yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G4 General] koontzy65:
I had a similar problem where google decided to upload my entire photo library over 3G to their server (uploaded more than 12GB straight). Don't know if it the same thing
[G4 General] jainanshal:
I think you should take this a bit seriously, stock Android having an app called 'root' is obviously highly unlikely so it must have come from somewhere else (without you knowing) since your device is rooted. Uploading 6gb of data without asking is very suspicious to me, find this app and remove it or at least freeze it.
[G4 General] ChanceStad:
I upgraded to marshmallow, and now I see there doesn't seem to be a root for it yet, am I right?
[G4 General] n023b:
Is there a list of carrier/LG apps that are safe to freeze/uninstall? I want to debloat my phone but I don't want to mess anything up. I have an h812 (fido) that has a bunch of bloatware on it
[G4 General] steevelehoux:
root

root MM 6.0 signed petition

Unlock bootloader on all G4 devices
[G4 General] Spudnubs:
My favorite question. No root for Marshmallow.

Yeah there is a few guides kicken around the LG G4 forums. Search.

Go through your apps, uninstall any that you don't want that aren't system apps. Once you've done that, go through the list again and uninstall updates and then disable the app. Another option would be to just freeze a bunch using an app like Rom Toolbox. If you have any issues, just find out why and unfreeze the app that is causing the problem.
[G4 General] n023b:
I've searched and found guides for US versions of the phone
[G4 General] Spudnubs:
Use you judgement man, I'm sure you can figure it out on your own. I told you a good way to debloat as well and it's not that complicated. Get rid of what you don't want or need. Whatever guides you were looking at will probably be exactly the same as our device minus some carrier stuff which I can pretty much guarantee you won't need to run your device.

It's literally as simple as start freezing apps and if stuff goes wrong, unfreeze it.

You could even take it a step further and write a guide for us since there isn't one. Pay it forward, contribute to XDA.

Solid advice son. I'll do that.
[G4 General] livanpinar:
Is it possible to downgrade from Marshmallow?
[G4 General] evilsanta2:
Count me in as someone with an early-build G4 (bought in June at launch) who had their phone jump into bootloop. Sent off to be fixed via Bell.
[G4 General] bitemark01:
Yup! I did exactly this a few pages ago. It's as simple as finding the Lollipop .kdz from your provider, searching for/downloading/installing a tool called LGUP, and pretty much going with the defaults ("Refurbish" should be checked by default, and will factory reset your phone, which you need to do for this to work).
[G4 General] livanpinar:
Thanks for your help. I tried to do it yesterday with LG Up. Probably did it wrong because I went for the "upgrade" option. My phone wouldn't go passed the LG logo screen, so I had to use the upgrade option in LG bridge to get it back to work again .:cowboy:
[G4 General] bitemark01:
Yah you definitely have to use the "Refurbish" option which does factory reset the phone. Also I wouldn't try to restore any Marshmallow backups you made in Lollipop.
[G4 General] steevelehoux:
deleted g4
[G4 General] Kr0m100:
:(

How long did the process take? (mentally preparing myself for if/when I have to)
[G4 General] evilsanta2:
Well, I took it to a store on Monday and the customer rep there said about 2-weeks is usually the turnaround. Has to be sent to Toronto for fixing. As such, if you're closer to TO than I am (Calgary), the turnaround might be shorter.

Annoyingly, first loaner phone they gave me was a dud (mic broken). Now I've got a S4 mini loaner. Neither rep I talked to had heard anything about the G4 bootloop issues.
[G4 General] koontzy65:
Something interesting happened yesterday, the phone wouldnt wake the screen. Like the double knock didnt work and the power button either but It was vibrating when I hold the power button. I had to factory reset the phone and it fixed the issue.. I didnt install anything in the past days
[G4 General] Jason123420:
Took 6 businesses days to get mine back from Bell
[G4 General] deadgods:
I know there is no root on marshmallow right now but will or can there be?
[G4 General] killer23d:
Just updated to marshmallow via LG Up, and surprisingly it doesn't include all the crapware unless I choose to. Good job.
[G4 General] Jok3r10:
Well that we can never know for sure. If someone finds a way to achieve root access then yeah we are lucky. But i wouldn't hold my breath.
[G4 General] koontzy65:
hmm case solved.. it was a new glass screen protector that messed with the sensor on my phone %/$$/"$
[G4 General] Jok3r10:
Yeah this an annoying issue. If the proximity sensor is blocked in any way the screen gets all messed up . I ordered a tempered glass about a month ago and they sent me one that wasn't cut properly, and after application the screen was acting all weird. The people who i got it from realized that I guess and sent me an email saying that I might have gotten a defective piece and they are sending me a good one. All i had to do was send them a pic of the defective one.
[G4 General] mb_guy:
I just did the recalibration on mine with the protector on, worked like a charm. Followed this video

https://youtu.be/XPKL1U94L9Y
[G4 General] Jok3r10:
I wish i had stumbled upon this earlier. I would have had an extra tempered glass protector lol
[G4 General] koontzy65:
just removed my brand new screen protector, all problem gone $%%$"$% lol

Will install a new one and try this calibration thing (I already tried the calibration thing in the display setting but it didnt change anything)
[G4 General] livanpinar:
Is it possible to flash a recovery (CWM or TWRP) on a rooted G4? Al I get is an android belly up and have to pull out the battery. I bought ROM Manager a couple of years ago, but it says phone not supported... Any ideas of a way to get a recovery working? Thanks..:confused:
[G4 General] goofball2k:
There isn't an unlocked bootloader for the H812 so you can't install any other recovery like CWM/TWRP.
[G4 General] Michael_M160:
If a bunch of us sent emails to lg developer saying we want a bootloader unlock it could persuade them to make it available
[G4 General] goofball2k:
https://www.change.org/p/lg-electronics-unlock-bootloader-on-all-g4-devices

Sign and pray it works.
[G4 General] KarlDag:
That's amazing. My G2 got black lines in the screen at some point while flashing ROMs. They fixed it for free, but it took 6 weeks to send it and get it back (with Bell)! Bell would only lend me some broken down feature phone, so I was stuck with an iphone 4S for that time.... terrible.

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I'm personnally downgrading from MM to LP right now. The ROM works fine, but I mostly switched for Doze, which honestly didn't really change my battery life so much. That was the main reason I wanted MM, and not getting an improvement makes it not worth it to lose adaway and viper4android.
[G4 General] s0ulreaver:
I enabled fast dormancy on my G4 and I waited a while before posting my findings here because I wanted to be sure I have enough data to reach a valid conclusion.

For anyone that wants to know more about FD, there is a great xda video explaining it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VhwQ04IXJM

There are Android apps that can show if FD is enabled or not but all apps I have seen so far are build for specific phones/models. I didn't find one for G4 yet.

If anyone can found one working on the G4, please share your find with us.

FD should lower the battery consumption of the radio, IF both the phone and the carrier support FD.

In the past (~2013) on phones like Samsung Galaxy SII, people would disable this feature because when their carrier did not support it the actual battery consumption by the radio had increased.

On my G4 I went ahead and disabled it and ever since I did this the 'Cell standby' consumption dropped a lot compared to what it was before I activated the FD.

Based on this, I am wondering how come it wasn't enabled before? I have read many articles which say Bell/Telus support this feature, shouldn't they have it active by default?

I am also using Greenify with the 'Agressive doze' option activated but this option shouldn't have an influence on the 'Cell Standby' consumption, right?

IIRC, using the Doze mode works only on MM but once you update to MM it can take up to a week for the 'Battery Optimizing' option in MM to fully kick in.

Anyway, try enabling the FD, you can always disable it, try Greenify and activate the 'Aggressive Doze' option and see for yourself.
[G4 General] Spudnubs:
Decent information, not much to contribute but I can tell you this, no root and xposed on marshmallow absolutely sucks. I've been using it since day one and Doze is nothing to brag about. Between me and my so, we have four batteries and we use them all throughout the day most of the time now. She's still running lollipop and I bought her TWO extra batteries because she is such a power suck. I used to have almost 6 hours screen on time before the update and now I've been pissing her off because I've started to use one of her three batteries. She's never rooted or cared about any of that stuff, just so you know. Regular G4 running lollipop. Acts as you would expect from a woman. There used to always be a charged battery sitting around for her to swap out, but since I've lost root and been running marshmallow, there's never a charged battery and always one charging.
[G4 General] madcaesar18:
Any idea how to turn off the upgrade to marshmallow notification??? All my settings were off, don't download don't check for updates... And the ****er downloaded the update anyway and now it's stuck in my notification bar. I'm afraid I'll accidentally click it.... I'm rooted with exposed and I don't want to lose it for ****ty marshmallow.

