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I use the Verizon USA snapdragon and don't see an option in developers options to turn on OEM unlock?
sillyshyme said:
I use the Verizon USA snapdragon and don't see an option in developers options to turn on OEM unlock?
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Option not available on snapdragon....wouldn't do anything anyway (locked bootloader)
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It's only available for international exynos variants (F/DS/N) and the Asian Snapdragon variant G9650.
SO no root?
louforgiveno said:
Option not available on snapdragon....wouldn't do anything anyway (locked bootloader)
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wrong, my snapdragon have unlocked bootloader, is from south america, sm-g9650.
matheus_sc said:
wrong, my snapdragon have unlocked bootloader, is from south america, sm-g9650.
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See Post #1
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matheus_sc said:
wrong, my snapdragon have unlocked bootloader, is from south america, sm-g9650.
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Hi, have you a link to do that? Thnxz
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matheus_sc said:
wrong, my snapdragon have unlocked bootloader, is from south america, sm-g9650.
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All the latin American snap devices are unlockable, not a big shock. What it weird is that sammy went with snaps not exynos in these areas for the first time. I wonder why?
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Oem unlock doesnt do anything on snapdragon. As of this moment. It does not unlock the bootloader. It will allow you to flash the engboot for a dirty root but still will never unlock the bootloader on SD at least.
Check other already have a initial twrp recovery there.
Here in Brazil always have exynos, this year comes with snapdragon, but is a good thing. Better battery, better games perfomance
OEM unlock does not mean its bootloader unlockable or rootable. The exynos variants always comes bootloader unlock along with OEM unlock, but Snapdragon never comes with bootloader unlocked - it is not Samsung, I believe it is Snapdragon issue, they do not allow nor release their kernel code, that's why you will never see root on Snapdragon devices.
I always went with exynos device, but this time because S9/S9+ exynos devices battery issue, screen issue, etc...way too many issues, that's why I went with US unlocked snapdragon version
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OEM unlock does not mean its bootloader unlockable or rootable. The exynos variants always comes bootloader unlock along with OEM unlock, but Snapdragon never comes with bootloader unlocked - it is not Samsung, I believe it is Snapdragon issue, they do not allow nor release their kernel code, that's why you will never see root on Snapdragon devices.
I always went with exynos device, but this time because S9/S9+ exynos devices battery issue, screen issue, etc...way too many issues, that's why I went with US unlocked snapdragon version
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Actually the s7, note 8 and s8 snaps all got root.
It was a hacked root and problematic and limits charging to 80%. No twrp or kernels or custom roms though
And no issues with my exynos, baffery life close to par with my pixel 2 xl
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desudecchi said:
It's only available for international exynos variants (F/DS/N) and the Asian Snapdragon variant G9650.
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I meant to order the Exynos G965F for the unlocked bootloader, but ordered the G9650/DS. Are you sure the 9650 variant bootloader can be fully unlocked to use custom roms? If so I might just stick with that one considering all the battery issues I am hearing about the Exynos...I just ordered yesterday actually and still have time to change the order before its shipped.
Booyaah82 said:
I meant to order the Exynos G965F for the unlocked bootloader, but ordered the G9650/DS. Are you sure the 9650 variant bootloader can be fully unlocked to use custom roms? If so I might just stick with that one considering all the battery issues I am hearing about the Exynos...I just ordered yesterday actually and still have time to change the order before its shipped.
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Yes it should be unlockable but historically the HK versions get very little if any development. So you would maybe have root and twrp but next to no roms...which really makes an unlocked BL somewhat pointless.
Id honestly get the exynos.
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force70 said:
Actually the s7, note 8 and s8 snaps all got root.
It was a hacked root and problematic and limits charging to 80%. No twrp or kernels or custom roms though
And no issues with my exynos, baffery life close to par with my pixel 2 xl
sent from my Exynos S9 plus, Pixel 2 XL or Note FE
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it is one of the beta firmware leak helped that, and as you said, no twrp, kernel, no custom ROMs....what's the point of having it? not able to fully charge..etc.....I do not call that 'real' root..
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it is one of the beta firmware leak helped that, and as you said, no twrp, kernel, no custom ROMs....what's the point of having it? not able to fully charge..etc.....I do not call that 'real' root..
