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[Q] Advice on which LG G3 to buy

Hi Guys,
I am about to buy my first LG Phone. I have been using Sony phones from the Xperia Z to Z3 so its high time to change. However I have 2 models from which I need to select
1. LG G3 D855
2. LG G3 D858 (Dual Sim)
I kinda prefer the dual sim because it relatively newly released but my only concern is whether it will get the android 5.0 Lollipop update.
Appreciate if you could help me out in deciding which model I should go for
Thanks in advance
Sarah

i would suggest the f460 , the upgraded version that's using the new 805 cpu with 3gb of ram , much better and very fast , if u insist to choose among those mentioned above then u shouldn't worry about the lollipop update , soon or later it will be there for sure .
good luck

Falcon51 said:
i would suggest the f460 , the upgraded version that's using the new 805 cpu with 3gb of ram , much better and very fast , if u insist to choose among those mentioned above then u shouldn't worry about the lollipop update , soon or later it will be there for sure .
good luck
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I live in Australia, Will the LG G3 Prime work in Australia?

Antibacteria said:
I live in Australia, Will the LG G3 Prime work in Australia?
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I would advice the D855 32GB for the EU especialy for the compatible LTE bands. I have it myself and its a great device. The D855 also has the most support in development if you want/plannned to do that

Yeah indeed the d855 is the most supported for custom roms.. But i think the stock lollipop is solid enough.. Anyway if you're concerned with the f460 you should ask if someone got it there in the EU to make sure which bands it support .
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gee2012 said:
I would advice the D855 32GB for the EU especialy for the compatible LTE bands. I have it myself and its a great device. The D855 also has the most support in development if you want/plannned to do that
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Yes I do, I installed a lot of custom roms when I had the Sony device but since I am new to LG, I had a read in the firmware section but it was confusing. I want to experience android L actually I will let you know about the device once I get it
Thanks a bunch for the valuable information

Is it worth to switch to this phone?

Hello everybody, I'm looking for a new smartphone to fit my needs. I actually own a Lg G Flex 2, and I'm unhappy with it. You may ask "why?". Well, because I'm very addicted to modding and all of these things. The locked bootloader etc. on the G Flex 2 made me really sad about this phone. Do you think it's worth to switch from a G Flex 2 to a Zenfone 2 (+ 30€)? Let me know, please. And most of all, this is not a "which one is better" so please don't argue too much. Thank you all!

My Opinion
gicifix said:
Hello everybody, I'm looking for a new smartphone to fit my needs. I actually own a Lg G Flex 2, and I'm unhappy with it. You may ask "why?". Well, because I'm very addicted to modding and all of these things. The locked bootloader etc. on the G Flex 2 made me really sad about this phone. Do you think it's worth to switch from a G Flex 2 to a Zenfone 2 (+ 30€)? Let me know, please. And most of all, this is not a "which one is better" so please don't argue too much. Thank you all!
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My Opinion
1) If you want to buy Zenfone 2 then I suggest you to buy 4GB Ram version Only.
2) If you are interested in latest android only then go for Nexus (e.g: Nexus 5X)
3) 4GB RAM versions are also available in Oppo,Vivo,etc. (Search for it)
4) In Sony you can get waterproof smartphone. (Search)
Some Mid Range Great Smartphones:-
1) Lenovo Vibe X3
2) Samsung Galaxy A8
3) Huawei Honor 7
4) Nexus 5X
5) Nexus 6
6) Sony Xperia M5 Dual
7) Sony Xperia Z3+
8) One Plus 2
9) VIVO X5 PRO
10) and of course ASUS Zenfone 2.
But do whatever you want to do...

