With updates now rolling out on AT&T and T-Mobile, it's time to reflect on the LG G4's march towards Marshmallow.
It seems like the LG G4 has been updating to Android 6.0 Marshmallow for about as long as the latest version of Android has been around. The update first landed in Poland in October, and since then it's been slowly spreading throughout the world. This week, U.S. carriers AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile updated their G4 variants to Marshmallow.
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Like most LG OS updates, the top-level changes that Android 6.0 brings to the G4 are relatively few and far between. Performance is a little slicker. Some of the animation transitions have been tightened up a bit, most notably in the app switcher. These are all tiny changes that only eagle-eyed G4 owners will have noticed.
So on the surface, the phone looks and behaves just as it did on Lollipop. (We'll likely have to wait for the LG G5 to deliver any meaningful changes to LG's own software layer.) But the many under-the-hood improvements in Marshmallow are important too — like Google Now on Tap and the Doze feature that cuts down on background power consumption when the phone is idle.
One feature G4 owners will miss out on is Adoptable Storage — the ability to directly link your SD card to the internal storage as one big block of storage space. Maybe that's not too surprising though, given that it's easy to remove the G4's microSD card without pulling the battery.
As for battery life, there are mixed reports from G4 owners on the Android Central forums, with some reporting no change in longevity outside of doze mode, and others reporting a slight drop in battery performance.
So if you're using an LG G4 and have already updated to Marshmallow, we want to hear from you. Are you happy with the relatively small changes to the way the phone works, or were you hoping for more? And have you noticed any alterations or upgrades that we've missed? Shout out in the comments below, and hit up the Android Central G4 forums for more discussion.
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LG G4 owners, how's the Marshmallow update treating you?
Can anybody tell me how to regain the feature where you swipe upwards from the on-screen home button to launch Google search?
That was literally the feature I used most on the phone. How can I get it back?
The update on my V10 to Android 6 made my phone USELESS!!! --- DO NOT UPGRADE
- Phone no longer works via bluetooth with my GM MyLink Radio
- GPS Does Not Work AT ALL. you have to use the CRAP Network Only option and that just SUCKS!
- Text Messaging doesn't work half the time, I get the "Failed Message - Retry?" and it never retries.
(I have swapped Sim Cards, Factory Reset my phone... nothing.. and I am tired of calling in to T-Mobile because there is NOTHING that they can do)
My wife has the V10 and since the Marshmallow update her phone doesn't hold a charge an the screen is starting to burn in. I tell her that we can just exchange it out and she refuses because in her words "this is a new phone, if they send me another brand new phone fine, I know they won't....we are paying insurance on it, they should replace it with a new phone". I would do a factory reset for her, but I learned my lesson...and won't go down that lonely, dark road again with her. She doesn't want to have to reeset everything on her phone...even though I back it up once a month and we use Nova Launcher...so she would only have to redo her ringtones and text tones....which is too much of a hassle.
It WAS a great phone before Marshmallow rolled out. i have the AT&T H810 version of the G4. Lollipop was wonderful on it, but 6.o has been nothing but headaches from the beginning. Sometimes I will be on a call and go to end it and nothing, zip, zilch, phone won't respond to touch for a few seconds. Go to exit out of an app and it takes 3-5 seconds to repsond and actually do anything. Then there is the whole thing with the locked bootloader. i believe this may be the last LG product I am buying.
I am counting the days until the Note 6/7 comes out and might upgrade to that. The LG G4 was a great phone until Marshmallow update.
Is anyone having problems when exiting apps quickly? For me, when i exit apps either by pressing the middle home button a bunch or through the recent apps page and clearing all, when it automatically exits back to the home page sometimes it's unresponsive. Then when I press the home button once more, it un-stucks but shows one of the side screens. If I don't press the home button or turn off/on the display, the home page is displayed but nothing works. Anyone having this problem? Please help!
Ever since I upgraded to Marshmallow I have had this issue. Sometimes when I tap a folder to access an app, it will be unresponsive for 2 or 3 seconds before it opens. WHen I use instant message and the keyboard is displayed, I will type a word and it won't display the letters....then all of a sudden........WHAMO......all the letters display that I typed.
This OS has got to be the worst I have ever used...and I have been on Android since FROYO.
I have factory reset my phone at least 5 times since the upgrade in Feb.....no help
Yeah, it's still Android 6. The H810 DID originally ship with Lollipop right???
TheLG G4 did originally come with Lollipop. When I did my factory reset on the LG G4 it did retain the Marshmallow update to 6.0. My LG G4 ( which was an unlocked AT and T model 810 has been running fine and problem free after the factory reset. I did notice that battery life seemed to improve after about two weeks on Marshmallow. Hope that this information helps, Braden.
I got the LG G4 (T-Mo) last year in June. It worked amazing. I had the screen replaced because I dropped it and shattered the screen. I had to get a replacement about 3 months later because the phone stopped working as in would NOT turn on (after battery swaps, charging for hours...nada, nothing). Then in March it got upgrade to Marshmallow and the phone has become a piece of CRAP. I have factory reset it about 4 times to nothing helping. The LAG is horrible. I can pick a folder and it will take NO LIE 3 to 4 seconds to open. When I am typing with the keyboard, I have to stop typing in order for it to catch up. I am counting the days before the NOTE 6 comes out. Like I said, I loved this phone before the Marshmallow update.
I got a G4 H810 from AT&T's insurance plan to replace my broken G3 D850 which I absolutely adored...until it started having serious internal memory issues that is. When i Got my new phone it already had the Marshmallow update installed and from the get-go i absolutely HATED it compared to Lolipop on my G3. I've had my replacement for 2 months now and it is slower that my old Galaxy S 3! After 1 to 5 minutes it seems to catch up and act right again, but that's unacceptable for a new high end Android device. I have just now done a hard factory reset (turn phone off, hold power and volume down buttons, release power button when you see the LG boot screen, then immediately press power button again, hold both buttons down until you see factory reset screen, release both buttons; use volume up and down to navigate options)....and I just saw a Software Update message. If this thing upgrades itself back to Marshmallow I'm going to lose it....
Waited until this past Sunday (April 17 th) to try to do the update due to the many negative comments that I had read. After the update my first problem was I got a " Play Store has stopped message". While trying to correct that problem I got a " user interface (ui) has stopped message" and the only way that I could turn the phone off was to remove the battery. Fortunately, last night about 9:00pm I was able to get the phone into the recovery mode and do a factory reset. Today I have been able to restore all items due to my google account.
Had marshmallow for a couple months, it has ruined the battery life on my G4. I consistently got 4.5-5.5 hrs SOT with it out of the box. Now with marshmallow I'm lucky to get 2. My usage patterns/settings have not changed. It's really starting to piss me off.
I hear ya.....same here. Battery life gives me about 4 to 5 hours if I am lucky. I always carry my spare battery with me because you never know. My wife laughs at me that I have to change out the battery and recharge the other one in my charger.
I have an LG G3 that I just upgraded to marshmallow, for the most part it runs just fine if anything the battery life has improved. Also, it is generally faster all round. I have noticed however that the knock code is now 6 taps and three different squares. It now usually takes a minimum of 2 tries, most times more to unlock it. I have gotten several emails with my mugshot asking if my phone is in safe hands.
