharp, vivid and fast pictures in low light? On auto mode?

Could you prove?
[G2 General] android404:
If it does, I finally found something I can replace my Canon 5d mk2 with.
[G2 General] G1_enthusiast:
...u must have a lot of money to burn. Judging by what you say, you use the 5DMK2 for walk around photography? most people use that for professional photography, if you are not getting better picture with the 5Dmk2 and some decent glass then your photography skill sucks to no end. Dont think for a minute that any phone camera can compete with a complex and dedicated piece of imagery equipment.
[G2 General] android404:
...

I was being ironic. I'm not the one expecting a freaking phone to take perfect low light shots.
[G2 General] Sid_dominic56:
Calm down bro.
[G2 General] Hid3rs:
I'm kind of disappointed to be honest. I'm pretty sure they won't add any of the G Pro 2s features after all. Oh wait, we will have Cloud printing... And they've been working on this for months. Meh.
[G2 General] remio33:
Don't troll will see when the update will come
[G2 General] jiteshj:
Video shows it doesn't have any G pro 2 feature
[G2 General] remio33:
The video is only a speed test between the two OS this is not a kitkat presentation video
[G2 General] Sardunya:
Please refer to the following.

I shoot this video.

Only light candles.

Please watch 1080p and tell your opinion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ypXl0bB5io
[G2 General] vwbest16:
Incoming Kitkat 4.4.2 :laugh:

http://news.asiaone.com/news/digital1/android-44-kitkat-upgrade-lg-g2-happening-mid-march
[G2 General] smederevoboy:
This video is awesome,but video record using xdabbeb camera fix

I want to without root and TWRP better camera recording
[G2 General] hamad138:
Is d802e-EU the International ota?
[G2 General] ajay.katke:
I hope they will improve the camera
[G2 General] BackDaws:
Did I say it took vivid crystal clear pictures in low light? No??

shhhhh

My HTC one takes low light pictures instantly and although grainy like most cameras shooting in low light the picture quality is as good if not better than my g2 but the g2 take at least 7 seconds to take the exact same picture
[G2 General] AnteusFogg:
And ART

And more BT profiles (notably MAP)

And better low-battery use location services

And the new storage access framework

And the built-in screen recording

And the better step sensor battery management

And the better battery management for audio

...

OK it's not that your phone becomes a new phone altogether but these are promises of a lot of improvements across the board to me.
[G2 General] deathshead:
Only on XDA can we have users *****ing already about an update that is not released yet..
[G2 General] Billy Madison:
Have you try every camera from market? and they all lag to shutter for 7 secs?
[G2 General] Dedzdedz:
My G2 takes instant photos.

Before it didn't, but since i flashed a kdz to take it back to stock the camera looks way better.

Enviado do meu LG-D802 através de Tapatalk
[G2 General] BackDaws:
who is expecting that?
[G2 General] jiteshj:
If it had knock code why would they show knockon
[G2 General] remio33:
Seriously im really waiting for an immersive mode beacause im a gamer and it's a shame to cannot use the whole display !
[G2 General] gonk24:
LG UK is confirming the Mid March rollout in the about section of a new JB vs KK comparision video posted to Youtube. "The KitKat OS update will be rolling out in the UK from mid March."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UcvB4aD0KA
[G2 General] remio33:
It's strange because each time that LG announce a date for the update they say "we expect" there are no affirmation
[G2 General] abhinav.tella:
LG makes good phones but updates wise they are the worst if anyone remembers the Optimus 2x and broken promises on updates.
[G2 General] :
Well, guys even Google source code don't have major overhauls, gui has been the same as my practically, just different colour icons.

And an already awesome phone won't become more awesome with updates usually. EXCEPT for custom roms as then there are many bug fixes and customization options. Except again for cm, which almost never seems to change, hence Mahdi, aokp, miui, omnirom, du, pac etc exist cause they want to stay close to source yet offer unique and new features.

The true Era of amazement will come once hardware and on updates are decoupled, then months can turn into days for porting os as integrating/rewriting driver codes and such is not needed.

Yall need to set expectations straight regarding updates.
[G2 General] AnteusFogg:
If I'm not mistaken, some of the other makers who have rolled out KK have been going to issues. Of course for GE type phones it's easy since there is no additionnal testing required.

