I had mine die the same way. I got my data off by reflowing it with a high-wattage hairdryer (Conair 1875). My method is NOT for the faint of heart as it requires some electronics experience to get right as it’s a limited chance repair, but if you think you’re up to heating it up and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off long enough (without shutting down the phone, as it will likely be truly dead) it works for recovery purposes. I was a little more sensitive about how much heat I used on mine because I had a 509K phone (known to fail, so caution was needed). At the time, I agreed to keep evidence I was in low/nonexistent. It did work,though. ''That said, an approach to how I explain these kinds of recovery only fixes at work is I mention the LG, and I will flat out say it: If I had to pay the account holder off (I didn’t finance it) to have unlimited chances, I’d have done it. It’s a raw deal for the other side and a good deal for the other since they paid it off at the expense of MY DATA, but the data meant more.''
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I had mine die the same way. I got my data off by reflowing it with a high-wattage hairdryer (Conair 1875). My method is NOT for the faint of heart as it requires some electronics experience to get right as it’s a limited chance repair, but if you think you’re up to heating the board (and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off long enough, without shutting down). Also, the phone will probably be completely dead once you let the heat off after what I did to mine. I was a little more sensitive about how much heat I used on mine because I had a 509K phone (known to fail, so caution was needed). I agreed to keep evidence I was in low/nonexistent at the time but it worked. ''That said, an approach to how I explain these kinds of recovery only fixes at work is I mention the LG, and I will flat out say it: If I had to pay the account holder off (I didn’t finance it) to have unlimited chances, I’d have done it. It’s a raw deal for the other side and a good deal for the other since they paid it off at the expense of MY DATA, but the data meant more.''
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The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone, but they will just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way and Depot the dead phone. If they replaced it with a reliable phone, I may have sent mine in, but I wasn’t interested in another copy of the same crappy phone because they did the bare minimum — even then if the person financing wanted it done, I did warn them I would not use the phone,and to shove it in storage for all I care if they really wanted to "hold onto something" that I didn't ask for/caused me grief for closure (theydidn’t, so I still have mine albeit a ruined board due to data recovery). That was the second (and last) LG phone I ever bought.
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The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone, but they will just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way and Depot the dead phone. If they replaced it with a reliable phone, I may have sent mine in but knowing I would get another G4 that will probably die was grounds to replace it with a different phone. I did offer the LG replacement to the person on the family side who financed it in exchange for the recovery attempt if they were persistent (with one caution: I won't use it to the point I would have used a BlackBerry if need be) if they felt they wanted something out of LG for closure they "hurt" LG. They decided not to pursue it :-). That said, I was suddenly "on my own" due to that recovery stunt, so I buy phones factory unlocked now; it was also my 2nd and last LG. Doesn't bother me since the purchase was an anomaly I didn't ask for but was pursued on their own will. ***This issue, the refusal to send phones out that work, and the damage they did to their reputation with other issues like very slow software update releases (and poor sales) were the reason they left the phone market. Good riddance LG; I hope the door hit you!***
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Nowadays with the current financing methods (and the death of the $200 phone for a 2-year contract), I buy my phones outright (even if I take the full $1,000 slap upfront) since it hurts less than 2.5-3 years of installment payments. The other issue I had was LG’s track record isn’t good. I have stood my ground on this since 2017 and haven’t looked back. ***In addition to that, LG has since left the mobile market since they quite frankly lost a lot of customers to this bootloop issue, and their middle finger to anyone affected.***
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Nowadays with the current financing methods (and the death of the $200 phone for a 2-year contract), I buy my phones outright (even if I take the full $1,000 slap upfront) since it hurts less than 2.5-3 years of installment payments as well as the option to use a prepaid plan that ends up being significantly cheaper over time, so I recoup the money buying it outright upfront with cheap plans.
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This is how the device that was used to figure it out stands today — it’s a reminder of how I was left on my own to find out and get it done knowing the issue is hardware, and found a way to get it done. I point to it as a way to dispute others if anyone asks what my push was to figure out board level failures. The cat is a hint as to why. (Yes, I did remove the battery as I don’t need it for this, nor do I want a spicy pillow around, if it ever happened).
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These days, I keep the phone as a gag and I usually keep it near a Disney plush of the cat in the profile picture so if someone asks what it takes to get good, I have a situation that led to pulling off the recovery after being left to figure it out.[br]
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(Yes, I did remove the battery as I don’t need it for this, nor do I want a spicy pillow around, if it ever happened).
I had mine die the same way. I got my data off by reflowing it with a highwattage hairdryer (Conair 1875). My method is NOT for the faint of heart as it requires some electronics experience to get right as it’s a limited chance repair, but if you think you’re up to heating it up and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off (without shutting down the phone, as it will likely be truly dead), for recovery purposes it fixes the issue. I was a little sensitive about how much heat I used on mine because I had a 509K phone, which is a known bad range. At the time, I agreed to keep evidence I was in low/nonexistent. It did work, though. ''That said, an approach to how I explain these kinds of recovery only fixes at work is I mention the LG, and I will flat out say it: If I had to pay the account holder off (I didn’t finance it) to have unlimited chances, I’d have done it. It’s a raw deal for the other side and a good deal for the other as they got a partially paid for phone on the other party’s expense but when the data is worth more you do it.''