Most of feturs work well but i have experienced continues bluetooth crashing when connecting tomy trucks audio and my home screen crashes when using smart settings.
April 6th, LG G4 Verizon, Marshmallow, latest Verizon update pushed to me, apparently addressed issues with time screen takes to wake up from sleep state & security issues. Personally haven't noticed any difference.
My biggest day to day issue is the Wi-Fi. It's slow to non existent. Something that neither Androids Marshmallow, Verizon or LG updates have addresses or fixed. So is it Comcast Xfinity? Either way, it's not working well.
The only way I've experienced great speedy Wi-Fi is by downloading DNS set from the play store. It's not a workaround that I use often though because entrusting everything you do to pass through a third party isn't a sensible solution.
Battery Life
Gone from Great to APPALLING. Yes, Marshmallows Doze seems to help retain battery life whilst phone lays flat and unused, but the only time it's like that is during my sleep hours, when it's hooked up to a charger after a long day. If Doze comes at the expense of active usage battery preservation, then the new way seems like a huge step backwards for me. I can barely fire up Google Maps & search a couple of places without significant percentage drop.
What about Google's own Nexus devices? Has anyone tested to see if they have gained active use battery life since Marshmallow?
Honestly, the only thing I've noticed with the Marshmallow upgrade is a nicer beep sound when I turn volume up or down, possibly slightly smoother scrolling between windows, negligible. If there are G4 owners who can highlight what has improved with MM, and not just changed, I'd Love to know.
Somehow, despite outstanding issues, I'm more than happy with the phone itself. I find the Samsung galaxy S7 devices to be very samey in design evolution except for the edge & I think the G4 has the edge anyway, especially with the black leather back. Kind of wish I'd gone for the V10, but the G4's smaller but large screen is more pocketable.
Verizon needs to quit stripping core LG features out. Still, could be worse & this time it's not LGs fault. Glad I trusted LG again after the nightmare of the LG G2X
Prefer G4 to the G5.
I agree, the battery life is apalling with marshmallow. I'm completely disappointed.
I have an LG G4 on AT&T and like everyone else the update broke my bluetooth and WIFI. I think I have a fix that works (at least its been successful for the last two hours). Simply go Settings --> General --> Storage & USB, then click on 'Cached data' and press Okay to clear the cache. This fixed my issues.
Prior to this, I attempted a factory reset after the update frustrated me for a few weeks. That didn't work. This appears to have worked. Good Luck to everyone!
I am the type of user that likes to use the latest and greatest....but I wish I would have never updated to MM. THe results have been hoorible. I have done a factory reset at least 4 times in 2 month and all seems well for a couple of weeks.
Lately the phone is LAGGING big time. I can pick a folder where my apps are and literally wait 2 to 3 seconds before it opens. Sometime when the keyboard appears to type a message, there is lag between the typed letters.
The battery absolutely SUCKS. With Lollipop I was able to get about 8 hours with a charge......with MM....I am lucky to get 4 hours.....depending on what I am doing. If the phone just sits without use, I can get a whole day, but most of the time, with light use.....5 hours tops. I have to carry my backup battery just in case. The phone gets hotter than it did with Lollipop....to the point that I have to shut the phone off for 10 mins.
DOZE does not work for me. My phone can be plugged in before I go to bed and be at 100%. I unplug it and when I wake up 5 to 6 hours later....it is at 80% usually and a few times was all the way down to 48%.
If I could go back to Lollipop, I would...and I am one that likes the latest. Once the Note 6 comes out....I am jumping ship to it.
...sorry, final...not vinyl!
Marshmallow has been a complete disaster on my lg g4. I am on my 4th replacement phone through Verizon and after countless hours with customer service with both Verizon and LG I still have a phone that is not functioning. I cannot access Gmail, Google Play Store, Google Music ,or Verizon cloud amongst other problems. I have been told that my only option is to wait for a patch from Google. I asked for a vinyl replacement from Verizon with lollipop and I would refuse the update. The phone arrived and it already had marshmallow on it as well as the previous owners search history. This is totally unacceptable. I am now sending the phone back to LG for repair but they told me they are not responsible for the operating system but they will " do what they can do and try to fix it ". It's enough to drive me from Android forever.
The marshmallow update on my G4 (Verizon) has stopped. Play Store. It will not open, just a blank page. A Verizon rep did a factory reset, which solved the problem, but lost Marshmallow. Tried the update again and got the same problem. Is there any way to have both Marshmallow and Play Store on a G4?
That's interesting because a factory reset does not downgrade the update. It certainly hasn't worked for me and all customer service reps have told me that I cannot go back to lollipop. My phone worked perfectly under lollipop. Be glad you don't have marshmallow anymore. Play Store absolutely does not work with marshmallow on my LG G4. I get either the white screen or Google Play Store will come up but it will not download any apps
Although my VZW G4 is within that "bad batch" of S/N, I've had none of the problems described. Immediately after upgrading to 6.0 when it first became available, a few apps took a lot longer to open, especially those that required the current position (GPS?). And once in awhile i got some error message about an An Android service stopping, though everything continued to work fine. I had no other problems. Bluetooth, WI-FI, and everything else worked fine. Many apps get updates constantly, so presumably the compatibility of many apps is continuously being improved. Now, a few days ago, there was an update to 25A, whatever that is. It appears to have fixed all the minor problems I had. So MM works great for me now. It's definitely snappier than it was before 6.0. I'm not sure about the battery life. My guess is it's slightly worse, but it's not bad. Apparently I'm lucky.
You are very lucky. I haven't had a fully functioning phone in over a month. I am tired of doing hard factory reset and reinstalling my backup. Nothing ever works.
After having the MM update on my G4...I am starting to get irritated with it. The lag is starting to rear it's ugly head. I might do a factory reset (hard reset) for the 3rd time to see if that fixes it.
My LG V10 rec'd the marshmallow update a week ago. I rue the moment that I clicked on that to allow marshmallow to infect my phone like a Bluetooth-function-killing virus. I Rue The Day! Major Rue-age I'm talking here.
My wife has the V10 and she likes things that "just work" and I will NOT BE UPGRADING her to MM.
Good idea. The irony is that an LG patch to fix a similar Bluetooth issue had been installed in December. I enjoyed less than three months functionality. Stay away from MM; at least if own a V10.
I have the c-spire lg g4 marshmallow update. How do u change themes, the icons on stock version are ugly, I'd rather it resemble the Lollipop icons.
In itself, the MM update did not impress me. We all waited after getting Lollipop 5.0.1 only to find out that LG in it;s infinite wisdom, wasn't going to give us 5.1.1, which was much better! How do I know? Because I had a G3 with 5.1.1 and it was much better. Some of the acclaimed functionality of MM didn't show up on my G4. Then I discovered CANDYSIX 6.0.1 on XDA. It is like MM on steroids, plus the pie menu and flexibility put the upgrade off the charts. Sadly, it took me 8 months to get my G4 unlocked from T-Mobile and I cannot forgive them for that.
what carrier do you have?. Is your phone rooted?