The Zenfone 2 is not going to knock your socks off, and I don't think it was ever supposed to. The Zenfone 2 is a nice hardware package (not big time, but nice) and the price tag on it is LESS than my first car. The development community seems to love this phone and we were promised android 6 this quarter. Just make sure you get the 4GB model, and don't make the mistake of ordering one online that seems cheaper than everyone else is offering one for (a lot, and I mean A LOT of people got hosed thinking they were buying the WW version, and instead got a chinese model that someone flashed WW software on it and can't get LTE). I ordered three of these from ASUS and all three work great. I love mine and this is the first phone that my son or daughter have not complained about, and they complain about EVERYTHING

gicifix said:
Hello everybody, I'm looking for a new smartphone to fit my needs. I actually own a Lg G Flex 2, and I'm unhappy with it. You may ask "why?". Well, because I'm very addicted to modding and all of these things. The locked bootloader etc. on the G Flex 2 made me really sad about this phone. Do you think it's worth to switch from a G Flex 2 to a Zenfone 2 (+ 30€)? Let me know, please. And most of all, this is not a "which one is better" so please don't argue too much. Thank you all!
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i'm in ur same position ...i have xperia sp with GREAT deve community ....but i need to move since it's very old now(2013 phone) though it runs 6.0.1 with no bugs at all
gonna buy zenfone 2 after a month (till my exams are finished ) and i searched alot like VERY VERY alot
screen : it's not brightest nor the best IPS display but for the price u can't complain
volume : as i saw it's not that great...it's somehow little loud but it's muffled and tiny
hardware : 4g ram and quad-core 2.3ghz equal to SD801 or SD805 with only 300$ ....u sure can't complain about that
and ofc it got a great deve community with great ROMs and good official cm13 base

In all honesty, there are better options, I would go with the nexus or opo, I'm sorry I purchased the ZenFone 2.

From the current user of Zenfone 2, don't waste your money for it, you buy it as it is, no one care after that, more update bring more bugs, Intel has abandoned Intel Atom mobile CPU so if we are lucky, Android 6.0 is the lastest android version we could have on our phone, and if we are not, we stucked with 5.0 forever :3

Still great value for the $. It's not perfect but it's very functional.
Sent from my ASUS_Z00AD using Tapatalk

Just buy a phone with Qualcomm inside instead of intel inside.

Thank you all for the answers!

What do you guys think about the development for US variant G7?

So I am deciding between this phone and the Asus zenfone 5Z.
LG G7 seems to be the better phone, getting this used on Swappa will be about the same price as the 5Z (G7 new is $629 @ B&H).
On the one hand, G7 may be better phone spec wise, but it seems to be pretty bad with updates. I am hoping rom development would make up for this so I am wondering how it will look like. Most development I see right now is for international version it seems.
Zenfone 5Z is new for $499, but has less features than the G7 (wireless charging for example). However, Asus seems to be very very good with updates recently and already has unlockable bootloader, firmware, etc.
What do you guys think? Which would you choose?

leapfrog2 said:
So I am deciding between this phone and the Asus zenfone 5Z.
LG G7 seems to be the better phone, getting this used on Swappa will be about the same price as the 5Z (G7 new is $629 @ B&H).
On the one hand, G7 may be better phone spec wise, but it seems to be pretty bad with updates. I am hoping rom development would make up for this so I am wondering how it will look like. Most development I see right now is for international version it seems.
Zenfone 5Z is new for $499, but has less features than the G7 (wireless charging for example). However, Asus seems to be very very good with updates recently and already has unlockable bootloader, firmware, etc.
What do you guys think? Which would you choose?
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I'd did take the LG G7 easily, it's the best and underrated flagship. I'm always eager to see to more custom kernels .

Can I flash a UK firmware onto a German model?

I have the LMG810EAW.ADECMB model of the phone, as well as firmware which is intended for the UK model (LMG810EAW.AGBRMB). If I flash the UK firmware over the German model, will it brick the phone? Or does the DEC/GBR in the model number only refer to the language of the firmware installed?

bergqvistjl said:
I have the LMG810EAW.ADECMB model of the phone, as well as firmware which is intended for the UK model (LMG810EAW.AGBRMB). If I flash the UK firmware over the German model, will it brick the phone? Or does the DEC/GBR in the model number only refer to the language of the firmware installed?
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Is possible, but with LG UP 1.16.0.4 which is not leaked yet.

bergqvistjl said:
I have the LMG810EAW.ADECMB model of the phone, as well as firmware which is intended for the UK model (LMG810EAW.AGBRMB). If I flash the UK firmware over the German model, will it brick the phone? Or does the DEC/GBR in the model number only refer to the language of the firmware installed?
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At the present time you can't cross flash to a different rom as the device is locked at the variant you have, LGUP will not work because of the IMPL lock

revjamescarver said:
At the present time you can't cross flash to a different rom as the device is locked at the variant you have, LGUP will not work because of the IMPL lock
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Damn... :crying: Looks like i'd better get my hands on the GBR version then...

what's the difference between the German and UK firmwares?