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I had mine die the same way. I got my data off by reflowing it with a high-wattage hairdryer (Conair 1875). My method is NOT for the faint of heart as it requires some electronics experience to get right as it’s a limited chance repair, but if you think you’re up to heating it up and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off long enough (without shutting down the phone, as it will likely be truly dead) it works for recovery purposes. I was a little more sensitive about how much heat I used on mine because I had a 509K phone (known to fail, so caution was needed). At the time, I agreed to keep evidence I was in low/nonexistent. It did work, though. ''That said, an approach to how I explain these kinds of recovery only fixes at work is I mention the LG, and I will flat out say it: If I had to pay the account holder off (I didn’t finance it) to have unlimited chances, I’d have done it. It’s a raw deal for the other side and a good deal for the other since they paid it off at the expense of MY DATA, but the data meant more.''
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The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone, but they will just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way and Depot the dead phone. If they replaced it with a reliable phone, I may have sent mine in, but I wasn’t interested in another copy of the same crappy phone because they did the bare minimum — even then if the person financing wanted it done, I did warn them I would not use the phone, and to shove it in storage for all I care if they really wanted to "hold onto something" that I didn't ask for/caused me grief for closure (they didn’t, so I still have mine albeit a ruined board due to data recovery). That was my second (and last) LG phone I ever bought.
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The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone, but they will just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way and Depot the dead phone. If they replaced it with a reliable phone, I may have sent mine in, but I wasn’t interested in another copy of the same crappy phone because they did the bare minimum — even then if the person financing wanted it done, I did warn them I would not use the phone, and to shove it in storage for all I care if they really wanted to "hold onto something" that I didn't ask for/caused me grief for closure (they didn’t, so I still have mine albeit a ruined board due to data recovery). That was the second (and last) LG phone I ever bought.
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Nowadays with the current financing methods (and the death of the $200 phone for a 2-year contract), I buy my phones outright since it’s the same price now, or over 2.5+ years and use a cheap prepaid plan. The other issue I had was LG’s track record isn’t good. I have stood my ground on this since 2017 and haven’t looked back. ***In addition to that, LG has since left the mobile market since they quite frankly lost a lot of customers to this bootloop issue, and their middle finger to anyone affected.***
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Nowadays with the current financing methods (and the death of the $200 phone for a 2-year contract), I buy my phones outright (even if I take the full $1,000 slap upfront) since it hurts less than 2.5-3 years of installment payments. The other issue I had was LG’s track record isn’t good. I have stood my ground on this since 2017 and haven’t looked back. ***In addition to that, LG has since left the mobile market since they quite frankly lost a lot of customers to this bootloop issue, and their middle finger to anyone affected.***
This is how the device that was used to figure it out stands today — it’s a reminder of how I was left on my own to find out and get it done knowing the issue is hardware, and found a way to get it done. I point to it as a way to dispute others if anyone asks what my push was to figure out board level failures. The cat is a hint as to why. (Yes, I did remove the battery as I don’t need it for this, nor do I want a spicy pillow around, if it ever happened).
I had mine die the same way. I got my stuff off by reflowing it with a high wattage hairdryer (Conair 1875). It’s NOT for the faint of heart as it requires some electronics experience to get right as it’s a limited chance repair, but if you think you’re up to heating it up and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off (without shutting down the phone, as it will likely be truly dead), a reflow seems to do the trick AS A DATA RECOVERY FIX. It was a little sensitive about how much heat I used on mine because I had a 509K phone as a precaution. At the time, I agreed to keep evidence I was in low/nonexistent. It did work, though. ''That said, an approach to how I explain these kinds of recovery only fixes at work is I mention the LG, and I will flat out say it: If I had to pay the account holder off (I didn’t finance it) to have my shot at this, I’d have done it. It’s a raw deal for the other side and a good deal for the other as they got a partially paid for phone on the other party’s expense but when the data is worth more you do it.''
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I had mine die the same way. I got my data off by reflowing it with a high wattage hairdryer (Conair 1875). My method is NOT for the faint of heart as it requires some electronics experience to get right as it’s a limited chance repair, but if you think you’re up to heating it up and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off (without shutting down the phone, as it will likely be truly dead), for recovery purposes it fixes the issue. I was a little sensitive about how much heat I used on mine because I had a 509K phone, which is a known bad range. At the time, I agreed to keep evidence I was in low/nonexistent. It did work, though. ''That said, an approach to how I explain these kinds of recovery only fixes at work is I mention the LG, and I will flat out say it: If I had to pay the account holder off (I didn’t finance it) to have unlimited chances, I’d have done it. It’s a raw deal for the other side and a good deal for the other as they got a partially paid for phone on the other party’s expense but when the data is worth more you do it.''
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The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone, but they will just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way and Depot the dead phone. If they replaced it with a reliable phone, I may have sent mine in, but I wasn’t interested in another copy of the same crappy phone because they did the bare minimum — even then if the person financing wanted it done, I did warn them I would not use the phone, and to shove it in storage for all I care if they really wanted it from me for closure (they didn’t, so I still have mine albeit a ruined board due to data recovery). That was my second (and last) LG phone I ever bought.
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The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone, but they will just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way and Depot the dead phone. If they replaced it with a reliable phone, I may have sent mine in, but I wasn’t interested in another copy of the same crappy phone because they did the bare minimum — even then if the person financing wanted it done, I did warn them I would not use the phone, and to shove it in storage for all I care if they really wanted to "hold onto something" that I didn't ask for/caused me grief for closure (they didn’t, so I still have mine albeit a ruined board due to data recovery). That was my second (and last) LG phone I ever bought.