The bootload issue is for SE: 505-509 it's a problem of the motherboard, not the new update. My LG g4 was a victim of this bootload issue and the LG services replace it because of the warranty. I have updated it to the MM version and factory reset the phone. And it's working smoothly without any issues
My battery drain much faster then before and It's very very annoying. Ussualy my battery's life will be around 10-11 hours, now only about 6 hours.
Still no update. I'm using an unlocked version of the handset. The last update i got was the security update 01/01/2016 back in the middle of February; 6 months after the update started rolling out and i'm very disappointed. If it takes any longer my old G3 will get it first
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Doze was not working. I could tell because i used to have a Nexus 5 and could really see the impact when looking at the battery graph.
I suspected LG Health was the cause as it keeps measuring movement so I uninstalled it and indeed Doze now works fine, adding tons of battery life.
I am not sure if it's the G3 or Marshmallow, but I have had SERIOUS problems ever since I updated. I had to return my original G3 (SIM card slot problem, I was told), and the replacement keeps rebooting. I was online with Verizon CSR this afternoon for over an hour, trying to resolve the issue with a Clear Cache, safe mode restart. Now, I have been advised to run the phone "bare bones" for a few days, not reinstalling any apps. I might as well have a flip phone!
I just updated my LG Stylo to MM and now I can only add 10 apps to my SD Card. After that i get a message that says not enough storage. I have a 35G card and haven't used 1/2 of it yet. Any suggestions? Or is there an update coming out to fix?
I have a LG G4 and just upgraded to marshmallow...but after upgrade, when i save picture from chrome,i cant open it even the picture has completed download. I must eject the memory card and plug it again.
Please help me...
@Jeff8805 Try doing a hard reset on the phone....back up first using the LG BackUp app. DOn't reset via the phone....do the hard factory reset.....Phone off -> power button and volume down at same same -> when the splash screen comes on release the power button and press again until the reset screen.
Sometimes when I download a picture and want to post it on Facebook, I have to reboot my phone before it shows up...that might be more of a FB app issue than the phone.
I have had the MM update for about 2 weeks and so far it is good. Depending on what music app I use (either N7 or Winamp), it won't play the files (N7) but winamp has no problem.
Battery charges fast. I don't know if Doze is doing it's job because as a test, I charged my phone to 100% before I went to bed...unplugged it and in the morning when I got up (7 - 8 hours later, it was at 57%. I will have to look into it. No worries, because I have the extra battery plus I have a charger in the bedroom, car and at my desk. and the extra battery, so I am good to go.
I haven't really dug into the advantages and the "cool factor" of the update. Am I happy with the update?....yes....about 80%....but that is expected.
No issues here with my G4 on AT&T. Fast, smooth and responsive. Battery life is excellent. I'm a moderate user and easily get 20-24 hours without a charge. I won't be going to the G5 though. I like the bigger screen I have now. Probably will move to the Nexus for next phone. Samsung makes great phones, but I think they're over-priced. JMHO
About 3 weeks ago I updated my Tmobile G4 via LGBridge to 6.0 since it wasn't yet available OTA. But this was the official update, on a non-rooted phone that had been working perfectly for 5 months.
Phone started acting slow as hell, "ok google" / google now (whatever it's called), started to chop out the audio "Ok Google... (beep)... what's the weather?" Reply: "Today's We...." and it would stop. I'd say again and would now answer fully. Same thing happened with other commands and some didn't work anymore "Read my message" --> "No messages found" Ever.
Browser scrolling was awful. WiFi kept disconnecting.
About a week to the day I updated and as I was debating what to do (Would a total factory reset work, etc), the phone suddenly went into a boot loop with the LG logo displayed. Totally frozen. Nothing was able to get it back to life.
Returned to Tmobile, and received another about a week later free of charge. They didn't even argue the reason once I explained what happened.
Had the phone for about a week before I fully used it (yesterday and today). Phone had installed Android 5.1.1
Saw the OTA update to 6. Didn't really have a choice as there was no option NOT to download it, it was automatic. I had an option to install, sort of, but if I didn't the nag screen and notification wouldn't go away.
I updated this morning.
Right away the google now voice seemed to work ok, messages could be read.
Google On Tap is about the only feature I can honestly say if "new". It doesn't seems faster, battery drains just the same (perhaps a touch more).
But happy that this now works, so far at least.
My LG G4 is on Verizon and since the update to 6.0 I can't use the phone connected to the car via Bluetooth. After o couple of seconds, in the call, a strange sound appears and you can not hear or be heard. I tried several time to unpair/par the car with the phone a no luck. Before the update it worked perfectly.
I just got my 6.0 update and am having major issues. My lg g4 now does not work well via wifi. I worked with T-Mobile on the issue and have acutally gotten a new fon from them. I was instructed to download 6.0 again on this new fon. I am experiencing the same problems. The moment I turn on my wifi my fon slows down. Ex. Google translate does not work, YouTube very slow,even texting is slow.Hopefully they will resolve this issue.
How can i use the face time function that has decided to appear?
I have had nothing but problems since the update. Everything runs far slower, the system locks up on a regular basis, when listening to music or audio books it keeps stalling, sometimes for a couple of seconds, and the web browser is so much slower that it becomes unusable for several minutes when opening some web pages. None of these problems existed before the update. I never had any performance problems before the update. The worst part is that I have been trying to figure out what is causing it and the best I can figure is either the phone is running out of ram, or something is forcing applications into swap. If RAM is the problem then the update caused the OS to use a lot more since that is what always seems to be using most of the RAM, and if something is forcing the swapping, then it must be a new and probably far too aggressive power/performance feature.
@Thexder1 Have you retried doing a HARD RESET (Factory reset) not from within the software but turning the phone off and then hold the down volume and the power button at the same time...as soon as the LG splash screen appears, release and immediately press and HOLD the power button again. After a few seconds it should get you into the boot screen...pick YES and then YES again (if that is what you want too).
I know when I updated to Lollipop I was having issue like you were. The customer service person said to redo the install by doing a HARD reset...so I did.
When I updated to Marshmellow the other day...I let it download....go through the whole install (with the expection of downloading my programs etc.). Then after I got to the homescreen, I did the HARD RESET.
Since I have done that, I have had NO ISSUES at all, other than some of my apps being a little wonky with Marshmellow (developers fault, not google).
My battery is steller (depending on use). Charging is faster.
I had even more problems show up so I backed up my apps and did the hard reset (then promptly found that LG's backup failed without telling me so I have to waste a bunch of time fixing the software tokens I use). My phone is working better, but still has problems with slowness especially in chrome, and any audio books or music still skip, pop, and occasionally lock up for short periods of time. My battery life is even worse than it was before the update as well.
Did you use the LG Backup app?. I back mine up every week or so just to make sure. What I didn't know is that MM and Lollipop backups aren't 100% compatible and it gave me and error about it....I still proceeded and there weren't any issues.
I would suggest doing a back up when you get it back to the way you like it and then do a complete hard reset. In fact, pull the battery and let it sit for a minute or 2...then do the hard reset.
Yes, I did use LG backup and when I went to restore it all I saw was "damaged file" and it was greyed out so I could not select it. I don't plan on messing with it any more, I will probably try to get a backup through other means and just get a G5 when it comes out, though there are other phones that look very interesting and have drawn some of my attention I think I will stick with LG for now.
