Hi all...I'm sorry if something like this has been posted before...if so please link me to it and delete this.
I have the g4s little brother, the LG g stylo (metropcs), and I was thinking about a slight upgrade. I found a bnib tmobile g4 on eBay (located in usa not china)
My current phone is stock rooted 6.0 with xposed and I have everything set just how I like it...I also use my phone everyday for work so it's very important that it works flawlessly.
I've been reading about boot loop issues with the g4 and that worries me...I'm also worried about this whole thing I've recently come to find out about xposed not working on nougat? But I suppose I could just stay on a mm based Rom? I'm also trying to learn about magisk as I didn't even know what that was because I really haven't tinkered with this phone in quite a while.
Anyway I'm wondering if anyone here has any good advice/knowledge to share with me...any links that could provide good reading material would be appreciated to catch me up to speed...or if maybe you can suggest another phone to upgrade to? The g4 I found was $140...but I'd probably spend up to 250ish? The g4 is just sounding like a good little upgrade for less than what I paid for my stylo new...plus I'd still get to use g4 tweaksbox...If you've read all of this I appreciate your time thanks.
AP2FTW said:
Hi all...I'm sorry if something like this has been posted before...if so please link me to it and delete this.
I have the g4s little brother, the LG g stylo (metropcs), and I was thinking about a slight upgrade. I found a bnib tmobile g4 on eBay (located in usa not china)
My current phone is stock rooted 6.0 with xposed and I have everything set just how I like it...I also use my phone everyday for work so it's very important that it works flawlessly.
I've been reading about boot loop issues with the g4 and that worries me...I'm also worried about this whole thing I've recently come to find out about xposed not working on nougat? But I suppose I could just stay on a mm based Rom? I'm also trying to learn about magisk as I didn't even know what that was because I really haven't tinkered with this phone in quite a while.
Anyway I'm wondering if anyone here has any good advice/knowledge to share with me...any links that could provide good reading material would be appreciated to catch me up to speed...or if maybe you can suggest another phone to upgrade to? The g4 I found was $140...but I'd probably spend up to 250ish? The g4 is just sounding like a good little upgrade for less than what I paid for my stylo new...plus I'd still get to use g4 tweaksbox...If you've read all of this I appreciate your time thanks.
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depends on 2 things... 1 if its really a h811 ive seen many and inside motherboard is another variant..
2. its not guarantee but as long as you get a phone made from 2016 onward the better. doesnt mean it could not bootloop but chances are slim. i have 1 from jan 2016 anyhting above that manufacturing date . less chance to bootloop also LG has extended warranty to 2 years from manufacture warranty so they say.
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depends on 2 things... 1 if its really a h811 ive seen many and inside motherboard is another variant..
2. its not guarantee but as long as you get a phone made from 2016 onward the better. doesnt mean it could not bootloop but chances are slim. i have 1 from jan 2016 anyhting above that manufacturing date . less chance to bootloop also LG has extended warranty to 2 years from manufacture warranty so they say.
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Would it be ok for me to post a link to it on eBay so I could get an opinion on whether it's real or not? Not sure if that's allowed or not :\
AP2FTW said:
Would it be ok for me to post a link to it on eBay so I could get an opinion on whether it's real or not? Not sure if that's allowed or not :\
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i think its allowed if not will know LOL
by real what you mean.? the only way to tell if its a h811 is by opening phone.. and look at motherboard model number.
raptorddd said:
depends on 2 things... 1 if its really a h811 ive seen many and inside motherboard is another variant..
2. its not guarantee but as long as you get a phone made from 2016 onward the better. doesnt mean it could not bootloop but chances are slim. i have 1 from jan 2016 anyhting above that manufacturing date . less chance to bootloop also LG has extended warranty to 2 years from manufacture warranty so they say.
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raptorddd said:
i think its allowed if not will know LOL
by real what you mean.? the only way to tell if its a h811 is by opening phone.. and look at motherboard model number.