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Nowadays with the current financing methods (and the death of the $200 phone for a 2-year contract), I buy my phones outright since it’s the same price now, or over 2.5+ years. The other issue I had was LG’s track record isn’t good. I have stood my ground on this since 2017 and haven’t looked back. ***In addition to that, LG has since left the mobile market since they quite frankly lost a lot of customers to this bootloop issue, and their middle finger to anyone affected.***
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Nowadays with the current financing methods (and the death of the $200 phone for a 2-year contract), I buy my phones outright since it’s the same price now, or over 2.5+ years and use a cheap prepaid plan. The other issue I had was LG’s track record isn’t good. I have stood my ground on this since 2017 and haven’t looked back. ***In addition to that, LG has since left the mobile market since they quite frankly lost a lot of customers to this bootloop issue, and their middle finger to anyone affected.***
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This is how the device’s fate stands today — it’s a reminder of how I was left on my own to find out and get it done knowing the issue is hardware. I pulled it off, put a method out there and I keep the phone as a reminder so if anyone asks what my push was to figure out board level failures, I have one. The cat is a hint as to why. (Yes, I did remove the battery as I don’t need it for this, nor do I want a spicy pillow around, if it ever happened).
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This is how the device that was used to figure it out stands today — it’s a reminder of how I was left on my own to find out and get it done knowing the issue is hardware, and found a way to get it done. I point to it as a way to dispute others if anyone asks what my push was to figure out board level failures. The cat is a hint as to why. (Yes, I did remove the battery as I don’t need it for this, nor do I want a spicy pillow around, if it ever happened).
I had mine die the same way. I got my stuff off by reflowing it with a high wattage hairdryer (Conair 1875). It’s NOT for the faint of heart as it requires some electronics experience to get right as it’s a limited chance repair, but if you think you’re up to heating it up and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off (without shutting down the phone, as it will likely be truly dead), a reflow seems to do the trick AS A DATA RECOVERY FIX. It was a little sensitive about how much heat I used on mine because I had a 509K phone as a precaution. At the time, I agreed to keep evidence I was in low/nonexistent. It did work, though. ''That said, an approach to how I explain these kinds of recovery only fixes at work is I mention the LG, and I will flat out say it: If I had to pay the account holder off (I didn’t finance it) to have my shot at this, I’d have done it. It’s a raw deal for the other side and a good deal for the other as they got a partially paid for phone on the other party’s expense but when the data is worth more you do it.''
The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone, but they will just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way and Depot the dead phone. If they replaced it with a reliable phone, I may have sent mine in, but I wasn’t interested in another copy of the same crappy phone because they did the bare minimum — even then if the person financing wanted it done, I did warn them I would not use the phone, and to shove it in storage for all I care if they really wanted it from me for closure (they didn’t, so I still have mine albeit a ruined board due to data recovery). That was my second (and last) LG phone I ever bought.
Nowadays with the current financing methods (and the death of the $200 phone for a 2-year contract), I buy my phones outright since it’s the same price now, or over 2.5+ years. The other issue I had was LG’s track record isn’t good. I have stood my ground on this since 2017 and haven’t looked back. ***In addition to that, LG has since left the mobile market since they quite frankly lost a lot of customers to this bootloop issue, and their middle finger to anyone affected.***
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This is how the device’s fate stands today — it’s a reminder of how I was left on my own to find out and get it done knowing the issue is hardware. I pulled it off, put a method out there and I keep the phone as a reminder so if anyone asks what my push was to figure out board level failures, I have one. I did remove the battery as I don’t need it for this (no, the cat didn’t come from a Disney Park — if I had the money to pay cash for phones in 2017 maybe but not back then lol):
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This is how the device’s fate stands today — it’s a reminder of how I was left on my own to find out and get it done knowing the issue is hardware. I pulled it off, put a method out there and I keep the phone as a reminder so if anyone asks what my push was to figure out board level failures, I have one. The cat is a hint as to why. (Yes, I did remove the battery as I don’t need it for this, nor do I want a spicy pillow around, if it ever happened).
I had mine die the same way. I got my stuff off by reflowing it with a high wattage hairdryer (Conair 1875). It’s NOT for the faint of heart as it requires some electronics experience to get right as it’s a limited chance repair, but if you think you’re up to heating it up and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off (without shutting down the phone, as it will likely be truly dead), a reflow seems to do the trick AS A DATA RECOVERY FIX. It was a little sensitive about how much heat I used on mine because I had a 509K phone as a precaution. At the time, I agreed to keep evidence I was in low/nonexistent. It did work, though. ''That said, an approach to how I explain these kinds of recovery only fixes at work is I mention the LG, and I will flat out say it: If I had to pay the account holder off (I didn’t finance it) to have my shot at this, I’d have done it.''
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I had mine die the same way. I got my stuff off by reflowing it with a high wattage hairdryer (Conair 1875). It’s NOT for the faint of heart as it requires some electronics experience to get right as it’s a limited chance repair, but if you think you’re up to heating it up and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off (without shutting down the phone, as it will likely be truly dead), a reflow seems to do the trick AS A DATA RECOVERY FIX. It was a little sensitive about how much heat I used on mine because I had a 509K phone as a precaution. At the time, I agreed to keep evidence I was in low/nonexistent. It did work, though. ''That said, an approach to how I explain these kinds of recovery only fixes at work is I mention the LG, and I will flat out say it: If I had to pay the account holder off (I didn’t finance it) to have my shot at this, I’d have done it. It’s a raw deal for the other side and a good deal for the other as they got a partially paid for phone on the other party’s expense but when the data is worth more you do it.''
The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone, but they will just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way and Depot the dead phone. If they replaced it with a reliable phone, I may have sent mine in, but I wasn’t interested in another copy of the same crappy phone because they did the bare minimum — even then if the person financing wanted it done, I did warn them I would not use the phone, and to shove it in storage for all I care if they really wanted it from me for closure (they didn’t, so I still have mine albeit a ruined board due to data recovery). That was my second (and last) LG phone I ever bought.