Inerent said:
Is possible, but with LG UP 1.16.0.4 which is not leaked yet.
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where u got this information?

juninhoak said:
where u got this information?
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On LG V40 forum, lgup thread.

I tried this anyway with LGUP_Lab_Frame_Ver_1_16_0_3 (unpatched I think) and DLL 1.0.40 and it worked first time. The model info page just shows my model as "LMG810EAW", minus the ".AXXXMB" part at the end. The only time that was shown was on a sticker on the box. So i'm guessing there isn't any differeence between the UK & German firmware, except maybe default language or something.

LGUP
juninhoak said:
where u got this information?
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It is available for download, I downloaded it and the associated dll for the G8, but it doesn't work to cross flash to a different firmware because of the IMPL lock, someone else on here said it worked but hard bricked his device because of the lock, so just beware of that before you try to flash a different rom

revjamescarver said:
It is available for download, I downloaded it and the associated dll for the G8, but it doesn't work to cross flash to a different firmware because of the IMPL lock, someone else on here said it worked but hard bricked his device because of the lock, so just beware of that before you try to flash a different rom
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Well it worked for me, although both old & new firmwares had the same parent model (LMG810EAW), just suffixed with a different region.

It sucks that LG when to these lengths to block us from cross flashing =/.

siulmagic said:
It sucks that LG when to these lengths to block us from cross flashing =/.
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See my previous reply. It worked for me.

bergqvistjl said:
See my previous reply. It worked for me.
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Hi man, i just was wondering about doing the same.
I have recently bought a German LG G8s with DEC in the name. I thought it had the Quad DAC since before i bought i saw confusing posts.
Most of them say that the UK version has Quad DAC and the German doesnt. But both are the same model as you already wrote: LMG810EAW.
So i compared the official pages on lg.de and lg.uk and thers the difference lg.uk says quad dac, lg.de says nothing about it. I believe it is the same hardware, just software lock (possibly due to some licensing fees only paid for UK by LG).
https://www.lg.com/uk/mobile-phones/lg-LMG810EAW 32-bit Hi-Fi DAC / DTS:X 3D Surround Sound DTS: X 3D surround with three audio profiles Meridian Audio 10-band equalizer with 13 presets plus one customizable Headphone jack 3.5mm
https://www.lg.com/de/smartphones/lg-G8S-ThinQ-black DTS-X 3D Surround, Stereo Lautsprecher
Can you please Check under Sound Quality and Effects if you have under external audio options like Quad hifi-dac?
i have attached a picture of the g8s and my old g7 thinq on this page, the g7 having the options, the g8s not having these.
If you have those options on your g8s with gbr flashed, than its most certainly just a software lock and anyone who wanted could flash the LMG810EAW with the GBR localized software to get quad dac options on the non UK versions.
Thanks

You picture shows two different phones... The one on the left is the LG G8s ( which doesn't have the DAC ) and on the right the LG G8( which has the DAC ) . Two completely different phones......

