What has Verizon taken away from V20?

[scottbeamer]

Incorrect. I have a Verizon v20 and it does have theme support. Albeit very sparse with only 2 options other than stock. This can be expanded by installing the LG Smart World app apk from the Internet site.

From what Internet site?

 

[Ryano89]

From what Internet site?

You can download it directly from LG. Just Google "LG smartworld" Ana yippy you'll the official site

 

[scottbeamer]

So I downloaded and installed the app from LG's site, and there aren't any themes to be found.

 

[Ryano89]

So I downloaded and installed the app from LG's site, and there aren't any themes to be found.

This is what I see in the side menu. Do you not have this?

 

[scottbeamer]

This is what I see in the side menu. Do you not have this?

Nope.

 

[silverfang77]

Mine has Home Themes available under Customization.

 

[scottbeamer]

Mine has Home Themes available under Customization.

Mine in the above post in the screenshot and it clearly does not Where exactly did you download from? I got mine here : http://us.lgworld.com/store/

 

[Ryano89]

Mine in the above post in the screenshot and it clearly does not Where exactly did you download from? I got mine here : http://us.lgworld.com/store/

That has me stumped, that is exactly where I downloaded mine.

 

[scottbeamer]

That has me stumped, that is exactly where I downloaded mine.

It has me stumped and frustrated. You're in the US and selected the US version for download, correct?

 

[Ed_Grohl]

I just realized that I have FM Radio on my V20 (T-Mo). One swing through the dial and I remembered why I got Satellite radio.

 

[Ryano89]

It has me stumped and frustrated. You're in the US and selected the US version for download, correct?

Yes, Verizon variant.

 

[juliesdroidsync]

That would be weird to take FM radio away after they issued an update to add it on the S7. that's weird how the Galaxy phones get FM radio on Verizon when others don't. I wish i knew their reasoning.

Verizon, too

 

[silverfang77]

Is the radio disabled in that the chip is removed, or is it in the firmware? Could this be remedied by rooting or flashing a different ROM?

 

[SupraLB]

I'm more bummed about the "in apps" search shortcut. Havent listened to FM radio in years. I was hoping the Google update this morning would bring the In apps shortcut, but doesn't appear so.

 

[juliesdroidsync]

Is the radio disabled in that the chip is removed, or is it in the firmware? Could this be remedied by rooting or flashing a different ROM?

I have absolutely no idea... I just wanted to try to install that. Having an FM radio in case of a National emergency on your phone is a good thing, as most of us don't carry around FM radios. If it's disabled, it's a bad thing. If the circuitry is completely removed that's an even worse thing. I I think I'll call Verizon tech support.

 

[juliesdroidsync]

Even more strange is that it does indeed work on other phones that are on Verizon...? For example, I have Next Radio on my Note 7...

 

[silverfang77]

I think they disable certain things on certain phones to drive people to certain other phones; cripple the V20 to drive people to the uncrippled Pixel or iPhone 7.

 

[ajb1965]

I think they disable certain things on certain phones to drive people to certain other phones; cripple the V20 to drive people to the uncrippled Pixel or iPhone 7.

They do it to Samsung phones too. I think they put all the available features on a dartboard and each product manager gets to throw one dart. Direct feature hits get removed. That's the only way I can justify this idiotic practice in my mind....... They probably do the same thing for bloatware too, except they use 2 darts per manager lol.

 

[Almeuit]

Is the radio disabled in that the chip is removed, or is it in the firmware? Could this be remedied by rooting or flashing a different ROM?

Usually it is just disabled via software.

 

[SupraLB]

Perhaps Android Central can publish an article on all the missing things? Thats really the only way to get some traction.