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I agree, not what i would want on my device anyway.
If you want proper root, development etc you buy exynos despite maybe not getting a fee features out of the like wifi calling etc
If not then buy a snapdragon.
force70 said:
I agree, not what i would want on my device anyway.
If you want proper root, development etc you buy exynos despite maybe not getting a fee features out of the like wifi calling etc
If not then buy a snapdragon.
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I had chance to get either unlocked snapdragon or exynos version of S9+, but opt for snapdragon, since there's several issues with exynos version of S9/S9+....and I knew all along that getting snapdragon means no root at all, but over the years (i rooted all my devices) I start needing less and less having rooted device...
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I had chance to get either unlocked snapdragon or exynos version of S9+, but opt for snapdragon, since there's several issues with exynos version of S9/S9+....and I knew all along that getting snapdragon means no root at all, but over the years (i rooted all my devices) I start needing less and less having rooted device...
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Ive read about the issues and yet i dont see them on my device, i stopped believing what i read a long time ago lol.
You may get root but it wont be magisk or SU and there will be issues with it.
force70 said:
Ive read about the issues and yet i dont see them on my device, i stopped believing what i read a long time ago lol.
You may get root but it wont be magisk or SU and there will be issues with it.
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you must be one of the lucky one, after my Note 5, and going for S9+, and paying premium $$, I just did not want to take risk with Exynos version - you know what I meant.. I will use it for a few months and see if I still need root, if I do, then sell it and get Exynos version
The root on my s7 edge did not limit charging to 80% but yes the eng boot did cause so ridiculous lag but it was still usable I would trade off the lag for. Root as long as get my external storage back stupid it not accessible to all apps
Returning my Exynos version off the back of disappointing battery life I've experienced, real shame as I love the phone but can't handle having to nurse it through a day.
Has anyone tried importing an American version of the S9+? Looks like it's possible to get one for under £700 on Amazon.
Not too fussed about the locked bootloader but was wondering if anyone has any real world experience of both the exynos and SD variants and their relative battery performance/ any other quirks (I.e. wouldn't be eligible under warranty)?
Hard to tell from the forums as everyone's usage differs but generally speaking the SD seems to have a significant advantage. (Have also closely followed anandtechs work but more interested in people's real-world performance)
I have the Latin America/Hong Kong Dual SIM Snapdragon 845 version (SM-G9650/DS) and the battery life is not that good but is enough for me.
I've returned my UK exynos to very due to battery life and call dropouts. Liked the phone tho.
Just purchased a 256gb g9650 on eBay from France for £690 which seemed like a good deal. Hopefully it will be better.
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Any1 knows the way to import the dual sim unlocked SD version to India? EBay, Amazon, aliexpress were of no help.
This is a shame, Was thinking of picking one up from O2 again. Had it for a week before the p20 and it seemed fine
Virgo_Guy said:
Any1 knows the way to import the dual sim unlocked SD version to India? EBay, Amazon, aliexpress were of no help.
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Try wondamobile , dunno if they ship there but worth a try
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Manook01 said:
Try wondamobile , dunno if they ship there but worth a try
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It seems they have only the sim free versions, won't help that in India. Anyways thanks for the response.
If you have to go SD845 get the 9650 https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_...R5.TRC0.A0.H0.Xg9650.TRS0&_nkw=g9650&_sacat=0
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If you have to go SD845 get the 9650 https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_...R5.TRC0.A0.H0.Xg9650.TRS0&_nkw=g9650&_sacat=0
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Better get it from wondamobile, for the same price you get 256GB
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If you have to go SD845 get the 9650 https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_...R5.TRC0.A0.H0.Xg9650.TRS0&_nkw=g9650&_sacat=0
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This seller seems to be shipping to India as well, thanks,it helped.
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isnt the sd better in battery life ? i thought it was from what i been reading. I also thought that it came with an unlocked bootloader
I have both (exynos on Three uk and SD on USA T Mobile). I would say that the SD marginally had better battery life but since three rolled out an update last week the battery life between the two has been more or less the same. This makes me think the exynos just has a badly tuned cpu governer and software updates will even out the gap...
