Questions tagged [lg]
Generic tag for LG devices. Use it only if a device tag is needed for an LG device, and there's not better matching tag. See the full tag-wiki for more details.
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LG G Pad F 8.0 (UK495) Android 6.0: Cannot Access Bootloader or Recovery
I have an older LG G Pad F 8.0 (UK495). The tablet originally came with Android 5.1 but at some point received an official upgrade to 6.0. My ultimate goal is to hopefully root the device & ...
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Change the default email app for `mailto` links on LG K7, Android 5.1.1
I have an old LG K7 (LGMS330) running Metro (by MetroPCS) powered by Android (Android 5.1.1, Lollipop). It has an old email I do not want to use registered in the Email app and is not accessible upon ...
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Move apps to SD card at once
My LG phone's internal storage is full, the phone is NOT rooted.
I know I can move apps to SD card one by one: |cog icon| Apps | tap each app one by one and pray for the Move button to appear, but ...
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Older LG phone worked fine before update, after update, phone wont turn on, black screen
My most recent phone broke, so I was going to use my older LG phone (LGLS755, or LG X power) with a mobile hotspot checked out from a library to get by until I get a new phone. This older phone was ...
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How to stop an LG phone from asking for confirmation when I turn mobile data on/off?
How do I stop an LG phone from asking for confirmation when I turn mobile data on/off?
When I turn it on, it says "data charges may apply" and requires me to tap again for confirmation. When ...
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How to lock settings on Android 9?
Is there a way to prevent settings on an Android phone from being accidentally changed? I am using an LG K30 running Android Pie. (Yes, I know it's a dinosaur)
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How do I install root and su for my LG phone (LM-G820U30b)?
How do I root my LG phone?
Model LM-G820U30b
Hardware version rev.1.0
Internal environment SELinux
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Accidentally disconnected LG K7 during the firmware update
I accidentally disconnected LG K7 during the firmware update and I don't know what to do. I was on a phone call when I left it to charge my laptop and I wanted to move the phone to another charger ...
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If my LG phone got stuck (as in, did not react to hard reset) in download mode and I had to pull the battery, should I skip attempting to stock flash?
I factory reset my LG k7 phone to help with battery and storage issues, but upon reboot, I found that it was glitching up at the setup screen and says the 'Setup Wizard isn't responding. Would you ...
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What is causing Android device to turn its screen on at seemingly random times?
A friend has an LG phone running Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). Many, many times during each day (and night) the device's screen apparently turns itself on. This is causing much battery drain, and ...
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Greyed out Wi-fi calling - LG Wing unlocked TMobile phone on Smart network
My Wi-Fi calling is greyed out and I can't enable it.
I already tried hard by restarting the phone, updating the phone, and resetting the network settings, but it's still grey.
Please let me know ...
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what to do with this japanesed android system
So I received a phone as a gift but it turns out that at boot up is perfect japanese. We manage to set it up and change the language settings.
Yet, most of the applications are hard-installed (you can'...
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LG V60 Thin - Incoming calls sometimes show a square Answer, sometimes round Answer button? Why?
On my LG V60 Thin, Android 11, and I have Google Voice enabled, and Google owns my cell number. (I expect it is related to this).
When someone calls me, and my phone is almost always on Mute ringer, ...
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Recovering photo/video files from an old Android with almost full memory
My grandma has an old LG (Android 6.0) for WhatsApp and a little more. She records some videos and pictures, and the "good ones", I copy to the SD and send by email (to have a backup)
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Migrate LG QuickMemo+ notes to ColorNote/Google Keep
I bought a new phone and it didn't have any note app aside from Google Keep. I mess around with Google Keep and didn't find any import option so I try ColorNote.
Then from my old LG phone, I tried to ...
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Switch firmware to enable U.S. cellular phone towers on LG V50 ThinQ?
I had bought an LG V50 ThinQ a few months back to exchange with my old phone. However, lately, people have been calling me and it goes straight to voicemail from time to time.
