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[LG G6 Questions and Answers] DamiDev:
An Oreo update for the LG V30 has been imminent for some time now, no doubt about it. In fact, some LG v300S SK Telecom units are already enjoying Android 8.0.0 v19c software availability. Meanwhile, most other popular market variants of the handset across the US and Europe are still running the latest, officially available v10c Nougat builds.

However, that might chance pretty soon, judging by one LGUS998 user's claims and a screenshot, showing what appears to be Oreo, running on an unlocked US handset. Now, as far as we know, the update is not available over the air yet. The anonymous source likely obtained the files through other means.

[IMG="v30"]https://cdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/18/01/lg-v30-us-unlocked-oreo-update-screenshot/inline/-400/gsmarena_002.jpg[/IMG]

Regardless, as per his info, the US99819f ROM is already in testing and should arrive very soon. Hopefully, that means H930 EU units, as well as other flavours of the handset can expect the Oreo treatment shortly, as well.

We'll keep an eye on developments and keep you posted. If you are currently rocking an LG V30, check the update interface and drop us a tip or a comment if you spot anything interesting.

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Nothing about our device G6 :(
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] mrbeem:
Yes, well this is the G6 forum.

US998 or H930 info here is irrelevant
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] DamiDev:
i know but it's the same brand, if LG release oreo for v30 why he didn't launch it for for our G6 ?

it's ridiculous

and i mentioned at the last this infos have nothing with G6
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Android Oreo:
don't worry i'm here
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] mrbeem:
You should be @LG, not here haha
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Killua96:
Because "reasons", LG didn't update for 6 months G6 while updating other devices (G5, K8, K10, Q6 ecc...), December update with November patch that they call "latest patch" (so we're still vulnerable to Krack, TY LG).

At this point i expect an announcment like "Hey, we are not going to update G6 to Oreo" :D
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] jshames:
It would be a a little disappointing if there was no Oreo. I still think that there will be one, it will just take a long time. Why is the G6 still on Nougat 7.0 and not 7.1?

That is an indication of their lag.

So I wouldn't expect Oreo for at least another 6 months-- still within the time frame of support for the device.

Of course speculating is free :)

But as I have said before-- I don't really care because the update is insignificant as regards to the functionality of the phone. IMHO Oreo is really an incremental update, not really revolutionary.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] EvilHowl:
Well, let me do a personal bet: Oreo will be released for G6, and Oreo will come between this month and february.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Astrako:
Go to G4 forum and see what LG did after promising Nougat...
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] ric84:
Looking to the G4 Forum says, LG will release only one Major Update for a Model, "great". As more as long they wait, as less time they will propably have for the next major update , "P". So my Conclusion is, we wont get another Major Updates, "O" will be the first and the last. Releasing Updates dont generate more Money, so why wasting Money for Support Teams. After a Smartphone Release, is the Time right before the next Smartphone Release /Irony off :silly:

After my Warranty is finished, i will flash it to a Custom Rom or buy another Brand (but not crap Samsung and crap Apple), i dont care.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] L0cke:
What I don't get is why they leave nearly all other status bar icons as stock but change the data one to something different, with separate icons!

I think we'll get it late Feb/March but will be half baked so will probably end up using Lineage anyway
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] wakari_mayo:
Enough is enough. I will definetly buy a Samsung, Xiaomi or Huawei or Sony as my next phone and never back to LG. Bad camera, limited support, no updates...
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] mrbeem:
Claiming that spending money on Support Teams is a waste is like saying; why wasting money on customer care or PR department if they don't generate money?!

Support Team of software update department isn't supposed to generate money! Its purpose is to look after company's current client base and acquire new clients/buers by creating company's positive image to the public. It's so called a long term investment. You build a company's positive image througout time and you see profits with time. Those profits are: largest ammount of products sold, huge client base, positive opinion around the globe. And that's when you see the money coming in.

You can have a best product out there which nobody will buy because everyone knows that as soon as they do, you just don't care what happens next. On the other hand you can sell worse quality product and have a superb post-sell customer care and you will always win over better quality with no post-sell support. People want to know that you care. It's human nature. I mean, would you buy anything else from a company that is know from a "give us your money and f-off" policy??

Now LG has a crap support team and PR department and they've been proving it with support for the G6 (little support, extra slow updates and no official info of when we can expect an update), too bad that they're so ignorant about it. Maybe decreasing number of buyers will at some point become an eye-opener to people in LG responsible for managing the departments mentioned above. Hopefuly:/
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] ric84:
Will see what happens. Until now I'm honestly satisfied with my H870DS, pretty nice, fast and especially stable phone. It felt down several times by a small lady ? and still no cracks, nothing broken ?
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] coyot352:
I totally agree, I do not understand the interest of being so eager for this update, Oreo brings nothing more than the G6 already has, even the design of the software remains the same.

