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[LG V20 Questions & Answers] ssnova:
Hi Everyone,

I'd love to hear opinions from first hand owners of the LG V20, and if you'd buy it again.

I'm pretty set on getting either th LG V20 or the Pixel XL. I'm pretty aware of the specs of both but I wanted the Pixel XL for CopperHeadOS (supposedly more secure, but they only support Google phones for the most part, Pixel XL being one of them). As for the LG V20, I like it more, specwise (bigger screen, better DACs for audio, removeable battery, expandable memory, just better all around in my opinion- where it counts... and better price), but there doesn't seem to be any super secure ROMS out there, which is why I wanted to get the Pixel despite it's price (costs about double right now), and lack of expandable memory.

Otherwise, with my own research, the V20 seems to be a decent phone.

I'm coming from an Xperia Z2, decent phone, but horrible microphone (everyone says they can't hear me), also horrible speaker phone (not loud enough, if I'm driving I can't hear anything).. those are examples of quirks about the Z2.

Any input? Any quirks/annoyances you have about the V20 (specifically for the US996 model, no bootloops hopefully?)? Any input on secure ROMS available for it? To be honest, I'm kind of weary of the whole rooted process, it probably got easier by now, but I used to root and put custom roms on my old android devices, was such a process and always had risks of bricking it etc... only ones I'm willing to hassle over for are secure ROMs (like Copperhead OS)... oh yeah, how is the LG V20 out of the box? Is it pretty decent? Or is it frustrating with the bloatware where you "have to" unlock/root/install custom firmware+rom to make it "useable"?

Thanks in advance!
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] ssnova:
Was also wondering, anyone else with a USS996 try tethering with At&t, does it work?
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Jawbox:
I went with v20 this week, the Pixel XL was my first choice... however, I picked up a refurbished Sprint compatible v20 for $299 on Amazon. Luck for me, the software version on it was old enough to unlock the bootloader with DirtySanta.

Overall I've been a fan of LG since the G2, and the v20 is my favorite LG phone so far. I'm glad I didn't spend far more on a Pixel XL. That said, if the unlock had failed, I wouldn't have been as happy.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Srenyti:
Just tried blue tooth and wifi tethering on my LG-US996 on AT&T worked fine for me. Connected my ipad pro in both modes to it no problems.

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As for your other questions. Just got mine today and have been messing with it so take what I say with a grain of salt cause I've only had one day to play with it. I moved from a ZTE Axon 7 which kept having poor connection issues for me.

No issues so far with boot looping on my LGV20 US996. The power/unlock/lock button being the finger print scanner threw me off of a bit as I kept searching for it but its actually kind of nice where it is. The second smaller screen is great (not sure why many reviews called it a gimmick, I really like being able to see the message of texts etc while reading on reddit or something). The charger that comes with it feels a bit slow but I also have a pixel charger that I use with my Switch which seems to work fine with the v20.

The unlocked version which i got off amazon (which reading the reviews seems to be a gamble which one you get) but the version I got is unbranded and had no carrier bloatware. It did come with a few such as Evernote, Facebook, Instagram, and a few other LG apps. No real complaints on bloat tbh, its not as clean as say stock android but its nowhere near as bad as a branded samsung (Though your mileage may vary if you end up with a carrier version of the phone O_O).

Haven't tried any rooting or installation of any custom ROMS I don't think I will this time around either as the phone seems to be fine with out it. I did however install Nova Launcher and downloaded the apk for Google Now integration so now the launcher feels almost like Google's but better.

Let me know if you have any other questions, I'm pretty happy with my purchase would likely make it again but again I've only had a day with it so far.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Deleted member 4254951:
I just got mine as well on July 25th, Coming from the droid turbo the sound fried on that phone couldn't make calls or listen to music. As for this phone it runs great only issue I'm finding is being that it is unlocked and can use on any carrier I'm finding I can't update the phone says phone is not registered I wrote LG to find out why and I have not heard back yet,if I'm not mistaking there is a 7.1 now or maybe even higher, I don't know if I should root and take a chance on it, I'm starting to use android pay and I like it if I go for rooting I won't be able to use it but some say you can tweaking this and that so it will work. I don't know and as for Roms, I don't know what is here yet for the V20....
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Srenyti:
Same I haven't been able to receive an update either, will you please post back when you find out?