Wael007 said:
You picture shows two different phones... The one on the left is the LG G8s ( which doesn't have the DAC ) and on the right the LG G8( which has the DAC ) . Two completely different phones......
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Have you even read my post?

crnkoj said:
Hi man, i just was wondering about doing the same.
I have recently bought a German LG G8s with DEC in the name. I thought it had the Quad DAC since before i bought i saw confusing posts.
Most of them say that the UK version has Quad DAC and the German doesnt. But both are the same model as you already wrote: LMG810EAW.
So i compared the official pages on lg.de and lg.uk and thers the difference lg.uk says quad dac, lg.de says nothing about it. I believe it is the same hardware, just software lock (possibly due to some licensing fees only paid for UK by LG).
https://www.lg.com/uk/mobile-phones/lg-LMG810EAW 32-bit Hi-Fi DAC / DTS:X 3D Surround Sound DTS: X 3D surround with three audio profiles Meridian Audio 10-band equalizer with 13 presets plus one customizable Headphone jack 3.5mm
https://www.lg.com/de/smartphones/lg-G8S-ThinQ-black DTS-X 3D Surround, Stereo Lautsprecher
Can you please Check under Sound Quality and Effects if you have under external audio options like Quad hifi-dac?
i have attached a picture of the g8s and my old g7 thinq on this page, the g7 having the options, the g8s not having these.
If you have those options on your g8s with gbr flashed, than its most certainly just a software lock and anyone who wanted could flash the LMG810EAW with the GBR localized software to get quad dac options on the non UK versions.
Thanks
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The LMG810 models are all without Quad DAC..
Only the LMG820 models have a Quad DAC.
Gesendet von meinem LM-G810 mit Tapatalk

Roger.T said:
The LMG810 models are all without Quad DAC..
Only the LMG820 models have a Quad DAC.
Gesendet von meinem LM-G810 mit Tapatalk
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Have you checked the link to LG UK I posted? I'm sure you didn't.

crnkoj said:
Have you checked the link to LG UK I posted? I'm sure you didn't.
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Yes, I looked...[emoji16]
This is the normal DAC from the 810 series.
No Quad DAC. Read it carefully...[emoji6]
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LG G8S or LMG810, LM-G810 and LMG810EAW do not mention quad dac, only this:
DTS: X 3D surround with three audio profiles Meridian Audio 10-band equalizer with 13 presets plus one customizable Headphone jack 3.5mm - Yes 1W speaker located on the underside of the smartphone
No quad DAC mentioned at all.
LG G8 or LMG820 and its variations (all of them?) do have quad DAC.

Moto G8 XT2045-6 difference?

I've been tearing my hair out trying to find a phone in the Australian market that is or should soon be compatible with LineageOS.
The G8 looked like a good candidate, and I'm happy to be a bet of an alpha tester or risk some issues (perhaps even help if I can), but the local ones seem to be XT2045-6 and I can only find people talking about the XT2045-1 and XT2045-2. Should I expect these to be very different, if a ROM works on the 1 and 2 should I expect it to work not at all, with some bugs or almost complete compatability?

schroedingers_hat said:
I've been tearing my hair out trying to find a phone in the Australian market that is or should soon be compatible with LineageOS.
The G8 looked like a good candidate, and I'm happy to be a bet of an alpha tester or risk some issues (perhaps even help if I can), but the local ones seem to be XT2045-6 and I can only find people talking about the XT2045-1 and XT2045-2. Should I expect these to be very different, if a ROM works on the 1 and 2 should I expect it to work not at all, with some bugs or almost complete compatability?
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Generally, they are usually the same, except for
radio stuff like apns, carrier apps/bloatware, and some other things that custom roms don't overwrite.
There can be differences in NFC, memory size, dual sim, other sensors...
So a custom rom may not support a sensor you have, but shouldn't brick your device.
I suggest downloading a copy of your current firmware, even if the rom is for your exact model.
LMSA is the easiest, but you should also look at flashing manually with fastboot.exe
Moto G8 Stock Firmware (rav)
Moto G8 aka Moto G Fast Codename: rav Model # XT2045 Rescue and Smart Assistant (LMSA) https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/rav/official/ https://t.me/s/MotoUpdatesTracker https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/rav/blankflash/...
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Thanks heaps. After doing a bit more research I'm now torn between this, a Redmi Note 8 on deep discount, or saving up for a fairphone.

schroedingers_hat said:
Thanks heaps. After doing a bit more research I'm now torn between this, a Redmi Note 8 on deep discount, or saving up for a fairphone.
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The -6 model runs all the roms fine, i have the -6.