It turns out that I have ...
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LG Stylus 2 k520DY not going to bootloader and fastboot
I have a LG Stylus 2 k520DY and I want to root it. the problem here is that I can't reboot it to bootloader and fastboot. the adb commands: `adb reboot bootloader` and `adb reboot fastboot` do not ...
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Can I get a virus from a browser that doesn't have storage permission?
I am using Android 8.1.0 on an LML212VL LG Tracfone (more info at bottom). I downloaded the "DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser" app through the Google "Play Store" app. (This is the link ...
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Android 10 phone screen only unlocks if the light sensor detects enough light
This is a very strange issue I'm having. I have an LG K40S with Android 10 and a couple of days ago I started having problems unlocking its screen. Neither the power button nor the biometrics sensor ...
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Recover deleted photos on LG Q6 (rooting)
I've downloaded 'Disk Drill' to search for the photos and it informed me that I have to root the device for 'Disk Drill' to work. I've tried both with Kingoroot and Kingroot to root the device, both ...
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Why would wireless tethering stop working on two different devices at the same time
I have an LGVS995S on the left using Tracfone which is probably on Verizon towers and an LGVS986 on the right using Verizon Prepaid which is definitely on Verizon Towers. They both stopped allowing me ...
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Can anyone help me install a Custom OS on this old tablet?
I have an LG G Pad™ 7.0 LTE that I got as a gift and I want to install a Custom Rom such as LineageOS on it. The only problem is that I do not know how to do this on a somewhat old tablet such as ...
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LG Secure Start-Up On Boot
I encounter this once. My phone was dead batt and I didn't do anything or remember anything that I deleted something in the settings before this happened. All I know is that I slept and my phone's ...
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Is there a way to get all the internal storage data from my LG W30 which doesnt turn on? [duplicate]
My android phone LG W30 fell pretty bad from a decent height and it doesn't turn on now. No response from any buttons. when connected to power, the indicator LED turns on and nothing else. This is the ...
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Possible to perform data recovery with dead cpu? (LG G6 - Android 9)
I've got a dead LG G6, suddenly freeze during normal using.
After force rebooting, it was completely dead even though connecting to charging cable.
Have already performed cpu chip-off and reballing, ...
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Constant busy tone on a brand new LG L322DL
This is probably one of the weirder things on a phone that I've personally seen. This morning I finished setting up a brand new, out of the box, LG L322DL on Android 10. Setting up a Google account, ...
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How can I restore a backup made using Samsung Switch onto an LG phone?
My Samsung Galaxy A51's screen broke; I got the purple screen of death. I was able to backup up the data using Samsung Switch before the screen was completely taken over by the purple ooze. However, ...
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How to root the LGLS676? Is the idea I have about how to go about it the most efficient method?
I want to root my LGLS676, because I want to install the gnu coreutils on my android phone. The only way I can imagine doing this is making the phone think it's not a phone, because I can't use adb ...
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Facebook app missing 3D photo button on LG Velvet 5G
I bought the LG Velvet 5G because it has a 5MP depth camera, whuch sounds good for taking 3D photos. All the guides I can find suggest that the 3D photo option should appear in the menu below. But I ...
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Notify when getting "no signal" on the LG Q6
For several days now, the LG Q6 has made me angry when it suddenly stops detecting the SIM card. (once or twice a day)
I don't want to discuss the cause and possible solution. (Restart always helps)
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Charging/USB Notification Not Appearing on LG X Charge
For the past month I have been trying to connect my phone to my Ubuntu Linux with little luck- for context, I used to run Linux Mint and managed to get things to work just fine. However, I switched ...
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Device in fastboot mode not recognized at all as USB device
My LG G5 does not get recognized as an USB Device at all when it is connected to the PC in fastboot mode.