So my G4 that was having problems since the marshmallow updated randomly locked up, then bricked yesterday. I went to a T-Mobile store and the guy there said he had seen several that have done that and there is no fix that he has seen it heard of. At least I still have warranty so free replacement, maybe the new one will give me experience more like what others are saying. Meanwhile I have my Nexus 6 as a backup and it seems to be working better than the G4.
So I got my replacement phone and so far everything seems better. I guess there was a problem with the phone. Hopefully everything continues to be good.
My big issue is with Bluetooth. Since the update (AT&T), bluetooth skips (car, LG Tone, Oontz Angle, UE mini boom) a lot. I also hear quite a bit of static - like the voices get really raspy. Quite annoying.
Other than that, the phone has performed pretty much the same as before. I'm likely going to Factory Reset the device as I haven't done that yet since the update.
are you still experiencing issues with bluetooth?
Ditto. Since marshmallow update all sound apps have been broken or sound horrible including my brand new 2016 Subaru with my LG G4 . Voice operation still is ok but I can't play any music via Pandora, daytrotter, Google Play, etc. Same thing for all my Bluetooth headphones I've now tried 6 different pairs. Additionally unpairing and repairing does not solve the problem as some people have said it does. It does not. I'm resolved to throw this piece of phone away and get a new one, the Nexus probably, so there are no you are UI skins interfering. I hope this is not an Android problem but just an LG 6 core problem. It's too bad because I love the flip front feature with the phone and quick apps on the front and the wireless charging. This phone is pretty damn good. But I can't not have Bluetooth work.
the same or worse battery life??? i have noticed a little bit better battery life on my G4 ;)
Since update my Bluetooth / Sync connection is way off in my f250. It connects and they recognize each other, but the volume is barely audible. No sound for phone or streaming music. Tried rebooting on both ends. I'm out of ideas.
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Can someone help me? My T-Mobile G4 was about to update but it wouldn't finish. It downloaded and installed the files, went through a normal reboot and went back to the lock screen - the update has not finished, I even checked the software version and it's still on Android 5.1. The software update page says that the system is up-to-date (and it's not), and I don't know what to do now. Very frustrating.
Have you logged onto T-mo page and go to "chat live". They are very helpful. They even have a facebook pressence that can do the same thing. THey can help you!
hello. Can someone help me fix my problem regarding on the new OS update that had happened to my phone. Am I the only one experiencing these problems or everyone who has updated theirs to new OS?
after an hour of updating my phone started to encounter these errors:
1. Screen remains in a “deep sleep”mode (this actially happens after it goes idle for about 15-20mins. And it wont start again even if I press tge lock button or even if I tap on tge screen).
2. No notification sound for incoming messages
3. No lockscreen sound (but it is Enabled on Settings menu)
4. Heat issues esp: battrey (as I have not experience tgis issue when I was still using the preious OS)
How am I going to fix these problems? I need help. Please. Thanks a lot :). I am regretting now that I updated my phone to the new OS available for LG G4.
After updating to marshmallow 6.0 on the lg g4 H815, my audio auxiliary output has stopped working. I only hear some static and that's it. Is there any fix for this?
Verizon G4 here, did the update on the 17th, the WiFi issues have not been resolved(the WiFi on the G3 was awful too, maybe this is just an LG thing?) The update completely wrecked all the app data that was being stored on the SD card.(thats a first for me in 7 years of android devices). And Finally bluetooth is now completely broken. My LG Tone Infiniums will connect, but the controls on the headset do not control the phone anymore. and while playing podcasts and music it stutters and skips. and I am unable to take calls thru the headset. I can't tell for sure if doze is working or not, my battery is lasting much longer, but my phone also isnt playing podcasts 6 hours a day. This is very much like the G3's Kitkat to Lollipop update. It made the phone so unusable I switched to the G4. I won't be getting the G5...
Ok, this may sound odd, but ever since the update, the weather/clock widget will no longer open the alarm clock. It used to be that if you tapped on the weather portion, the weather popped up and if you touched the clock, the alarm/timer/stopwatch opened. Now, anywhere I tap, only the weather shows. Has anyone else experienced this? LG G4 Verizon.
Two G4s in the family (Verizon), both experiencing majorly inconvenient problems after update to Marshallow 6.0. Both screens will randomly, repeatedly, and persistently fail to wake. Double tap has always been an unreliable pain so we use the power button on the back to wake and sleep the screen. After Marshmallow that doesn't work. Alarms sound, calls come in and the screen will not wake. Not to mention the times you just want to use the phone and it won't wake. Have to plug it into the charger to force it to wake. Not near a charger? Disassemble your case and pull the battery. Real convenient. $550 phone... The random quirks and glitches before were tolerable. This is a major problem. Getting warranty replacements from Verizon/LG and will NOT be "updating" to Marshmallow on those!
I've been using it for several days now. I find my camera app no longer allows the flash to enable unless I go to the manual mode. It works fine there though, and the manual mode now allows auto exposure to work. So it's better. I also still get occasional "inability to communicate" time outs in a few apps, but it's tolerable. As with previous new versions, it takes a while for all the apps to get updated for compatibility.
ATT MM update...cannot get On Tap to enable.
After installing Marshmallow on my LG G4 (Bell Canada), I could not download anything from Play Store. Had to do a hard reset to fix. Not impressed! But now seems so be working fine.
Is anyone else having a problem with their phone's screen refusing to turn back on after shutting it off?
Yes. It turns on eventually, or when I plug it in. Trying to figure out if it's connected to lock screens.
Made me late for work today. Went to the movies last night, put it in "vibrate". Came home, thought I put it in normal, but ended up in the new "silent" more. Whoops!
Holy hell Android Central, what is wrong with your mobile site? It's locking up chrome like crazy. You and XDA have some of the worst mobile sites around, despite looking super sleek.
Anyways, this update has been awful for my Verizon G4. Google Now Tap and having a silent mode again is nice, but this update has made my phone laggier than ever, which is really disappointing after finally getting that last update that solved the missed touches. Gonna try to FDR today but I'm worried it won't help.
This update made my phone crash and stop working. It doesn't turn on anymore. Just sits there trying to reboot and not succeeding.
Once again my bluetooth doesn't read out on my car stereo and the skip to the next song doesn't work either. So now I'm back to trying to use my phone while driving. Hopefully if I do end up in an accident I hope that it's with someone really high up in Google. Maybe if they or some of their family members come close to losing their life they will take this much more serious. It's quite obvious to me that they don't really care about safety. They would much rather be able to say "we got an extra 5% out of batteries". Really I don't care about my battery life and all the other crap they work on, I care much more about hands free working correctly. I have multiple chargers around me almost all the time. I even went out and spent really good money on this hands free everything.
This update hasn't hit my wife's G4 on T-Mobile. Doesn't make any sense to me as it's listed on their site as updated. Anyone else experience this?
Yep still waiting
Got AT&T update a week or so ago. It's awful. The Google Play Store no longer works, and it won't let me update it either. Just discovered today that some of my other apps don't work either, but I can't uninstall and then reinstall because Google Play Store. Tried deleting data and cache of Google Play Store app and removing and then re-adding my Google account, but none of that did anything. AT&T technical support suggested factory reset but I was not ready to do it then and am still very reluctant to do it now. I'd rather still be running Lollipop.
