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[G4 General] BDestroyer8418:
I was having a issue where my screen Brightness would change on it's own. Tmobile H811 running version 81110D ? I believe that was the version before the update I got and installed on its own last night of H. When I mean change on it's own I had the Screen Brightness on 100% like every other phone and after the few secs when the screen dims and you touch it again the screen brightness would now be set to 70% now 100%. AUTO is off I don't use that.

I will see if this happens on the H update or not.
[G4 General] smw6180:
I've actually seen this on the TMO version (8110d). Very sporadic (or it happens more than I realize but I don't spend enough time looking at the phone to notice, not sure which).

I've also seen it randomly turn OFF wifi (just happened 30 seconds ago) for no reason. Interestingly enough THAT one might be oddly due to some weird power saving feature or something as I was just able to reproduce it 3 times in a row turning the screen off and on.

Screen on=wifi on

Screen off=wifi off

Weird stuff.
[G4 General] Th3Bill:
Go into Wi-Fi Settings.

Under Advanced Wifi Settings

In Useful Settings, there is a setting for "Keep Wi-Fi on when screen is off".

It's set to NO by default.

I would imagine it's some sort of power saving feature.
[G4 General] Ogre6473:
In setting, wifi, advanced there is an option for turning off wifi when the screen is off. Check that and wifi will stay on. Still haven't digured out why it's turning itself on though.
[G4 General] Th3Bill:
I haven't touched anything in Wi-Fi settings other than setting my passkey and turning "Always allow scanning" off. That setting for Wi-Fi off when screen is off was on when I got the phone. Looks like default position.
[G4 General] mediumraresteak:
It probably doesn't help that they keep losing software engineers at their California office (i work at LG). Senior engineers to make things worse.
[G4 General] AsianTex:
The yellow tint on the screen is the part that upsets me the most. The lead-up to the G4's release was all about how superior the screen is to the G3's. Yet the G4's I've received have had yellow tint issue (two of them so far). The screen also appears dimmer than my old G3 at max brightness as well (this is before auto dimming kicks in too.)

There seems to be a rather big shipment of G4's with yellow screens in my area. I've been to 4 different AT&T stores in the past 4 days and have seen at least 5 brand new phones with the yellow tint. It seems to be restricted to the grey metallic retail ones as well. None of the display models or the leather backed ones I've seen thus far as the yellow tint issue. This is in Houston, TX btw. I'm heading to a 5th after work in the hopes of finding a G4 with a non-defective screen.
[G4 General] Batfink33:
http://www.androidauthority.com/deal-lg-g4-499-99-ebay-619929/

Quote...

The real concern here is that the phone is being discounted so quickly. What is going on with LG’s flagship smartphone? We are not seeing any Samsung Galaxy S6 discounts, that’s for sure. It’s clear this is because Sammy’s device still has very high demand. Meanwhile, LG is struggling to sell many units, forcing the company’s Q2 forecasts to be lowered.
[G4 General] 06stang:
I saw that already. The price drop isn't what I was talking about. Someone is offering a good deal. Just because people on a forum are *****ing about every "bug" on the phone doesn't mean it's bad. The hardware is solid and they obviously rushed the software. Software can be fixed. It's unfortunate that we have to deal with it but it happens.
[G4 General] Batfink33:
An underpowered GPU/Middle range SOC, touchscreen problems (noone knows whether that's HW or SW), lag and stuttering which like the G3 will probably never be fixed, locked bootloaders etc etc etc. LG have messed up and its hitting their sales.
[G4 General] 06stang:
Underpowered for what? I experience no lag and nothing where I need more cpu or gpu power. None of this was undisclosed or touted as something better than it is. Everyone here should have known what was in it when they bought it. There's not one thing I can do with my phone that I normally use it for where I wish it had more computing power.

When it all comes down to it, no one was forced to buy it. Aside from the people expecting it to be the best most perfect phone in existence, a lot of us are very happy with it. I like it better than my G3 in almost every way. I see some small issues but nothing at all that would make me dislike the phone. For the most part I can see how everything can be addressed in an update or a custom rom. Granted, for an out of the box experience that's a bad thing but we all are here on XDA for a reason.