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Oh I was hoping maybe there might be some other way to tell..here's the one I was looking at (mods please forgive me if this isn't allowed)
http://m.ebay.com/itm/New-in-Box-LG...a00d55ebffffe17c%7Ciid%3A2&varId=552114258342
AP2FTW said:
Oh I was hoping maybe there might be some other way to tell..here's the one I was looking at (mods please forgive me if this isn't allowed)
http://m.ebay.com/itm/New-in-Box-LG...a00d55ebffffe17c%7Ciid%3A2&varId=552114258342
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well the only way i guess is to ask the seller for manufacturing date. tell them some units are defective and you want to look for the phone with newest manufacturing date. cause if you get one and its from 2015 are very likely to bootloop.
This isn't coming from New York
Read it fully
Coming from hong Kong or china
Likely a refurb
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I saw a SGT that is hanging at the bootlogo on ebay.
it's ending tomorrow, so any answers till then would be appreciated.
I hope I understood it correctly from what the seller wrote.
Is this easy to fix and how?
Im hoping to save some €uros, would it be a good idea if I can get it cheaper?
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one more question. is there a clockworkmod bootable sdcard for the tab or what do I have to do to flash a new rom?
Mate, there are a lot of reasons the tab isn't booting. You may not be able to recover this.
I personally wouldn't buy a tab thats not booting, there could be a hardware problem and then those euros you spent have just been thrown away as you can't return the tab. You were fully aware there was a problem before you bought it....
Good idea is to visit other countries ebay, you may get a tab for cheap though do make sure it is compatible with your networks and the seller is happy to sell overseas...
seller writes it was like that when he got it?
is this possible at all?
or must he have done something to it, like flashing a rom and doing something wrong so that he cant recover it.
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seller writes it was like that when he got it?
is this possible at all?
or must he have done something to it, like flashing a rom and doing something wrong so that he cant recover it.
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Well, if you buy it from him like that you would then be able to claim it was like that when you got it. It could be anything, as stated before, and I wouldn't touch it unless it was super cheap and I could use it for parts. Mine was brand new and after having it for almost a month it had to go in for repair (covered under warranty, but still a pain). Since you will likely not be covered under warranty, I just wouldn't bother.
he is sending the original slip with the device.
someone bought it for 301€, quite a lot.
Hey all,
So I've been eyeing on getting the LG G4 for a while now via Swappa (the T-Mobile version). I was going to buy it until someone commented about manufacture date on the LG G4 because there's a serious issues with the phone's motherboard that causes a bootloop. I search all about on Google and personally don't feel comfortable in buying it if that's that case...
... however, I'm willing to still go for it if you can all possibly chip in your thoughts about this issues? Google states it's a "small" bad batch and Sprint has recalled all their LG G4s but how "small" batch is it? How are your chances in getting the dreaded infinite bootloop the batch made before Sept 2015?
I hope to get a good amount of input on this, thanks in advance.
i bought my phone in june 20th or somewhere around there from tmobile and ive rooted and done alot of stuff on my phone and i havent run into a bootloop, but maybe im just lucky
This was probably a bad choice in thread type :x if mods can delete this, that'll be great.
Just hard bricked my Ls991 after 2 stupidity mistakes so I'm getting only QHSUSB_BULK. Has anyone know a solution or shall i sell it for parts? Thanks.
I dont know the method but it has been possible on the last 2 g series phones they qualcom is now unbrickable. I do some research tonight. And see if i come up twith any thing
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I dont know the method but it has been possible on the last 2 g series phones they qualcom is now unbrickable. I do some research tonight. And see if i come up twith any thing
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Thanks, I've red a couple of guides but the are for G2/3 only. One of them steps doesn't work on G4, so no solution so far.
Theres been a few threads on this and i know it can be done the issue is the board flasher. Has to support whichever board is in the g4.