If it is released under 7.0, it will necessarily go under Oreo, just be patient, your smartphone does not work less well than with the update
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Killua96:
I don't understand, why we should be the last to receive this update?

No, really, explain me why there are so many people on the "We don't need updates" team.

I'll repeat myself once more, if LG had releases more updates in the past months I wouldn't care to wait more for a Major, but that's not the case.

No updates until late December (since July), and the December update included the latest (LOL) patch. Now, we are on November patch with 0 information on Oreo, when all the other OEMs already have it or at least have a beta, we have nothing more than some screenshots of a Chinese beta.

This is not how you behave with your customers.

You don't have any interest in Oreo because it doesn't provide any changes to you (Lol, because between 7.0 and 8.0 there are many improvements included from 7.1)? Then avoid this kind of threads, after all it should bother you when it'll come =)
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] spirosbond:
Guys just try to chill a little bit. The phone is rock stable with the official rom and the update is coming (late, but coming). We should be more worried on the future of this device and how likely is to get 8.1 or 9 rather than getting a major upgrade sooner or later.

In my pov for the security patches Lg has to improve its speed, but as long as they send me a v8.0 SW as stable as the 7.0 I will be very happy. Believe it or not this is the first time I have such a stable stock firmware after a few gens of phones including a lot of nexus'.

Let's unite our voice to LG rather than complain to each other because, trust me, xda doesn't pass unnoticed by them.

Cheers
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Killua96:
Yeah it's rock solid with KRACK vulnerability, terrible battery drain in idle, terrible reception thanks to LG intelligen switch between networks.

Everyone wants a stable update, but there is absolutely no certain that a 8.0 firmware released in april would be much more stable than the one released in january. We won't receive 8.1 either because LG never updates to this minor releases.

That's why i really can't stand who says to be happy to no receive updates or to receive them lately, i've passed half december with some friends of mine complaining about the lack of updates on G6 only with LG social accounts, and here i read people who is happy to be treated like this :eek:

I'm not angry to anyone, simply i cannot stand who is still here to defend such bad behavior, it's not possible guys, as you said we must complain everywhere we can, not defend them.

Have a nice day, man :D
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] coyot352:
For my part no problem receiving networks, autonomy is the best I had on a smartphone (see my post on the "screen on time")

When vulnerability vulnerabilities, I have never been impacted, every two weeks there is a new flaw, it is at the limit of bull****

Of course I would prefer to have the updates faster, I just say that for the little that it brings, I can wait a little, I pass the age to run after the latest update when it does not bring anything concrete.

In short I find it amusing those who say "I will never buy Lg, nahh" you have to grow a little, plus it has always been a habit of LG, why believe that it would have been different for this model!

have a good day, take care the time will be shorter
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Killua96:
G6 was the only LG device without updates from months, G5 has been updated better and more often, also G5 received Nougat on November, we are now in January without any info for further updates.

Vulnerabilities pop out every week, yes, but krack is a though one, if you connect to an open wifi you are at risk.

For the battery, well, i won't comment it, in WiFi is quite good, with mobile network it's a mess.

For th network switching go to a place with bad reception and look the connection switching between every available network.

Have a nice day you too =)
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] coyot352:
it may be your telecom operators who is bad, I do not know the networks in your country but at home in France, no worries of network, yet I live in campaign ..

for public wifi, I do not use it, the packages are not expensive at all in France, so the 4g is always activated

the g5 was a bit of an exception, besides not so well followed that, having nougat when oreo had just released it's not a great follow-up, the g4 is still under 6.0 ..

in any case nothing serves to get upset, we're sure to have 8.0 :) for the rest cons..
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] jshames:
I think that we XDA G6 users have to acknowledge that we are a "select" but small group of customers, who make up a very small proportion of LGs market. If all of us disappeared off the face of the earth LG wouldn't feel it. Most people I know (who are not phone or computer nerds) don't ask "how often does this phone get updates?" before selecting a new phone to purchase. They know they are buying a phone for 2-3 years max and are more concerned about other characteristics of the phone. To get a sense of this, for example, read the Amazon customer reviews of any phone. Hardly anybody mentions "and this phone does/doesn't get updated" -- because they don't care.

I am not excusing LG from their lazy ways, or saying that updates aren't important. I'm just saying that the indignation expressed here is probably a marginal phenomenon and won't make a difference to LG or anybody else. When you say "this is not how you behave with customers" you're talking about a few customers with high expectations, not most.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Killua96:
Are you saying that if they do an update they do it only for us? Are you joking right?