The touch screen issues come down to software. At least with my phone the issues can't be replicated with touch screen testing apps or the built in Developer Options touch tools. It happens rarely and it happens randomly. A minor miss of a swipe on my keyboard is not enough for me to start a thread and damn the phone and the company for what theyve done.
[G4 General] Batfink33:
Gaming performance suffers because of the GPU and thermal throttling The 808 performs worse than the 805 and throttles more, its no surprise people are having stuttering problems with it.

The general public are driven by looks as well and the fact the G4 is all plastic takes away from its design and overall feel.

LG havent progressed much from the G3 and its showing in the G4 sales.
[G4 General] 06stang:
Has anything progressed? Every HTC looks the same from the past three years while Samsung rehashes ideas and slightly tweaks old ideas
[G4 General] FilmTraveler:
fwiw, I picked "Other" in the poll because my problem was that the main camera died. I posted my story here: LG G4 camera broke, had to replace. Anyone else?
[G4 General] Dennisg34:
My Wi-Fi issues randomly fixed itself. I noticed yesterday my Wi-Fi speeds were finally fast.

Sent from my G4 using your mom
[G4 General] nipun1110:
Bad reviews have started coming online which is surely not a good news. I wish just LG would unlock the bootloader before those reviews crush the G4 :(
[G4 General] nipun1110:
170 voters!!! That's s big no for such a new device.
[G4 General] mikelg2:
+1 I was going to post this same suggestion. It would be interesting to see how many voters are not having any problems. I agree with an earlier comment that trouble-free users are unlikely to read through this entire thread, but some might at least see the poll and a couple commentors did mention not having any issues.
[G4 General] RedOCtobyr:
I bought my Verizon G4 on June 4th. Kept it for just under 2 weeks, and returned it due to battery life, slow charging, and running-warm issues. Other than those, I liked the phone a lot, but was nervous about being stuck with those for 2 years.

My plan was to give it maybe a month and see how things develop, then possibly buy again. Largely because some people who exchanged theirs, with similar issues, got replacements that ran cool and got better battery life.

Someone posted that the Best Buy $100-off promotion runs through July 4th. If that's true, I might have to decide sooner than I'd prefer, on whether to buy again. For better or worse, the G4 comes closest to offering all the features I'm looking for in a new phone, so I don't want to simply write it off.

I will admit that the ongoing common types of issues, without any real word from LG or the carriers, is troubling. Even just "We hear you, we are working on it", and acknowledging the issues, would make me feel better. Silence could me that they have no plans to do anything. And when I emailed LG about the issues mine was having, they simply suggested exchanging it, rather than expressing any interest in investigating/understanding the problems. An LG keyboard app update doesn't really help the rest of the touchscreen issues, as I understand it. And I have heard a few references to Verizon updates, but I personally haven't seen any details (maybe I just missed them).

Some issues can be improved in software. But things like the CPU running hot, and resulting in overheating issues (example, a thread on AC about overheating and the phone shutting down while shooting video) seem more likely to be hardware issues, not just software. If the 808 is not working out as well as was hoped, a software update likely won't do a lot to help.

I truly hope the phone's issues get fixed, and it turns out to be great, but I'm getting more concerned, not less, I suppose.
[G4 General] Ogre6473:
I haven't read all of the comments, so I don't know if this was addressed.

