The T-Mobile G5 does not have an app drawer option

[jarome]

My G5 does not have the app drawer option. The LG interface is hopeless if you have hundreds of apps.
Also, my G5 gets one less signal bar than the G4 sitting next to it. But Speedtest shows 40Mbps down and 12 Mbps up. Have they recalibrated the bars?

 

[Almeuit]

My G5 does not have the app drawer option. The LG interface is hopeless if you have hundreds of apps.
Also, my G5 gets one less signal bar than the G4 sitting next to it. But Speedtest shows 40Mbps down and 12 Mbps up. Have they recalibrated the bars?

I wouldn't worry about bars. Bars are calculated differently per phone. They can make it display whatever they want. I would check the actual -dBm signal since that will tell you the true signal.

 

[Russell Holly]

The official answer we got from LG was that the app drawer option would be arriving as a software update "soon" but no real expectations for when. It is coming to all US versions, as far as we know.

As for the signal strength icon, it does seem to be measuring a little differently on the G5.

 

[spridell]

I have been playing around with me G5 for the last couple of hours. I do not like at all that there is NO app drawer. Very difficult to use. Yes I know we can download Google Launcher but if I wanted to do that I would just go get a Nexus.

 

[jarome]

If LG restores the drawer, it is too little, too late. The LG "info" window is no where near as useful as the Google one, or even the HTC one. Who needs info on sports, music, etc. Google gives me package tracking, remembers where I parked my car, shows me stock prices, articles of interest to ME, etc.
Most launchers concentrate on bling. I have no need for fancy transitions, wild themes, and so forth. But for example, the Go Launcher lets you populate folders with apps from within the folder, which would have saved me hours of time and the hand ache I got dragging them one at a time from the Google app drawer. But alas, Go got really annoying--it keeps asking me to rate it, and installs all sorts of junk apps. I have tried a lot of other launchers too, and if you use the Google ecosystem, their launcher is the best choice.

 

[vansmack]

LG Home 4.0, which is the implementation you see in the video, is now available in the LG App Store.

Open LG Smartworld, search for "LG Home 4.0" and download the App. This will give you the App Drawer you see in the LG UX video. That's why all the icons revert to 4.0 icons when they turn on the app drawer option.

 

[hyedefinition]

Also, what happened to the home screen loop option?

 

[jarome]

Does not get listed for my LG 5 in the play store.

 

[vansmack]

Not the Play Store - LG's App Store called LG Smartworld.

Posted via the Android Central App

 

[Phil Nickinson]

I see it listed ... But can't yet install on my TMo G5, or my European model.

 

[scmurphy13]

Downloading it now on my AT&T G5.

 

[scmurphy13]

Got the app drawer back.

 

[scmurphy13]

Should've attached this with my last post.

 

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

subscribed.

And worth noting that LG says the Home 5.0 update is coming as seen here http://www.androidcentral.com/lg-ux-50-video-gives-us-look-all-features-coming-g5

 

[gendo667]

Good on them, though this couldn't tear my away from my Google Now Launcher/Action Launcher rotation.

 

[vansmack]

I see it listed ... But can't yet install on my TMo G5, or my European model.

No problem on my G5 on T-Mo...

Posted via the Android Central App

 

[vansmack]

Also, what happened to the home screen loop option?

UX 4.0 still includes the screen loop option. I have not found it on 5.0 in its current iteration.

Posted via the Android Central App

 

[Phil Nickinson]

It's so much better.

 

[Matt Valenzuela]

But does using the UX 4.0 launcher short the user for the UX 5.0 improvements outlined in LG's video? In other words what is the user sacrificing for the app drawer? Or are some/all of these retained?

Simpler/lighter UI
Revised icons
Friends Manager
Auto Shot
Multi View
Popout picture
LG Health
Smart Doctor
World Clock
LG Backup improved

Thoughts?

 

[vansmack]

But does using the UX 4.0 launcher short the user for the UX 5.0 improvements outlined in LG's video? In other words what is the user sacrificing for the app drawer?

Thoughts?

Simpler/lighter UI - Yes
Revised icons - Yes (on home screen)
Friends Manager - No (Separate app)
Auto Shot - No (Separate app)
Multi View - No (Separate app)
Popout picture - No (Separate app)
LG Health - No (Separate app)
Smart Doctor - No (Separate app)
World Clock - No (Separate app)
LG Backup improved - No (Separate app)