Any ideas?
[G4 General] fleagalbaum:
I get the same thing when I try to get into the stock recovery. Just a picture of a belly up Android. No menu or anything. Is this normal? I know we can't flash a new one because of the locked bootloader. Is there another way to get into the recovery? I press the power button and the down volume at the same time.
[G4 General] bdithug:
Press and hold the notification, then click the icon on the right that appears in the notification, and block all notifications from the app.
[G4 General] madcaesar18:
Doesn't work. When I hold it it just turns gray and shows a blue update icon. Can't click anything.
[G4 General] bdithug:
You don't see an i icon on the right of the notification after holding it? It should be a circle icon with the letter I inside of it.
[G4 General] madcaesar18:
Nope, after holding it down this is what I get. http://m.imgur.com/kFwrJnY

For the record this is what it looks like before holding it down. http://m.imgur.com/1KlhHqA
[G4 General] bdithug:
In that case, goto settings, then apps, scroll to "all apps", then find software updater. See if you can disable the app or notifications from it
[G4 General] karendar:
After reading a lot of the posts about Marshmallow, I'm surprised how many people dislike it or have issues with it. While I get the lack of root and xposed might annoy, the ROM itself for me is quite stable, much more responsive and battery life is much better. I sure hope I'm not the only one...
[G4 General] Spudnubs:
Boot manager, Busy Box, CPU Sleeper, Droid mote, Flashfire, G4 Tweekbox, Greenify, Live boot, Local Cast, Lucky Patcher, Min Min Guard, Recently, Rom Toolbox, Root cloak, Snap Prefs and of course Xposed.

Just a few of the apps I'm missing out on so so much, few more that I didn't bothering mentioning, but I'm sure you get the idea.

Of course the ROM is stable. It's snappy as hell too, but what ROM isn't after a fresh install. Battery life isn't anything to brag about with a 3000maH battery, but it is a bit better than day one.

The update, to me, is just Lollipop without root and the ability to set my brightness to 25 with a programmable tap.

One huge massive **** up is the fact that my lock screen keeps resetting to unlock by swipe! As someone who runs there business with this phone, this could literally ruin my entire life. Has this been happening to anyone elder?
[G4 General] chriskwarren:
You mean that unlocking by pin, pattern, etc. stops working?

If so, do you have Smart Lock features enabled? (ie. trusted devices, locations, etc). Could be something going on there.
[G4 General] Spudnubs:
Never even knew that was a thing. Thanks for confirming I am completely autistic. Must of activated when I upgraded to Marshmallow because that is when it started happening.
[G4 General] Touz604:
just had the boot loop of death also. I have to send it back myself to LG to have it repaired. What a junk device. It's my 2nd G4 in 6 months. I might just sell it when it comes back and switch to a Nexus 6P...
[G4 General] karendar:
Just happened to me too. Time to send it back and move on... New flagships just around the corner.
[G4 General] chriskwarren:
How long does it take to get it back? Does the carrier give a loaner phone?
[G4 General] Touz604:
I switched from Fido to Telus a month ago so Fido was more than happy to refer me to LG. LG had me send the phone to BC and told me the turn around time is around 10 business days.

I was lucky enough to have a friend lend me his old unlocked SG III. Back to 2012... hehehe
[G4 General] milan187:
I just got this phone and new to LG. I like it.

I updated to Marshmallow and noticed that if you have DnD enabled there is a constant notification you can not remove. I have not found a way. Very annoyed by tiha as I usally have my phone in DnD and phone calls set to priority. Is there anyway to remove this notification or another way to achive what I want?
[G4 General] alexvtr:
If the DnD little star in the top left corner annoys you that much, I guess you could always set the sound to "silent" in the notification panel.
[G4 General] milan187:
The star does not bother me but the notification that is always there for priority mode does. Setting the phone to Silent does not ring for phone calls.

Found one way to get it to go away, by stopping SystemUI, it has not come back in 4 hours now.

To me it's the only thing I hope LG changes.
[G4 General] :
Hi guys,

I just flashed the Canada TELUS H81210F.kdz file thinking it was Android 6.0 marshmallow but to my surprise it is stills on 5.1 =(.

Do we already have MM for our beloved H812? I cannot do OTA as im using it in Colombia and never put on it any Canadian SIM (It tells me that my "device isnt registered yet" when a searh for a new software update).

Your messages will be truly aprreciate.
[G4 General] goofball2k:
You should be able to use LG Bridge to get the update.

The 10F part in the filename indicates it is not MM. MM has 20 in the filename, not 10.
[G4 General] :
Thank you sr for your reply!

I just tried with LG bridge but had almost the same luck "Cannot identify software version, pls try again" message =(.

I guess my only shot is to try with a KDZ but until now 'havent found a MM telus one.
[G4 General] Gorship:
I know it's an odd question but is there an eta for MM root for h812.?
[G4 General] livanpinar:
Tried many suggestions before. Only way I found was using app "disable service". Root needed.
[G4 General] Spudnubs:
Definitely not a weird question at all. The answer is never.
[G4 General] Jok3r10:
I wouldn't say never.
[G4 General] Gorship:
Oh? So we'll never get root for MM? How come?
[G4 General] goofball2k:
Need the bootloader unlocked first which either has to be from LG directly or some other method unknown at this time.
[G4 General] Spudnubs:
Honestly, I would say we're looking a few months for Marshmallow root.
[G4 General] milan187:
I just hope it happens.
[G4 General] deadgods:
Cant it be rooted the same meathead that lollypop was? By pushing it
[G4 General] Spudnubs:
Meathead hahaha. No, that method will not longer work. They have upgraded the security of Android in 6.0 in short.
[G4 General] Gorship:
Hm well I'll stay with what I got then now. I like having control of root.
[G4 General] milan187:
I'm pretty new to this phone. If the phone was rooted and boot unlocked are there any good stock android Roms for the G4? Wondering out of curiosity.

Otherwise root would be nice to change some things, like DPI properly.
[G4 General] GumbyQc:
Read post #1 of this tread. That will be a good start. Then the next one, and continue. Everything as been answered here already. Enjoy. :)
[G4 General] milan187:
You could answered instead of posting nothing. I am aware there is no root or unlocked bootloader. I'm generally I was wondering about Roms for other variants of G4...
[G4 General] goofball2k:
Probably best to check the other development forums. Given we don't have an unlocked bootloader, we don't really talk much about other ROM's since we poor H812 users don't have a way of loading them.
[G4 General] Gorship:
H815 has development for it
[G4 General] s0ulreaver:
I like your optimism and I hope it will turn out like this :)

On the other hand I am afraid G5 will capture all the interest so the 'scarce' dev community for G4 will change its focus.

All these different models for the G4 are nothing but an arbitrary separation made by LG; I bet (if we would have the right tools) we would be able to use the 815 firmware on so many other G4s.

The main reason I bought this phone was the camera performance on G4 and the great deal I got for it when I bought it.

MM has improved my G4 and I have to learn to live with it with no root.

I see the Galaxy S7 camera has raised the bar again. I'm sad for the locked bootloader on the G4 (sad for LG, as well) because I'll never buy another phone with a locked bootloader.
[G4 General] koontzy65:
Yup, same thing for me. I came from Samsung S4-S5, Note 3 then Note 4 and I gave a shot at LG for the first time, but it will probably be the last. Poor resale value for almost the same starting price and locked bootloader is a deal breaker for me. Also, the G5 is around the corner and the value of the G4 will drop significantly mean that my 600+$ phone will worth less than 300$ one year after the release and I dont even talk about in 2 years. I will go back to samsung next time
[G4 General] Azure1203:
So, what phone should I try to trade for if I get trade my G4? I don't want to wait another 6 months in hope that root access comes. HTC M9?
[G4 General] AmonX:
I wasn't aware of how locked certain phones were. I thought Samsung was bad by first having knox and then added a hardware version knox to their phones. I upgrade from the Samsung Galaxy S3 and own the Note 10.1 2014 edition. The deal breaker with Samsung for me were things like the lack of quality customer support (story below) accessories such as docks that were made to be only compatible with certain models (identical multimedia docks but locked to certain models by a different resistor or something to that effect) and very slow updates. It wasn't until December that my Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition tablet was upgraded to 5.1.1 and this isn't carrier locked.