Updated Verizon LG G4 this morning. Now I constantly get "Unfortunately, Call has stopped". This is not allowing me to answer any incoming calls. It rings and rings and then goes to voicemail. I can call out, but I have no screen in order to hang up. The error "Unfortunately, call has stopped" keeps popping up on my screen intrerrupting all other running apps. I was told by Verizon that it is a software issue, and I need to go purchase another phone, use it for no more than 14 days, which allows me to return it no problem. I have an inoperable phone until there is a fix for this break. That is what I was told after 4 hours on chat with 2 different techs.
still haven't got it......after 2 weeks.....still nothing!..T-Mo.....I got my G4 the first day they went on sale too.
Didn't notice any problems at all until I wanted to copy some pictures over to my computer. Any option besides charge only results in "Unfortunately, the process com.android.settings has stopped" This is very irritating because I move a lot of pictures for work please someone tell me there's a fix. For now I've resulted to emailing myself but I want a long term solution
Still waiting for update on T-Mobile lgg4 :(
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I updated my G4 on February 9. Since then my battery life has dropped considerably. Says that the "Screen" is using the most battery power, but I hardly keep the screen on. It's off for most my day at work, but yet I have to plug the phone in to charge by lunch time. Not too pleased yet.
No noticable change to anything else.
try doing a factory reset (hard reset). They always recommend doing that after a new OS updated
Hey guys, I just did the OS Update to Marshmallow this afternoon - very silly thing to do - besides continual error messages like "android.process.media has stopped" my Camera doesn't work saying "failure to write" and my Gallery has disappeared completely. I've seen some posts re changing back to Lollipop - but I use a Mac so it doesn't work. Don't update - I've wasted the entire day trying to sort my phone out - i'd prefer to my old Nokia 3210 back right now :(
Upgraded my Verizon G4 with no real problems so far. It's clearly faster which I like, though it wasn't a problem before. I haven't learned many new features yet. Battery drain is slightly worse and has always been disappointing. I guess I should do a factory reset, something I've never done. It sounds time consuming. I assume I'll have to set up all my email accounts (MyMail app) and Google stuff from scratch again. I'm not sure how much it will automatically reinstall from the cloud. Meanwhile I have a 2nd battery if and when needed.
Still waiting on my tmobile G4, nothing on bridge or software update
Same here.
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Still waiting over her on T-Mobile. I have to assume these things are rolled out in Alphabetical order. Dang, it sucks to be a "W".
So far so good. Hangouts continues to work which was an issue from pre-MM VZW updates. I noticed a few random apps got uninstalled so I'm now hunting around trying to figure out which ones so I can re-install them. I haven't noticed any change in battery life.
I don't get the praise, "I only lose X% overnight when the phone is just sitting and not connected to the charger." Why is that such a good thing? Because you're too stupid to connect the charger?
It's sitting. Overnight. You're not using it. What have you gained by leaving it disconnected from the charger? Wouldn't you rather have it not lose ANY charge over night? Wouldn't you rather it charge to full overnight?
My phone charges to 100% overnight when it's just sitting and not connected to the charger. It's called wireless charging.
This phone will fully charge in under 2 hours. Leaving a fully charged phone connected to a charger for so many extra hours is not good for the battery.
Nope
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Lame excuse to prop up "Dopes", sorry, "Doze". People have been connecting their phones to chargers overnight since forever without problems, and both batteries and charging circuitry have improved over time, so there should be fewer problems than ever.
Well, I personally have two batteries and a charging cradle for my spare battery so I have no need to plug it in. Plus, plugging a phone in more often than it needs to will degrade the life of the battery overtime.
On my 2nd G4 from Rogers (they replaced original for wifi issues that are still an issue). Received 6.0 about 10 days ago and battery life went all to crap. Before I could go from 6am to 5pm and have about 70% left as it sits at my desk all day. I also use Waze for 30 minutes each way going to and from work. Now I'm lucky to have 50% when I get home.
Didn't land on my at&t phone yet.
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UPDATE: I think a factory reset is in the cards this weekend. Battery life just seems off. Sometimes, standby sips power, other times I lose 8% or more overnight when the phone is just sitting.
When I pick up the phone and start checking news and weather, I go from say 61% to 56% in a matter of minutes.
I've read that after factory resets, things work much better. I did a factory reset on my old Lollipop G3 and the thing has been zippy as hell with no battery issues.
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I know people are excited and waiting for the new update but if your phone is working fine you will be disappointed with it as there are very few changes(adoptable storage is nice mkay). My LG G3 worked fine on lolipop. After flashing the 6.0 mm on it its abit faster but thats about it, the same experience all around.
All things said im happy with LGs performance when it comes to updates this year.
Marshmallow currently working great on my European LG G4. Much smoother, faster and battery life better than under Lollipop.
Extremely aweful experience with battery, heating problem. Worse than the early touch screen responsiveless one. Had wiped back to V10f, and all good
Massive problems since this update. Battery life is deplorable. A full charge is good for 3 hours, that's with the phone being inactive. Also keeps losing Wi-Fi connection. Please Fix!!!!!
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I got MM yesterday on my Verizon G4, it takes it a long time to wake up. I have to hold the center button a long time, 5 to 10 seconds, what's up with that?
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Anybody out there having Volume issues when playing media? My G4 is not as loud as it used to be. This is true when playing through my phone speaker or through an aux cable or through Bluetooth speakers. It seemed to happen after thee update. Anybody know of a solution?
Ive noticed the volume issue too especially with notifications. I use to have it set one notch from the lowest, now I have to set half way. Battery life has dropped big time even after a factory reset. You have battery issues?
Only problem is volume w/ w/o speaker. Can't hear phone. Volume was ok prior. Everything else is OK.
Volume settings on max, Still can't hear. Any ideas folks. Thanks,
I have an unlocked Wind LG G4 running on the Mobilicity (now Rogers network), and have noticed the battery does not last as long. Usually I can get through a day with one charge but now I charge my phone twice a day. I hope there is a fix in the works.
I've had the same issue with battery life on my G4 on O2 in the UK since the MM update that's ironically meant to increase battery life. Some of the comments here have suggested a hard reset will sort it out. I've just done it but obviously too early to say if it's helped. If it's not sorted soon I'm selling mine and getting something else.
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Still haven't got it on my unlocked phone in the UK
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So i charged my phone to 100% last Night, then pulled it off the charger and let it sit over night. i only lost 2% battery life. I'm a happy Camper.
I should do the same and monitor the battery. Have you seen an improvement with Marshmallow?
If the best feature about Marshmallow is that, if you charge it to 100%, you don't have to connect the charger overnight (which is normally when one DOES connect the charger), I'm seriously underwhelmed.
I love the video calling feature on the MM update. Skype has been deleted and FaceTime beware!
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Updated my At&t G4 last Tuesday and I had gotten a Gear S2 two days before that. After upgrading to marshmallow, the Bluetooth calls were (and still are) horrible with tons of static. Anyone else have this problem?