Also after a day of use the one thing I do suggest is the moment you get your phone turned on go and disable "Mobile Service Manager" if you got the US Cellular unlocked version this is the the app that carrier used to push bloatware, at least it doesn't come pre installed.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] ssnova:
Hey thanks a lot for the feedback Srenyti! Did the tethering/hotspot work out of the box? Did you have to play with any APN settings or anything? How's it call quality on it?

Good to hear that it seems to be decent out of the box, I was getting tired of fooling around with android phones to get it to work "right". Only downside is getting security updates for the phone in the future....

Someone mentioned earlier about getting an older firmware, do they not all unlock if you wanted to go custom?
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Srenyti:
Tethering/hotspotting worked for me directly out of the box on AT&T also did not have to make any APN setting changes. I just put in the sim, turned it on and it found everything fine. I did double check and it found AT&Ts APN just fine. I have network mode set as global and tried to test out between global vs late/gsm directly but didn't really seem to make a difference.

Call qaulity seems pretty good to me, it's more crisp and clear than my axon 7 which is the only one I've used in recent memory.

As for finding old firmware I believe that would depend on the firmware package you find. If it's straight carrier OEM version it may not be unlocked (unsure about this as anytime I've ever bothered to get a custom rom it's never been carrier firmware). Custom ROMs are always unlocked in my experience.

Yeah security updates are def lacking. And bloatware is fine as long as you disable that app I mentioned before it gets a chance to do anything.

When setting up the phone yesterday it didn't feel as snappy as it does now, so expect some settling in time for the phone it seems.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Jawbox:
I don't want to complicate things too much, but Woot has the Pixel 5" 128 on sale for $429:

https://sellout.woot.com/offers/goo...?ref=eml_w_nd_4_img&ref_=pe_3185080_248419990
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] tstack77:
Verizon version, most likely locked bootloader .
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] mirrin:
I bought a vs995 coming from a moto x pure 2015. My moto had such diminished battery life I could not make it a full day without charging 3 times if I used the phone at all... It was good for maybe 2 long phone calls... I wanted a phone I could replace the battery on if I wanted atm I believe this is the newest one to still have the feature.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] ssnova:
Yeah, I'd want to stay away from the Verizon version. I thought I'd take any unlocked Pixel XL, to one day load CopperheadOS on there, but turns out they only release roms for the older Nexus phones and you have to buy a Pixel XL directly from them (like $1100 or so), I'd still consider it, but all in all I'll probably pass on that phone(Pixel XL) for right now, kind of expensive for me now.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p_void:
Hello xda community.

I have a tablet which comes with a pen. On stock rom when pen is near the touchscreen a mouse cursor appear right in front of it and touch inputs (except hardware buttons) are disabled.

Meanwhile at custom roms, they just dont, it shows cursor but you can touch too and i can't write with touchscreen enabled.

The pen is not even working on potrait mode. It just acts like landspace and x,y axis' replaced each other.

I can't use stock because like xposed modules, it modifies connection to some sites. Like youtube, it has unremovable restricted mode and 400 errors.

How do i port them from original rom? Do i need to decompile kernels? Can you put a detailed explanation?
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] elii236:
Hi,

I brought my sister LG G6 from Amazon spain, sadly when she receive the phone she don't have Hebrew on the language list, is there a way to enable the language?
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] EMJI79:
Are you sure you checked correctly, there's someone from Israel that asked another question on another thread, I guess he uses Hebrew, and the language list is quite long.?
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] ASW1:
No Hebrew on my international 870 either.