I've recently learned that some phones will do this when connected to a charger so they don't get too warm. I haven't seen this happen on mine when not charging, so it might be the case.
[G4 General] shojus:
I'm thrilled that you do NOT have issues but the whole purpose of this thread is for people that DO have issues. So that's why you don't see "I have no issues" to vote on. I mean, if you are truly happy with the phone and have no problems then that's a HUGE plus, cause if you look at the number of issues then you would see a pretty big trend going on here. I literally have almost every flagship that has been released in the last several months and this phone has the WORST issues of all of my phones, and is also one of the only ones made of complete plastic (cheap feeling to me) and using an SOC that is NOT a top tier SOC, as well as the GPU that is causing quite a few dropped frames on some bigger games that I play. No, the average user will not notice a lot of these issues, but I am guessing that most of us here are not that "average" user! We are not calling out LG just to complain and whine, we are calling them out because we spent hard earned money on this device and it sucks for a lot of us! And the ones who bought an unlocked version (thinking it would be able to at least get root) got stuck with a phone that we can't even tweak to correct some of these issues ourselves... ( NOT LG's fault by any means) I'm really not complaining as much as it seems I am, because at the end of the day, it's JUST a damn phone, but it's also about 6 - 100 bills that I am not thrilled about spending. And with no warranty and no return , I made a mistake that I won't make again anytime soon. I even called LG to let them know some of my problems (hoping they would possibly offer to help a little) and they said they can't even help me at all cause it's not a US carrier model and they basically told me to go F@#* myself. So now I can safely say that I hope LG gets their asses handed to them HARD on this model, and they deserve it! :rolleyes: :p
[G4 General] Farrys:
I agree

To stl-soldier... All that you say holds true here. The S6 disappointed with lack of SD and sealed battery. The M9 couldn't be justified over M8. The G4 ticked all the boxes. A great device it turned out to be too.

Rapid charging, long battery life, super smooth, lightning fast, fabulous camera,... and this month, LG will give you a spare leather back cover, a spare battery & cradle. The UK leather model already comes with a spare plasti-ceramic back.

I accideltally dropped my G4, face down on a tiled floor. Not a scratch. Lucky because I have read elsewhere that it failed a couple of drop tests. Now waiting for Xposed and a deodexed ROM!
[G4 General] player911:
Anyone having Qi Charging issues aka locking up in the AM?
[G4 General] nipun1110:
Just wanted to give u an update. Today I installed a cheap chinese glass protector on my G4. And I must say touch sensitivity vastly improved (which I suspected earlier) and even sometimes became a little hypersensitive :)
[G4 General] RedOCtobyr:
Remind me/us, what were you using before, before going to the glass protector that's improved things? No screen protector at all? Or a different type?
[G4 General] mrjasenr:
I've got a cheap glass protector off Amazon and my touch Is no different. Still a lot of nondetected touches. I can't believe a phone this awesome has this bad a screen.
[G4 General] nipun1110:
Oho too bad.... Did u try to replace it? Or try that app ppl have been referring to?
[G4 General] nismo929:
One month..no real issues until last night.

I decided to update a few apps that were in need. Left on the table and could hear vibrations every 15 seconds or so. Checked and system ui kept crashing every 10 seconds...could not do anything. Reset, removed battery...still...same result. Constant crashing making the phone unusable.

Finally after 25 mins I could open it via the double tap camera open method. From there..was able to access home screen. Now..swipe to unlock does not work. It shows nothing on the lockscreen when set to swipe. I have changed it to knock code and it is acting normal again..just no way to open the screen swipe, which I prefer. I'm away on holidays for another week so a factory reset would be possible, but a major pain in the @$$.

Has anyone else had this issue? I couldn't find anything with the search...

Sent from my LG-H815
[G4 General] tveith:
I am extremely disappointed with the G4. The screen has been causing me tons of frustration. Delayed taps, unresponsive screen -- it's making it almost impossible to get through a text or email without constantly correcting mistakes. The carrier is sending me a replacement phone tomorrow. If the screen is not improved, I'll be trading it for an S6 Edge. Then in a year, I'll upgrade to a G5 if the touchscreen issues are fixed. The most frustrating thing for me is the lack of communication from LG. There is clearly a huge issue and they are doing nothing about it. The keyboard fix did nothing for me. The Screen Booster app everybody is using did nothing for me. This phone is a $700 piece of junk. If the touchscreen doesn't work, then it doesn't matter how great the specs are, the phone is useless. Hoping my replacement actually works, I'll update in a week or two once I have some time to use it.
[G4 General] juju2011:
Has anyone tried playing with the nuplayer and awesome player thing in dev options. on my old s4 most aosp had to use the depreciated one because of battery drain. I just got my G4 today H812 abd for me the missed taps are a killer. Battery life was OK on fist two charges, i just ticked the awesome player so going to see battery goes on next cycle. Also had overheating on the first charge but that's gone now. Using nova launcher and list view settings I don't really have any system lag.. All in all its a damn awesome phone hopefully the 5.1.1 or 5.2 fixes touch issues
[G4 General] zkyevolved:
If you don't mind me asking, do you have a US variant? or the International variant?
[G4 General] tveith:
I have the Canadian variant. H812.
[G4 General] Ramsey:
I'll stay far far away from the G4 then lol. I was considering it but this thread and countless others have led me away from this buggy phone. This is worse than a beta phone.
[G4 General] nipun1110:
No actually it's not a worse phone. Just the hype was too high except the camera is too good, really good. Then, S6's camera also very good, probably better in some aspects. But u can't get the manual control like this in S6. Thing is Root & Unlocked Bootloader is highly needed for this phone to make it awesome & by blocking it, LG made the worst possible decision for common users like US. They are behaving like an 1990's phone company which should not be.
[G4 General] Ramsey:
By worse than a beta phone I mean by its issues it is! the phone and its specs are great but that's not everything..