While it is recognized just fine as an adb device, after rebooting into fastboot mode via
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Turn off "Unfortunately [app] has stopped" popup
I'm wondering if it's possible to disable this popup. I've an old phone that I use rarely where I uninstalled some critical apps, that I don't use. Phone works flawlessly apart from constant popups. ...
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downloaded file disappears from file manager, but chrome wont re-download (replace), or re-name (create new file)
Android 7.1 on LG phone
"stock" chrome
I download a movie,
its a really long filename,
and the file didn't show up in downloads
so few days later I stumble upon same movie,
try to download, ...
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Bluetooth disconnects with Miracast
When I share my phone screen with an LG monitor through Miracast, the Bluetooth disconnects and I need to reconnect it to keep the music playing.
How do I stop this?
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Im concerned about my android phone
So i just recently got a new phone. Android - LG K51 - however after running a root checker it says my phone has two available android versions. Android 9.0 and Android 10.0. Ive checked and the ...
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LG5 call interrupted with cheek touching "hold"
LG G5 accidentally touching "Hold" button with cheek during phone calls, thereby unintentionally put the call on "hold".
How to prevent this from happening?
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Files corrupted when moved from internal memory
I've been using an LG Q60 since May. Occasionally spot a few pics and videos that won't play. Assume corrupted.
Updated it to Android 10 last week and since then I can't transfer files from the phone'...
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Is there a window zoom shortcut on android 10 without using physical buttons?
On android 9 I was able to utilize the "window zoom" vision accessibility feature by triple tapping on the home button to bring it up. On android 10 I cannot find that option. The only ...
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Intermittent scrambled panels when browsing on Chrome for Android 7.0
The client has intermittent scrambled panels when browsing on Chrome for Android 7.0. They display randomly as pages are loaded.
Image resized. Click for the full image.
The phone in use is LG K8 (...
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Xiaomi Mi Band 2 cannot be paired with App Mi Fit in Android 8.1.0
I wanted to pair the LG Q6 with the Mi Band 2.
I installed Mi Fit, created a google account and wanted to pair with the device. However, after a while, an error is displayed stating that it couldn't ...
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"Screen Recording" in LG Android [duplicate]
I have an LG V40, and in both Android 9 and 10, it seems that the "Screen Recording" app is always running, and not possible to keep it Stopped.
Greenify shows it as running in "...
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Changing the emailid associated with your android account
My android phone is LG W10 Alpha LMX210LMW running Android 9. I have a particular email account associated with the phone say [email protected] - I don't use that email id at all - it's solely for ...
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Restoring notes from .bak file
I had LG G4 which i've backed-up and kept the .bak file on my computer . I sold the phone but I want to restore the notes from the QuickMemo+ app. Tried to find applications for my mac that would help ...
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Stuck On firmware update after two days!
I got locked out of an account and I need my phone to verify myself. It was dead so I plugged it in. I tuned it in at about 7% and it said firmware update... this used to happen with my old phone and ...
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Pull Memo data off LG L33L
I have an old Tracfone LG L33L and have discontinued service on it. I can access it with USB or wifi. And there are memo files on it that I was planning on pulling off via USB. I can't find them.
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LG V40 completely unresponsive.. Won't charge after I was playing with the partitions and 9008 mode.. Any options?
I have an LG V40 through sprint.. Its won't respond to any button combos or cords /cables.. Anyone think they could help me out
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Android phone does not recognize that there is a backup in Google Drive
I have backed up my phone (LG G7 ThinQ) to google drive and I am trying to restore my app data. The problem is that when I go into the settings app under the backup and restore option, it tells me ...
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Smoothing active capacitive stylus lines, LG G pad X
No idea if this is the right place to post this, since I don't know if the problem is my OS (android 6.0), stylus (Xiron active capacitive), software, or screen. My stylus makes very jerky/wavy lines, ...
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can't pass / unlock Secure startup with PIN code
I have a problem with my LG G5 (but saw it happens in other LG phones)
I have a PIN screen lock and I changed it a couple of days ago.
I was talking on the phone when it restarted (I remember the ...
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