Nowadays with the current financing methods (and the death of the $200 phone for a 2-year contract), I buy my phones outright since it’s the same price now, or over 2.5+ years. The other issue I had was LG’s track record isn’t good. I have stood my ground on this since 2017 and haven’t looked back. ***In addition to that, LG has since left the mobile market since they quite frankly lost a lot of customers to this bootloop issue, and their middle finger to anyone affected.***
This is how the device’s fate stands today — it’s a reminder of how I was left on my own to find out and get it done knowing the issue is hardware. I pulled it off, put a method out there and I keep the phone as a reminder so if anyone asks what my push was to figure out board level failures, I have one. I did remove the battery as I don’t need it for this (no, the cat didn’t come from a Disney Park — if I had the money to pay cash for phones in 2017 maybe but not back then lol):
I had mine die the same way. I got my stuff off by reflowing it with a high wattage hairdryer (Conair 1875). It’s NOT for the faint of heart as it requires some electronics experience to get right as it’s a limited chance repair, but if you think you’re up to heating it up and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off (without shutting down the phone, as it will likely be truly dead), a reflow seems to do the trick AS A DATA RECOVERY FIX. It was a little sensitive about how much heat I used on mine because I had a 509K phone as a precaution. At the time, I agreed to keep evidence I was in low/nonexistent. It did work, though. ''That said, an approach to how I explain these kinds of recovery only fixes at work is I mention the LG, and I will flat out say it: If I had to pay the account holder off (I didn’t finance it) to have my shot at this, I’d have done it.''
The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone, but they will just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way and Depot the dead phone. If they replaced it with a reliable phone, I may have sent mine in, but I wasn’t interested in another copy of the same crappy phone because they did the bare minimum — even then if the person financing wanted it done, I did warn them I would not use the phone, and to shove it in storage for all I care if they really wanted it from me for closure (they didn’t, so I still have mine albeit a ruined board due to data recovery). That was my second (and last) LG phone I ever bought.
Nowadays with the current financing methods (and the death of the $200 phone for a 2-year contract), I buy my phones outright since it’s the same price now, or over 2.5+ years. The other issue I had was LG’s track record isn’t good. I have stood my ground on this since 2017 and haven’t looked back. ***In addition to that, LG has since left the mobile market since they quite frankly lost a lot of customers to this bootloop issue, and their middle finger to anyone affected.***
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This is how the device’s fate stands today — I keep it as a reminder of the time I was left solo to figure it out, pulled it off and provided a method to pull off a data recovery on these phones. I did remove the battery as I don’t need it in the device (no, the cat didn’t come from a Disney Park — if I had the money to pay cash for phones in 2017 maybe but not back then lol):
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This is how the device’s fate stands today — it’s a reminder of how I was left on my own to find out and get it done knowing the issue is hardware. I pulled it off, put a method out there and I keep the phone as a reminder so if anyone asks what my push was to figure out board level failures, I have one. I did remove the battery as I don’t need it for this (no, the cat didn’t come from a Disney Park — if I had the money to pay cash for phones in 2017 maybe but not back then lol):
I had mine die the same way. I got my stuff off by reflowing it with a high wattage hairdryer (Conair 1875). It’s NOT for the faint of heart as it requires some electronics experience to get right as it’s a limited chance repair, but if you think you’re up to heating it up and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off (without shutting down the phone, as it will likely be truly dead), a reflow seems to do the trick AS A DATA RECOVERY FIX. It was a little sensitive about how much heat I used on mine because I had a 509K phone as a precaution. At the time, I agreed to keep evidence I was in low/nonexistent. It did work, though. ''That said, an approach to how I explain these kinds of recovery only fixes at work is I mention the LG, and I will flat out say it: If I had to pay the account holder off (I didn’t finance it) to have my shot at this, I’d have done it.''
The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone, but they will just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way and Depot the dead phone. If they replaced it with a reliable phone, I may have sent mine in, but I wasn’t interested in another copy of the same crappy phone because they did the bare minimum — even then if the person financing wanted it done, I did warn them I would not use the phone, and to shove it in storage for all I care if they really wanted it from me for closure (they didn’t, so I still have mine albeit a ruined board due to data recovery). That was my second (and last) LG phone I ever bought.
Nowadays with the current financing methods (and the death of the $200 phone for a 2-year contract), I buy my phones outright since it’s the same price now, or over 2.5+ years. The other issue I had was LG’s track record isn’t good. I have stood my ground on this since 2017 and haven’t looked back. ***In addition to that, LG has since left the mobile market since they quite frankly lost a lot of customers to this bootloop issue, and their middle finger to anyone affected.***
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This is how the device’s fate stands today — it’s a reminder so if anyone asks, I have one. I did remove the battery as I don’t need it for this (no, the cat didn’t come from a Disney Park — if I had the money to pay cash for phones in 2017 maybe but not back then lol):
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This is how the device’s fate stands today — I keep it as a reminder of the time I was left solo to figure it out, pulled it off and provided a method to pull off a data recovery on these phones. I did remove the battery as I don’t need it in the device (no, the cat didn’t come from a Disney Park — if I had the money to pay cash for phones in 2017 maybe but not back then lol):
I had mine die the same way. I got my stuff off by reflowing it with a high wattage hairdryer (Conair 1875). It’s NOT for the faint of heart as it requires some electronics experience to get right as it’s a limited chance repair, but if you think you’re up to heating it up and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off (without shutting down the phone, as it will likely be truly dead), a reflow seems to do the trick AS A DATA RECOVERY FIX. It was a little sensitive about how much heat I used on mine because I had a 509K phone as a precaution. At the time, I agreed to keep evidence I was in low/nonexistent. It did work, though. ''That said, an approach to how I explain these kinds of recovery only fixes at work is I mention the LG, and I will flat out say it: If I had to pay the account holder off (I didn’t finance it) to have my shot at this, I’d have done it.''