The camera is the only thing that kept me kind of attached to this phone. In my opinion it has the best camera out this year and is better than the S6 based on samples. I don't care for Samsung's processing as I find it ugly and unrealistic. I have the S5 and I use Snap Camera to remove noise reduction and then pictures look great!

I think I'll buy the M9 instead as it seems like the best overall package with excellent results in Raw. I really would have liked the G4 though =( but there are way too many issues to solve that I don't think LG will solve them.. They've been suffering with touchscreen issues since the G2.
[G4 General] NocturnalDroid:
I am in the UK and just picked up the LG G4 a few days ago, no issues so far, I love it. Had the G3 and fell in love with the camera and everything.
[G4 General] scurley1898:
I've had the VS986 1 week. Battery is killing me. Discharged 90% in under 8hrs yesterday, 1hr SOT. I've never seen anything like it. Going back to the G3 for now.
[G4 General] tveith:
Well, just received my replacement g4 this afternoon. Spent the last few hours setting it up. So far, the replacement is working properly. Had I typed this message with my previous g4 I would have been pulling my hair out due to the constant missed taps on the Swift keyboard. This unit is definitely much more responsive, and all of my taps appear to be registeringregistering properly. So far, so good. Seems as though there is definitely a bad batch of g4s out there. So glad I traded mine in and got a replacement that works. I really love this phone but a defective screen is a deal breaker.
[G4 General] juju2011:
[MENTION=4490391]tveith[/MENTION] you said you had cdn model correct would mind telling me what carrier you have and do you get lte I'm with wind and only get 4g
[G4 General] tveith:
II have the H812 with Telus.
[G4 General] juju2011:
You get lte?
[G4 General] tveith:
Yup, no problem with LTE.
[G4 General] juju2011:
So its wind lame **** thx man time to nagg these mofos
[G4 General] tveith:
Yah, Wind kinda sucks. Poor coverage and brutally slow data speeds.
[G4 General] Babak678:
Tried the second Wind mobile LG G4, ran into the same touchscreen issue...This time, I didn't even bother taking it home I just tested at store, Same ****, missing touches when the phone is connected to the charger (the first time was okay, but after reconnecting the charger cable the second time it started to miss taps).. That's it, I am done with LG phones for good. .. It's now pretty obvious the people who are not reporting it, think this is normal behaviour but my LG G3 is not missing any touches and you shouldn't put up with this **** either and return your phone right away. This is simply unacceptable from supposedly $650 "high-end" smartphone.. The best phone right now is Samsung Galaxy S6 or Note 4 or S5 if you want replaceable battery and SD card or unlocked Asus Zenfone 2 for $200 with 2 GB ram or $300 with 4 GB ram
[G4 General] Ramsey:
Don't forget the M9 being one of the best also.

Careful with Zenfone 2, I considered it but read personal reviews from people who are having lots of problems with it also. I don't trust cheaply priced phones as they tend to not last very long.
[G4 General] Eldwist66:
My issues are :

No Twitter notification with the official app, even if the are enabled.