Also I would recommend against the SD models in the UK unless you can unlock the bootloader and root etc or you will be stuck with a firmware and CSC that won't support carrier aggregation LTE, WiFi & calling. Had this issue with a Hong Kong imported S8 Plus last year and changing CSC was buggy as hell...
Last Galaxy was S6, jumped ship to iPhone 7S to please the wife, was ecstatic to go back to S9 via T-Mobile aka "Uncarrier".
I was more excited to finally go back to XDA to check the dev scene, but no love for the Snapdragon Varient? I know International aka 960/5F got the unlocked bootloader and usual Day 1 roots.... but does anybody know why the Snapdragon scene isn't active at all?
My T-Mobile S6 Edge was a breeze to root and so many amazing ROMS and Cross-Device Dev too. And that wasn't Exynos either.
Point is, I'm sure I'm not the only one and you guys arent alone out there. I'd love to see how people are enjoying their device, any dis/advantages to our international sibling, and also any tricks they're using to "poweruse" their device.
Cheers
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Last Galaxy was S6, jumped ship to iPhone 7S to please the wife, was ecstatic to go back to S9 via T-Mobile aka "Uncarrier".
I was more excited to finally go back to XDA to check the dev scene, but no love for the Snapdragon Varient? I know International aka 960/5F got the unlocked bootloader and usual Day 1 roots.... but does anybody know why the Snapdragon scene isn't active at all?
My T-Mobile S6 Edge was a breeze to root and so many amazing ROMS and Cross-Device Dev too. And that wasn't Exynos either.
Point is, I'm sure I'm not the only one and you guys arent alone out there. I'd love to see how people are enjoying their device, any dis/advantages to our international sibling, and also any tricks they're using to "poweruse" their device.
Cheers
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Edit: For good faith, I'll show how I try to "spruce up" my Galaxy experience with homescreenshots
For the record, all S6 models were Exynos. There were no snapdragon versions.
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Venom0642 said:
Let Me Correct you there's S6 SD , The one that were all Exynos are the Note 5. No SD For Note 5
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If there were any Snapdragon versions they were not in North America. The US carriers were all Exynos. I had the Verizon version and it was most definitely Exynos. They did not want to use the 810 so I am pretty sure there were no Snapdragons anywhere for the S6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S6
nrage23 said:
If there were any Snapdragon versions they were not in North America. The US carriers were all Exynos. I had the Verizon version and it was most definitely Exynos. They did not want to use the 810 so I am pretty sure there were no Snapdragons anywhere for the S6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S6
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Actually you are correct was for some reason thinking S7 lol , cause S6 , S6 Plus and Note 5 were the phones that only have Exynos so my bad
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Venom0642 said:
Actually you are correct was for some reason thinking S7 lol , cause S6 , S6 Plus and Note 5 were the phones that only have Exynos so my bad
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S9+ using XDA Labs
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No worries.
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but does anybody know why the Snapdragon scene isn't active at all?
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Put simply, it's because Samsung has made the S9/S9+ SD variant EXTREMELY tamper-resistant. Old methods to achieve root that worked on, say, the S7 or S8 no longer work.
As far as I know, there's only 1 dev working at it. For now, one can only be patient and see what happens.
Other than that though, it's a solid phone that I am enjoying right out of the box. And for now, there's a working hotspot mod, so that's nice as well.
Root on g9650 Hong Kong version can be achieved (see https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...comm-sm-g9650-hong-kong-china-t3764542/page27). I think nowaday there is no way to unlock bootloader of the us variant.
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Put simply, it's because Samsung has made the S9/S9+ SD variant EXTREMELY tamper-resistant. Old methods to achieve root that worked on, say, the S7 or S8 no longer work.
As far as I know, there's only 1 dev working at it. For now, one can only be patient and see what happens.
Other than that though, it's a solid phone that I am enjoying right out of the box. And for now, there's a working hotspot mod, so that's nice as well.
