Vyse The Legend
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Artem (Android Police) said we would be pleasantly surprised by the pricing when someone suggested the 128gb would cost $699. I took that to mean the starting price would be well below $600 -- probably $500 for 32gb.
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Android |OT6| Huawei or the iWay [Nobody Reads Edition]
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Artem (Android Police) said we would be pleasantly surprised by the pricing when someone suggested the 128gb would cost $699. I took that to mean the starting price would be well below $600 -- probably $500 for 32gb.
LOL.
This is somewhat true. Google's emphasis on the Nexus line seems to be declining with every year.
Let's see how Sundar sounds next week during the unavailing.
This will be his first appearance since they made him CEO of Google.
brotkasten
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I checked out the LG G4 on GSM Arena and I was surprised that the battery on that phone is pretty average, even with 3,000 mAh. I was thinking about getting that one, if the price of the 5X should disappoint, but that's not going to happen.
I'm already stuck in the third step, where it should show me a "Firmware update" screen which it doesn't. It is just stuck on the "Download Mode" screen.
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Never mind, it just showed me the Firmware update screen when I posted this.
Jazzy Network
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Until Google shows me that their phones have good battery, I will continue to think its shit.
Saiyan-Rox
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Always the way isnt it lol
Baroquemantic
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Both the 5X and 6P look really good in those color options. Well, except for the gold 6P. That looks terrible, but I think all gold phones look terrible outside of the Platinum Gold S6.
The Faceless Master
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Wintergreen 5X
brotkasten
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The Xperia Z5 is the first phone I liked with anything gold on it. I wouldn't buy it, but I wouldn't react negatively either.
E: I just saw that the entire back of the Z5 is gold, too. I thought it was just the metal frame. I take everything I said back.
I'm actually disappointed in my G4 battery life right now. I think I need to use GSAM and figure out if something is draining it. Ive debloated and frozen a lot of apps and also locked permissions for Keep Awake and Location...
Gonna try another battery and see if this one is faulty.
This is pretty cool.
Jzero
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Is it though? The battery life is way superior than what i got from my Nexus 5
Baroquemantic
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Yeah, it would look a lot better if it was just the frame that was gold. Black and gold go so well together.
Depends on the usage. In all of the heavy tasks (screen on all the time) with the screen set to 200 nits Anandtech and Ars tested the Nexus 5 beat it:
200 nits is quite bright though. Most laptops struggle to reach it and the best phones top at 500. Lying in your pocket with the power hungry screen turned off is a different scenario as well
As long as it's better then my nexus 5, I'm happy (just bought a Nexus 6 64GB)
Strange that the S5 has better battery than both the Plus and Note
Zombie James
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Does anyone know of a fix for the N4 power button that doesn't involve me taking the whole thing apart? It's dying on me 
Unknown Soldier
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Ars Technica is not known for the technical accuracy of their reviews
Does anyone know of a fix for the N4 power button that doesn't involve me taking the whole thing apart? It's dying on me
At this point, why not just upgrade to the 5x, at the minimum, it would be worth it just for lte.
Unknown Soldier
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Shit just got real
Zombie James
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I would but with the state of the Canadian dollar right now it's looking like it won't be less than $550 and that's way, way too much. I'm perfectly fine with the N4 (minus the garbage camera) for a while longer as long as I can fix the power button... and the power button isn't a sign of things to come.
I'm dreading the price of the new Nexus devices in Canada. I really need to replace my Nexus 4 soon ;(
MuddyDonut
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BenderGate
lol good luck
1080p and the test could favour something specific to the phone. Note the iPhones winning in Anandtech's test and losing in Ars'.
The S5 also had a really efficient display which makes a big difference when displaying tons of white web pages:
We would finally have kernel level access to shit that would forces apps not to drain the GD battery. A man can dream.
Saiyan-Rox
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I'm trying the LGFlashTool, and I'm getting a "Device Communication Failed".
Are the drivers detecting the device okay? Check your device manager for any yellow triangles beside anything.
Oh, there's a yellow triangle at my LG G3 but under Ports (COM & LTP), I have already set it to COM41.
But it also says this at device:
And in LG FlashTool it says:
The Faceless Master
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i don't get it.
Google releases a stock device.
why do people want stock on some other non-Google device?
just get the Nexus!
Google releases a stock device.
why do people want stock on some other non-Google device?
just get the Nexus!
Saiyan-Rox
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Try installing the drivers for it from
here
http://androidxda.com/download-lg-usb-drivers
Do you know how to do this okay?
I tried downloading drivers before, but it says I already have the latest. I have a EU phone as well if that matters.
I can look at your link. I chose "LG G3 (all variants)."
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It have successfully installed.
Saiyan-Rox
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Koo has the problem been fixed in device manager?
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Yo the 6P looks hot. Gonna get one in white. Finally we get a different and interesting design. The 5X is boring.
Yeah. I hate reading posts where they knowingly bought a skinned device then complain about untimely updates. It's your fault, people.
No, there's still a triangle. But instead of saying "LG G3", it now says "LGE Android MTP Device" with a triangle. I am on the "Firmware Update" screen on my phone by the way.
brotkasten
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You know exactly why that is.
People want the benefits (updates in a timely manner, aesthetics) without the downsides (hardware).
Saiyan-Rox
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Huh how did you install the drivers? Getting the device to register in these mods is a pain. Guessing the LG software still can't find it?
I just downloaded and installed, and it said drivers was successfully installed on my computer. And the LG FlashTool still fails, but it doesn't start the process until I remove my device from the usb cable which is weird.
soundahfekz
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Google man. Most people are down to help out for a post or two, but I doubt people are interested in providing tech support for much more then that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WgXuxDbmbc
http://lgg3root.com/lg-g3-root/how-to-unrootunbrick-lg-g3/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2799647
Saiyan-Rox
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Blegh I was hoping it would be a DLL.
I'm not sure what else to suggest at this point. Have you checked the XDA forums? It showing as an MTP device seems wrong though.
Ah better drivers in the XDA post above.
Saiyan-Rox
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The 810 in the OP2 makes the screen suddenly flick dimmer even though it's on full.
Apparently it's for thermal reasons and its fucking annoying.
soundahfekz
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Madridista,
The LG software looks similar to Samsung's ODIN, which I had issues with trying to set up. Contrary to instructions, I could only get the phone to recognize if it booted into download mode directly from the reboot menu, which kept the phone on and "recognized in the odin software. if I powered the phone down or used the buttons to initiate the mode it would not detect. Have you tried that?
The LG software looks similar to Samsung's ODIN, which I had issues with trying to set up. Contrary to instructions, I could only get the phone to recognize if it booted into download mode directly from the reboot menu, which kept the phone on and "recognized in the odin software. if I powered the phone down or used the buttons to initiate the mode it would not detect. Have you tried that?
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