LG G4 community offering over $2000 to anyone who can achieve root and bootloader unlock

Time to sharpen your coding and tinkering skills. LG G4 users have assembled and managed to collect over $2000 USD. The purpose? Giving it all to the first person to come up with a new root method or full bootloader unlock for LG’s latest flagship smartphone.

The original thread has been posted at the XDA Developers forums, where an onslaught of LG G4 owners have shown their interest in finding a way to tinker with their smartphones. The included list shows dozens of participants cooperating with whatever amount of money they can share.

More specifically, the group is looking to get a root method or full bootloader unlock for the Verizon and AT&T LG G4 iterations. These are usually the hardest to crack, given the carriers’ tighter hold on hardware/software control.

There are two separate bounties: one for root and the other for unlocking the bootloader. Both would ultimately achieve a similar goal, so whichever bounty is taken first will dictate the qualifying winner. Sadly, the bootloader unlock bounty is a bit lower at $1485 (at this point). On the other hand, achieving full root and recovery alone will get you a generous $2205.

In order to get your cash reward, you have to be the first to create or find a method, make a post in the thread proving your procedure works and provide step-by-step instructions to your solution. In addition, a separate user has to follow the same instructions and confirm their validity. When all of that is out of the way, the discoverer can claim his bounty via PM from donators. Yes, it will be a hassle, but this is 2 grand we are talking about!

Interested? You can go to the original threads and learn all the details. And if you are an LG G4 owner trying to get a new root method, you can also pitch in for the cause there. Are any of you going to test your skills with this? Will you be donating?

LG recruits Dude Perfect to help advertise the LG G4

LG loves its new phone, the LG G4 – especially the camera. And with good reason too as the G4 arguably has one of the best, if not the best, cameras available on the smartphone market right now. LG has already strapped the LG G4 to a drone to capture some cool footage, but now they’ve gotten the help of YouTube royalty to help them plug the phone’s camera some more – in particular, we’re interested in how LG got Dude Perfect to help advertise the LG G4. If you’re not familiar of Dude Perfect, they’re pretty much the YouTube kings of trick shots – basketball, ping pong balls, paper planes; they do it all. This time, in a video which includes lacrosse god, Paul Rabil, the Dude Perfect team take the time to run through a few of the LG G4’s features – check it out:

As you can see from the video, the plethora of professional photography settings that LG has included in the LG G4 do lend themselves to video makers who can make use of them, not unlike Dude Perfect. We will note that the new OIS that LG has been touting doesn’t appear to negate much of the shaky cam that goes on during the video, but hey, if you’re expecting no shaking either, you’re kidding yourself. Definitely a neat way to advertise your new phone – keep it coming LG.

What do you think of LG getting Dude Perfect to help advertise the LG G4? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

Source: YouTube

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LG G4 reportedly under-performing in South Korea

The rather impressive LG G4 has had three months on the market in South Korea in which to win over consumers, but the smartphone does not appear to be living up to its sales expectations. The latest report from Korea states that just over 240,000 units have sold in the country since launch.

While not a terrible figure itself, it falls well short of industry estimates and comes at a time when LG had been hoping to boost yearly smartphone sales. The company set itself a lofty target of 70 million smartphones for 2015, which is now in doubt if the company is struggling with domestic sales. For comparison, Samsung has sold over 1.3 million Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge handsets in South Korea so far. LG wasn’t aiming for quite these levels, but this is a rather large gap between the two.

This is not the first time that we have heard mutterings about an underwhelming G4 performance. Last month analysts cut LG’s Q2 earnings expectations because second quarter shipments were set to come in at just under 2.5 million units, again missing its target. You can’t help but wonder if the G4 is suffering from a lack of demand worldwide.

Given the high quality of LG’s latest flagship, the exact cause of the disappointing sales figures is difficult to pinpoint. Some have suggested that the impressive and more unique looking Galaxy S6 Edge is pinching much of the high-end demand. It is also possible that some customers are waiting to see what LG had planned for its second flagship later in the year or that some simply don’t see the G4 as a big enough upgrade over the G3.

Of course, this is not to say that LG’s wider smartphone range is suffering from the same problems. But without its flagship putting in a big performance, it is looking increasingly unlikely that LG will miss its 70 million smartphones target this year.

LG G4 reportedly under-performing in South Korea

The rather impressive LG G4 has had three months on the market in South Korea in which to win over consumers, but the smartphone does not appear to be living up to its sales expectations. The latest report from Korea states that just over 240,000 units have sold in the country since launch.

While not a terrible figure itself, it falls well short of industry estimates and comes at a time when LG had been hoping to boost yearly smartphone sales. The company set itself a lofty target of 70 million smartphones for 2015, which is now in doubt if the company is struggling with domestic sales. For comparison, Samsung has sold over 1.3 million Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge handsets in South Korea so far. LG wasn’t aiming for quite these levels, but this is a rather large gap between the two.

This is not the first time that we have heard mutterings about an underwhelming G4 performance. Last month analysts cut LG’s Q2 earnings expectations because second quarter shipments were set to come in at just under 2.5 million units, again missing its target. You can’t help but wonder if the G4 is suffering from a lack of demand worldwide.

Given the high quality of LG’s latest flagship, the exact cause of the disappointing sales figures is difficult to pinpoint. Some have suggested that the impressive and more unique looking Galaxy S6 Edge is pinching much of the high-end demand. It is also possible that some customers are waiting to see what LG had planned for its second flagship later in the year or that some simply don’t see the G4 as a big enough upgrade over the G3.

Of course, this is not to say that LG’s wider smartphone range is suffering from the same problems. But without its flagship putting in a big performance, it is looking increasingly unlikely that LG will miss its 70 million smartphones target this year.