So an year passed and still no solution? How come others phones got a solution, but not the G4? If it can't be done via USB who can direct flash the EMMC than?
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So an year passed and still no solution? How come others phones got a solution, but not the G4? If it can't be done via USB who can direct flash the EMMC than?
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Yea this is garbage im gettin rid of this phone just orederd me a nice refurbed g3 ill take that over this new any day. I qualcom bricked my g2 and g3 and was able.to recover but the fact that its not possible or hasnt been found yet urks me.
Yea from what ive found there aint know way all the old board flashers dont work.
Jtag is so far the only option. witch is bull crap cause if u read the g2 and g3 threads most of them say just about any new quallcom should be completly unbrickable. Go figure another down on the g4. No hardbrick fix. no unlock half of you now cant root. Hardware issues plus many many more. You rock lg. Not. Way to destroy your reputation. And rate ots going g5 is going to be as big of a blunder.
Just noticed my phone has 2gb of ram, not 3gb
Anyone know why that is?
Before anyone brings up it might be a clone, its an original lg g4 T-Mobile h811
Where did you buy it? I was considering getting one from ebay...says it's bnib...I wanted to upgrade from my lg g stylo :/
What is bnib?
deltadiesel said:
What is bnib?
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brand new in box
AP2FTW said:
Where did you buy it? I was considering getting one from ebay...says it's bnib...I wanted to upgrade from my lg g stylo :/
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Mine is not purchase from eBay
If it is brand new in box you should be good? I'd message reseller and ask just in case and ask him if it is sealed and specifications are all the same
Where is it coming from?
The only problem I see is you open the box, and find out it is a clone.
You could always put a claim return to it. Reseller might argue it was sealed but your point is valid
If it is coming from China I wouldn't bother
Bought a lg g2 once. Seller did not claim it was bnib. When I got it you could see the extra glue that screen was replaced
Try local
Nope it's coming from new york not china luckily...idk though now I've been reading about this boot loop problem the g4 has...I'm wondering if I should just stick with what I have...I use my phone everyday for work and really don't want to risk an issue...not sure what to do really :/
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Nope it's coming from new york not china luckily...idk though now I've been reading about this boot loop problem the g4 has...I'm wondering if I should just stick with what I have...I use my phone everyday for work and really don't want to risk an issue...not sure what to do really :/
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Ask him for first few numbers of the serial number
Post back
A lot of the issues are with the 505 phones. Some have never had a problem even then
If it is a 505 you are taking a risk
Ideally you want 7 series number if you are taking it with no warranty
First 3 numbers year month
505 is 2015 may
708 would be 2017 august
I know no one is going to be selling there phone with a serial number listed..... But atleast you know your getting a 7 you are getting the newer motherboards
No one has exact info on which are known to bootloop. You might get lucky with a 505, or you might end up pissed off
The newer the motherboard/serial number less risk
Good evening friends!
I'm on the hunt for a new smartphone and found something interesting in eBay.
Please give me your opinion on if I should bid on this device, or not!
It's the 128GB 6GB RAM variant in quite good condition.
The seller states that
Android 10 installation couldn't be completed.
The installation process stops after a short time
Device reboots by itself
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Also that
WIFI and mobile data are not available
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And
Device is not unlocked
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I've read that on one hand that it's hardware/soldering issue,
and on the other hand that it might be just a software/firmware issue.
I've lots of experience in flashing all kinds of phones, including the Xiaomi Note 7 Pro (probably) of a friend.
So given I can unlock the bootloader and something can be done in software, I'm pretty sure I could do it.
Also I probably could open the device up and try to fix the mainboard.
Has anyone ever tried reflowing the mainboard?
Otherwise maybe I could replace the mainboard, if financially viable.
So please tell me if I should bid on it, and how much you reckon it might be worth!
Thank you very much and have a nice weekend!
My advice is to get a working phone. Instead of one where u have to repair. A working mi 8 is not expensive nowadays