When connected to the car audio BT .. Media volume is ok, but Waze volume is very low, even if it's set to max.

Fixed the 2nd issue with Trigger App that setup all the phone volume once connected to the car BT.

Inviato dal mio LG-H815 utilizzando Tapatalk
[G4 General] One Twelve:
Also agree, this poll is flawed in that it creates a misleading perception that there are more problems than in reality. So do not base your decision on whether or not to buy the G4 solely on what you read here.

By leaving out those that had no problems we can't say and in which case i would not put too much stock in this poll to begin with. The OP has explicitly stated that he did not want to include them. That was a bad call.

Another complicating factor is this carrier bloat that does not apply to those living in markets where there is no such thing.

There was a poll in another thread where people were asked to score the G4 on a scale of 1-10 and a month later, 80%+ gave a score of 8 and above. In the g+ community people were asked whether they had buyers remorse two weeks in and 86% replied no. That to me says a lot.

The problem with online and forums is it magnifies the minority to the point where you think problems are bigger than they actually seem.

Go into any thread on any device on this board and you will see similar. some problem here or there.
[G4 General] nipun1110:
Listen man, when I started this thread, people were divided. Some saying too good, some saying too bad. And also some people were facing some issue with their phones & got confused very easily whether that was their device fault or something else. To clarify all those, I made this poll so that people would know actually what they are dealing with because at that time I almost went through all the posts & threads here & there & saw what people are saying. Plus I compared those with mine too. And about excluding others who don't have problem, there were already polls about who having problems and who not. Yes majority of the portion had no issues, but those who are having issues are not neglectable. I wanted LG to look into that, not to just avoid thinking "Oh only 10%? No problem, forget them." Plus after making this poll, many people actually came forward posting in their websites about these issues & how to deal with them. Plus you can actually see the numbers of people voted in this poll at the below of the poll. So there's nothing misleading my friend. Instead this is a clear scenario & people should be aware or conscious before buying G4. Otherwise if you just follow those other polls & those youtube reviews, like me, u will be compelled to think this device is just filled with goodies.
[G4 General] juju2011:
Also agree I have missed taps that's my only issue battery life is amazing 5 hr sot and 30 hrs up time.. The missed taps aren't that bad happens every now and then and I still have the plastic cover on my screen this phone is sick best phone I've ever owned a missed tap every few hours is nothing compared to everything else
[G4 General] One Twelve:
Appreciate the effort to categorise the problems.

Problems are not negligible to those that face them. But we get a better picture of the extent of the problem.

I don't know what LG will do but they have their priorities and have spent a good amount creating a good perception of this device. This means they will act to preserve that perception not by ignoring but by addressing. How quick is hard to say, months maybe. This is normal with other companies as well.

This is the crucial bit, how many people had resolved their issues vice those that have not. Am not able to gauge that from this thread at all.

- What problems cannot be resolved unless LG releases an update. LG has released several updates. Nothing fixed as yet ?

- Few people have acknowledged workarounds/solutions, do these count.

- people that have exchanged devices and suddenly find their problems are not there.

..so if any of the above resolve their problems do they then remove their vote because their problem no longer exists or does it still stay in the poll. can't do it as the poll is closed. As time goes on more people will get this device they will want to vote too. cannot do that either.

Do you see what i mean, one gets the impression there are issues but has no idea what the extent is or whether they have been addressed already or still outstanding.

One cannot tell whether the problems are mix of software/hardware or primarily software. If we see how many don't have issues then it becomes more clear.
[G4 General] bayniner:
Was their ever a fix for the wifi issue, i cant stand these slow speeds i went over my data limit last month
[G4 General] blackspp:
My note 4 broke beyond repair so i got the g4. Glad I made the switch, it's been flawless with none of the issues mentioned here. Charging is a bit slower than on the Samsung but pretty normal. Perfect phone!
[G4 General] Charkatak:
Auto brightness issue

Hi all! I have unboxed LG G4 couple of hours ago and already noticed that auto brightness is too low when auto is selected and upon restart it resets to 100% and turns off. How could LG not test something simple like that?!