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That's typical though, I'd be surprised if Sammy left an old exploit open in a new flagship from an old one
I wouldn't put it past em though, the latest exploits have been pretty easy lol
It's worth noting that the SM-G9600 and SM-G9650 (the non-us unlockable Snapdragon variant s9/s9+ work perfectly on both CDMA and GSM networks in the USA, making it at last a real option for Americans
i'd be happy with the ability to do carrier switching like on the s8/s8+ and note 8
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It's worth noting that the SM-G9600 and SM-G9650 (the non-us unlockable Snapdragon variant s9/s9+ work perfectly on both CDMA and GSM networks in the USA, making it at last a real option for Americans
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I have a dual-sim SM-G9650 (Hong Kong version) and was unable to get it to connect to CDMA in the US. Worked fine for GSM/WCDMA/LTE, but couldn't connect to ANYTHING with a Page Plus/Verizon sim. Tried Hong Kong rom and also Panama rom, and couldn't do it.
Do you have any reports of someone getting a verizon sim working in this model?
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I have a dual-sim SM-G9650 (Hong Kong version) and was unable to get it to connect to CDMA in the US. Worked fine for GSM/WCDMA/LTE, but couldn't connect to ANYTHING with a Page Plus/Verizon sim. Tried Hong Kong rom and also Panama rom, and couldn't do it.
Do you have any reports of someone getting a verizon sim working in this model?
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Did you ever get it to work on Verizon LTE at least? I see it supports the Verizon LTE bands. I want to get this for the dual SIM. Personal phone is TMO and company is Verizon.
Hello, I am new here, so I can only post here.
Long story short, my father bought a sealed MiPad 4 for my mother, but the thing is that when it first booted, I noticed the "Unlocked" logo at the bottom of the screen. Now, I don't know much about their tablets, but I am not so sure that their devices come already unlocked. So, is it normal or not?
Mine came unlocked too, was happy about that.
Might have to do with which version you buy. Chinese version or international version. The international version might be unlocked because they installed the international rom on it.
me too. bought 2 from aliexpress. both are unlocked
Bought from Ali Express. Apparently the International rom, what with the Play Store and all comes with bootloaders unlocked.
However will never receive future updates.
Chocolina said:
Bought from Ali Express. Apparently the International rom, what with the Play Store and all comes with bootloaders unlocked.
However will never receive future updates.
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mipad 4 already eol. the worse tablet in the world.
ChooiWC said:
mipad 4 already eol. the worse tablet in the world.
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Stop talking nonsense please. Its not EOL, and its the best tablet for the money.
McFlypants said:
Mine came unlocked too, was happy about that.
Might have to do with which version you buy. Chinese version or international version. The international version might be unlocked because they installed the international rom on it.
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That theory has one flaw: There is no international version of the mipad4. The Mipad 4 is designed and sold for the chinese market, only - There is also no official global or international ROM for it.
What people are experiencing are third party ROMs which are pre-installed by the seller. The sellers probably re-seal the devices once the custom ROM has been flashed.
Plekst said:
Stop talking nonsense please. Its not EOL, and its the best tablet for the money.
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stop lie to yourself. everyone knows it's already no future support. you can refer to miui.com.
ChooiWC said:
stop lie to yourself. everyone knows it's already no future support. you can refer to miui.com.
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Im not. Its a fact mad kiddo.
This is really a shame. No root no custom rom for a top-class phone
Will be trying my luck to get one through flipkart flash sales this week. Else I will settle for Poco X3.
I couldn't resist the flipkart deal. I have always rooted my devices the very next day of buying. Xiaomi Mi3 > Nexuz 6P > Samsung S7> Oneplus 3 > Poco F1.
Probably first time gonna get a flagship phone with no custom rom support :/
Hope this can be rooted and I can flash gsi. Can someone confirm, if this is possible?
Gopinath15 said:
This is really a shame. No root no custom rom for a top-class phone
Will be trying my luck to get one through flipkart flash sales this week. Else I will settle for Poco X3.
I couldn't resist the flipkart deal. I have always rooted my devices the very next day of buying. Xiaomi Mi3 > Nexuz 6P > Samsung S7> Oneplus 3 > Poco F1.
Probably first time gonna get a flagship phone with no custom rom support :/
Hope this can be rooted and I can flash gsi. Can someone confirm, if this is possible?
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No you can't do anything as you can't unlock the bootloader
tech_infinity said:
No you can't do anything as you can't unlock the bootloader
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If I understand currently, the European version's bootloader can be unlocked.