And marshmallow be coming to the v10 soon...right AT&T?
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Has anyone tried to move apps to the SD Card with the new update? After just a few moves I get a "Not enough storage space" even though there is still plenty of room available ( ie >24 GB) on the SD Card. I'm on AT&T, but from what I've been able to find it's not carrier specific.
Google Services is consistently using between 10 and 20% of battery. Android System uses about 10%. Are both of these values normal? I've been running MM for about a week now.
Since I received the update on my H815 back in January, everything works better than it did on Lollipop. Better battery life, faster UI response, lag-free gaming and overall experience simply got better. Keep up the good work, both LG and Google!
Just got the update for my Verizon LG G4,i live in the US
I have the sprint g4 and I love marshmallow. I researched all the changes and i like them. the only thing I miss is the ability swipe up on the home button to launch Google now. now you have to hold down the home button and select the Google icon. otherwise it's working wonderfully fire me.
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So far so good I'm on Verizon with my LG G4 .
My dad has the LG G3 and also had the Marshmallow update; so I decided to have an update race between his G3 and my G4.
During the race our phones kept going back and forth between who's first; probably three or four times before the reboot. Mine rebooted first and had about 100 or so less apps to update; at which point I was sure I would win the update race.
After the reboot the G3's apps updated a lot faster than the G4's apps, which gave my dad's G3 the gold.
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Marshmallow isn't all that...
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Everything is decent except for my battery life, which took a giant fart and hasn't recovered. Giving it one more week and then it will be an FR for this rebel phone.
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The bootloop bug got to my phone on Sunday, before MM did. Sucks.
Just installed today. Verizon. Broke Spotify's use of external storage for offline content. No other noticeable changes.
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Edit: new version of Spotify fixed the issue :)
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Really, no word on the permissions stuff? bugs? comments are better, but not by much.
Seems to have broken my work Exchange email account. The Inbox won't sync, however subfolders do and I can send email! Tried removing and recreating the account and reset to factory defaults, no luck.. Battery seems to be draining faster as well, but haven't spent a full day after upgrade. On a positive note, it looks like the 5ghz wifi dropping issue is fixed..?
Two days on & everything seems fine. A little more battery consumption but not bad.
After a factory reset the phone has increased its battery life and performance. Just some time there is a lag in the Bluetooth connection wile listening music in my car. But not a big deal
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Mentioned this in another thread but after the AT&T update, my Bluetooth sound on music audio didn't work in my car or headset. It connected but acted like it was muted. After I made a Bluetooth phone call it worked again. Weird.
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everything went well after I got updated through LG bridge because Bell ( Canada ) never say anything about as when LG G4 will get 6.0 , so I decided to go through with update via LG bridge.
I have an LG G4 on Tmobile. First thing I noticed when switching over to Marshmallow is that the Tmobile Account app that I kept uninstalled of updates in Lollipop now is unable to be uninstalled in Marshmallow. The Tmobile Account app is a serious battery hog. I was losing 2% every minute. I went into the app settings and removed all permissions for the app. Then i did a normal restart of the phone. Now I'm losing 1% every 8-12 minutes depending on how I'm using it. Now that is an improvement. The doze feature really helps out when I set the phone down. I might lose 1% in 30 mins.
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If you use ADB and freeze the app then your problem will most likely be fixed. No root required. Xda has detail on how. There is a simple desktop app to freeze stuff as well.
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Loving my G4, and with Marshmallow, Now on Tap is so helpful and convenient. The other, smaller changes I haven't noticed as much given how briefly I've had it, but it still feels good to use
from my bossass LG G4
Had it for months. All fine here. Nothing amazing to report. It's all mature stuff now.
AT&T here lg g4 running. 6.0 I don't notice anything different. Battery drains faster than when on lollipop. I might try a factory reset. There is no significance in change. That's what I hate about these updates. Is that they never really change anything.
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Fine. Haven't really noticed a huge difference. Doze seems to sometimes work and sometimes not. However, I have apps like Caffeine that keep the screen on for various things. "Ok Google" is not working as well as before but it's still plenty functional. I should probably double check my Google settings.
Oh wait, I lied. Scrolling through my Google Play Music playlists is smoother. It used to stutter like crazy. I have a **** ton of playlists so smooth scrolling really helps in the car when searching.
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Didn't see much of an improvement on battery side but doze seems to be working fine when deep sleep. But the actual usage consumption is pretty much same. Oh.. And this smooth transitions.. I like it. Camera shutter seems to be slower on first shot, after that it runs alright.
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Still waiting for the H815 EUR update in the states.
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Same here.
Was one of the first to update when it hit my H815 back in November.
First impressions? Nothing much has changed. Performance is a little better but for the first few weeks, battery life did take a hit. From 4.5h of SOT to 3.5h or lower. It soon stabilized after that, however.
That unit is now dead, thanks to the bootloop issue. I'm using another H815, which ran Marshmallow out of the box, which was pretty interesting. Didn't experience any adverse issue and the battery has actually improved.
So, the current build is pretty much fine so far.
Still waiting for the T-Mobile update.
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For whatever reason I still haven't got the T-Mobile OTA Marshmallow update? Or has that not come out yet?
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Edit: Nvm I'm not alone. Lots of lies and misleading news on the internet talking about how T-Mobile's G4 Marshmallow is rolling out. Also, nobody uses that LG Bridge thing.
On a Dutch H815. Battery life has not improved at all. Furthermore, noticed the very annoying issue that my hardware buttons (power and volume) are disabled when the proximity sensor is covered. This was not the case when on Lollipop. Eg I have my phone facing my mattress when asleep, so that the volume down button is directly in reach so I can snooze my alarm using that button. This does not work anymore because the proximity sensor is covered by the mattress. Have been searching for a fix for this, but haven't found any. Contacted LG, hopefully they will come up with a satisfying answer.
Response from webcare: they have tried to reproduce this issue with a G4 on Marshmallow, but couldn't. Doing a factory reset tonight, see if that helps.
All these problems, and my experience with 5.01, are why I will never take an update right away again.
Oh relax, Marshmallow has been excellent. No major ram leak like 5.0.X versions.
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I guess you're not reading the same comments I am.
"This week, U.S. carriers AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile updated their G4 variants to Marshmallow" .... Uh... no, no update on Verizon.
I would love to tell you how Marshmallow is treating me but..................I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE FREAKING UPDATE YET!!!!!!!!
Wait, G4 owners are missing out on Adoptable Storage? Why? They excluded that?
This was one of the reasons I purchased the LG G4 with the upcoming Marshmallow Adoptable Storage. Kind of a big deal not to have it.
Yep. It doesn't have it.
Probably because they thought the potential performance hit for use with apps wasn't worth it, but until LG comes out clean on the omission, that's just a theory.
Honest question: how big a deal is not having adoptable storage? Is it just a speed issue as far as retrieving stored data? And without AS, is is a tad slower?
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I got the T-Mobile OTA update, and I love it!!!!!!!
I love it. I live the quick brightness settings, and the auto brightness in general is much quicker for me. Anyone complaining about battery life, do a factory reset. I did that and battery life is helped tremendously with doze. If I use the phone a lot, it dies rather quickly, but if I don't, it lasts for a looooong time. Love this phone.
