LG G2: Please Help!

[Adrian Rangel]

I just got this G2 in a trade and man this thing is horrible! It worked well at first(of course) and now every time I try and turn it on it turns off...I can try it like 30x and it won't let me unlock the phone without turning off...knock on doesn't even work but knock off does....I found that I can unlock the phone by pressing the power key and then quickly pushing volume up before the screen turns itself off...please can anyone help? I already turned off the view case thing and took off my lock screen. Also tried to remove battery factory reset and all that. Thank you in advance.

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[Brian Low]

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A trade you say? Sounds like a defective device to me.

 

[UJ95x]

Re: Please Help!

I just got this G2 in a trade and man this thing is horrible! It worked well at first(of course) and now every time I try and turn it on it turns off...I can try it like 30x and it won't let me unlock the phone without turning off...knock on doesn't even work but knock off does....I found that I can unlock the phone by pressing the power key and then quickly pushing volume up before the screen turns itself off...please can anyone help? I already turned off the view case thing and took off my lock screen. Also tried to remove battery factory reset and all that. Thank you in advance.

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Agree with the post above. Was this trade with a friend/someone you know or was it online like on Craigslist. Sounds to me like they scammed you. They knew there phone was defective and traded for the S4. Even though most G2 owners talk about how superior it is to the S4...
Try a factory reset in recovery, if that doesn't work, you're out of luck

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[Dendarion346]

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It certainly doesn't sound like it's working correctly. Factory reset is probably your only hope (just in case the previous owner had messed it up somehow).

It may also be possible that he's tried to flash a different version of Android and fouled up, so re - flashing to stock may be a last resort

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[TNCattleDog]

Re: Please Help!

Sounds like possible water damage.

David

 

[Mikey47]

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I just got this G2 in a trade

How reputable was the person you traded with? Could be the reason why he/she traded was because they had major issues with the phone.

You don't mention how long you've had the before it started this.

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[Adrian Rangel]

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Yeah guys I agree I believe this was a scam...I've done many trades before and had a funny feeling about this one but went with it anyway. Gonna do another wipe and see how it goes. Also, could it be the sim card causing the problem? Its a used one I had in my HTC one a while back.

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[anon(6174973)]

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Yeah guys I agree I believe this was a scam...I've done many trades before and had a funny feeling about this one but went with it anyway. Gonna do another wipe and see how it goes. Also, could it be the sim card causing the problem? Its a used one I had in my HTC one a while back.

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I doubt it could be the sim card's fault because it doesn't relates to your phone not being able to unlock. Sounds like a hardware issue to me but can't possibly rule that out.

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[UJ95x]

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Yeah guys I agree I believe this was a scam...I've done many trades before and had a funny feeling about this one but went with it anyway. Gonna do another wipe and see how it goes. Also, could it be the sim card causing the problem? Its a used one I had in my HTC one a while back.

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Was this online? Craigslist? Swappa?

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[Adrian Rangel]

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It was craigslist(I know I shouldn't have). I think I found the problem. Its the Proximity sensor. If I wake the phone it turns itself off....but, if I wipe my hand on the sensor then it will turn on and knock on works. Same thing with calls. If I move the phone away from my ear, the screen stays black. If I wipe the sensor it turns on again.

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[Adrian Rangel]

How reputable was the person you traded with? Could be the reason why he/she traded was because they had major issues with the phone.

You don't mention how long you've had the before it started this.

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I actually just traded last night. As for how reputable, he was a stranger to me. I believe he did con me and he knew of this issue and so that's why he traded. I'm stuck now because I want to trade this phone, but don't wanna be like the other dude and give someone a defected phone. Btw I traded a Moto X for this G2.

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[UJ95x]

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I thought you had an S4 lol
That sucks, man. Any luck with the factory reset?

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[Adrian Rangel]

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I thought you had an S4 lol
That sucks, man. Any luck with the factory reset?

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I actually had the S4 before the Moto X haha. Nope no luck still same issue. I'm just gonna test my luck with being honest and trying to find a Trade. I mean everything works you just gotta work around it lol

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[UJ95x]

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I actually had the S4 before the Moto X haha. Nope no luck still same issue. I'm just gonna test my luck with being honest and trying to find a Trade. I mean everything works you just gotta work around it lol

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I'm sure someone would be willing to repair it. Anyway, good luck. Sorry it didn't work :-\

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[ffejjj]

What about the manufacture warranty? You're within the 1 year time frame

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[Adrian Rangel]

What about the manufacture warranty? You're within the 1 year time frame

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Even if I don't have the reciept?

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[ffejjj]

It's worth a shot? The phone is less than a year old. Send LG email and ask them to stand behind their product. Long as the damage is not be physical.

Samsung did this for me when I was having issues with my daughters s3

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[Just_Some_Nobody]

Proximity sensor. Make sure it is clean. Make sure you don't block it when turning on. Make sure there is not a screen protector covering it.


Edit: I missed the post above where you know this. Yeah, call LG and see if they'll fix it.



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[Adrian Rangel]

It's worth a shot? The phone is less than a year old. Send LG email and ask them to stand behind their product. Long as the damage is not be physical.

Samsung did this for me when I was having issues with my daughters s3

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I think I will give this a shot. I'll comment here if I have any luck. Thanks for all the support guys.

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[mount.zed]

some great advice given, this forum has a lot of cool posters