Now we need to keep in mind that phone makers do not address to t only tech savvy people. It's the opposite. And those other "regular" users don't care much for updates, they care for stable, bug-free systems. Hence the makers care more about securing their systems rather than satisfy the "need for new" of a few.

There are enough alternatives out there of custom roms based on KK if we really want the "new" :)
[G2 General] abhinav.tella:
Lol, I agree but good news is Google is now requiring all new phones to release with latest OS edition or there would be some consequences of Goggle apps not working. Finally Google is taking a stand.
[G2 General] DHM078:
Honestly, I am a bit surprised that people were expecting droves of new features. 4.4 itself is basically Jelly Bean with some small things like immersive mode and the under the hood stuff it came with. Oh, and white icons. Why should LG completely start over with the UI and feature set when not much has changed in the base to begin with? And if they already have such a good stock ROM, why should they do anything but bring it up to 4.4.2, fix any bugs and tune it to run better? That looks to be exactly what they've done. There are new features. They're the Kit Kat features Iike immersive mode. If I were going to start over, I would do it when there are sweeping changes to Android as a whole.
[G2 General] chapulincolorado:
http://www.androidcentral.com/lg-g2-kitkat-update-hitting-uk-mid-march

LG G2 KitKat update hitting the UK from mid-March
[G2 General] Sid_dominic56:
Good morning man, take a look at the last 2-3 pages the same thing has been said many times.

Immersive mode doesn't hide status bar and navigation bar for all apps instead it will only for apps that support immersive mode, so in my opinion the hide navigation buttons feature that we won't get is much better as it works for all apps.(you may have used it in g2 flex roms or on g glex device.)
[G2 General] fuxmen:
I had o2x and remember that. But now this phone have my girlfriend and it's 2.5 year old. Never nothing happen to it. Flashed everything now she have 4.4.2 slimkat running pretty well :) even if LG doing with update what they do.. I thing that they build best phones... I have samsung then LG next sgs 3 and now again LG :) it's saying something :) I'm better happy with this 4.2.2 then 4.3 on samsung.
[G2 General] abhinav.tella:
It's one brick of a phone, no matter how many times I dropped even on the sidewalk/road it still didn't take much damage. My first G2 dropped in bathroom screen shattered lol. G2 is awesome but wish it were as strong as O2X.
[G2 General] IamPro:
I have learned with the new glass these phones come with (Gorilla Glass etc), do not drop on corners or edges or you gonna have a bad time
[G2 General] se1988:
I'll remember that the next time i decide to drop my phone
[G2 General] :
slippery slope man

I will still love kitkat by lg like stock by lg. Custom are awesome definately, but this is the first stock I love.
[G2 General] vPro97:
From the article that was posted here http://news.asiaone.com/news/digital1/android-44-kitkat-upgrade-lg-g2-happening-mid-march:

Seems promising, no?
[G2 General] abhinav.tella:
I think it's more because O2X has more bezel/frame around screen as a buffer. Guess it's trade off (fragility) for having less bezel on G2. It's a beautiful phone, O2X was pretty ugly lol.
[G2 General] Pyloge:
I don't know why im doing this :laugh:
[G2 General] smederevoboy:
Better optimization camera :D
[G2 General] Hid3rs:
The focus slider with the icons is no news, it's just manual focus.
[G2 General] BackDaws:
I've already got the infinity and macro slider

Click camera then the settings gear the focus and select manual focus :)
[G2 General] android404:
Fascinating.
[G2 General] Krayziepop:
Just watched the guy next to me at work take an OTA on his Galaxy S4 on Sprint which brought him KitKat. Only mentioning it because it's been said here that official 4.4 hasn't arrived for the S4 yet. Looks like it is now. I look forward to stock KitKat as well. Just cuz. :)
[G2 General] Sid_dominic56:
It just came out today, I downloaded the Russian kitkat from sammobile for my wife's s4. There aren't many changes just the white icons, all the rest of the things feel quite the same.
[G2 General] Zarek1:
Is the UK LG G2 the D802 model? :D
[G2 General] j0ff:
Yes