The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone, but they will just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way and Depot the dead phone. If they replaced it with a reliable phone, I may have sent mine in, but I wasn’t interested in another copy of the same crappy phone because they did the bare minimum — even then if the person financing wanted it done, I did warn them I would not use the phone, and to shove it in storage for all I care if they really wanted it from me for closure (they didn’t, so I still have mine albeit a ruined board due to data recovery). That was my second (and last) LG phone I ever bought.
Nowadays with the current financing methods (and the death of the $200 phone for a 2-year contract), I buy my phones outright since it’s the same price now, or over 2.5+ years. The other issue I had was LG’s track record isn’t good. I have stood my ground on this since 2017 and haven’t looked back. ***In addition to that, LG has since left the mobile market since they quite frankly lost a lot of customers to this bootloop issue, and their middle finger to anyone affected.***
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This is how the device’s end stuck since mine died — the phone remains as a reminder of what killed LG’s mobile division. Battery was removed as I don’t need it for this (no, the cat didn’t come from a Disney Park — if I had the money to pay cash for phones in 2017 maybe but not back then lol):
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This is how the device’s fate stands today — it’s a reminder so if anyone asks, I have one. I did remove the battery as I don’t need it for this (no, the cat didn’t come from a Disney Park — if I had the money to pay cash for phones in 2017 maybe but not back then lol):
I had mine die the same way. I got my stuff off by reflowing it with a high wattage hairdryer (Conair 1875). It’s NOT for the faint of heart as it requires some electronics experience to get right as it’s a limited chance repair, but if you think you’re up to heating it up and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off (without shutting down the phone, as it will likely be truly dead), a reflow seems to do the trick AS A DATA RECOVERY FIX. It was a little sensitive about how much heat I used on mine because I had a 509K phone as a precaution. At the time, I agreed to keep evidence I was in low/nonexistent. It did work, though.
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I had mine die the same way. I got my stuff off by reflowing it with a high wattage hairdryer (Conair 1875). It’s NOT for the faint of heart as it requires some electronics experience to get right as it’s a limited chance repair, but if you think you’re up to heating it up and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off (without shutting down the phone, as it will likely be truly dead), a reflow seems to do the trick AS A DATA RECOVERY FIX. It was a little sensitive about how much heat I used on mine because I had a 509K phone as a precaution. At the time, I agreed to keep evidence I was in low/nonexistent. It did work, though. ''That said, an approach to how I explain these kinds of recovery only fixes at work is I mention the LG, and I will flat out say it: If I had to pay the account holder off (I didn’t finance it) to have my shot at this, I’d have done it.''
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The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone, but they will just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way and Depot the dead phone. If they replaced it with a reliable phone, I may have sent mine in, but I wasn’t interested in another copy of the same crappy phone because they did the bare minimum — even then if the person financing wanted it done, I did warn them I would not use the phone, and to shove it in storage for all I care if they really want to get that closure (they didn’t, thankfully so I still have mine). That was my second (and last) LG phone I ever bought.
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The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone, but they will just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way and Depot the dead phone. If they replaced it with a reliable phone, I may have sent mine in, but I wasn’t interested in another copy of the same crappy phone because they did the bare minimum — even then if the person financing wanted it done, I did warn them I would not use the phone, and to shove it in storage for all I care if they really wanted it from me for closure (they didn’t, so I still have mine albeit a ruined board due to data recovery). That was my second (and last) LG phone I ever bought.
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Nowadays with the current financing methods (and the death of the $200 phone for a 2year contract), I buy my phones outright since it’s the same price now, or over 2.5+ years. The other issue was LG’s track record isn’t good. I have stood my ground on this since 2017 and haven’t looked back. ***In addition to that, LG has since left the mobile market since they quite frankly lost a lot of customers to this bootloop issue, and their middle finger to anyone affected.***
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Nowadays with the current financing methods (and the death of the $200 phone for a 2-year contract), I buy my phones outright since it’s the same price now, or over 2.5+ years. The other issue I had was LG’s track record isn’t good. I have stood my ground on this since 2017 and haven’t looked back. ***In addition to that, LG has since left the mobile market since they quite frankly lost a lot of customers to this bootloop issue, and their middle finger to anyone affected.***
This is how the device’s end stuck since mine died — the phone remains as a reminder of what killed LG’s mobile division. Battery was removed as I don’t need it for this (no, the cat didn’t come from a Disney Park — if I had the money to pay cash for phones in 2017 maybe but not back then lol):
I had mine die the same way. I got my stuff off by reflowing it with a high wattage hairdryer (Conair 1875). It’s NOT for the faint of heart as it requires some electronics experience to get right as it’s a limited chance repair, but if you think you’re up to heating it up and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off (without shutting down the phone, as it will likely be truly dead), a reflow seems to do the trick AS A DATA RECOVERY FIX. It was a little sensitive about how much heat I used on mine because I had a 509K phone as a precaution. At the time, I agreed to keep evidence I was in low/nonexistent. It did work, though.
The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone, but they will just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way and Depot the dead phone. If they replaced it with a reliable phone, I may have sent mine in, but I wasn’t interested in another copy of the same crappy phone because they did the bare minimum — even then if the person financing wanted it done, I did warn them I would not use the phone, and to shove it in storage for all I care if they really want to get that closure (they didn’t, thankfully so I still have mine). That was my second (and last) LG phone I ever bought.