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I still haven't gotten it on my T-Mobile version. Do I have to have a SIM card in there to get the OTA?
I had a problem with my 1st Verizon G4, where it would drain the battery down quickly. I noticed the 4G would be lit up and doing stuff while I was on WiFi. I took it back and they gave me a replacement. It did the same thing. After much complaining, they gave me a 3rd G4. It worked perfectly; awesome battery life. I just installed Marshmallow - 4G is lit up again and battery is draining like it did on my first 2 G4's. Sigh. I'm going to try a factory format tonight and see if it helps.
Lol... That's actually a feature. Your 4th phone feature was turned off.. My wifi and data are going right now on my v10. I turned that feature on. I have unlimited Internet. Now I can screen mirror my phone to my TV while using my data plan I stead of using Internet. I do t have home Internet. I have wifi only no Internet is on the wifi. The wifi is just there for all my devices and printers to share one connection.
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My wife and I both have the g4 on Sprint. Since the MM update the battery life in our area of Orlando didn't really improve,until the LTE Plus update. The snappiness of the OS is a definite improvement in both of our opinions. We are loving this phone. No need for a g5 update..if this phone stays true,we'll be holding on till the LGG6
Taking only my G4 and my Re-camera into the Parks.
My G4 is on Marshmallow on O2 in the UK. I haven't noticed any change in battery usage, either better or worse, but love Google On Tap and the less faffy copy and paste method.
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My wife and I both have ATT G4 and both experience the same issue. Battery life isn't as great and bluetooth is most noticeable ... When connected to devices playing audio, it frequently cuts in and out. Even if the phone is docked next to the car stereo. The auto brightness take forever to adjust.
Did you find a solution? this is happening to me too...bluetooth headphones and bluetooth in the car.
My battery life on Marshmallow has turned to crap. I'm lucky to get more than 2-2.5 hours of SoT. And instead of swiping up for Google Now, I have to hold the home button down. Doze doesn't help me because my phone isn't on standby for long periods of time. I wish I could go back to Lollipop.
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Having serious battery drain issues. Example: took the phone off the charger today around 7:15am and as of 2:44pm, I have only 24% charge remaining. 75% of battery in about 7.5 hours! NOT Good. Before MM, I was getting at least 14-16 hours battery with the the same usage during the day.
Austintechie, try a factory reset
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I didn't notice a ****. Srsly. No better battery life, not better performance nor ****.
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My wife has a G4, and her battery life has gone to complete crap. I don't think it's entering doze mode like it should. On top of that, SmartLock seems to be awfully buggy--completely failing to work twice (she keeps her phone paired to her Pebble, and it's always worked reliably before). Anyone else having these problems?
She certainly isn't happy. Phone barely gets her through half the day on a single charge now.
A bit laggy. Battery was brutal the first few days. Some apps (GP Music...) didn't handle the new permissions stuff very well. Twice its become completely unresponsive until I turn the screen off and back on... Otherwise, not bad.
So far, it is making my gen 1 Moto 360 act weird. I can tell it changed something on the watch because the do not disturb mode looked different, and now the watch won't stay on. I was able to see it had 30% power, which is pretty low for the early afternoon.
Still waiting for it on a H815p. I don't even think we'll get it. The sucker is still on v10a.
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While I agree that the top-level changes are minimal, Marshmallow itself never was about UI changes to begin with but, as you noted, more about various under-the-hood improvements such as battery life and security features. Battery life has actually improved over all versions of 5 that I was on, but it took until the second iteration (v20d) of Marshmallow for that to become clear (the first version of MM pushed out to users of the H815 in Europe had a mixed battery performance).
Doze seems to work well, as the phone really stops sucking juice when off / unused for longer periods. The UI may not have changed much from 5, but that has never bothered me - just replace the LG launcher with Nova and you're done. I have Nexus devices running Marshmallow and Nova launcher on all of them, and with the exception of a somewhat differently organized notification shade (and settings menu), the nexus devices and the G4 essentially look and work exactly the same way. I would wager there is more of a difference between iPhones running different versions of iOS than between the nexi and the G4 I have. I still like the G4 a great deal.
MM has been running fine on my AT&T G4. I haven't observed a meaningful improvement in battery life, even with Doze, but it hasn't gotten worse either. Other than the rather innocuous changes with MM that don't really impact my daily usage habits much, the phone feels a bit more smooth in it's performance, particularly scrolling and screen taps. All in all I'm pretty happy with it.
I so wish they changed the DPI to a non senior citizen size. Its hilariously huuuge. Yes a launcher helps but not a fix.
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This drives me nuts too. My wife has a G4 and I have a v10--it's crazy on both of 'em. I loathe the notification drawer.
I have never understood why LG does this. Put a beautiful 1440p display just to increase the scaling beyond reasonable levels. The DPI on the V10 really bothers me I would hope the Marshmallow update fixes it. But I'm guessing that won't be the case.
What do you mean exactly? Is the font size too big?
Think of it as the resolution on your monitor being lower than it should. Or how Windows and OSX do scaling to make the UI look bigger on higher resolution displays (2k+).
Root and get textdroider and change to something reasonable like 585. I did this day one. While you're at it, grab the xTreme rom and install xposed with G4 TweaksBox.
Just got it today! Woo! Smooth so far. Battery seems to be barely being drained. It'll be a few days before I know fully of course. I'm on the Verizon edition.
I wouldn't know still waiting on the T-Mobile OTA.
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Same here :(
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My wife's G4 got updated today. (T-Mobile)
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Yep, still waiting...
I was having issues with staying connected to wifi but a reset seems to have solved that problem. I still have issues with wifi being slow but it stays connected. Other than that I'm loving it. Battery life is about the same. I use smart lock a ton with my Bluetooth headphones and the Bluetooth in my car it's nice that I don't have to put it the pass code the 1st time after it connects. It is just unlocked now.
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I have the 815 world version. Initially, I had battery drain issues and 4G connection issues. Two factory resets later, the battery drain issue is gone.
One call to T-Mobile to correct an APN issue and the 4G connection issue is gone. For the record, the correct APN is fast.t-mobile.com (mind the hyphen). For some reason, my phone was using epc.tmobile.com,
With that behind me, I love the Marshmallow update. Device is faster. Battery life is longer. When I am not using the phone, battery use is almost non-existent. Took the phone off the charger before bed, when I got up it was at 99%. With typical use, it is reporting 14 hours remaining. I was considering a replacement battery before this.
Hey, im having the same problems that you where having, so does a second factory reset help because i did notice that my phone wastes little to no battery when the screen is off but when i use an app or somthing, i imeadtly see my battery drop within in minutes. Lg g4 is awsome but the thing that i hate the must is the battery life when im using, i was thinking of downloading the marshmallow update hoping that would fix it, but i been reading and seeing that people get different results. Good and bad. I just want to know if this really makes a difference
my AT&T LG G4 has a bootloop issue. No way to fix it though
That has nothing to do with Marshmallow. It's a hardware issue.
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Updated on Sprint and it bricked my phone in 2 weeks..... Had to reactive my g3 again smh...... Pain in the ass!!!
