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Those are good conservative practices !! Update: Once the damage to the USB-C (male) terminal gets started, it only goes downhill from there. Metal conductors inside of it get ripped up partially from the base (you wouldn't know which ones) then electrically contact the others. So you'd end up...

Further look into this problem, I found that bad USB C plug scrapes the metal connections inside the male connector in the phone. We've got 3 V20s, so I can compare. I take care of mine very carefully, inserting plug always at right angle and softly push in. Viewing mine and others, mine is...

Wife's V20 went into seemingly hopeless boot loop after being charged over night. It just went from black screen to that LG logo, and repeats. After some researching about this phenomenon, specific to V20 (others like G4 is different), I found that after the Action Class lawsuit against LG...

When connected, mine says "4G" with tiny letters "LTE" running vertical, right next to the G. Then antenna strength bars, then battery percentage.

Download one (or all) of these apps: "Network Cell Info lite", Cell Tower Locator, OpenSignal. They give you more info and clues. Verizon can run band 13 on one side of town, but completely different frequency on another side of town. The apps should display the actual frequencies. You may...

I'm at the point where I can buy a used $130+ V20 and do some repairs on it. Bought a couple of cell phone kits with all the tools. eBay sells parts. I like the v20 because of picture capability and being able to slap on a fresher battery and be good for a long while, not tied to a charger...

My wife dropped her LG v20 down to ceramic tiled floor. Broke the screen (that I can see). I took it apart, bought eBay a new screen ($45), replaced it. After that, I could see what's being displayed. It had booted up, cameras worked. Long enough for me to retrieve contacts and messages...

Kudos to you for taking good picture! If you can return the favor, please post a picture of the inside top plastic and inside bottom plastic. I want to compare contact points to those plastic parts, TOP and Bottom. Those should make contact with the Motherboard. It is said that the Antenae...

Yeah. I just took the whole phone apart (many times) and replaced the screen. That golden part is a contact point to the case. It's electrical GROUND, or negative. It is the same as the contacts next to it, right and left. So that's why you're ok. Optimally, if you can find it and have the...

My wife's V20 has been using the 6,800mAh batteries with the plastic back plate. A few days ago, she complainted to me that Google Maps hasn't been working "right". I determined that the phone is GPS blind, no GPS sat reception (found by number

My first V20 went dead in 5 days (got money back). It stopped showing signal strength. No signal. Didn't matter much what I do to reboot. Thinking back, I was wondering if it was a defect, like some had complained in a thread here, or because I used the plastics back case. I used to be an...

Only Two of the contacts are for NFC, near the top. Look around the perimeter of the phone, you'll see others, with the corresponding touch pads on the metal case.

These big batteries can last a couple of days, actually great for a long trip. But the high capacity, like 6,800mAh and bigger, makes the battery thick. So you have to use their plastic back cover. Everything together makes it heavier, the choice you make for longer times. Do you use these ...

1. They ought to give people a choice whether to update, or NOT. 2. Is this part of a general strategy to render your current phone anemic, so you'd buy new ones ? 3. I disabled all apps that are not useful to me (FB, Football, News, etc.) , and the phone doesn't seem to lag much. The update...

It works. Thanks for your help. It is significantly better than the "stock" camera. I take real estate pictures. This would be the one I would use. The only thing I would like to see, is the option of storing pictures on SD cards which exists on the Stock Cam. It would be a lot more...