Nowadays with the current financing methods (and the death of the $200 phone for a 2 year contract), I buy my phones outright since it’s the same price now, or over 2.5+ years. The other issue was LG’s track record isn’t good. I have stood my ground on this since 2017 and haven’t looked back. ***In addition to that, LG has since left the mobile market since they quite frankly lost a lot of customers to this bootloop issue, and their middle finger to anyone affected.***
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This is how the device’s end stuck since mine died — the phone remains as a reminder of what killed LG’s mobile division. Battery was removed as I don’t need it for this:
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This is how the device’s end stuck since mine died — the phone remains as a reminder of what killed LG’s mobile division. Battery was removed as I don’t need it for this (no, the cat didn’t come from a Disney Park — if I had the money to pay cash for phones in 2017 maybe but not back then lol):
I had mine die the same way. I got my stuff off by reflowing it with a high wattage hairdryer (Conair 1875). It’s NOT for the faint of heart as it requires some electronics experience to get right as it’s a limited chance repair, but if you think you’re up to heating it up and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off (without shutting down the phone, as it will likely be truly dead), a reflow seems to do the trick AS A DATA RECOVERY FIX. It was a little sensitive about how much heat I used on mine because I had a 509K phone as a precaution. At the time, I agreed to keep evidence I was in low/nonexistent. It did work, though.
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The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone, but they will just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way and Depot the dead phone. If they replaced it with a reliable phone, I may have sent mine in, but I wasn’t interested in another copy of the same crappy phone because they did the bare minimum — even then if the person financing wanted it done, I did warn them I would not use the phone, at all. That was my second (and last) LG phone I ever bought.
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The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone, but they will just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way and Depot the dead phone. If they replaced it with a reliable phone, I may have sent mine in, but I wasn’t interested in another copy of the same crappy phone because they did the bare minimum — even then if the person financing wanted it done, I did warn them I would not use the phone, and to shove it in storage for all I care if they really want to get that closure (they didn’t, thankfully so I still have mine). That was my second (and last) LG phone I ever bought.
Nowadays with the current financing methods (and the death of the $200 phone for a 2 year contract), I buy my phones outright since it’s the same price now, or over 2.5+ years. The other issue was LG’s track record isn’t good. I have stood my ground on this since 2017 and haven’t looked back. ***In addition to that, LG has since left the mobile market since they quite frankly lost a lot of customers to this bootloop issue, and their middle finger to anyone affected.***
This is how the device’s end stuck since mine died — the phone remains as a reminder of what killed LG’s mobile division. Battery was removed as I don’t need it for this:
I had mine die the same way. I got my stuff off by reflowing it with a high wattage hairdryer (Conair 1875). It’s NOT for the faint of heart as it requires some electronics experience to get right as it’s a limited chance repair, but if you think you’re up to heating it up and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off (without shutting down the phone, as it will likely be truly dead), a reflow seems to do the trick AS A DATA RECOVERY FIX. It was a little sensitive about how much heat I used on mine because I had a 509K phone as a precaution. At the time, I agreed to keep evidence I was in low/nonexistent. It did work, though.
The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone, but they will just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way and Depot the dead phone. If they replaced it with a reliable phone, I may have sent mine in, but I wasn’t interested in another copy of the same crappy phone because they did the bare minimum — even then if the person financing wanted it done, I did warn them I would not use the phone, at all. That was my second (and last) LG phone I ever bought.
Nowadays with the current financing methods (and the death of the $200 phone for a 2 year contract), I buy my phones outright since it’s the same price now, or over 2.5+ years. The other issue was LG’s track record isn’t good. I have stood my ground on this since 2017 and haven’t looked back. ***In addition to that, LG has since left the mobile market since they quite frankly lost a lot of customers to this bootloop issue, and their middle finger to anyone affected.***
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This is how the device’s end stuck since mine died — the phone remains as a reminder of what killed LG’s mobile division:
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This is how the device’s end stuck since mine died — the phone remains as a reminder of what killed LG’s mobile division. Battery was removed as I don’t need it for this:
I had mine die the same way. I got my stuff off by reflowing it with a high wattage hairdryer (Conair 1875). It’s NOT for the faint of heart as it requires some electronics experience to get right as it’s a limited chance repair, but if you think you’re up to heating it up and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off (without shutting down the phone, as it will likely be truly dead), a reflow seems to do the trick AS A DATA RECOVERY FIX. It was a little sensitive about how much heat I used on mine because I had a 509K phone as a precaution. At the time, I agreed to keep evidence I was in low/nonexistent. It did work, though.
The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone, but they will just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way and Depot the dead phone. If they replaced it with a reliable phone, I may have sent mine in, but I wasn’t interested in another copy of the same crappy phone because they did the bare minimum — even then if the person financing wanted it done, I did warn them I would not use the phone, at all. That was my second (and last) LG phone I ever bought.
Nowadays with the current financing methods (and the death of the $200 phone for a 2 year contract), I buy my phones outright since it’s the same price now, or over 2.5+ years. The other issue was LG’s track record isn’t good. I have stood my ground on this since 2017 and haven’t looked back. ***In addition to that, LG has since left the mobile market since they quite frankly lost a lot of customers to this bootloop issue, and their middle finger to anyone affected.***
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This is how the device’s end stuck since mine died: [image|2594442]
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This is how the device’s end stuck since mine died — the phone remains as a reminder of what killed LG’s mobile division:
I had mine die the same way. I got my stuff off by reflowing it with a high wattage hairdryer (Conair 1875). It’s NOT for the faint of heart as it requires some electronics experience to get right as it’s a limited chance repair, but if you think you’re up to heating it up and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off (without shutting down the phone, as it will likely be truly dead), a reflow seems to do the trick AS A DATA RECOVERY FIX. It was a little sensitive about how much heat I used on mine because I had a 509K phone as a precaution. At the time, I agreed to keep evidence I was in low/nonexistent. It did work, though.