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Did it brick as in cause it to boot loop and stay there? If so that isn't the update and is a flaw with the phone ( sprint or lg will replace it because it's a known flaw)
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Yooo that's exactly what happen...it boot loops over and over..... Sprint/lg will honor a replacement for it?
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Yes. 1yr warranty, request a warranty repair on LG's website. I sent mine in and had it back in a week. They replaced the motherboard, and shipped it back the same day it was dropped off at their repair facility.
LG acknowledged the hardware defect and will replace it if asked. Sprint might replace it, but if you don't have insurance sprint will probably tell you to contact lg
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When I talked to a Sprint rep, they wanted to charge a deductible to replace it with a used phone, possibly one with the same defect. LG pays for shipping both ways, and does the repair. Just FYI.
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Did MM brick it or did you brick it messing with the phone?
Seems strange the phone would brick 2 weeks after the upgrade.
2 minutes after sounds more possible.
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It's been really smooth so far, much better than with Lollipop. Also a few new animations and a couple of new features (like pinning apps so that they don't get cleared when tapping "Clear All"), but other than that I don't notice any difference thanks to the LG skin.
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Pinning apps was available on lollipop.
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In our testing, with the Sprint variant of the G4, it seems that Marshmallow broke the Wideband speech calling feature of Bluetooth. We tested the handset against several automotive units, and the ones that supported Wideband, (mSBC CODEC in Hands Free Profile) the call audio over Bluetooth was unusable. Call audio was fine on head units that didn't support WBS. Currently testing the T-Mobile variant, which seems to work fine.
I'm on T-mobile & just updated this morning to 6.0. I'm getting a garbled/raspy voice effect from the person on the other end. Is that what you were experiencing & what you meant by unusable?
Been having alot of bricked devices coming in after the update sadly. But when it works it seems nice.
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Off-topic: V10 Owners (like me), how sad are you that you don't have the marshmallow update yet?
its alright, its coming soon. The second screen is to blame here.
G flex 2 owners have to feel even worse seeing how it was out before both the G4 and the V 10.
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Root and unlock bootloader. There is a marshmellow rom out already.
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YAAAAAAAY android is moving forward???
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Exactly!
YEP! If you are a LG owner, Rom's are a must. It is a bit of pain to do, but yet, I sit here and snicker as I watch all the LG owners stress about an update, when I have had it for months. For custom rom users and Nexus owners, marshmallow is old news.
I'm feeling that pain my spouse has my G4 since she finally got rid of her Note 4 (thank goodness) so I'm a little jealous but she says she hasn't noticed anything different though she's not into tech like I am so....
Like my truck I rock a V10
The Note 4? Really? The Note 4 is one of the best devices to have been released. Me and TONS of ppl have a Note 4 and is great as can be. Keeps up with the newer devices that are released now.
Going from a Note 4 to anything made by LG is a huge downgrade.
You wouldn't say that if you were:
1. Not a Samsung fanboy
2. Used a G4
How do I know? I went from a Note 4 to G4 and it's better in every regard. Unless you want the S-Pen, which I never used.
What's wrong with getting rid of note 4, its year old and G4 is great but v10 is better. After using note 5 I don't think note 4 stands a chance. Only people wanting sd card or remoVable battery will stick to note 4. Else note 5 is every bit better most of all great looking.
The G4 has been out longer, and with new hardware in the V10 (2nd screen, HiFi DAC, dual front cams), of course it will take longer to get MM ready for it. Don't stress just yet.
Very sad
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I'm not TOO fussed tbh, never that bothered about the latest release as long as my phone is doing everything I want/need it to and doing it well (which the V10 definitely is).
That said I'm eager to see what's new so don't want to be waiting too long!
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Patiently waiting for any news on my V10 to get the update. And by patiently I mean scanning google every day.
V10 should of got it first being the newest flagship.
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It is and always has been the worst thing about Android. Sure I can unlock and root, but after paying $700+ for a device that will be obsolete in a week I think a timely update isn't too much to ask for.
I'm on sprint, too. Marshmallow has been great for me, smooth, fast, no problems. My battery life seems better than on lollipop, used to swap batteries after 18hrs or so, now I'm typically at 15-20% after 18hrs.
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I got the update last week. Not too many changes I am overly thrilled with, but it still runs like it always does.
While on lollipop, my G4 frequently lost WiFi Connection and got it back about 10 seconds later. 6.0 does not fix that problem. I might need to contact AT&T.
That happens to me too, but I think for me its a co cast problem, as it happens on my wife's iPhone as well.
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This seems to be an cell phone "feature" across many brands, my Nexus 5 (from T-Mobile, if that even matters) will drop and recover WiFi all the time even when in a spot with a very strong signal. My wife's Galaxy Note sitting 4 feet away keeps the WiFi connection strong and solid enough to do WiFi calling without noticeable problems.
Okay so it's not just me. WTF. So annoying. Thought it was my access point because my laptop was dropping its connection as well. Then I did a firmware update and both my laptop and G3 have been fine but this phone continues to drop WiFi.
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My G4 does this as well and I'm with Verizon
Same here with t-mobile G4. Even worse, WiFi just hangs a lot of the time. It's like the apps aren't able to connect to the WiFi until they use a lot of bandwidth. Small downloads like game icons, fb comments, stuff that uses small amounts of data take forever to load. Whereas large app downloads seem to work fine on WiFi. This makes it seem like the OS doesn't engage the WiFi network until it meets a minimum byte threshold of data requests. Whereas, it doesn't have the same threshold for mobile data. I really hope they fix this and that the fix comes soon.
Just got rid of my LG v10 because off this Wi-Fi issue once 6.0 downnloaded.
I received my LGG5 with 6.01 installed prior to putting my aim card in I went through set up and Wi-Fi was excellent 145mbps 2.4 and 385mbps 5.0 put the sum card in activated and Wi-Fi immediately started dropping. The following steps have helped greatly
1. Make sure your home wireless router has IPV6 disabled.
2. TURN off your smart switch off you've enabled it.
3. The AT&T Smart Wi-Fi app shows not in use but if you open app control and uninstall it a message will pop up that asks you " are you sure you'd like to revert to the previous app " I clicked yes.
4. Under accessability settings there is a new feature At the bottom of page ( smart Wi-Fi toggle switch) if its on your home WiFi will also bec affected as it changes your routers ip address and brings your internet to hault, so make sure its off.
Prior to doing the above my speeds were 3-4mb down and 11-12mbps up
After 97-110mbps on 2.4ghz and 385mbps on 5ghz
Hope this helps.
Funny how Sprint wasn't mentioned for the update. But Marshmallow has been running really smooth on my phone. Much snappier. Doze is nice but doesn't play nice with my weather widget first off. Had to go do the do not optimize route then all was fine.
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They did say "This week", Sprint did it in December.
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And once again Verizon screws me over. They stripped out adoptable storage from their LG G4 update.
Are you serious! How can they even get away with this? This worries me that they might do this with all phones particularly my turbo 2.
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I'm pretty sure its still available on Verizon g4. I click my sd card and choose settings she it gives me the option to format. I hate the update overall. My bluetooth keeps shutting off and my wifi service is awful now, both things are really important to me and most people.