You'd have to flash one of the Israeli firmwares on it, there's a list somewhere here on this forum with all the different firmwares with download links.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] eladpr:
Hi,

Did you find the solution? I got the same problem
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Strikingable:
Hey guys, I didnt have hungarian language on m7 back when I got it. As far as I remember I installed "Morelocale"( i think they wrote it this way) to it and the app enabled hungarian languege. Give it a try and see if it works. :D Hope this helps.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] riz157:
I've purchased 6gb ram, 128gb memory phone which is dual sim (blue coral) and would like to flash G955F firmware so that i can have full english (not the breakfast). Has anyone done this successfully? any advise would be appreciated.

I don't fancy bricking my device so asking here if its safe to do so.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] benyou54:
Hello. Yes it's possible only with custom rom if you can install twrp recovery in your Chinese device. You can't install the stock firmware with odin...

Envoyé de mon SM-G935F en utilisant Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] riz157:
So I have to root, twrp flash custom ROM and then can flash firmware via twrp?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] benyou54:
No need to root. You just need twrp to install a custom rom for your model. But if I were you, I won't install a custom rom cause your warranty will be cancel and your secure folder won't work anymore...

Next time buy a full international version dual sim, model with FD at the end, like G955FD. But I'm not sure 128GB exists for the international model [emoji848]

http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=device...axy_s8plus_duos_td-lte_128gb__samsung_dream_2

Envoyé de mon SM-G935F en utilisant Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] riz157:
I bought this model for 6gb ram, didn't envisage this issue. There's hardly any chinese but would have preferred full English

I was under the impression you could flash any official firmware to any model.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] buravec:
You cann't do this cause your device have Snap 835, and 955F is Exinos model. I can only advice you to flash HonkKong firmware. It will have English.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Gray.Fox:
+ different modem

if its about the language then use any app to change system locale

you dont need root to change locale

i used this app before and did exactly what i wanted (check help inside the app for more details)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=sightidea.com.setlocale

there are many apps but this one was easier for me

hope it helps
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] 012345678:
Hi , you can flash the Image from Tmobile S8 , it works .

https://www.mediafire.com/file/8g7pgw3g7gr9ggm/turbo_s8_sst23.zip. Just be sure to install after it without a reboot : Cameron zip +image.new(boot) and then magisk 14 and after it dm verity. works for me.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] partcyborg:
Really? Cause everyone whose tried that the other way around has hard bricked...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] 012345678:
Sure, it will work. but the TMO only S8 not S8+ are working. Identifi itself as G950U. You can install a alot of different Roms. Especially in China are a lot of good Roms. I installed a lot of them, and figured out a method of install that works in 8 from 10 tries from cross Flash.

But i can upload my favority China Rom. Called G95X0_7.0_Soul_V7. With Playstore Support and ability to change everything you can. http://bbs.gfan.com/forum.php?mod=v...st&typeid=12871&typeid=12871&orderby=lastpost That Site hosting all the Roms of our Dreams. I will upload the next days all Roms i have.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] partcyborg:
I love reading websites in simplified Chinese put through Google translate to English..

BRB time to brush my Odin line
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] YukonJoe:
I purchased a dual sim SM-G955FD while in Kuwait. It doesn't have the Wi-Fi calling & HD Voice/Video options installed. I want to get the correct software to flash my s8 plus to fully have all the functions that Samsung store claimed would work worldwide.

Email me back, I would be happy if someone could walk me through this
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] benyou54:
Hello. It's carrier options. First you need to install your carrier firmware. Second, your carrier needs to support those options...

Envoyé de mon SM-N935F en utilisant Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] mxpxboi:
I have full English on my G9550. I just changed everything language setting I could find. I haven't seen a bit of chinese for over 5 months.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] RebelArmy12:
G955f with g955u firmware?

Is it possible to put g955u or some other g955 firmware on my unlocked g955f s8+?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] zairok:
how can i create an account? i dont know Chinese
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Ura535:
try using google translator
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Formingus:
You cant flash Hong Kong Firmware Sha256 Invalid even with modified Odin
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] GRIBL:
I can't believe it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] lijunjie318:
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[Off-topic] big wave:
Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Motorola Inc., which has lost mobile- phone market share to all of its major rivals, rose the most in almost four years in New York trading after saying it may bow to shareholder pressure and shed its money-losing handset unit.