The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone, but they will just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way and Depot the dead phone. If they replaced it with a reliable phone, I may have sent mine in, but I wasn’t interested in another copy of the same crappy phone because they did the bare minimum — even then if the person financing wanted it done, I did warn them I would not use the phone, at all. That was my second (and last) LG phone I ever bought.
Nowadays with the current financing methods (and the death of the $200 phone for a 2 year contract), I buy my phones outright since it’s the same price now, or over 2.5+ years. The other issue was LG’s track record isn’t good. I have stood my ground on this since 2017 and haven’t looked back. ***In addition to that, LG has since left the mobile market since they quite frankly lost a lot of customers to this bootloop issue, and their middle finger to anyone affected.***
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This is how the device’s end stuck since mine died: [image|2594442]
I had mine die the same way. I got my stuff off by reflowing it with a high wattage hairdryer (Conair 1875). It’s NOT for the faint of heart as it requires some electronics experience to get right as it’s a limited chance repair, but if you think you’re up to heating it up and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off (without shutting down the phone, as it will likely be truly dead), a reflow seems to do the trick AS A DATA RECOVERY FIX. It was a little sensitive about how much heat I used on mine because I had a 509K phone as a precaution. At the time, I agreed to keep evidence I was in low/nonexistent. It did work, though.
The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone, but they will just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way and Depot the dead phone. If they replaced it with a reliable phone, I may have sent mine in, but I wasn’t interested in another copy of the same crappy phone because they did the bare minimum — even then if the person financing wanted it done, I did warn them I would not use the phone, at all. That was my second (and last) LG phone I ever bought.
Nowadays with the current financing methods (and the death of the $200 phone for a 2 year contract), I buy my phones outright since it’s the same price now, or over 2.5+ years. The other issue was LG’s track record isn’t good. I have stood my ground on this since 2017 and haven’t looked back. ***In addition to that, LG has since left the mobile market since they quite frankly lost a lot of customers to this bootloop issue, and their middle finger to anyone affected.***
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This is how the phone’s final days will remain: [image|2594437]
I had mine die the same way. I got my stuff off by reflowing it with a high wattage hairdryer. It’s NOT for the feint of heart and requires some electronics experience, but if you think you’re up to heating it up and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off (without a shutdown), a reflow seems to do the trick. It was a little sensitive on mine to how hot it was because I had a 509K phone so it could be anything plus it was mentioned to send it in so I agreed to keep evidence I was in low/nonexistent. It did work, though.
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I had mine die the same way. I got my stuff off by reflowing it with a high wattage hairdryer (Conair 1875). It’s NOT for the faint of heart as it requires some electronics experience to get right as it’s a limited chance repair, but if you think you’re up to heating it up and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off (without shutting down the phone, as it will likely be truly dead), a reflow seems to do the trick AS A DATA RECOVERY FIX. It was a little sensitive about how much heat I used on mine because I had a 509K phone as a precaution. At the time, I agreed to keep evidence I was in low/nonexistent. It did work, though.
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The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone but they just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way and Depot the dead phone. If they replaced it with a reliable phone I may have sent mine in, but they give you another G4 that will probably fail the same way - basically the bare minimum and I also warned them I would not use it.That was my second (and last) LG phone I ever bought.
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The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone, but they will just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way and Depot the dead phone. If they replaced it with a reliable phone, I may have sent mine in, but I wasn’t interested in another copy of the same crappy phone because they did the bare minimum — even then if the person financing wanted it done, I did warn them I would not use the phone, at all. That was my second (and last) LG phone I ever bought.
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Nowadays with the current financing methods in use, I buy my phones outright since financing is of low value proposition (pay now or pay over time) and LG’s track record isn’t good. I have stood my ground on this since 2017 and haven’t looked back. In addition to that, LG has since left the mobile market since they quite frankly lost a lot of customers to this bootloop issue, and their middle finger to anyone affected.
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Nowadays with the current financing methods (and the death of the $200 phone for a 2 year contract), I buy my phones outright since it’s the same price now, or over 2.5+ years. The other issue was LG’s track record isn’t good. I have stood my ground on this since 2017 and haven’t looked back. ***In addition to that, LG has since left the mobile market since they quite frankly lost a lot of customers to this bootloop issue, and their middle finger to anyone affected.***
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This is how the phone’s final days will remain: [image|2594437]
I had mine die the same way. I got my stuff off by reflowing it with a high wattage hairdryer. It’s NOT for the feint of heart and requires some electronics experience, but if you think you’re up to heating it up and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off (without a shutdown), a reflow seems to do the trick. It was a little sensitive on mine to how hot it was because I had a 509K phone so it could be anything plus it was mentioned to send it in so I agreed to keep evidence I was in low/nonexistent. It did work, though.
The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone but they just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way and Depot the dead phone. If they replaced it with a reliable phone I may have sent mine in, but they give you another G4 that will probably fail the same way - basically the bare minimum and I also warned them I would not use it. That was my second (and last) LG phone I ever bought.
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Nowadays with the current financing methods in use, I buy my phones outright since financing is of low value proposition (pay now or pay over time) and LG’s track record isn’t good. I have stood my ground on this since 2017 and haven’t looked back.
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Nowadays with the current financing methods in use, I buy my phones outright since financing is of low value proposition (pay now or pay over time) and LG’s track record isn’t good. I have stood my ground on this since 2017 and haven’t looked back. In addition to that, LG has since left the mobile market since they quite frankly lost a lot of customers to this bootloop issue, and their middle finger to anyone affected.