The software support is for EVERY user which has the device, if there is lack of support then we must complain.

Still, keep not getting the purpose of defending continuously LG, again and again, guys this is not how an OEM should support their flagship device, and I say this because every other OEMs have better support!

If you like the lack of support then keep defending LG, keep defending the lack of support, and the discussion ends here.

There is really no point in keep repeating the same things over and over, and I won't answer any further, I've already seen that it's ok for people.

Then, thanks to you and thanks to everyone who doesn't care about software support for this situation, you did a great job!

Have a nice day.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] L0cke:
No, I think he was saying that LG of course updates their devices for everyone, and that whether we moan on here it makes no difference to what LG thinks. I think this thread is more of, "Does anyone know more", "Is there any news" thread. If we wanted to get some real answers then we should raise a formal complaint, or request to LG with the backing of everyone we can find to find out what the hell is going on there! Having said that even then they'll make up some waffle and swat us away.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Juice3250:
We should all expect, when we buy a non Google phone, to have very minimal software updates. Even if you buy it unlocked. Carrier phones, which are the majority, will be slower to update. Each person has to decide what's more of a priority. Software updates or a feature packed phone from a carrier that will be slow to be updated. We can't have our cake and eat it too. I for one am more comfortable waiting until they have something stable to release to us. However, we as consumers are never satisfied. We always want more. And we want it as quickly as possible. And once we get Oreo, there will be many who will complain about it being half baked or ridden with software bugs or it kills their battery or their phone has slowed down. We are never content. If you are that person, I was four years ago, then buy a Google phone or a One plus phone and flash to your heart's content.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] jshames:
:good:
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] simeoni:
I have seen those exact lines in every forum I have participated. Samsung, Sony, OnePlus, LG...
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Delvius:
After going through hell with the Sony Z3+, and Z5 I am actually happy that LG delivered a mostly good firmware/software. Sony brought Updates faster with the problem that it got worse with every new Update. My G6 works good, has some neat features and the only real flaw is the broken moisture sensor if it gets wet. I hope they fix it with Oreo but until then I can deal with it.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] pbandoeng:
I think the manufacturer need to find a balance between "fast" and "stable" update. But in my opinion the Oreo update for the LG G6 is slow. Almost every other High End devices for other manufacturers has been updated to Oreo.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] :
People being inpatient about oreo hitting lg g6 wouldn't make lg release it fast. Im loving my lg g6 with or without updates. I can't wait for oreo but im not going crazy like some people are. Im patient ?

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its a shame that lg g6 or v30 hasn't received oreo yet. Here in the US. But theres nothing we cant do besides having patients and waiting.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] jshames:
True. Also everybody has their "wish list" of things that they think or hope will get "fixed" in the next update. In my experience this usually leads to disappointment. Even when I had my Nexus 5, and there were monthly updates, there were lots of things that Google didn't get around to fixing (like sound issues or video recording). They focused more on getting improvement in certain features (for example they improved the camera). If people here are holding out for "better" battery life or performance or fixing some rare quirk, this will most likely not happen. If anybody here wishes to share their experience updating to Oreo on a different device that contradicts this--I'd love to hear it.

My prediction is that when we get Oreo there most likely will be an incremental performance decline, and new bugs will be introduced, along with a few new interface bells and whistles. If we're really lucky they'll improve the jpeg processing for the camera (but not counting on that, since they could have done that without waiting for an OS update).

Then people will be howling to get the "fixes" for the new problems

Honestly its not something I'm looking forward to very much.

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I would add that before my Nexus 5 I had a Sony and it got one update only, that came with a warning before updating that the update is irreversible and will cause a performance decline because of the increased resource requirements...

Perhaps a helpful suggestion to LG would be to be more permissive with unlocking more of their devices, and allow the developer community to fill in the gaps in LGs own updates. This would take some of the pressure off of users who feel more of a need to keep updating.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] L0cke:
Anyone able to get the screens from that link: http://bbs.gfan.com/android-9198254-1-1.html

None are loading for me.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] :
Loads up just fine for me.