Chief Executive Officer Greg Brown said yesterday that the Schaumburg, Illinois-based company is exploring its options, including a possible separation of its mobile-devices business.

The announcement pleased investors including billionaire Carl Icahn, who have demanded that the company dispose of the unit. The business, which accounts for about half of Motorola's revenue, lost $388 million last quarter as customers defected to phones from Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc.

``Enough people, from Carl Icahn to many others, have suggested that this is the best thing for Motorola to do,'' said Mark Mowrey, a Laguna Beach, California-based analyst at Al Frank Asset Management, which owns Motorola shares. ``I hope it's not a reaction from the executive side to a lot of the near-term sentiment the company is hearing from investors.''

Motorola jumped $1.11, or 9.7 percent, to $12.61 at 3:31 p.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading, the most since April 2004, after rising 13 percent to $12.97 earlier. The stock had fallen 42 percent in the past year before today.

Citigroup Inc. upgraded the shares to ``buy'' from ``hold'' after the announcement.

Motorola's phone shipments plunged 38 percent last quarter after it lost customers to Apple's iPhone and camera phones from Samsung. That brought Motorola closer to losing its spot as the third-largest handset maker in the world.

Icahn's Plan

MOre

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601213&sid=aEcnAL7NbrpQ&refer=home
[Off-topic] Rudegar:
think pretty much the same thing happend when the swedish ericsson

when they sold off their mobile part to merge with sony
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions & Answers] Tripp-phpBB:
If you get a HDMI to a USB type C cord, can you screen mirror to any TV?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Goldenstreak76:
Is there any way to add apps like Spotify to Ultra Power Saving Mode without rooting your phone?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] ScorpioHeerp:
I want to know too. I want to add Spotify, Netflix, and pdf and epub reader. Please help.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Maiksaik:
UPSM+ [ROOT]
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] Swiftswipe420:
I have a Huawei Honor 6x (BLN-L21) (Berlin) Which I cant seem to root whether its flashing TWRP or KingRoot none of which have seemed to work :( if u could answer asap that'd be very nice
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] shashank1320:
Honor 6X repository thread given quick links there.
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] shashank1320:
Are you on MM or Nougat? I can help, I just rooted mine last night.
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] Swiftswipe420:
Nougat 7.0 but I need to go back to huawei page and re-unlock my bootloader again Since i tried to flash TWRP which didn't end up good and I accidentally deleted the OS and had to reapply the update.app
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] shashank1320:
and which TWRP you are using? link plz
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] Swiftswipe420:
i was using twrp_3.1.1-0.berlin.img it was in the root honor 6x emui 5.0 thread

https://xdaforums.com/honor-6x/development/twrp-t3583413
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] shashank1320:
That is the correct one

Steps-

To ulock bootloader-

adb reboot bootloader

fastboot oem unlock unlock_code

fastboot reboot

adb reboot bootloader (to check if the bootloader is unlocked now) or use

fastboot oem get-bootinfo

To install TWRP

Download from - https://xdaforums.com/honor-6x/development/twrp-t3583413

adb reboot bootloader

fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.1.1-0-berlin.img

fastboot reboot

adb reboot recovery (to check which recovery you are in)

I just tested and flashed the same recovery and it worked fine.
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] Swiftswipe420:
but dude is it normal that when TWRP is flashed in Fastboot that the device doesn't automatically restart on its own? or is that how I messed it up cuz i got scared and held the power off button down til it shut down and after I did that my phone would kept getting stuck at: "Your device is unlocked and can not be trusted. Your device is booting now..." and nothing happens afterwards
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] shashank1320:
yes. it wont reboot on its own. however, unlocking the bootloader may restat it automatically.

See below directly from powershell.

PS C:\adb> adb reboot bootloader

PS C:\adb> fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.1.1-0-berlin.img

target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes

sending 'recovery' (24466 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.646s]

writing 'recovery'...