I had mine die the same way. I got my stuff off by reflowing it with a high wattage hairdryer. It’s NOT for the feint of heart and requires some electronics experience, but if you think you’re up to heating it up and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off (without a shutdown), a reflow seems to do the trick. It was a little sensitive on mine to how hot it was because I had a 509K phone so it could be anything plus it was mentioned to send it in so I agreed to keep evidence I was in low/nonexistent. It did work, though.
The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone but they just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way and Depot the dead phone. If they replaced it with a reliable phone I may have sent mine in, but they give you another G4 that will probably fail the same way - basically the bare minimum and I also warned them I would not use it. That was my second (and last) LG phone I ever bought.
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Nowadays with the current financing methods in use, I buy my phones outright since financing is of low value proposition (pay now or pay over time) and LG’s track record isn’t good. I have stood my ground on this since 2017.
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Nowadays with the current financing methods in use, I buy my phones outright since financing is of low value proposition (pay now or pay over time) and LG’s track record isn’t good. I have stood my ground on this since 2017 and haven’t looked back.
I had mine die the same way. I got my stuff off by reflowing it with a high wattage hairdryer. It’s NOT for the feint of heart, but if you think you’re up to heating it up and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off, a reflow seems to do the trick. It was a little sensitive on mine to how hot it was because I had a 509K phone (oneof the known to fail phones)but other then having to keep it at a temperature that worked I was able to say I got my data back.
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I had mine die the same way. I got my stuff off by reflowing it with a high wattage hairdryer. It’s NOT for the feint of heart and requires some electronics experience, but if you think you’re up to heating it up and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off (without a shutdown), a reflow seems to do the trick. It was a little sensitive on mine to how hot it was because I had a 509K phone so it could be anything plus it was mentioned to send it in so I agreed to keep evidence I was in low/nonexistent. It did work, though.
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The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone but they just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way. If they replaced it with a reliable phone I may have suggested sending it in (or covering your tracks) but they just do the bare minimum as CYA because they got this phone so wrong. That was my second (and last) LG phone I ever bought. Nowadays with the current financing methods in use, I buy my phones outright and LG’s track record isn’t good.
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The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone but they just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way and Depot the dead phone. If they replaced it with a reliable phone I may have sent mine in, but they give you another G4 that will probably fail the same way - basically the bare minimum and I also warned them I would not use it. That was my second (and last) LG phone I ever bought.
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Nowadays with the current financing methods in use, I buy my phones outright since financing is of low value proposition (pay now or pay over time) and LG’s track record isn’t good. I have stood my ground on this since 2017.
I had mine die the same way. I got my stuff off by reflowing it with a high wattage hairdryer. It’s NOT for the feint of heart, but if you think you’re up to heating it up and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off, a reflow seems to do the trick. It was a little sensitive on mine to how hot it was because I had a 509K phone (one of the known to fail phones) but other then having to keep it at a temperature that worked I was able to say I got my data back.
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The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone but they just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way. If they replaced it with a reliable phone I may have suggested sending it in (or covering your tracks) but they just do the bare minimum to cover as CYA because they got this phone so wrong. That was my second (and last) LG phone I ever bought. Nowadays with the current financing methods in use, I buy my phones outright and LG’s track record isn’t good.
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The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone but they just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way. If they replaced it with a reliable phone I may have suggested sending it in (or covering your tracks) but they just do the bare minimum as CYA because they got this phone so wrong. That was my second (and last) LG phone I ever bought. Nowadays with the current financing methods in use, I buy my phones outright and LG’s track record isn’t good.
I had mine die the same way. I got my stuff off by reflowing it with a high wattage hairdryer. It’s NOT for the feint of heart, but if you think you’re up to heating it up and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off, a reflow seems to do the trick. It was a little sensitive on mine to how hot it was because I had a 509K phone (one of the known to fail phones) but other then having to keep it at a temperature that worked I was able to say I got my data back.
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The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone but they just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way. If they replaced it with a reliable phone I may have suggested sending it in (or covering your tracks) but they just do the bare minimum to cover as CYA because they got this phone so wrong.
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The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone but they just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way. If they replaced it with a reliable phone I may have suggested sending it in (or covering your tracks) but they just do the bare minimum to cover as CYA because they got this phone so wrong. That was my second (and last) LG phone I ever bought. Nowadays with the current financing methods in use, I buy my phones outright and LG’s track record isn’t good.
I had mine die the same way. I got my stuff off by reflowing it with a high wattage hairdryer. It’s NOT for the feint of heart, but if you think you’re up to heating it up and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off, a reflow seems to do the trick.
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I had mine die the same way. I got my stuff off by reflowing it with a high wattage hairdryer. It’s NOT for the feint of heart, but if you think you’re up to heating it up and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off, a reflow seems to do the trick. It was a little sensitive on mine to how hot it was because I had a 509K phone (one of the known to fail phones) but other then having to keep it at a temperature that worked I was able to say I got my data back.
The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone but they just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way. If they replaced it with a reliable phone I may have suggested sending it in (or covering your tracks) but they just do the bare minimum to cover as CYA because they got this phone so wrong.
I had mine die the same way. I got my stuff off by reflowing it with a high wattage hairdryer. It’s NOT for the feint of heart, but if you think you’re up to heating it up and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off, a reflow seems to do the trick.
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The only real downside is LG may not repair the phone but they just replace your dead G4 with another G4 that will probably die the same way. If they replaced it with a reliable phone I may have suggested sending it in (or covering your tracks) but they just do the bare minimum to cover as CYA because they got this phone so wrong.
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I had mine die the same way. I got my stuff off by reflowing it with a high wattage hairdryer. It’s NOT for the feint of heart, but if you think you’re up to heating it up and maintaining it so it runs to get your data off, a reflow seems to do the trick.