Update: not working after a few clicks. Its like its been deleted
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] iceflow420:
Works now. Google translate states it is official 8.0 Korean release. Reviewer lists impressions of release. Images are all loading for me also.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] iceflow420:
Screenshot of Google Translated site header
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] focus-pocus:
I'm not sure, why are you so anxious. My girlfriend's Samsung S8 has received less security updates, than my G6 (I usually get them once per ~1.5 months: https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-34136 ). Not mentioning Oreo. :)
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] :
As i mentioned earlier i did manage to review the pictures but after a few click everything didnt want to show up again. ;)

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Exactly why im not stressing the oreo or updates on my lg g6. I love my lg g6 with or without updates. Doesnt make the g6 more valuable with oreo. Lol. People needs patients.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Killua96:
Only the European H870 has been left without a single update for months, went from July patch (July) to November patch (December)

5 months with nothing, and still nothing about Oreo, even from Korea.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] jshames:
I know they're important, but security patches are very unexciting:p

Unless you have a Google phone, there will always be a lag of at least several months.

Hopefully we don't get stung during those gaps!
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Killua96:
Take aside the security patch, (the only important vulnerabilities are Krack and Spectre that are unfixed yet) we have been left with no updates at all, no improvements absolutely nothing. They left the phone as it was for almost 4-5 months, and now we have no news on further updates either.

And this only on G6 in Europe, other LG devices such as G5, K8, K10 ECC... Have been updated more frequently, G5 received both October and November updates before G6, which is hilarious.

Oh, and I want remember their statement "we used the 821 instead of 835 because it was more optimized and easy to update".

Yeah, in the meantime V30 has better battery LOL
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] aledex:
I haven't even received the last secuity patch, so I'm stuck on the last august update. And this smartphone should be new. LOL.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] readergeek:
I keep pestering them on Twitter. As of yet, never had a reply.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] freddyba:
The Oreo update its not important for me but it sucks that LG Dont sent fast any Security Updates
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] ric84:
If anybody is interested, i have now oreo 8.1 with the 5th January Security Patch on my close to 5 years old Sony Xperia Tablet Z and its running smooth XXXXD
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] :
For your information This is a lg g6 thread. You should head over sony Xperia tablet thread instead.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] ric84:
I know i know. :p I just want to show how slow the Manufacturer IT Developers work. It looks like the G6 will never get anything anymore :eek: and small genius Developer Teams on XDA can add to any Device any Android Version, running stable and smoooth, thats crazy :cyclops:
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Khotum7:
LG really screwed us over with this phone. No root at all for the T-Mobile users, 3 year-old glass on the front, weird headphone jack problem, and no software updates -_- Should've went with the Essential (if only it was on T-Mobile)...
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] :
I think its to early to tell. The g6 is far great with update or not. Im not into crazy about oreo upgrade. Doesnt make any device more valuable with or without updates or oreo. Aslong im using a current flagship phone i dont care much.

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Lg Screwed us over? Lg didnt promise nobody about receiving updates all the time. Only devices that receives quick and fast updates are those from googles. Like some nexus phones and pixel phones and yeah essential phone also. Also you probably have a defective device. My lg g6 has zero problems.

You should check that out.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] ric84:
Totally agree. My H870DS is running pretty well. Hope it stays like this minimum 2-3 Years.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] :
I hope so to. Im done wasting money on flagships every year. I think im going to retire soon after 1 year or so lol.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Vinchent:
Yesterday, the LG (italian) website updated the release schedule for the G6.

unfortunately, no good news. It says that the oreo update will come "approximately during the first half of 2018"
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Killua96:
Lol, until June. And if we are lucky as the G4 owner we will never receive it, what a mess

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Btw do you have any screen or link? I won't find anything on lg italian website

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Found it: http://www.lg.com/it/supporto/guide-soluzioni/mobile/android-8-oreo
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] meilbox:
Thx LG... Now just hit me straight into my face ....
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] ric84:
Looks like they forgot their own phone ? I thought I brought an highend phone in 2017, getting fresh Updates and all that Stuff of a new electronic Gadget with Software Support ?
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] L0cke:
Hmmm, not great! I am happy with the phone but expected something sooner. I guess I should have done more research before buying it, but I had limited options and got it for a good price, £350. But maybe should have held out for something else. Don't think I'll be getting another LG after this one.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Killua96:
New update. Asked to LG Italia on Twitter: "Second Quarter of 2018", so most likely April-June. **** LG.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Al3xxxinho:
"At the moment Android 8 Oreo will appear on LG V30 within the first quarter of the year, and on LG G6 indicatively within the first half of 2018."

Translated from: http://www.lg.com/it/supporto/guide-...android-8-oreo

Well, I really think that this information is not correct, I saw that V30 already received the oreo update: https://xdaforums.com/lg-v30/how-to/unlocked-lg-v30-android-8-0-oreo-update-t3734404

If V30 received the update, well, the G6 is next. They couldn't have updated the G6 before the V30
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Killua96:
That is the US998, not the one sold in Italy, also, the information provided is correct, asialove2013 received the update this year, so within the first quarter of the year.

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Never mind, it's the beta LOL