I was recommended the LG G4 by a friend and did a quick google search and saw that it could be rooted. I do not know who I will go with in the future. Clearly I need to check out XDA more prior to my phone purchase.

On a side note I hit up LG support chat and asked if the H812 could have the bootloader unlocked. I was told yes and confirmed that the H812s bootloader can be unlocked and to search the information on google and the XDA forums and that since it voids the warranty that LG does not provide any instructions on how to do it. I called the support phone number and initially I was given the same information until I clarified that I was asking if it was possible for the H812 specificially could be unlocked. I was hoping to get the contact info of someone who we could possibly convince to or at least discuss the possibility of unlocking the bootloader on all LG G4s especially since the G5 was announced. I instead used the emails provided on the petition. I also considered emailing Fido as well as the CRTC with regards to having the bootloader unlocked and if it falls under the wireless code of conduct or if we have any rights or protections or anything of that sort but I will leave that for another day.

Story time.

With my Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition I was provided with a coupon for two movies from the Samsung Hub? Store (it was a service that was discontinued in the last year or so). I picked two movies and ended up downloading them for offline viewing. When I went around to viewing them I was unable to most likely due to the fact that the tablet was rooted. IIRC the error code was had something to do with purchase rights. I thought I would call support and see if they could help me. I did not have internet access at the time other than a mobile and eventually found the correct support number for the store. After waiting on hold I gave the person all the requested info and described my problem I was then told that they could help me but that I needed to contact them via email instead and that I should repeat all the information provided in an email. Speaking of which I need to attempt to call Samsung because I missed the information about the service shutdown and migration instructions and see if there is anything I can do about those movies. When I did have access to the internet I managed to watch one of the movies on my phone which was also rooted.
[G4 General] AmonX:
To bad the Apache License 2.0 doesn't include a requirement to allow the user to install a modified version of the code like the GPLv3 (as far as I am aware).
[G4 General] milan187:
Is this M9 boot loader unlocked?
[G4 General] koontzy65:
I will probably try to sell my G4 ASAP before the value drop too much and get a note 4-5 or a S6 maybe
[G4 General] Azure1203:
Far as I know it is. There is a lot of aftermarket support for it.
[G4 General] Azure1203:
Went ahead and got the m9. already unlocked the bootloader. working on root and then custom roms. goodbye G4.
[G4 General] vsTerminus:
Sadly I had to talk my friend down from buying the G4 today. It's not worth buying a brand new phone only to stay on an old version of the software so you can root it, knowing that if you ever upgrade you'll lose the ability to remove bloatware and install useful apps - the whole reason he's looking for a new phone in the first place.

As for me, I've accepted it for this phone, but you can bet my next phone will have officially supported bootloader unlocking, and sadly that might mean compromising on removable storage or replaceable batteries - depending on the available options at the time.

What a pain in the ass.
[G4 General] milan187:
It's a great phone and I am torn right now. I just want root but I already upgraded to M :(

I also want a good camera (which the M9 does not offer), and I want an SD card slot (which the Nexus or GS6 do not offer)....

In other words the G4 is almost a perfect phone for me. Maybe one day we will see root for M.
[G4 General] psor:
Hi,

I had a G3 (root + custom rom) and just got the G4 (not rootable on Marshmallow). It there a way to transfer applications with the data related to each application from the old phone to the new one ?

Thanks.

psor
[G4 General] AmonX:
Some email responses I have gotten back. Fido said talk with LG. LG thanked me for my feedback and they will forward it on to the relevant department. CRTC said they are unable to help but suggested taking this issue up with my local MP. So no luck on that front but hey worth a shot.
[G4 General] Azure1203:
After figuring out the HTC M9 which we would all agree is an equivilant phone to the G4, and having a bit of a bumpy road with the bootloader and other issues, I do think the build quality and out of the box OS for the G4 is better.

I'll post back after a few days of actually using the M9. Too bad that LG won't unlock the bootloader because the G4 would be amazing with custom ROMs.
[G4 General] milan187:
Agreed. I really want to hear your feedback after a few days with the M9, do post.