It never turns on now. One out of ten it flashes Google then it dissapears. But if I can get it fixed, I'll do that. It would really prolong the button's life. I have to buy a new phone tomorrow anyway but the last year has been horrible for Android. The failure of the Qualcomm this year pretty much killed every flagship out there save for Samsung, which I don't care about anyway. Nexus 5 from two years ago is still pretty much the fastest phone available in the Android scene, check Anandtech if you don't believe me. Maybe one of those cheap Windows Phones would be be enough till a worthwhile upgrade to the current high end phones is released.
Help me out. I want to enable wifi calling on my LG G4 but I don't even see an option to turn it on. My carrier is T-mobile and T-mobile supports wifi calling on the G4. Someone suggested that only T-Mobile versions of the phone would have the wifi calling options. Mine was a factory unlocked version US991. So I'm wondering if I can add that feature. There is also supposed to be a Marshmallow update this month so I don't want to root it.
Step 4 is the fail step. The wifi calling option isn't there. A post int the Android forum says the H815 version which is an international unlocked version does not have wifi calling. Mine is also an unlocked version. It seems odd to me that an Android feature is disabled based on the Vendor version but I suppose it's possible. So it looks like I can use hangouts to make outbound VoIP calls over wifi which is nice but what I haven't verified is if inbound calls will come over wifi.
You need T-Mobile bloatware OS to do it. Probably not that hard to find, but I doubt it would be simple. Have you tried XDA? Edit: Here is the T-mobile ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-g4/development/rom-g4-h811-xtreme-rom-v1-0-7-28-15-t3167667 Nevermind... Prerequisites: Running H811. Any other varient will risk a brick due to flashing system.img to wrong partition.
this is generally the case with carrier specific features. so for tmobile wifi calling, you need a tmobile model of the phone. even for stuff like the nexus phones, it was only first truly supported as of May last year with the nexus 6 and it was through a software update. so all of the past nexus phones never had true support for it (other than hacks). the nexus 5x and 6p should be good to go though and should be the case going forward for all new nexus phones. other than that, the only other phones that don't care about specific models for wifi calling is the iphone
Yeah I got the wife's iPhone working on it yesterday. I put us on a $30 T-Mobile plan. 5GB data, unlimited text, and 100 talk minutes. It's a great deal as long as the minutes aren't an issue and with wifi calling they wouldn't be. I'm pretty sure there are some free SIP services. I'll take a look at those.
Is that the Walmart exclusive plan? Didn't think you could pop their SIM into any unlocked phone without losing the LTE...
It's a hidden plan. It's only for new customers who register their phone on T-Mobile.com or at Walmart. I ordered a SIM card online and got a bad one so I went to the store to get it replaced. They guy in the store had no idea what plan I was talking about and couldn't find it in the system. I think he thought I was making it up.
Dropped the iPhone6s on Friday in favor of a Note 5. Gotta say, these mobile OS's have come a long way. I used to dread hopping ecosystems, but this time it was relatively seamless. TouchWiz locked once so far but recovered in a few seconds. I guess that is the trade off for the extra features, better screen, and a notification light. I quickly transitioned into using the back button, but I'm not sure I find it that necessary anymore. I think I might hop the the S7 Edge in the next few weeks. I got to borrow a Huawei watch for the day. It's super elegant and business themed compared to that pedo-looking iWatch... but isn't worth $400. Android wear kinda sucks and I'm not impressed by how the alerts and interactions work. Too pricey just to keep track of steps and heart rate, could get a low end (on sale) TAG for a few hundred more which would hold it's value..
it's funny. I see a lot of people mention the back button as a pro for Android when transitioning between platforms but it was never even a thought for me. I never had a problem since it's always a software button in the app. if I had a complaint, it would be that it's always on the top left of the app
After the initial shine and new toy effect wore off, I'm actually missing iOS. Samsung throws in a lot of features, but nothing I couldn't live without. And in the end it still suffers from the same TouchWiz (5 on Lollipop) issues I haven't missed. I've read that TW6/Marshmallow on S7 has been redesigned from the ground up and with cooperation from Google. We shall see if that irons out the performance hiccups. But anecdotally, I also feel like the same apps are coded better and more stable on iOS independant of Touchwiz. The iPhone6s may have less features, but it executes all of them like a champ. @alterego the only thing I found myself wanting was a notification light and non-software vibrate toggle.
Android is a dumpster walmart OS for smelly poors and irrational Apple haters. I knew you'd be begging for your iPhone back in like a day.
I'm back to carrying both Android and iOS in my pocket and at this point I hardly notice a difference between the software. The phone I choose first is usually the one I randomly grab out of my pocket first. Hardware wise the iPhone 6 is faster and cooler. The LG4 is slower and gets warm but has the better screen and camera.
It's probably because I'm a masochist and enabled every feature to try it out. One situation I've created is waking the phone when it recognizes you're looking at it. It always seems like it isn't going to work so I hit the power button just as it wakes up only to send it back to sleep. This loops for 2-3 attempts until I place the phone back down and start over. It's actually hilariously comical even in the moment and the phone has so many features/menus I can't remember how I enabled this. The bigger issue is battery life. I'm back to always keeping charging options in mind and planning options. The iPhone worked like a champ all day. This has got to be a software issue, imo.
Yeah but Android has Qualcomm’s Quick Charge. I used to be impressed by the iPhone but with the new Snapdragons you can get 8 hours off 15 minute charge. Super impressive. Marshmallow also helps with battery life. I only lose about 8% over night. Still, my iPhone will usually last longer than the LG but for some reason that changed in Oakland. It had to be related to the carrier signal but my iPhone was only lasting about 16 hours out there on Verizon. The LG got it's normal 36 hours on tmobile.
Does quick charge get you to 100? It seems I can get to the 60's super fast, but then takes forever for the last third. I do agree that if I turn off some of the frills, TW/Android will be a nice stable phone. But my love of gimmicky features is why I go Samsung in the first place.
doze is cool and all but I feel it's for people with desk jobs. it brings you the standby time of ios but only if you are not moving. a step forward for Android but extremely situational in the grand scheme of things. for my case, since I have an iPhone 6s plus, I'm not concerned about adaptive fast charging anymore. I missed it initially, but since I've had this phone in November, I have yet to run it under 50% before I go to bed. @supersonic quick charge goes up to 80% and then stops. from there it's working as regular 2amp rapid charging. you seeing it as super slow might be placebo.
Played around with the S7 and Edge today. The base S7 is the most shameless iPhone knockoff I've ever seen... I lol'd when I first saw it. But the S7 Edge is probably the most impressive phone evolution up until now. They fit a 5.5" display into a phone that can easily be operated one handed. The hardware design is absolutely amazing and blows away the competition. I've always had a big phone because I was willing to trade convenience for screen size, but that is no longer necessary. They have worked both into this in a phenomenal manner. The only ding anyone can give it is TouchWiz... the software got overhauled but I'm still skeptical. Hardware design wise, the circular button may have caught up with Apple. The shape takes up a lot of real estate on the bottom, and for aesthetic symmetry, up top. All that could be trimmed or better utilized. Alas, their top of the line software will make it worthwhile for now. But they should consider a full refresh of the Plus sized iPhones, IMO. These are the same size screens: