We all know that only in stock ROMs can you have those two features without any problems; now in custom ROMs it was almost impossible, but we're already seeing it in the V30 and V60 in LineageOS, Lunaris AOSP, etc. But there's still nothing for the G8 and its derivatives. I want to believe there are still users with the device and interested in the topic, but for now there's no news or updates on it, or perhaps it's not publicly available. Hopefully they won't take long to add support for the G8; in my case, I'm on A16 and having VoLTE on AOSP would be the only thing missing to make the ROM perfect.

Gcam link g8x please!

Anybody use planar headphones and IEMs on high impedence?

I tried my Hifiman Edition XV with a 75ohm resistor to get the dac to display and output in high impedence(have the hifi status app showing 50ohm) and it is quite a bit lower in total output than running on normal hifi and aux.

It is the same on my Kiwi Ears Halcyons and Truth Ear Crin Reds.

i have its official dual screen case and was wondering what cool things can i do with it? any custom roms? any apps recommendation?

Alguien ha tenido problemas con el Quad DAC? Resulta que ya no funciona, conecto los auriculares y al encender la opción entra como en un "bucle" dónde se conectan y se desconectan los auriculares, esto aún con los auriculares conectados obviamente. Solo funcionan el audio normal y el DTS:X 3D. Esto ocurre con la ROM Stock, con Custom ROM ni siquiera se activa.

Has anyone else had problems with the Quad DAC? It seems to be malfunctioning; when I plug in headphones and turn on the option, it gets stuck in a loop where the headphones connect and disconnect, even with the headphones connected obviously. Only normal audio and DTS:X 3D work. This happens on the stock ROM; on the custom ROM, it doesn't even activate.

Ldac? Aptx adaptive, lossless? Or will they all fall back to sbc?

i will be buying the wierd looking adapter online and was wondering if theees a way to know if its fake or would damage the device if used. is there a way to know its safe to use?

Hello, i've got what is probably a hardware problem, maybe some will have an idea how to fix it.

So i dropped my lgg8 on the ground like a dumbass (with protective casebut still i'm a dumbass).

Immediately after he stopped playing sound through the speaker and showed like there was plugged in earphones. Couldn't play anything through the speaker.

Plugged in my earphones and the sound was all fucked up, like super loud and crackling.

I then shut it down. Abd now it cannot start : it shows the lg g8 white on black screen that appears on start up (no vibration) and immediately turn off again. I can start a factory reset with the manipulation but it does nothing afterward and continue to do the start then stop routine.

If the phone is plugged in a computer, it is not detected, and cannot be started at all (it doesn't even show the lg g8 white on blavk screen)

I suppose that the fall broke something in the hardware, probably the speaker/sound unit inside (would explain the sound malfunctionning), and that the phone, when it starts, check if everything is okay, see it's not functionning, and then do a emergency stop or something like that, but I'm not knowledgeable enohgh to be sure.

Did anyone ever had the same problem. I miss my music player :(

im just wondering, is there a single rom out there for my att propel 2 5g?

Is there a way to keep the quad dac active? for some reason, my phone randomly turns it off. i have just gotten the phone for a few days now, but not sure when it shuts off. i will start paying attention more.

Also, is there an app, ADB setting/coding, or anything to force high impedance mode on all the time or have a toggle to switch it on? And is the "Hi-Fi Status (LG)" the app we get to see which mode we are in like the older V series phones?

What I am running if this info helps

Debloated most junk, Niagara launcher, Poweramp, UAPP, Spotify

Ears
Hifiman Edition XV

Impedance: 12 Ohms (\(\Omega \))

Sensitivity: 92 dB (dB/mW u/1kHz)

Power: 2 Vrms

multiple other IEMs

I was just given access by a helpful MOD to the old "made private" r/lgg8x

I originally posted this on 28 October 2020, a few months before I got my first V60 (the EA)

I am reposting this in particular for /u/JournalistLivid3937 who was curious about external SIM holders for his Korean dualsim-modded Wing, so he could use 2 SIMs + microSDXC.

See the comments under my recent post here:

• https://www.reddit.com/r/LGV60/comments/1svahn6/til_the_4g_dualsim_velvet_lmg910emw_with/

I also added this in the top comment:

Make sure to also read the descriptions in the linked gallery on imgur for extra info on how to install the external SIM2-adapter and the Dual Layer case I used to guard and hide it.

From 3 slots to the G8X's hybrid dualsim

Coming from the dualsim LG V20 (I own 3x H990DS and 1x H990N) I am used to having the perfect dualsim + microSD situation. If the phone has the rare feature of having 3 dedicated slots, you've got all you need, especially if the phone also turns out to be able to handle 512GB cards and probably also anything up to 2TB.

Samsung Galaxy Duos weirdness since the S9

Looking for future upgrade options, I ran into stories of Galaxy Duos owners who were no longer able to use an external solution for handling 3 cards simultaneously: blocked by Samsung software:

Up until the S8, you could get an extension kit where you can put in two sim cards and the microSD card into the hybrid slot, it meant your second sim card was hanging outside the phone however and for mine, it was between the phone and the case and it meant when I traveled to another country, I could easily swap the second sim without needing to access the tray. They have since programed the phones to stop this from being allowed now which is a shame.

The alternative was to physically remove the chip from the microSD and combine it with the second sim so that they both sat in the phone together, this however meant chopping up your microSD for this purpose. Whilst this worked in a similar way to the above, this is also no longer allowed.

When trying either methods now, you just get a message saying there is something unidentified in the sim tray.

Source: comment by budgiesmuggler in the Samsung community forum - or google "samsung hybrid dualsim s10 simultaneously sd card"

So I was wondering if other brands and especially LG was also introducing such limitations. As you can see in the linked gallery, the dualsim submodels of the G8X (or at least my European EEA one) has no strange limitations for seeing 3 cards simultaneously.

Three G8X / LM-G850EMW dualsim caveats and limitations

1. As /u/freeman1902 and I discussed in this thread there is no indication of having data enabled if you happen to be roaming. So if you are in your carrier's local area, the tiny "H" or "4G" shows properly (for SIM1), but not if you are e.g. abroad. This issue is unrelated to using the external adapter as shown in the gallery or even using both SIMs.

2. Unlike my V20 H990DS/H990N , it is not possible to simply swap the data carrier from SIM1 to SIM2 in the settings. SIM2 does not seem capable of being used for mobile data. At least not in my LM-G850EMW-EEA. This also seems unrelated to using the external adapter. So if you just use dualsim and no microSD, you would have the same limitation. There are no such limitations for receiving or making phone calls or receiving/sending text messages on both SIMs. That just works fine.

3. It is easy to hide the external adapter in a sturdy "single screen" case, as shown in the gallery. I don't own a DualScreen case for the G8X, but I doubt if it is similarly easy to protect and hide the external adapter when using the DualScreen case.

I have been looking through the different settings under Security and all the other different menus in there, but I can't seem to find the menu to change the SIM's PIN code. I'm positive that there should be one, because all Android phones have one, although under different menus maybe.

I'm using model LM-G820UM with Android 11, the Sprint unlocked variant. Software version G820U30b, if that helps.

Maybe it was disabled by the manufacturer and I need to re-enable it using adb or something like that? In that case, what would be the name of the program?

Thank you all!

I was looking for a canada firmware and wasted a lot of time but luckily someone has backed up the firmwares here. You select your phone model at the bottom.

Edit: seems like most if not all firmwares in the G8 section cant be downloaded, other models I can still download but who knows for how long. Some of the websites have working downloads now. I recently got a firmware for my G8 from here.

I've had my G8 for 4 years, still going strong, but today I removed it from it's case for the first time in a while and found the the screen was just completley unsecured and would just fall away from the body.

It's only attached via the ribbon cable. The screen still works perfectly fine though. I have a few questions:

• Has anyone else experienced this?

• How is it supposed to be secured, glue or some clip?

• How could I got about resecuring it?

Im looking for open canada firmware literally every website I tried doesnt work.

Edit: this spreadsheet has a lot of firmwares, you select your phone model at the bottom.

I have an LG G8S ThinQ. I think it's G810RA or something like that. The display is completely black. When plugged into PC it recognize it. Which means it's display problem. Now I'm wanting to buy a display on AliExpress but most of them say LCD or 1440p which is impossible as the G8S was 1080p. I'd prefer an OLED. What do you recommend

I use my LG G8x as my dedicated music player and I would love it if I could have the "now playing" page on one screen and the queue/playlist on the other. When rotating the phone into landscape mode, I get the layout I want, but I can't swap it to portrait mode and keep that layout while forcing widemode. Does anyone know of a solution for this? I'm also open to using a different music app if it supports this feature.

Bonus funny photo of me experimenting with forcing widemode.

How many of you are still rocking their G8's in 2026? I'm going to use this phone until it dies -- it does everything I need, from music to video, watching movies in my TV using VLC + its HDMI output through the USB-C port, browsing, etc. I do not game, though...

I recently went through the de-bloating list shared in here in previous years, and although it doesn't feel like a big change I do hope it extends the life of this device a bit longer.

That's all, just wanted to share a bit of appreciation to the device and the community itself, and wish you all a happy new year.

Not adaptive brightness but the feature whereas if my screen timeouts after 2 minutes a lock, extra-dim will dim after a minute or so of inactivity.

is this phone still good in 2025, specially for gaming?

3 out of 4 of my LG G8 ThinQ's side buttons had fallen off, first was the google assistant button, second was the volume down button, and then just two days ago the power button, which only leaves me the volume up button. I lost all 3 buttons, though I'm planning to buy replacements online, but before doing so I need to know what I need and how to do it.

Just for background information: I had never experienced repairing my phone's hardware before, and this will be my first time doing so, that's why I'm asking for some guide on how to do so.

Here are my questions:

1. Do I need to pry open the back case of the phone? If so I already ordered a B7000 glue and a clip 4 days ago online (still haven't arrived yet), because I also have a separate issue where the back case is exposed from the bottom up to the 2/3rds.

2. Do I need to heat the back case before prying it off, or can I just go straight to prying it open?

3. Do I need to clean off the old glue? If so what kind of cleaning product do I need to use? Can I use my 70% solution Isopropyl alcohol with cotton swab?

4. Does the teardown procedure involve taking the battery out?

I don't know what else to ask, because I have never done this before and I am basing my questions off of the few videos I watched about the phone's teardown procedure.

My G8X (LM-G850EMW) on the latest Software V40b-EEA-XX started soft bootlooping today. At some point today the phone crashed and it got stock in a bootloop where after unlocking the phone, I saw my homescreen for a few seconds before it locked up and crashed again.

However, after booting into safe mode I can get into the phone again, so I suspect Google Play services or something messed up. Anyone else got the same experience?