OKAY [ 0.184s]

finished. total time: 0.846s

PS C:\adb> fastboot reboot

rebooting...

finished. total time: 0.038s

PS C:\adb> adb reboot recovery

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This happens when you flashed incorrect twrp.

faced the same issue in 5C but when flashed correct file, all booted fine.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adamistr0:
Hello, my friend gave me D802 16GB with broken lcd, so I bought new.

Then I made factory restart. Everything worked fine until I firstly locked the screen. Then if I try to unlock phone, it always locks itself after two seconds.

I have tried factory reset again and it's the same. Then original kdz file and CSE flash, but it's still the same.

It worked fine before with broken screen (there was only half of screen working obviously..)

It was screen foil on new LCD and proximity sensor...
[Xiaomi Mi Max Questions & Answers] seti007:
The unthinkable has finally happened. Today, I dropped my Mi Max for the hundredth time probably and smashed the screen. I love this phone for the large screen size. Now I have a decision to make. I can either fix it or get another phone with a large screen. I would probably be doing the replacement myself. The screens are not that expensive. I had a couple of questions about screen replacement. First off, are the LCD digitizer and the glass fused together like in an iPhone or are they separate. In other words, can I just replace the glass in the front or do I have to replace the entire LCD assembly. Has anyone tried it? The next question is what are some of the other alternative phones with in the same price range that have an active XDA development going on. I know that Mi Max 2 is an alternative but it seems to be a step down terms of the processor. Any other options with 6" out larger screens?

Thanks
[Xiaomi Mi Max Questions & Answers] Albertkuba:
I haven't tried it but I think the LCD and the glass are separated so you can replace it because this phone deserves it,good luck.

Enviado desde mi MI MAX mediante Tapatalk
[Xiaomi Mi Max Questions & Answers] seti007:
That would be great news if true. Can anyone else verify? Any ideas about a replacement device?
[Xiaomi Mi Max Questions & Answers] kuro_shii:
i dropped mine once (first time lmao) and it broke the glass on top. touch is still working so i went and ordered just the glass for cheap. which was my mistake because it was hard to pry it. you'd probably end up f**cking up the touch screen also. so just go with those whole screen replacements, with frame would be much better. also watch techtablets' mi max 2 reviews on yt, for that might change your opinion on mi max 2
[Xiaomi Mi Max Questions & Answers] seti007:
Thanks for the input Kuro. I ordered the screen plus LCD assembly. I'll also check out that review you mentioned.
[HTC U11  Questions & Answers] Snappy Phoenix:
So I have a BlackBerry KeyOne that I love so much purely for the awesome physical keyboard and battery life. Long story short, last week, I stopped receiving any SMS, I did 3 factory resets but no luck so I blamed it on the phone and went ahead and bought an HTC U11 only to discover I'm still not receiving SMS as it was a carrier issue and now they fixed it.

Currently I am using the U11 and I love the speed where there is no lag compared to the KeyOne, the battery life is no where near as good as the KeyOne and then again the keyboard, I am not a good typer on virtual keyboards.

Part of me wants to go back to the KeyOne and sell the U11 but then I think I would miss the lag free experience of the U11, the awesome screen, and the stock Android feeling that the U11 offers.

Also this BlackBerry contacts app is really buggy and keeps creating duplicates so every other day I have to run its duplicate names checker and merge them.

What's also very important to me is the camera, while I have both phones in my hand, I've reset the KeyOne to factory settings and haven't set it up again so I can't really take side by side photos to compare. How would you guys compare the cameras of the U11 vs the KeyOne? The KeyOne has 60FPS Video recording which I know may come to the U11 soon in a software update but I don't know. I'm really confused at this point.
[HTC U11  Questions & Answers] Paging Dr B:
I may be biased, but aside from that keyboard, the U11 has it beat hands down. Been taking amazing photos on the U11's camera too. My number one thing in a smartphone is performance. And it's hard to beat the U11 right now, unless you have a OP5.
[HTC U11  Questions & Answers] DeadPotato:
You could try flesky keyboard, that thing is so confortable in my opinion, or a keyboard that can be resized for better key amplitude, like gboard