That's the one that's sold in India I think, basis the serial number.
Is this not the case ?
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No you can't do anything as you can't unlock the bootloader
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Hello same here. A flashoholic. But tempted to buy for the price on Flipkart during sales. Hope phone is sold in large numbers and bootloader unlock is made possible. Fingers crossed.
camlin said:
If I understand currently, the European version's bootloader can be unlocked.
That's the one that's sold in India I think, basis the serial number.
Is this not the case ?
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No. Only EU variants are unlockable, the ones in India are different
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No. Only EU variants are unlockable, the ones in India are different
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Have you tried ? I mean it should be unlockable since model number is same. US ones have a different model number anyway.
I read somewhere that EU rom can be flashed on Indian varient and the bootloader can be unlocked.
camlin said:
Have you tried ? I mean it should be unlockable since model number is same. US ones have a different model number anyway.
I read somewhere that EU rom can be flashed on Indian varient and the bootloader can be unlocked.
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you read wrong then
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you read wrong then
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Flipkart sales showing coming soon Notify for me from noon. Plus member. Same for everyone or am I doing something wrong?
chandruilkal said:
Flipkart sales showing coming soon Notify for me from noon. Plus member. Same for everyone or am I doing something wrong?
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same for everyone
Sale will be at midnight for everyone for g8x.
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same for everyone
Sale will be at midnight for everyone for g8x.
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Did you buy one from Flipkart? I hope you did, so that we can get some progress for this Phone.
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Did you buy one from Flipkart? I hope you did, so that we can get some progress for this Phone.
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No I couldn't get the phone
In my pin code phone went out of stock within 2-3 seconds
I managed to order LGg8x from flipkart. I have to use like an iphone then.
Me too. I booked it as an upgrade for my poco F1. Poco is still running as good as day one but I just couldn't resist the deal and bought g8x.
The only concern i have about the phone is the developer community support.
Poco has such good developer support, and for g8x it's quite the opposite. Hope that enough units were sold in this sale to spark some community support.
I too ordered bcoz of the good specification ,I'm from 1+6t it has a huge threads and forums ,I rooted my 1+6t the day when the phone delivered, even 1+ support warranty after bootloader unlock but lg not
sankritya said:
Me too. I booked it as an upgrade for my poco F1. Poco is still running as good as day one but I just couldn't resist the deal and bought g8x.
The only concern i have about the phone is the developer community support.
Poco has such good developer support, and for g8x it's quite the opposite. Hope that enough units were sold in this sale to spark some community support.
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My poco f1 was good, but had battery bulge. sold it and got this. i will miss custom ROMs for sure. but irresistible offer
I too bought one from Flipkart. Hope we get community support. Even if we get support for GSI installation, its good.
Is the LM-G850UM out of luck for root? Are any developments being made. I'm considering getting a new phone because not having root is really bothering me. This phone is wonderful but no root is quite the deal breaker..
During the sale 2 models are sold in india, lucky few got the ones manufactured in india which had access to fastboot and most of the others got the phones which are manufactured in vietnam, and these dont even have access ro fastboot menu, sadly i got the vietnam one, also for people who have access to fastboot mode, lg isnt providing the key to unlock the bootloader, so possibly no root or custom rom development for this device, i hope lg will open these devices once their software release cycle is completed that is after andoid 11.
I have previously used k20 pro, and on the first day i removed miui and installed PA its just too good.
My lg g8x has issues with keyboard,closes while typing so installed google keyboard, also installed expanded view, which uses both screens as one during browsing, amd had some other issues such as random shurdowns, dont know why thats happening...
sankritya said:
Me too. I booked it as an upgrade for my poco F1. Poco is still running as good as day one but I just couldn't resist the deal and bought g8x.
The only concern i have about the phone is the developer community support.
Poco has such good developer support, and for g8x it's quite the opposite. Hope that enough units were sold in this sale to spark some community support.
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Does LG has a community/Forum for its users? I am unable to find any
So how is it with this phone?
Is it possible to unlock the bootloader on LG G8X ThinQ Dual SIM EU Version?
Have any of you done this?
There is only G8s at https://developer.lge.com/resource/mobile/RetrieveBootloader.dev.
G8X is not listed.